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Resources for Educators of MLs

NAELPA is committed to providing resources that are helpful to educators of multilingual learners. Below, you'll find a listing of helping resources to inform your work.

Links to helpful resources

- U.S. Department of Education  (USED) website

- Every Student Succeeds Act Laws and Guidance

- USED's  Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA)

- OELA's  EL Toolkit

- USED  Newcomer Toolkit

- National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition  (NCELA)

- USED Office for Civil Rights "Schools’ Civil Rights Obligations to English Learner Students and

Limited English Proficient Parents"

- WIDA Consortium

- ELPA 21 Consortium

- Seal of Biliteracy

- Dual Language Schools

- Resources for Advocating for ELs

English Learners and Charter Schools:

​A Learning Experience Focused on  ​English Learner Instruction

The National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC) has published learning modules in two parts with the purpose of helping schools to provide the best services they can to English Learners Students Part 1 as published in 2020 and Part 2 was published in 2021.

The Rural Education and Technology Initiative of America

NAELPA supports a new opportunity to collaborate with the Today Foundation.  Please see the linked documents that outlines and describes the Rural Education and Technology Initiative of America project, sponsored by the Today Foundation (Rural Initiative Letter).  The National Association for English Learner Program Administrators (NAELPA) enthusiastically supports the work of the Today Foundation and its newest project    and look forward to the collaborative work between the Today Foundation,  State Education Agencies (SEAs), and Local Education Agencies (LEAs).  We hope you consider participating in this project.  Please direct all questions and inquiries to Kathleen Leos 202-731-0397, [email protected], or Jesse Markow at [email protected].

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