NASDAE – for Adult Education

Adult Education & Family Literacy Week:

September 16 – 20, 2024!

Message from NASDAE’s Executive Director

Dear NASDAE Members and Friends,

It’s a pleasure to join all of you in the celebration of National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week September 16-20.

I am grateful for the designation of this week as a time to reflect on the important work undertaken every day of the year on behalf of adults who seek to advance their education. NASDAE salutes teachers and their aides, administrators, counselors, government officials, and all who strive to make opportunities available for these adults. We also deeply appreciate our partner organizations who support, encourage, and enhance the field. Most of all, we honor the adults who muster the courage and fortitude to return to school.

Wishing you all a wonderful week of celebration and many seasons of success in adult education.

Best Regards,
Patricia Tyler
Executive Director

Message from NASDAE’s Assistant Director

Dear NASDAE Colleagues,

It’s hard to believe that we are heading into fall already and I’ll be happy when the weather starts to cool down! I’m pleased to celebrate National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week with you all in September and this is a great time for me to express how much I appreciate what you, as adult educators, do on behalf of your learners. I’m grateful to be a part of NASDAE and honored by the opportunity to help support the tremendously important work being done in this field nationwide.

Later in the fall I hope to see many of you in person at the National Training Institute (NTI) in Costa Mesa, CA, Nov. 18-21, 2024. Please feel free to reach out to me directly at sohart@nasdae.org if you have any questions, comments or suggestions

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.