The annual National Professional Development (NPD) Project Directors Meeting, sponsored by the Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA), was held November 7–8, 2017, in Arlington, VA. The meeting included sessions on grant administration and evaluation strategies, new research on EL education, and engaging families and communities, as well as a student panel and peer-to-peer discussions.

Agenda/Resources

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• National Academies Report on English Learners

Presentations/Materials/Speaker Bios

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

• Update from TESOL International Association (Christopher Powers, John Segota)
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• An Overview of Discretionary Grant Recipients’ Responsibilities for Grant Administration (Liz Judd, Francisco López)
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• Personally Identifiable Information (PII) (Michael Hawes)
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• NPD Project Evaluations: Questions and Considerations to Support Strong Designs (Molly Faulkner-Bond, Jonathan Jacobson, Scott Snyder, Bruce Yelton)
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Wednesday, November 8, 2017

• Promoting the Educational Success of Children and Youth Learning English: Promising Futures (Bobbi Ciriza Houtchens)
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• Profiles of English Learners (Supreet Anand)
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• Strategies for the Sustainability of Grant-Funded Programs (Jamila Smith)
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• Language Documentation and Revitalization: Research Implications for Native Children 0–5 (Christine Sims)
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• English Learners in the ESEA, as Amended by the ESSA (Jill Eichner)
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• Designing Evaluations to Meet What Works Clearinghouse™ Standards (Jonathan Jacobson)
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• Engaging Families and Communities to Support Dual Language Programs and Learners (Lynn Fulton-Archer)
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• Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for English Learners (Julie Esparza Brown, Linda Cavazos, Letti Romero Grimaldo)
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