Tell others about the Online Collection
If you know of others who have a program that you feel should be profiled, please send them an email message inviting them to complete a profile.
View the Profile Collection
The Online Collection of National Heritage Language
Program Profiles allows heritage language programs in community-based, K–12, and university
settings to form a network to exchange ideas and resources with one another.
Submit a Profile for the Collection
If you work in a heritage language program in a community-based or K–12 setting*, we encourage you to complete a Heritage Language Program Profile. By entering your program into the Online Collection of Heritage Language Program Profiles, you will
- Show other program developers and staff how to start or improve their own heritage language programs
- Provide information for researchers and for organizations seeking funding for programs
- Help your program by learning from other heritage language programs
The profile form takes only about 20 minutes to complete.
Click here to complete a program profile.
*If you are a higher education program, please visit the National Heritage Language Resource Center (NHLRC) at UCLA to find out how you can participate in their survey of college-level heritage language programs.
Background
In 1999, the Heritage Language Initiative launched coordinated efforts across languages and instructional settings to develop a national infrastructure of information and resources to support the development of heritage language learners’ competencies. Efforts have included the First (1999) and Second (2002) National Heritage Languages in America Conferences and the formation of the Alliance for the Advancement of Heritage Languages, which calls for the collaboration of all constituents. An urgent need emerged during the process: as a nation we lack information about heritage language programs at all levels: K-12, higher education, and community-based organizations. The current effort to collect data about heritage language programs through the Online Collection of Heritage Language Program Profiles project aims at bridging this gap. Through participation in this data collection project and providing information about your program, you will make a tremendous contribution to this important national initiative.
