Heritage Language Academy: impacting families and children

in culturally relevant ways

Jordi and Josie RomanAsheboro City Schools

HLA.

History• Joint collaboration Between UNCG’s TESOL for

ALL program and ACS• 3rd year @ Donna Lee Loflin Elementary• 1st year @ Guy B. Teachey• Eight Saturdays from 9.30 to 11.30am• “Parents as Teachers” component added this

year

Mission of the Heritage Language Academy

Provide students with tools to increase literacy in the native language ( Spanish) and in English

Missions of the Heritage Language Academy

To provide HLA parents with the skills/ tools to understand their children’s curriculum and to become partners in learning 21st century skills.

3rd GEnglish/ Spanish

Parents as Teachers

Computer Class

K-3 Enrichment

HLA

3rd GEnglish/ Spanish

HLA

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HL learners(Valdés 2000, Carreira & Kagan 2007)

• Have good oral comprehension of the language• May be able to speak the language to different

degrees• Have good pronunciation• Have lexical gaps• Make grammatical errors• Poor to minimal reading and writing skills• Self-identify with their ethnic community• Have a strong interest in learning more about their

language

In Action

The Teacher Factor

The Text Factor

Transferability Factor

Parent as Teachers

HLA

Practice

scaffold

monitor

Replicate Classroom

Activities

support

AwarenessUS Latin America

Computer Class

HLA

Curriculum

Web Search

Basic skills

K-3 EnrichmentHLA

Parent Time

structured

Flexible

3rd GEnglish/ Spanish

Parent as Teachers

Computer Class

K-3 Enrichment

HLA

Reflection

Self -Advocacy Sustainability Expansion improvement

What do they think?

Special Thanks to :Dr. LevinDr. JaneDr. PratterDr. Frost Dr. HarperMrs. VanderburghMrs. CallTeachers, Parents and Students

Thank you