NASDAE – for Adult Education

Message from NASDAE’s Executive Director

Dear NASDAE Members and Friends,

As we begin the new year, NASDAE extends very best wishes to all of you for a productive and successful 2024.

We look forward to collaborating with all of you to address the pressing challenges of rapidly increasing numbers of English Language Learners seeking services, teacher shortages, and the implications of Artificial Intelligence for our students and staffers, just to mention a few of the items that will demand our attention this year. Additionally, we anticipate the possible passage of new authorizing legislation.

As always, we encourage State Directors and our partners to keep in touch and let us know how we can support your very important work.

Best Regards,
Patricia Tyler
Executive Director

Message from NASDAE’s Assistant Director

Dear NASDAE Colleagues,

It’s hard to believe but I’ve been the Assistant Director at NASDAE for about a year now…since January 2023! In this role, I am truly honored to work with the NASDAE Board, the Executive Director, and my adult education colleagues nationwide. I’m very invested in doing my part to help ensure that NASDAE is a trusted and supportive partner for the states and territories that provide the necessary educational services to our adult learner population.

One of my priorities over the past year has been to organize and maintain the NASDAE website as an up-to-date and relevant resource for adult education state directors and state staff. I’m hoping you will bookmark www.NASDAE.org and use it as a go-to resource. Please feel free to contact me directly at sohart@nasdae.org with any recommendations regarding ways to improve our website, or any other suggestions you may have to help us do a better job in supporting your work.

Sincerely,
Sheryl O. Hart
Assistant Director

The National Association of State Directors of Adult Education exists to provide support and resources to the lead administrators of adult education in 50 U.S. States and 7 Territories.

NASDAE is the re-named organization that has supported State Directors of Adult Education and their staff for almost three decades under the name of the National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium (NAEPEDC), since its incorporation in 1990. While newly named to reflect the full body of our organizational work, the mission remains the same: to advance the leadership of state staff in adult education throughout the states and territories so that every program will be of quality and excellence as we together increase literacy and prepare adults for success as contributing members of our society through work, community and family; and, will be the leading voice in adult education for the nation.