Mission & Vision
Welcome to NAETISL!
We are passionate about empowering professionals who bridge linguistic and cultural gaps in education. Whether you are an experienced interpreter, an aspiring translator, an educator, or an advocate for equitable access to education, you have found your community here.
We are dedicated to supporting your journey with professional development opportunities, innovative resources, and a collaborative network that shares your commitment to excellence. At NAETISL, every word matters, and together, we amplify voices, foster understanding, and create meaningful connections.
Join us as we continue to serve and uplift the multilingual families, interpreters, translators and educators who make a difference every day on behalf of students. Let’s advance our field, one conversation at a time!
What We Do
We strengthen family engagement by connecting multilingual families, schools, and language professionals with research on quality language access and best practices for equitable communication.
Mission
To establish standards for training of spoken language interpreters and translators, and best practices for multilingual families and educators to:
- Increase multilingual family engagement
- Improve academic achievement of all students
- Strengthen the collaboration among multilingual families, educators and spoken language interpreters and translators
Vision
To support language access in schools through nationally certified translators and interpreters in education.