This conference aims to:

1. Build partnerships among and across community-based heritage language schools and determine arenas for future action
2. Help schools create, strengthen, and build their school structures and activities
3. Make clear the importance of community-based heritage language schools in the United States and in the lives of language communities in this country
4. Develop information about community-based heritage language schools through a national survey of schools
5. Share and make available resources that will be helpful to schools

2021 Community-Based Heritage Language Schools Conference (Playlist 1 of 2):听Language-Focused Organizations and Initiatives in the U.S.

2021 Community-Based Heritage Language Schools Conference (Playlist 2 of 2):听Meet Our International Partners

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Friday, October 8

(Eastern Time)

12:00 to 12:30 p.m. - Participant Check-in

12:30 to 1:00 p.m. 鈥� Conference Opening

1:00 to 2:30 p.m. - Language-Focused Organizations and Initiatives in the U.S.

These leaders are promoting and helping to sustain and grow language education initiatives in the United States.

Presenters

• ACTFL - Howie Berman, Executive Director;听Celia Chom贸n Zamora,听Director, Professional Learning听& Certification
• America's Languages Initiative - Richard Brecht, Coordinator
• Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) - Joel Gomez, President & CEO
• - Amanda Seewald, President
• National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) 鈥� Rebecca Rubin Damari, Director of Research
• National Heritage Language Resource Center (NHLRC) - Arturo D铆az, Executive Director
• National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL) - Kathleen Priceman, Past President
• Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA)听- Maha Abdelkader, Education Program Specialist

2:30 to 2:45听p.m. - Networking Break

• Time to take a break, walk around听OR
• Stay in the main room and talk with others there

2:45听to 4:15听p.m. - Workshop:听Beyond the Bake Sale: A Recipe for Sustainable Outreach and Funding

Do you feel like you are living from fundraising event to fundraising event without a听plan? Do you wonder where you should even start building a plan for sustainable听funding for your organization? There's no exact recipe for听fundraising, but with the right听ingredients, you can build sustainable funding for your organization! In this session,听we'll talk about how you can analyze your current fundraising efforts, how to create a听plan to strategically maximize your efforts, and how to engage your board members and听bring them on board with the plan!

Presenter

• Karen Price, Director, Development and Strategic Partnerships, Eno Center for Transportation; Founder/CEO, The Modern Fundraiser

4:15听to 4:30 p.m. - Networking听Break

4:30 to 6:00 p.m. - Workshop:听Working with Parents and Engaging Students

Leaders in heritage language schools have spent years connecting with their communities to听motivate parents and engage their children in learning the听language and connecting with听their native culture. 鈥淚 convince one parent at a time how important it is to teach our听language and culture to the next听generation and make it a part of their American identity,鈥澨齭ays Ashok Ojha, who听has directed STARTALK Hindi Programs since 2010. Workshop听speakers will听present their experiences in Bulgarian, Dari and Pashto, Hindi, Japanese, and听Tamil schools.

Opening

• Marta McCabe, Founder and Director, Czech and Slovak School of North Carolina

Presenters

• Angela Hasheva, Founder and President, The Association of Bulgarian Schools in America; Founder and Director, The Bulgarian School of Seattle
• Ashok Ojha, President, Yuva Hindi Sansthan, Edison, New Jersey
• Farid Saydee, Adjunct Professor, School of Curriculum and Teaching, Kean University (Dari and Pashto)
• Sornam Sankar, Co-Founder and Acadmic Head, Ellicott Tamil School, Maryland
• Bob Uriu, Board of Tustees, Orange Coast Gakuen Japanese Language School

6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Time to stay online and talk, if desired.

7:30 p.m.

Meet and Greet dinner听for participants present in the DC Area

Saturday, October 9

(Eastern Time)

9:30听to 9:45听a.m. - Participant Check-in

9:45-10:05听a.m. 鈥� Meet Our International Partners

These leaders are developing and sustaining community-based heritage language education in听their countries.

Presenters

• 飩稟ntonella Cortese 鈥� President, International and Heritage Languages Association听(IHLA), Alberta, Canada
• Constantine Ioannou 鈥� Executive Director, International Language听Educators Association (ILEA),听Ontario, Canada
• Ken Cruickshank 鈥� Professor in Education and TESOL, Sydney School of Education and听Social Work; Director, Sydney Institute for Community Languages Education; Eben听Gowrie Waterhouse Chair in Languages, University of Sydney, Australia
• Gisi听Cannizzaro 鈥� Managing Director, Heritage Language Education Network (HLE Network),听Netherlands
• Renata Emilsson Peskova, Board Member, M贸冒urm谩l, the Association on Bilingualism,听Iceland
• Francesca La Morgia - Founder and Director, Mother Tongues, Ireland

10:05听to 11:30 a.m. - Workshop: Leveraging Technology for Effective听Teaching and Leading in听Community-Based Heritage Language Schools

Presenters share strategies to build interpersonal communication in hybrid (online and听on site) mixed (heritage and non-heritage speakers) classes听through STEAM-based听(Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) lessons.

Presenters听

• 飩稭aria Carreira, Professor Emerita of Spanish, California State University, Long Beach
• Agn猫s Ndiaye Tounkara, Program Officer, French Heritage Language Program, FACE听(French American Cultural Exchange) Foundation
• Bhavya Singh, Director, Bhasha Sanskriti, California (Hindi); Hindi Facilitator, California Language Teachers Association;听Instructional Technology听Specialist, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University (STARTALK - Arabic,听Hindi, Urdu)
• Tommy Lu, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) Working Group member;听advisor to the Washington Metropolitan Association of Chinese Schools (WMACS)

11:30 to 11:45 a.m. - Networking听Break

11:45听to 1:15听p.m. -听Workshop: Using Inquiry-based, Problem-based, and Project-based听Learning with Diverse Learners

YPAR, or youth participatory action research, is an inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning that centers on youth knowledge in order to address real-life societal issues.听This workshop will explore the power and potential of designing learning environments around inquiry-based, problem-posing, and project-based approaches with bi/multilingual learners. We will familiarize ourselves with the foundation of these approaches and draw clear links between their fundamental goals and the goals of creating rich multilingual and multiliteracies environments with heritage/bilingual learners.

Presenters

• 飩稭aria Carreira, Professor Emerita of Spanish, California State University, Long Beach
• J. Eik Diggs, M. Ed., PhD student, Department of Teaching Learning and Sociocultural Studies, University of Arizona

1:15 to 2:00 p.m. - Lunch

• Time to take a break, walk around听OR
• Stay in the main room and talk with others there OR
• Join a language group OR
• Join one of these groups to discuss a specific topic:
  --Administrators: How to manage a school
  --Administrators: How to hold events
  --Teachers: How to continue teaching online
  --Teachers: How to engage students

2:00 to 3:30 p.m. - Workshop: Focusing Your Program on Developing Learners' Language听Proficiency

All learners want to use their language for real purposes: exploring interesting content in听written, spoken, or media messages; exchanging information, ideas,听and opinions; and creating听messages to inform, persuade, or narrate.听Build on听your understanding of proficiency to听identify what learners need to develop to increase what they can do with and through the听language.听Apply the design of听learning progressions: specific tasks to guide learners to higher听levels of听proficiency. Focus your program on developing confident and competent听language听users.

Presenter

• Paul Sandrock, Senior Advisor for Language Learning Initiatives, ACTFL

3:30 to 3:45听p.m. - Networking听Break

3:45 to 5:15听p.m. - Workshop: Maximizing Language Learner Opportunities with Seals of Biliteracy

Earning a State or Global Seal of Biliteracy is a great way to excite your students about听learning a language. Parents see the award's value as a way to distinguish their students on听college and scholarship applications. Testing for a Seal of听Biliteracy provides your program听with evaluative feedback and can demonstrate听the efficacy of your program to all听stakeholders. This workshop's presenters will share how they are using Seal of Biliteracy听programs to grow retention and the language proficiency of their students. We will discuss听the various aspects of听implementation, including program adoption, promotion, testing,听local school听coordination, and celebrations.

Presenters

• Linda Egnatz, Executive Director, Global Seal of Biliteracy
• Patrick Wallace, Program Specialist for World Languages and Global Workforce Initiatives听with the Georgia Department of Education
• Angela Hasheva, Association of Bulgarian Schools in America (ABSA), Washington
• Anbarasan Vincent (Anbu), Counselor for High School Credit and Seal of Biliteracy, Alpharetta Tamil School, Georgia

5:20-6:00 p.m. 鈥� Conference Closing

6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Time to stay online and talk, if desired. Share ideas for the upcoming year.

7:30 p.m.

Dinner gathering for participants present in the DC Area

The 2021 Community-Based Heritage Language Schools Conference Online is hosted as a collaboration between the 国产小呦女 Institute for Innovation in Education and the .

We are grateful to our Conference Sponsor Partners:

ACTFL

Avant Assessment

Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)

Kazickas Family Foundation

Global Seal of Biliteracy