2020-21
Executive Board
Megan Alubicki Flick
President
Connecticut Dept. of Education
Marshall Foster
President-Elect
North Carolina Dept. of Public Instruction
Kelly Alvarez
Vice-President
Michigan Dept. of Education
Nicole Leach
Secretary
Indiana Dept. of Education
Chane Eplin
Treasurer
Florida Dept. of Education
Tricia Kerr
Membership Coordinator
Arkansas Dept. of Education
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 Cox
Past-President
Colorado Dept. of Education
Dr. David J. Holbrook
Executive Director
NAELPA
Judy O'Loughlin
Legislative Liaison
California TESOL
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NAELPA Webinars
NAELPA has hosted six webinars in 2020-2021! Visit our website to check out the recordings of the topics listed below!
February 4, 2021: Supporting Teachers to Foster Authentic
Digital Interaction
November 5, 2020: NAELPA and US Department of Education –
Local EL Program Leadership Webinar
May 12, 2020: Principles and Characteristics of Effective Dual
Language Programs
April 8, 2020: Safety, Security, and Support for Teaching
Multilingual Learners Online
March 10, 2020: Success for SLIFE
January 14, 2020: Long-Term English Learners
NAELPA is in the process of organizing a new committee, the NAELPA COVID-19 Response Committee. The main responsibilities of the committee will be to help identify promising practices for ELs in a distance learning environment, identify the most effective means of communicating information about these promising practices to EL educators and other stakeholders, and identify criteria to use related to the effectiveness of these promising practices. Once organized, the committee will meet monthly.
If you are interested in being part of this committee, please email David Holbrook at [email protected].
(Note: you must be a NAELPA member to participate in a committee.)
NAELPA has a new logo!
We're sure you've noticed the update to our NAELPA logo above. The acronym now appears in large print with the name of our organization written out underneath. The icon to the left remains the same.