STATE BILINGUAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
NEW MEXICO PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
300 DON GASPAR SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO 87501-2786
Hanna Skandera, Secretary-Designate
Dr. Icela Pelayo, Director, Bilingual Multicultural Education Bureau
Telephone: (505) 827-6666
NOMINATION FORM
The purpose of the State Bilingual Advisory Council (SBAC) is to create a work group devoted to issues around Bilingual Multicultural Education,
strengthening the quality of our Bilingual Multicultural Education Programs (BMEPs), promoting rigorous culturally and linguistically responsive
instruction, supporting effective classroom teaching for participating students, especially English language learners (ELs). SBAC will work in
coordination with the state—via direct advisement to the Bilingual Multicultural Education Bureau (BMEB)—to work on items such as:
1) identifying best practices for training highly effective teachers to work effectively with ELs regardless of placement in BMEPs (i.e. training general
education teachers to work with EL and Immigrant students);
2) recruiting, developing and training highly effective bilingual teachers;
3) building the capacity of education administrators to lead effective BMEPs;
4) training all educators to properly consider and address the language and learning needs of ELs;
5) working to develop solutions for streamlining and strengthening program management, implementation and monitoring of BMEPs;
6) ultimately focus on strengthening outcomes (based on data) for BMEP students, including EL and Immigrant students.
The council will be composed of teachers, principals, superintendents, higher education representatives, and education administrators (e.g.
Bilingual/Title III Directors, etc.) with technical knowledge. Parent and family voice is essential and thus parents with students participating in BMEPs are
strongly encouraged to apply. Educators working with underserved cultural and/or linguistic groups that have not previously been represented at SBAC
are also strongly encouraged to apply. Note: Educators need not work in an identified BMEP, but must demonstrate genuine interest in and have direct
experience working with ethnically/racially diverse students and families—including EL and/or Immigrant students—in a culturally and linguistically
responsive manner.
The SBAC nominees serve a three-year term, are recommended by a statewide group of stakeholders, and appointed by the Director of Bilingual
Multicultural Education Bureau.
Please note that the PED will not be able to provide travel reimbursement or substitute coverage for council members. Further, Tittle III funds cannot be
used to reimburse for any expenditures related to State Bilingual Advisory Council meetings or activities.
APPLICANT INFORMATION
Last Name
First
Street Address
Date
Apartment/Unit #
City
State
Primary Phone
E-mail
Address
If so, what school,
grade & subject?
Are you a teacher?
YES
NO
Are you a principal?
YES
NO
Are you a superintendent?
YES
NO
Are you a parent of a student currently
participating in a BMEP?
YES
NO
Are you a representative of the Higher
Education Department?
YES
NO
If so, what
institution?
Are you a Bilingual/Title III Director?
YES
NO
If so, what
district/school(s)?
Are you a representative of NMIEAC or
NMHEAC?
YES
NO
If so, which one?
If so, what school?
If so, what school
district?
If so, what school
and program type?
ZIP
Please specify if you work in a BMEP.
Please specify if your school has a BMEP.
Please specify if your district has active BMEPs.
Please specify if you work within in teacher
preparation program.
REFERENCES
Please list at least one professional reference.
Full Name
Relationship
Company
Phone
Address
Full Name
Relationship
Company
Phone
Address
Full Name
Relationship
Company
Phone
Address
The following documents must accompany the nomination form:
TEACHERS, PRINICIPALS, SUPERINTEDENTS, EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS (e.g. BILINGUAL/TITLE III DIRECTORS), AND HIGHER
EDUCATION REPRESENTATIVES:
_____ Letter of Support from Employer
Districts and Charter Schools who nominate or provide a letter of support for teachers are responsible for providing travel reimbursement and/or
substitute coverage to council members for expenditures related to State Bilingual Advisory Council meetings or activities.
_____ Nominee's Current Résumé or Curriculum Vitae—NOT Required for PARENT Applicants
_____ Nominee’s Statement of Philosophy of Education—NOT Required for PARENT Applicants
Please include the following in your statement:
1) your vision for bilingual multicultural education for the state of New Mexico;
2) your philosophy of education and/or teaching and how bilingual multicultural education programs relate to your ideals;
3) the key issues facing bilingual multicultural education programs AND potential solutions for addressing issues you have identified;
4) how you hope to contribute to actively promote results-oriented solutions for strengthening BMEPs across the state that deliver tangible
results for students; and
5) how you would work with a diverse group of individuals who may not share your philosophy or education/teaching, organizational goals or
perspectives, personal concerns or views, and whose cultural and/or linguistic background differs from your own.
PARENT APPLICANTS ONLY:
_____ Letter of Support from Employer
_____ Nominee’s Vision and/or Aspirations for Child’s Education
Please address the following in your statement:
1) share your hopes for your child’s education;
2) indicate how your child’s participation in a bilingual multicultural education program contributes or is related to your vision and/or aspirations
for your child’s education;
3) identify some important issues facing bilingual multicultural education programs, ELs and/or immigrant students; and
4) If selected, indicate what you hope could be accomplished on these issues through your participation in the SBAC.
Please send completed application and materials by Friday, January 29th, 2016 via email to Dr. Icela Pelayo at
icela.pelayo@state.nm.us or by mail:
Dr. Icela Pelayo, Director
Bilingual Multicultural Education Bureau
New Mexico Public Education Department
Jerry Apodaca Education Building
300 Don Gaspar Ave.
Santa Fe, NM 87501