The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) Multilingual Education Department awarded a Heritage Language Program Grant to Wenatchee Public Schools in Wenatchee, WA, to offer a two-year remote-learning program for Heritage Language speakers of Romanian, Russian, Spanish, or Ukrainian. The project supported the students to develop their language proficiency and literacy in their Heritage Language while also preparing a portfolio for the Global Competence Certificate in the Heritage Language (and English too, if they like) through the World Affairs Council in Seattle. Upon completion of the program, students also had the opportunity to complete World Language Competency-Based Credit testing to earn high school credits in their language and potentially qualify for the Washington State Seal of Biliteracy. Many also qualified for the Global Seal of Biliteracy https://theglobalseal.com/.
Heritage Language Grant Team 2022-2023
- Dr. Michele Anciaux Aoki, Grant Project Manager
- intledwa@gmail.com
- Dr. Otilia Baraboi, Romanian Program Instructor
- otilia.baraboi@arcsproject.org
- Dr. Ileana Marin, Romanian Program Instructor
- ileana.marin@arcsproject.org
- Larisa Shuvalova, Russian Program Instructor
- larashuvalova@gmail.com
- Mr. Pedro Lopez, Chaves, Spanish Program Instructor
- pedroeuropais@gmail.com
- Brandon Severance, Spanish Program Instructor
- bsevera@tacoma.k12.wa.us
- Inna Shynshyn, Ukrainian Program Instructor
- shynshyn.inna@gmail.com
- Iryna Novachuk, Ukrainian Program Instructor
- Novachukiryna@gmail.com
- Ryan Hauck, Education Director, World Affairs Council
- rhauck@world-affairs.org
Partners on the Grant 2022-2023
Wenatchee Public Schools partnered with a number of community-based organizations, including the American Romanian Cultural Society, Ethnic Heritage Council, Slavic East European Teachers Association of Washington, Washington Association for Language Teaching, Washington State Coalition for International Education, and the World Affairs Council Global Classroom.
Presentations about this grant program in 2022-2023
- OSPI Heritage Language Grant: Global Competence from the Student Perspective 6/6/2023 Google Slides
- OSPI Heritage Language Grant: Award Ceremony 6/27/2023 Google Slides | Video (30 minutes)
- OSPI Heritage Language Grant: Start Your Own Global Connections Club 6/27/2023 | Video (39 minutes)
Student Work
You can view student work at Heritage Language Voices, including Global Competence Certificate portfolio websites:
- https://heritagelanguagevoices.wordpress.com/2023/05/29/ilinca-hs-gcc/
- https://heritagelanguagevoices.wordpress.com/2023/05/29/sofia-fs-gcc/
- https://heritagelanguagevoices.wordpress.com/2023/04/15/patrick-i-gcc/
- https://heritagelanguagevoices.wordpress.com/2023/04/15/roxana-s-gcc/
- https://heritagelanguagevoices.wordpress.com/2023/04/15/sophia-m-gcc/
- https://heritagelanguagevoices.wordpress.com/2023/04/15/liana-m-gcc/
- https://heritagelanguagevoices.wordpress.com/2023/04/15/maria-s-gcc/