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National Professional Development Program
The National Professional Development (NPD) discretionary grants program, administered by the Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA), provides professional development activities intended to improve instruction for English learners (ELs, also referred to as limited English proficient children and youth, or LEPs). Grantees are institutions of higher education that collaborate with local education agencies (LEAs) to help professionals meet high standards and obtain certifications to teach ELs. The professionals—new and practicing teachers, paraprofessionals, administrators, guidance counselors, and school psychologists—learn new content and instructional skills to improve their work with ELs.
Below, find links to information on the program; information on grantees in the current cohorts; and lists of grantees from previous cohorts.
NPD
National Professional Development Program page at the Department of Education (ed.gov)
Authorizing Statute (No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 Title III - 3111c(1)C)
2017 NPD Summary Abstracts PDF (129 KB)
2017 NPD Grantees PDF (118 KB)
2016 NPD Grantees PDF (62 KB)
2016 NPD Grantee Applications PDF (21.8 KB)
2016 NPD Summary Abstracts PDF (699 KB)
2011 and 2012 NPD Grantees
NPD 2011 and 2012 Grantee Profiles (NCELA Publication, March 2014)
Previous NPD Grantees
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA)
8757 Georgia Avenue, Suite 460, Silver Spring, MD 20910 | Phone: 1-866-347-6864 | askncela@leedmci.com