MI Newcomer Summit
Recognizing, promoting and publicizing excellence in Multilingual Education;
Promoting efforts to assure the provision of equal educational opportunity for all;
Promoting the provision of services to the children, youth, and adults at all levels in both the community and educational institutions throughout the state by making Multilingual/Multicultural Education an integral part of the school curricula;
Working toward the recognition by the legislative body, the State Board of Education and the local school districts, of the linguistic and cultural needs of bilingual speakers;
Promoting the organization of workshops and conferences dealing with the needs of multilingual education;
Coordination and promoting the development of professional competence and professional standards in Multilingual Education; and
To encourage the excellence of Multilingual Education by promoting research and other activities.