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Awards and Competitions

Announcing 2026 NAATPl Student Project Award Winners

The North American Association of Teachers of Polish (NAATPl) is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s NAATPl Student Project Award competition. The contest recognizes students’ original work that celebrates, promotes, and explores the Polish language and culture, encouraging creative submissions that demonstrate meaningful engagement with Polish cultural heritage. This year, the NAATPl Student […]

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Conferences and Events Pedagogy

Spring 2026 NAATPl Special Event: Polski. Krok po kroku (new edition) Presentation

The 2025 NAATPl Polish Language Survey found that Polski. Krok po kroku is the second most widely used textbook in first- and second‑year Polish courses across North America. With the release of its new edition, we are pleased to invite our members to a special event featuring the textbook’s authors. With another academic year nearly […]

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Job Announcements

Job Announcement: Lecturer/Instructor in Polish Language and Culture at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign invites applications for an Instructor/Lecturer position with a target start date of August 16, 2026. This is a 9-month, full-time, non-tenure track position, with an initial one-year appointment. More details below. Note: This job posting has been updated on April […]

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Conferences and Events Pedagogy

Spring 2026 NAATPl Event: Building a Successful Polish Program

Creating additional instructional materials has become a standard practice for instructors and teachers of Polish as a foreign language (PFL), although such materials are often limited to specific grammatical or cultural topics. Reusable teaching materials (also known as reusable learning objects) address this problem by promoting the development of resources that can be adapted for use across different student levels and cohorts.

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Elections and General Meetings

2026 Executive Board Election Results

The North American Association of Teachers of Polish is pleased to announce the results of the popular vote following the 2026 election. The results were first shared with attendees at the 2026 General Meeting on February 20, held in conjunction with the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) annual meeting. […]