Board of Advisors
The Global Seal of Biliteracy organization, founded and sponsored by Avant Assessment, has an independent Board of Advisors made up of K-12 and higher education faculty and second language acquisition and assessment researchers from across the country who advise and guide the program’s mission.
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International Education Administrator, Seattle Public Schools, former World Language Supervisor State of Washington
Founding Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Study of Language, Co-Founder and Chief Language Officer of Jeenie™
Professor of Spanish at California State University, Long Beach and co-director of the National Heritage Language Resource Center at UCLA
World Language Specialist, Jefferson County Public Schools, KY, former president of ACTFL and World Language Supervisor State of Kentucky
Professor at Stanford University, Executive Director of California World Language Project
National Education Coordinator for Utah State Senate (1993-2018)
President ELE Consulting International, Director of Chinese Early Language and Immersion Network at Asia Society, former Deputy Director of National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland
T Welch Consulting, a leading innovator in the World Language field, retired High School Principal and French teacher
““As the Executive Director of the Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages I applaud this opportunity for World Language students and English Language Learners in private or parochial schools or those home-schooled to be recognized for their proficiency in English and another language or languages. As the retired World Language Department Chair at St. Bede Academy, Peru IL, I am excited that St. Bede students’ language proficiency can be celebrated and recognized officially in a manner that will impact their college and career opportunities.””