In fall 2020, the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) Migrant/Bilingual Department awarded a first-ever Heritage Language Program Grant to Evergreen Public Schools in Vancouver, WA, to develop a year-long remote-learning program for Heritage Language speakers of Romanian, Russian, and Spanish. 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 liked) 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 qualify for the Washington State Seal of Biliteracy. They could also qualify for the Global Seal of Biliteracy https://theglobalseal.com/.
Heritage Language Grant Team 2020-2021
- Dr. Michele Anciaux Aoki, Grant Project Manager
intledwa@gmail.com - Dr. Otilia Baraboi, Romanian Program Lead Instructor
otilia.baraboi@arcsproject.org - Dr. Svetlana Abramova, Russian Program Lead Instructor
svetlana.v.abramova@gmail.com - Mr. Pedro Lopez, Chaves, Spanish Program Lead Instructor
pedroeuropais@gmail.com - Ryan Hauck, Education Director, World Affairs Council
rhauck@world-affairs.org
Partners on the Grant 2020-2021
- Evergreen Public Schools English Language Learners Announcement
- American Romanian Cultural Society
- World Affairs Council Global Classroom
Presentations about this grant program in 2020-2021
- WAFLT 2020 Fall Virtual Conference presentation
- Global C.R.E.D. Conference 12/2/2020
HERITAGE LANGUAGE SPEAKERS CAN EARN THE GLOBAL COMPETENCE CERTIFICATE AND GLOBAL SEAL OF BILITERACY - Award Ceremony and Student Presentations 6/29/2021
https://tinyurl.com/HL-Grant-Closing-June29-2021
Student Work
You can view student work at Heritage Language Voices, including Global Competence Certificate portfolio websites:
- https://heritagelanguagevoices.wordpress.com/2021/09/27/alexa-figueroa-gcc/
- https://heritagelanguagevoices.wordpress.com/2021/09/28/adriana-schmieders-gcc/
Testimonials from Our Teachers
- Luisa Turner, Spanish Paraeducator in Evergreen Public Schools, Vancouver, WA
https://vimeo.com/563490558
- Pedro Lopez-Chaves, Spanish Dual Language Immersion teacher from Chief Sealth International High School in Seattle https://youtu.be/l7CmGoiu2QY