National Association of English Learner Program Administrators

NAELPA's Advisory Members

The National Association for English Learner Program Administrators engages experts in the education of ELs to provide guidance, suggestions, and practical solutions to issues faced by NAELPA and by EL educators. Advisory 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 Members are:

 Advisory Member Affiliation Currently Serving
Dr. Deborah ShortFounder and Director, Academic Language Research & Training 2022-2023
 Dr. Nilda AguirreNABE Executive Director 2022-2023
 Dr. Julie Sugarman Migration Policy Institute 2021-2022, 2022-2023
Jesse Markow
 Independent Consultant
 2020-2021 , 2021-2022, 2022-2023
Marshall Foster - Past PresidentNorth Carolina Department of Public Instruction 2021-2022


Previous Advisory Members Affiliation Executive Board Years Served
 Dr.  Kenji Hakuta Stanford University, CA 2021-2022
Dr.  Joel Gomez Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) 2018-2019 / 2019-2020 / 2020-2021
Dr. David NietoNorthern Illinois  University2018-2019 /  2019-2020 / 2020-2021
 Carol Salva Siedlitz Education2018-2019 /  2019-2020 / 2020-2021
 Dr. Soyoung ParkStanford  University, CA 2018-2019

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NAELPA Statement on Assets-Based Terminology

It is important to NAELPA to use asset-based terminology when referring to our work and the population of students we serve. We acknowledge that the current name of this organization, The National Association of English Learner Program Administrators (NAELPA), uses English Learner (EL), which is considered deficit based. With current federal legislation using English Learners (ELs) to identify this population the NAELPA board will continue with this usage for clarity purposes in the short term. However, NAELPA will take an active role in advocating for the wider use of assets-based nomenclature and helping to make it more standardized in our field and beyond.

For a more detailed description, check out the full NAELPA Asset-Based Terminology statement.