What are SIGS and what are their benefits for NABE members?

NABE members have organized more than 20 special interest groups, covering all levels of schooling: early childhood, elementary, secondary, and higher education. Some focus on roles within the profession: teacher, paraprofessional, parent, research and evaluation, and policy makers. Other SIGs are devoted to the education of special populations or interests, such as Asian/Pacific Americans, gifted and talented, instructional technology, teachers as researchers, Native American bilingual education, special education, and world languages and cultures.

Any group of 25 NABE members may petition the NABE Executive Board for authorization to form a SIG. Once approved, SIGs are given certain responsibilities and benefits. Among the responsibilities are organizing an academic session (either a half-day or full-day Institute) and a Business Meeting during NABE’s annual conference. In addition, the SIG Chair is invited to report to the NABE Board on important trends and issues that concerrn the SIG, as well as resolutions for action. SIGs are also encouraged to submit articles for the NABE News and other NABE publications.

SIGs enable NABE members to network, share information and resources, and exchange ideas about the professional issues that most concern them.

SIG Contact Information

Asian & Pacific Islanders SIG
Clara C. Park, Chair                    
Harpreet Sandhu,Co-Chair
1515 Clay St. Suite 300
Oakland, CA 94612
harpreet.sandhu@comcast.net

June Tran, Co Chair
P.O. Box 359
Manor, TX 78653
Phone: (512) 278-4421
yune,tran@manorisd,net

Critical Pedagogy
Rosario Diaz-Greenberg, Chair            
California State University       
College of Education             
California State University
San Marcos, CA
Phone: (760) 480-1963
rgreen@csusm.edu

Mario Castaneda, Co-Chair    
California State University       
College of Education             
California State University
San Marcos, CA

Dual Language Immersion
Marjorie L. Myers, Chair                
18th Street NW #201                
Washington, DC 20009                 
(202) 483-0846
mlmyers99@yahoo.com        

Peggy Morrison, Co-Chair
(831) 763-6911
pmorrison@acoe.org
Lezley Collier-Lewis, Co-Chair

Early Childhood Education
Sylvia Sanchez, Chair               
George Mason University         
College of Education and Human Development                                  
4400 University Drive                         
Fairfax, VA 22030                           
(703) 993-2041    Fax: (703) 993-3681           
ssanche2@gmu.edu

Dina Castro, Co-Chair
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
105 Smith Level Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8180
Phone: (919) 962-7363
Fax: (919) 966-7532
dina_castro@unc.edu

Elementary Education
Diana Madrigal-Hopes, Chair
Region 10 Education Sevice Center
Richardson, TX
Phone: (972) 348-1400
diana.madrigal@region10.org

Dr. Lidia Morris, Co-Chair
University of Texas at Arlington
lidiamorris@sbcglobal.net

Dr. Luis Rosado, Co-Chair
University of Texas at Arlington
rosado@uta.edu

Gifted Education
Jaime A. Castellano, Chair
911 Orange Drive
Lake Park, FL 33403
(561) 845-7062
Cell: (561)308-0683
cast3907@bellsouth.net

Indigenous Bilingual Education
Christine Sims, Ph.D., Chair
University of New Mexico,
Dept. of Language, Literacy and Social Cultural Studies            
College of Education
University of New Mexico
csims@unm.edu

Instructional Technology
David Rutledge
New Mexico State University
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
MSC 3CUR/PO Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM  88003                       
(505) 646-4820
rutledge@nmsu.edu

Language Policy
Margarita Machado-Casas Chair
Belinda Schouten, Co-Chair
UTSA, San Antonio, TX
margarita.machadoc@utsa.edu

Parent and Community
Sandra Rosario, Chair
310 E. New Street
Lancaster, PA 17602
(717) 629-0098
Jrosar1327@aol.com

Para Educators
Eufemia Amabisca, Chair
Gloria Rivera, Co-Chair
Murphy School District #21
2615 W. Buckeye Rd.
Phoenix, Arizona 85009
Coordinator, Multicultural Services
grivera@msdaz.org

Policy Makers
Dr. Emilio Garza, Chair
California State University, Bakersfield
9001 Stockdale Hwy.
Bakersfield, CA 93311
Phone: 661-664-3462
egarza6@csub.edu

Viviana Hall, Co-Chair
2914 Starboard
Rockwall, TX 75087
(214) 768-1522
vividallas1@yahoo.com

Anette Torres-Elias
(469) 952-8690
atorreselias@yahoo.com

Research and Evaluation
Kwang Jong Park                           
University of New Mexico at Albuquerque
UNM-Dept of LLSS
143 Hokona Hall MSC 05 3040
Albuquerque, NM  87131
(505) 277-4972                                 
bell @unm.edu

Rebecca Blum Martinez, Chair
University of New Mexico at Albuquerque
UNM-Dept of LLSS
143 Hokona Hall MSC 05 3040
Albuquerque, NM  87131
(505) 277-4972
rebeccab@unm.edu

ELL Secondary Education
Reynaldo Reyes III, Chair
University of Texas at El Paso/Teacher Education
El Paso, Texas 79968
(915)747-8817
rreyes9@utep.edu

Christian Faltis, Co-Chair                   
Arizona State University
cjfdf@mainex1.asu.edu

Special Education
Amy Mazur, Chair
George Washington University
2134 G St. NW RM 416
Washington, DC 20052
(202) 994-1511
amazur@gwu.edu

Patricia Rice Doran
Project Coordinator
Bilingual Special Education Program
The George Washington University
prdoran@gwu.edu

World Languages and Cultures
Dr. Susan Pien Hsu, Chair
Education Administrator
Department of Education
225-09 57th Avenue
Phone: (718) 279-8819
Fax: (718) 279-8819
sphsu@aol.com

Dr. Mariella Herold, Co-Chair
College of Education
Northern Arizona University
PO Box 5774
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Phone: (928) 523-7141
Fax: (928) 523-9284
Mariella.Herold@nau.edu