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NAELPA Webinars

co-hosted with OELA & CCSSO

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NAELPA will be hosting a four-part webinar series that will provide Local Education Agency (LEA) and State Education Agency (SEA) leads with time, guidance and resources focused on the three prongs of the Castañeda v Pickard decision of 1978 to support English Learners (EL).

EL Continuous Improvement Series - (all sessions are 4-5pm ET)

Series 1 - Principles of Effective EL Programs

Session 3 - October 6, 2021

Series 2 - Implementing Effective EL Programs

Session 1 - December 1, 2021

Session 2 - December 8, 2021

Session 3 - December 15, 2021

Series 3 - Evaluating EL Programs

Session 1 - March 2, 2022

Session 2 - March 9, 2022

Session 3 - March 16, 2022

Series 4 - Improving EL Programs

Session 1 - May 18, 2022

Session 2 - May 25, 2022

Session 3 - June 1, 2022

Review and Vote on NAELPA’s By-law Amendment

The NAELPA Executive Board has approved an amendment to the organization’s by-laws. The voices of voting members are needed in this part of the process. The NAELPA By-Law Amendment must be voted on by at least 20% of active voting members, which consists of SEA and LEA members who hold current NAELPA membership. 

Review now and cast your vote to support NAELPA in passing this important  NAELPA By-Law Amendment!

2021-22

Executive Board

Marshall Foster

President

North Carolina Dept. of Public Instruction

Kelly Alvarez

President-Elect

Michigan Dept. of Education

Nicole Leach

Vice-President

Indiana Dept. of Education

Allyson Olson DenBeste

Secretary

Nebraska Dept. of Education

Susan Walz

Treasurer

North Carolina Dept. of Public Instruction

Carlene Thomas

Membership Coordinator

Texas Education Agency

Dr. Pedro Ruiz

Member-at-Large

Irvington Public Schools, NJ

Suzanne Toohey

Member-at-Large

Oakland Schools, MI

Deborah Wilkes

Member-at-Large

Cumberland County Schools, NC

Megan Alubicki Flick

Past-President

Connecticut Dept. of Education

Dr. David J. Holbrook

Executive Director

NAELPA

Jenna Webb

Public Affairs Consultant

Bill Rivers

Legislative Liaison

Independent Consultant

NAELPA's Advisory Board Members

The National Association for English Learner Program Administrators engages experts in the education of MLs to provide guidance, suggestions, and practical solutions to issues faced by NAELPA and by ML educators. Advisory Board Members may serve for three consecutive years and must take at least one year off before being able to serve as an advisory board member again. The current NAELPA Advisory Board Members are:

Dr. Kenji Hakuta, Stanford University, CA

Jesse Markow, Independent Consultant

Dr. Julie Sugarman, Migration Policy Institute

Megan Alubicki Flick, Connecticut Department of Education

(Past President)