ACTFL Committees
The ACTFL members who volunteer to serve on these committees devote their time, effort and energy to continuously improving both the organization and the language education profession. We are grateful for their service.
If you are interested in joining a committee or volunteering with ACTFL in other ways, please visit our volunteer opportunities page regularly for the latest ways to get involved.
Committee Charge: The Bylaws Committee is responsible for maintaining ACTFL’s bylaws and proposing any changes to the ACTFL Board of Directors.
The Finance & Audit Committee is charged with providing financial oversight for ACTFL.
The Convention Committee ensures that the program content of the annual convention consists of rich, diverse, relevant subject matter. To reach this goal, the committee considers needs assessment surveys and trends in the language teaching community to deliver content in formats that attract a large, diverse audience and provide excellent overall professional development for those attending.
Committee Charge: The Advocacy & Outreach Committee works to increase members’ interest and ability to educate policymakers and the public about the importance of language education. It also seeks to increase ACTFL’s public profile with relevant stakeholders.
Committee Charge: The Research and Assessment Committee helps ensure that proficiency-based language learning processes, practices, and outcomes are grounded in and realized through evidence-based research.
Committee Charge: The Professional Learning Committee (PLC) seeks to ensure that ACTFL’s professional learning opportunities are highly valued and made accessible to all language educators across the preK-16 continuum. The PLC seeks to improve the skills of language educators through collaboration, knowledge exchange, and discourse.
Committee Charge: The Teacher Recruitment and Retention committee provides research-based recommendations to support ACTFL’s initiatives for teacher recruitment and retention, including allocating appropriate resources; exploring, expanding, and diversifying pathways to recruitment; and increasing the impact of existing retention endeavors.
Committee Charge: The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee shall consider, advise, and make recommendations to the ACTFL Board that support the organization’s strategic goal of developing and promoting a diverse and inclusive language education community by working to break down barriers to access and opportunity. The DEI Committee will ensure that strategic objectives relating to diversity, equity and inclusion are incorporated into ACTFL’s governance structure, initiatives, awards, and other programs, products, and services.
