11th Annual Heritage Language Schools Conference

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11th Annual Heritage Language Schools Conference

October 4 – October 5 PDT

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The Coalition of Community-Based Heritage Language Schools is excited to invite you to participate in its 11th annual conference! This conference brings together everyone who is interested in learning about and collaborating with community-based HL schools. Attendees typically include directors and administrators of community-based HL schools, teachers, members of the language communities, representatives of public schools, researchers in the field of HL education, and leaders of national language organizations.

This event will be hybrid, held both on site at American University in Washington, DC and online on October 4-5, 2024. Please explore the conference website, learn about the plenary speakers, and register here! Feel free to share the conference Facebook event as well as LinkedIn event widely and invite your colleagues! If you would like to receive announcements about future events and conferences from the Coalition, sign up for their newsletter.

Plenary speakers: 

  • Ken Cruickshank,Professor of Education, University of Sydney,Australia

Community and Heritage Language Schools Transforming Education: Research, Challenges, Teaching Practices, and Next Steps

  • Richard Brecht, Co-Director, American Councils Research Center; Co-Founder & Chief Language Officer, Jeenie Augmented Interpretation

Expanding Heritage Language Education in the U.S.: Historic Immigration & Renewed Opportunities

Workshops For Teachers

·       Engaging Teenagers in Community-Based Schools

·       Using AI Technology in Community-Based Heritage Language Schools

·       Transformative Pedagogy for HLs: From Cross-Curricular Projects to Social Action

Workshops For Administrators

·       Helping Parents to Engage More with Their Children in the Language

·       A Checklist for Program Establishment and Evaluation

·       Revitalizing and Strengthening HL Education by Cultivating Teacher Agency

Panels and Networking Sessions

·       Collaborations Between Community-Based and Public Schools

·       Working with the State Department of Education

·       What Community-Based Schools Are Doing

Price Range $15-$100

Coalition of Community-Based Heritage Language Schools

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