Workshop for Teachers of Spanish as a Heritage Language in Washington

1. Workshop for Teachers of Spanish as a Heritage Language in Washington Alejandro Lee Central Washington University 21 July 2011

2. What? Where? When? • Workshop for teachers and administrators • Yakima Valley Community College • Saturday, 14 May 2011 • Free clock hours for teachers • Free breakfast and lunch

7. How? • 6 months in advance • Funding from different sources: • Center for Spanish Studies / Embassy of Spain • Instituto Cervantes • American Assoc. of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) • Washington Assoc. for Language Teaching (WAFLT) • U of Washington, Seattle (Division of Span/Port) • Central Washington U (Foreign Languages and Center for Latino/Latin American Studies) • Consulate of Mexico in Seattle • Yakima Valley Community College (host)

9. Why? • Increasing number of K-12 teachers asking for teaching materials, training, etc. at WAFLT conferences and workshops. • María Gillman, U Washington, Spanish HL courses /liaison with CSS and Consulate of Mexico • Professional development offered by Center for Spanish Studies/AATSP/WAFLT – clock hours • Most faculty development opportunities take place in the Westside

10. Who? • Presenters from a variety of teaching institutions, disciplines and experiences • K-12 schools • Community colleges/universities • Teachers and administrators • History, Education, Linguistics, Spanish

12. Program

14. Some highlights • Coffee donated by Starbucks • Lunch donated by the Consulate of Mexico • “Casa Hogar” director and women came during lunch time • Heritage language student/UW and her family

15. Evaluations • Very positive • Participants want more workshops, training, practical ideas (“how to organize the class/course,” ‘more show, less tell’), name tags, more opportunities to interact among participants (“Hay una riqueza de experiencia entre nosotros y necesitamos hablar más sobre la práctica no tanto la teoría”)

16. Future plans • Teacher training for 8 teachers from Spain (next week): What are HLL and Speaking in Tongues (Film) • Washington Assoc for Language Teaching/Pasco, Wash., Oct. 2011 (3 sessions) • “Spanish for Heritage Language Learners Working Group” (Gillman, González and Lee) • WAFLT theme: "Celebrating the Diversity and Heritage of our Learners” / Kim Potowski, keynote speaker

17. WAFLT Spring Regional Conference in Ellensburg • More workshops on HLL (Yakima? Seattle?) • Why not CWU? Why Yakima Valley Comm. College?

18. Recommendations • Plan B (presenters having to cancel or not answering) • Funding • Logistics • Advertising/Outreach: newspaper, email, listserv, flyers, reports for newsletters/newspapers/dean, photographs

19. Dr. Alejandro García MorenoMexican Consul, Seattle

20. Mexican consul with workshop organizers and participants

21. What worked? • Collaboration • Visibility for all participants and sponsors • New workshop locations throughout the state • Free clock hours • Support from Consulate of Mexico, Center for Spanish Studies/Embassy of Spain, Instituto Cervantes