National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE) 2012

The National Association for Bilingual Education is the only national professional organization devoted to representing Bilingual Learners and Bilingual Education professionals. Their mission is to advocate for our nation's Bilingual and English Language Learners and families and to cultivate a multilingual multicultural society by supporting and promoting policy, programs, pedagogy, research, and professional development that yield academic success, value native language, lead to English proficiency, and respect cultural and linguistic diversity.  

The NABE conference is the largest gathering of parents, teachers, administrators, policy makers, future teachers and professors dedicated to serving bilingual and English Language Learners in the United States.

Our annual meeting has expanded beyond the field of bilingual education to include 21st Century Learning, Title l , Title lll , Pre-school, Dual Immersion, Foreign Languages, especially the critical languages, Englishas a Second Language, Sheltered Instruction, Heritage Language Programs, and other approaches for multi-lingual students from pre-K to grade 16.

NABE conference attendees have institutional purchasing power. Many are responsible for procuring the full range of educational materials, products, and services for use in linguistically and culturally diverselearning environments.

Our four-day conference will feature:
- More than 2,000 attendees
- Internationally renowned keynote and featured speakers
- More than 200 featured and concurrent sessions
- A major product exhibition and job fair

NABE 2012 attendees will include:
- School administrators, superintendents, and board members
- Teachers, future teachers and other instructional personnel
- University-based researchers and teacher-trainers
- Parent and community leaders
- State and federal policy makers
- News media representatives
- International representatives