About the AMPP

Advancing Multilingual Policy and Practice Committee 

Are you passionate about the policies and practices impacting Multilingual Learners?  Do you desire to be part of the voice for MLs locally and nationally? If you answered yes, become an active member of the Advancing Multilingual Policy and Practice Committee. 

The AMPP committee works to:

1. Stay current on and inform the NAELPA board and membership about issues of policy and practice affecting EL/MLs 

2. Increase knowledge and skills of NAELPA members and advocates to support EL/ML interests

3. Create, curate, and share resources that elevate key issues of policy and practice

4. Support organizational efforts to interface with external partners and collaborators to advance promising practices and policy

Meet the chairs

This committee was previously two separate committees. As overlap developed, the Advocating for MLs and the Standards, Assessment and Policy Committees were combined into the Advancing Multilingual Policy and Practice (AMPP) Committee. Past committee work of interest includes:

Current AMPP Work

• NAELPA Letter to the US Department of ED

• US Department of ED Response Letter

Advocating for MLs

• The Importance of an Asset-Based Mindset and Using Asset-Based Terminology when Referencing the ESSA Subgroup - ELs

• Using ESSER, ESSER II, and ESSER III Funds to Support ML Education

• Written Translation and Oral Interpretation Issues During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Important Information about Translation and Interpretation for Non-English Speaking Families

Standards, Assessment and Policy

• U.S. Department of Education answers to NAELPA's questions about English language proficiency standards and assessment alignment (linked to A State’s Guide to the U.S. Department of Education’s Assessment Peer Review Process)

Other related NAELPA work

• Resources for Newcomer Multilingual Learners

• NAELPA Position Statement: Improving Educational Supports for Dual Language Learners (DLLs)