Rosanne Royer

Co-President and founding member of the Ethnic Heritage Council of the Pacific Northwest (EHC)

Rosanne Royer has a B.A. in Russian Language Education and M.A. in East European Studies from the University of Washington. She taught Russian and Language Arts in Bellevue, Washington high schools and Social Studies in a private school. She is a past president of Washington Association for Language Teachers (WAFLT); Washington State AATSEEL; and is a past board member of ACTFL. Her parents were Serbian and Croatian immigrants from Croatia, which inspired her special interest in ethnic mapping and participation in the founding of the Ethnic Heritage Council. EHC’s mission is preserving and sharing ethnic heritage to advance mutual understanding. Heritage languages are revered as the fundamental conservators of the cultures represented by participants in EHC programs.

Heritage Language Speakers Can Earn the Global Competence Certificate and Global Seal of Biliteracy

How can we motivate students to engage with their heritage language in new and exciting ways? Project-Based Learning leading to the Global Competence Certificate awarded by the World Affairs Council is the approach used in this unique collaboration of Evergreen Public Schools with the World Affairs Council, Ethnic Heritage Council, American Romanian Cultural Society, and Slavic East European Teachers Association of Washington. Students of Romanian, Russian, and Spanish from throughout the state will engage in a year-long, remote-learning program designed to raise the students’ language proficiency and literacy skills and also qualify them for the Global Seal of Biliteracy.

This presentation will be available for on-demand viewing on December 2nd during Global CRED. Register for Global CRED below, it’s quick easy and free!