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Actfl Appoints Lawrence Paska, Ph D, CAE As New Executive Director

PRIVATESep 18, 2024over 1 year ago

Position

Director

Company

ACTFL

Lawrence Paska
AlexandriaEducationE LearningGovernmentLanguage Learning

Description

ACTFL is pleased to announce the appointment of Lawrence 'Larry' Paska, PhD, CAE, as its new executive director, effective October 21, 2024. Paska brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of leadership, and will guide ACTFL to continue the organization's leadership in creating an interconnected world where everyone benefits from and values a multilingual and multicultural education. Paska will be responsible for overseeing the strategic direction, operations, and staffing of ACTFL, leveraging his extensive background in association management to lead the association in achieving its mission of providing vision, leadership, and support for quality teaching and learning of languages.

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Company

ACTFL

Location

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

About

ACTFL is a membership community of language education professionals passionate about expanding cultural richness and diversity at all levels of education. Together we provide resources to address challenges to meet the changing needs of language educators and their learners. ACTFL's innovative quality research, standards, assessments, professional development, and publications empower us to advance the practice of language learning. The influence of our work cascades through society one learner at a time.

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