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

Friday, October 9

(Eastern Time)

Please click here for all session slides.

Please click here for the video recordings of the following sessions: Conference Opening and Q&A with Panel of Organizational Leaders. The passcode for this video is: &80LssKw. 

12:30 to 1:00 p.m. – Conference Opening & Introductions

• Joy Kreeft Peyton, Conference Chair, National Coalition of Community-Based Heritage Language Schools
• Danielle Sodani, Director, Institute for Innovation in Education, American University

1:00 to 2:00 p.m. - Q & A With Panel of Organizational Leaders - Connecting With Organizations Working in the Field of Heritage Language Education

• ACTFL - Bridget Yaden, President
• Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) - Trey Calvin, Communications Manager
• Joint National Committee for Languages - National Council for Languages and International Studies (JNCL - NCLIS) - Amanda Seewald, President-Elect and Advocacy Chair
• National Heritage Language Resource Center (NHLRC) - Arturo Díaz, Executive Director; Maria Carreira, Co-Director, Pedagogy
• National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) – Betsy Hart, Lead Director and Director of Programs
• Office of English Acquisition (OELA), U.S. Department of Education - Lorena McElwain, Assistant Deputy Secretary

2:00 to 2:30 p.m. - Break

Please click here for the recording of the 2:30 - 4:30 session. The passcode for this video is: &80LssKw. 

2:30 to 4:00 p.m. - Workshop - Engaging City, State, and National Organizations, Consulates and Embassies, Boards of Education

Facilitators:

• Trey Calvin, Communications Manager, Center for Applied Linguistcs (CAL)
• Marta McCabe, President, Czech and Slovak School of North Carolina
• Nina Paulovicova, President, International Heritage Languages Association (IHLA); Assistant Professor, Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada
• Trudie Aberdeen, Coordinator, IHLA; Instructor, University of Alberta, Canada

4:00 to 4:30 p.m. - Break

Please click here for the recording of the 4:30 - 6:00 session. No passcode is needed. 

4:30 to 6:00 p.m. - Workshop - Hiring, Training, and Retaining Effective Teachers

Facilitators:

• Renate Ludanyi, President, German Language School Conference (GLSC); Board Member, German School of Connecticut; Director, German Studies Center, Western Connecticut State University
• Sigrid Belluz, Vice President, German Language School Conference (GLSC); Principal, Deutsche Schule, Charlotte
• Trudie Aberdeen, Coordinator, International Heritage Languages Association (IHLA); Instructor, University of Alberta, Canada

Saturday, October 10

(Eastern Time)

Please click here for the video recordings of the following sessions: Discussion of Initiative in Other Countries and Effective Instruction Workshop with Masako Douglas. The passcode for this video is: 3I*q7s8r. 

9:30-10:00 a.m. – Discussion - Heritage Language Initiatives in Other Countries

• Constantine Ioannou – Executive Director, Ontario, Canada, International Language Educators Association (ILEA)
• Ken Cruickshank – Professor in Education and TESOL, Sydney School of Education and Social Work; Director, Sydney Institute of Community Language Education; Eben Gowrie Waterhouse Chair in Languages, University of Sydney, Australia

Please click here for the recording of the 10:00 - 11:30 session with Jennifer de Lima and Aerin Benavides. The passcode for this video is: eZJB@S8m. 

Please click here for the recording of the 10:00 - 11:30 session with Tommy Lu and Dan Boric. The passcode for this video is: b*Zthg*6. 

10:00 to 11:30 a.m. - Workshop - Effective Instruction: Best Practices

Topics and Facilitators:

• High-leverage/high-impact teaching practices: For new teachers - Masako Douglas, Professor Emerita of Japanese, California State University Long Beach
• Differentiating instruction - Jennifer de Lima and Aerin Benavides, Board Members, Immersion for Spanish Language Acquisition (ISLA) Chapel Hill, NC
• Motivating and engaging middle and high school students, including technology and online tools - Tommy Lu, Department Chair of Information Technologies, Delaware Technical Community College; Advisor, Washington Metropolitan Association of Chinese Schools (WMACS); Dan Boric, Two Marshmallows

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Lunch Break

Please click here for the recording of the 12:30 - 2:00 session. The passcode for this video is: 3I*q7s8r. 

12:30 to 2:00 p.m. - Workshop - Engaging and Collaborating With Parents, Schools, and the Community

Facilitators:

• Sornam Sankar, Co-Founder and Academic Head, Tamil Language Education and Training Inc. (TALENT, Inc.)
• Mr. Velmurugan Periasamy, Valluvan Tamil Academy, VA
• Mr. Daivamani Sivasailam, TALENT Tamil School, MD
• Dr. Balamurugan Kuppusamy, Maryland Tamil Academy, MD
• Mr. Santosh Selvaraj, Bharathiyar, Tamil School, MD
• Mr. Srinivas Sundaragopal, Sangamam Tamil School, VA

2:00 to 2:30 p.m. - Break

Please click here for the recording of the 2:30 - 4:00 session. The passcode for this video is: 3I*q7s8r. 

2:30 to 4:00 p.m. - Workshop - Gaining Credit and Recognition for Language Proficiency: Developing a Pathway for Students to Level Up

Facilitators:

• Paul Sandrock, Director of Education, ACTFL
• Linda Egnatz, Executive Director, Global Seal of Biliteracy

4:00 to 4:30 p.m. - Break

Please click here for the recording of the 4:30 - 6:00 session and the Conference Closing. The passcode for this video is: 3I*q7s8r. 

4:30 to 6:00 p.m. - Workshop - Gaining Credit and Recognition for Language Proficiency: Assessing Student Proficiency

Facilitators:

• Linda Egnatz, Executive Director, Global Seal of Biliteracy
• Paul Sandrock, Director of Education, ACTFL

6:00-6:30 p.m. – Conference Closing

The 2020 Community-Based Heritage Language Schools Conference Online is hosted as a collaboration between the American University Institute for Innovation in Education and the Coalition for Community-Based Heritage Language Schools.

We are grateful to our conference sponsors:

ACTFL

Avant Assessment

Kazickas Family Foundation

National Heritage Language Resource Center (NHLRC)

And to our conference partners:

Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)

Global Seal of Biliteracy

Joint National Committee for Languages (JNCL-NCLIS)

National Foreign Language Center (NFLC)

Seal of Biliteracy