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2016 Community-Based Heritage Language Schools Conference Promoting Collaboration among Educators, Families, and Researchers
A networking conference for teachers, administrators, and researchers involved with or studying community-based heritage language schools, dual language/bilingual schools, and immersion schools
Full Conference Schedule
Please email iie@american.edu if you would like access to a conference presentation in PDF format.
Welcome
Conference Chairs, Joy Kreeft Peyton and Ana Lucia Lico
2015 Conference: Comments about Desires for 2015 Conference
American University, School of Education, Dean Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy, PhD
American University, Polina Vinogradova, PhD, Director, TESOL Program
Keynote Address
Heritage language education: What is it good for? Why do some parents pursue it and others resist?
Dr. Kim Potowski, University of Illinois, Chicago
Panels and Workshops
Challenges and Best Practices in Managing a Heritage Language Program
Presenters:
- Jane Ross, French Heritage Language Program, New York, New York
- Jacynthe Jacques, Coordinator, Franco-Center, Lewiston, Maine
- [PDF Panel Handout] - Launching and sustaining a community-based heritage language school
Engaging Students in Community-Based Programs
Presenters:
- Ivian Destro Boruchowski, PhD student, Florida International University
- Daiva Navickas, Chair, Lithuanian Educational Council, former Head of Boston Lithuanian School and Educator [PDF Presentation]
- Engaging Students in Community-Based Programs: Activities that build vocabulary and community
National Organizations That Support Heritage Language Education
Presenters:
- Renate Ludanyi, President, German Language School Conference; Western Connecticut State University
- AnChung Cheng, Associate Professor, University of Toledo; Vice President, National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages
Small-Group Leaders
- Neila Baumiliene, Director, Kazickas Family Foundation, New York, New York
- Sigrid Belluz, Vice President, German Language School Conference; Principal, German School, Charlotte, NC
- National Organizations That Support Heritage Language Education
Community-Based Heritage Language Programs in the United States: Results of a National Survey and Building a Program of Advocacy
Presenters:
- Renate Ludanyi, President, German Language School Conference; Western Connecticut State University
- Hseuh-Ming Tommy Lu, Chair, Department of Computer Information Systems, Delaware Technical Community College
- Marta McCabe, President, Czech and Slovak School of North Carolina
- Ana Lucia Lico, Co-Founder, ABRACE Brazilian Association for Culture and Education, Virginia
- Joy Kreeft Peyton, Co-Founder, National Coalition of Community-Based Language Schools