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NAELPA Webinars
co-hosted with OELA & CCSSO
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)