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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

Â鶹´«Ã½, School of Education, Dean Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy, PhD

Â鶹´«Ã½, 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 schoolÌý

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 EducatorÌý[PDF Presentation]
• Engaging Students in Community-Based Programs: Activities that build vocabulary and community

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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