National Association of English Learner Program Administrators

NAELPA Quarterly Webinars

As part of the commitment to provide quality professional development opportunities for our members, NAELPA hosts three to four webinars annually on topic that are of interest to educators working with Multilingual Learners/English Learners MLs/ELs (NAELPA prefers the term Multilingual Learner (ML) in a effort to recognize fluency in more than one language as a asset but realizes that no term will be acceptable to everyone). NOTE: To access recordings and other materials from past webinars you must be logged into the NAELPA website. A website account is free. Sign up using the link on the upper right of your screen. Or click here to sign up.
2022-2023 SY Quarterly Webinars

NAELPA's next quarterly webinar is November 15, 2022 and sponsored by Mango Languages. In this free Webinar, Dr. Carol Salva will bring together secondary practitioners and specialists to discuss literacy development of older emergent readers. Participants will hear best practices and suggestions based on research. The presenters will share techniques and leadership actions that capitalize on the rich backgrounds of secondary emergent bilinguals and leverage their capacity for learning quickly. Click the graphic below to register now!

NAELPA's next quarterly webinar is Thursday, Jan. 19th from 4 PM to 5:30 PM Eastern and is sponsored by TransACT Communications' ParentNotices. In this free Webinar - Transforming Schools for Multilingual Learners: A comprehensive guide for educators -  Dr. Debbie Zacarian will look closely at: 

  • Changing trends in leadership and student empowerment for collaboratively designing and enacting successful language assistance programs
  • Federal and State policies and their impact on Multilingual Learners (MLs) and their families
  • Strategies for moving from a deficit-based to an asset-based approach; and 
  • Steps for building long-lasting family-school partnerships


As part of the commitment to provide quality professional development opportunities for our members, NAELPA hosts three to four webinars annually on topic that are of interest to educators working with Multilingual Learners/English Learners MLs/ELs (NAELPA prefers the term Multilingual Learner (ML) in a effort to recognize fluency in more than one language as a asset but realizes that no term will be acceptable to everyone). NOTE: To access recordings and other materials from past webinars you must be logged into the NAELPA website. A website account is free. Sign up using the link on the upper right of your screen. Or click here to sign up.

2022-2023 SY Quarterly Webinars
NAELPA's next quarterly webinar is November 11, 2022 and sponsored by Mango Languages. In this free Webinar, Dr. Caro/ Salve will bring together secondary practitioners and specialists to discuss literacy development of older emergent readers. Participants will hear best practices and suggestions based on research. The presenters will share techniques and leadership actions that capitalize on the rich backgrounds of secondary emergent bilinguals and leverage their capacity for learning quickly. Click the graphic below to register now!
2021-2022 SY Quarterly Webinars

For the 2021-2022 School Year, the NAELPA Quarterly Webinars will have a different format. NAELPA is collaborating with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the US Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) to host Three-Part webinars, one each quarter, that will cover in depth the requirements for programs for Multilingual Learners (MLs) as outlined in Castañeda's three prongs, which are: 1) ML programs must be based on sound educational theory; 2) ML programs must be implemented effectively with adequate resources and personnel; and 3) ML programs must be evaluated as effective in eliminating language barriers.

The first of each three-part webinar includes a presentation of the requirements related to each prong. The second webinar in each series is scheduled a week after the first 'content' webinar and is designed so that participants can discuss various aspects of the topics discussed in several breakout rooms. The third webinar in each quarterly three-part webinar is a panel discussion of how the Castañeda prong discussed is being implemented in school districts. NAELPA, CCSSO, and OELA have set dates for these three-part webinars. The first three-part webinar was scheduled in September 2021. Recordings are available for the content webinars and panel discussions.

All 12 webinars are being scheduled through NAELPA Online Meeting Software called Connect Space. You only need to register once in order to be able to access all the quarterly webinars for this series. The webinars are scheduled as follows:
  • September 22, 2021 - Session 1 Webinar - Castañeda prong 1 - Evidence-Based Programs
  • September 29, 2021 - Session 2 Webinar - Castañeda prong 1 - Debrief, Questions, Networking
  • October 6, 2021 - Session 3 Webinar - Castañeda prong 1 - Voices from the Field Panel
  • December 1, 2021 - Session 1 Webinar - Castañeda prong 2 - Implementing Effective EL Programs
  • December 8, 2021 - Session 2 Webinar - Castañeda prong 2 - Voices from the Field Panel
  • December 15, 2021 - Session 3 Webinar - Castañeda prong 2 - Debrief, Questions, Networking
  • March 2, 2022 - Session 1 Webinar - Castañeda prong 3 - Monitoring Progress of EL Programs
  • March 9, 2022 - Session 2 Webinar - Castañeda prong 3 - Debrief, Questions, Networking
  • March 16, 2022 - Session 3 Webinar - Castañeda prong 3 - Voices from the Field Panel
  • May 18, 2022 - Session 1 Webinar - Three Prongs of Castañeda - Improving EL Programs
  • May 25, 2022 - Session 2 Webinar - Three Prongs of Castañeda - Debrief, Questions, Networking
  • June 1, 2022 - Session 3 Webinar - Three Prongs of Castañeda - Voices from the Field Panel


Register for the 2021-2022 Quarterly Webinars
2021-2022 SY Special Webinars

During the 2021-2022 School Year, NAELPA will host 'special' webinars that will be in addition to the regular quarterly webinars. These webinar will cover topics that are of interest to educators working with ML programs. Stay tuned for future webinars.

PAST WEBINARS

For more information about previously recorded webinars, visit  the NAELPA Past Webinars page.


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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.