Kris Nicholls as extensive experience in all areas of English Learner education. Kris served as the Title III co-lead and Dual Immersion coordinator for Riverside County, and founded its Long-Term English Learner Task Force and Seal of Multiliteracy program. She collaborated on the “Differentiated Instruction through Universal Design” program, a Golden Bell Award winner for reducing the achievement gap for English Learners. Kris has served on the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) Technical Assistance Group and Content Review Panels for the ELPAC, and the Expert Panel for the Alignment of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) English Language Arts, Mathematics, Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), and the English Language Development (ELD) Standards.
