Welcome to the Heritage Teacher Summit 2022!
Welcome to the Heritage Teacher Summit 2021! We've put together a great lineup of presenters, all of whom are middle or high school teachers, to share their expertise with you.
To see a description of all sessions and presenter bios, CLICK HERE.
Please use #HeritageTeacherSummit to share your takeaways!!
You will receive a certificate of completion for 13 hours.
Access expires 7/31/23 (up to one year of access!).
Sessions
- Welcome - Adrienne Brandenburg (1:23)
- 1 - Focusing on Central America: Beyond Trauma, presented by Frances Joy Santiago Bonilla (39:50)
- 2 - Estamos en Comunidad: Connection & Community Beyond the Classroom, presented by Michaela McCaughey (33:15)
- 3 - How to Build a Unit that Goes Way Beyond Comprehension Questions with Short FIlm, presented by Arianne Dowd (51:24)
- 4 - Learn from, Create and Share Gente/Lugares/Cultura Impactante in a Heritage Classroom, presented by Alana Kubeczka (55:52)
- 5 - “Words are Powerful: The Importance of Explicitly Teaching Academic Language in the Heritage Classroom”, presented by Cecilia Cummaudo (47:16)
- 6 - The half that hasn't been told….Shifting narratives in a Latin American Studies Class, presented by Christopher Jahdai Jeffords
- 7 - Read, Write, Listen, Speak, and MOVE!, presented by Rachel Rodriguez (45:41)
- 8 - Spelling instruction: What do we know and what should we do? Presented by Florencia Henshaw (41:55)
- 9 - Creating a successful program for heritage and native speakers, presented by Nina Hidalgo (58:44)
- 10 - Podcasts: Tools for learning and creating, presented by Kristin Montgomery (46:26)
- 11 - Build Community and Empathy skills through Reading Activities, presented by Meg Fandel Vernon (41:36)
- 12 - Who tells our stories matters: Using authentic voices that dignify the diverse identities in the Spanish-speaking world, presented by Maureen Aguilar (43:55)
- 13 - Cómo puedes apoyar a tus estudiantes indocumentados a conseguir su sueño universitario, presented by Bertha Delgadillo (47:44)
- Closing and certificate - Adrienne Brandenburg (1:29)
Hi, I'm Adrienne, your host.
Together with my colleague, Mary Beth, we are Adventures in Heritage Teaching. I'm a high school Spanish teacher with several years of experience teaching heritage classes. I'm passionate about uniting with others in our community to share our expertise and serve our community and our learners as best we can. Thanks for joining me on this journey.