The languages below are lists of the Language Representatives we work with, and they represent the languages that are in the Coalition at this point. However, many more languages are taught in community-based heritage language schools in the United States. Please contact us and let us know you are out there and if you would like to connect with us.

Roles of the Language Representatives

Coalition Language Representatives are closely engaged with those working in their language community (which includes community-based language schools) and interested in making connections with other language groups and with the national effort, the Coalition. In working with the Coalition, a Language Representative might do the following:

Liaison:

• Serve as a liaison between the language community (particularly community-based schools teaching the language) and the Coalition
  Send messages from the Coalition to the community and schools about new issues and initiatives
• Stay in touch with issues in their community that the Coalition might address and resources that the Coalition might make available
• Solicit feedback from their community about the Coalition’s mission, goals, and activities and communicate the feedback to the Coalition
• Share with the Coalition any relevant information, resources, and updates about activities of their language group

Annual Conference:

• Send announcements about the annual conference to their language community and schools
• Work with their language community and schools to facilitate  participation in the conference, in what ways
• Make suggestions about sessions to be presented at the conference and possible presenters from the community and schools at the conference

Survey of Schools:

• Help the Coalition to stay up to date about community-based heritage language schools teaching their language by creating a list of those  schools
•  Send the community-based schools survey to their language community, so that all schools are documented
• Know which language schools are documented in the survey
• Try to find unlisted schools by asking leaders of documented schools if they know of other schools in their language community

Coalition Webinars, Discussions, and Social Media:

• Encourage members of their language community and schools to participate in the Coalition’s webinars and online discussions and to follow the Coalition's social media posts
• Suggest content for the Coalition's website and social media (relevant to all languages)
• Offer to organize webinars and online discussions on topics of their choice (relevant to all languages)

Become a Language Representative

Coalition Language Representatives are closely engaged with those working in community-based heritage language programs in their language community and are interested in making connections with other language groups and with the national effort, the Coalition. They serve as a liaison between their language community and the work of the Coalition, so that we work together effectively. The languages that are represented in the Coalition at this point, with the Language Representatives we work with, are listed in the section on Language Representatives Biographies. However, many more languages are taught in community-based heritage language schools in the United States.

If you are interested in becoming a Language Representative, contact Joy Peyton, joy@peytons.us