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Who are we?
The Alliance for Language Learning, Inc.
- Is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation established in late 1998 by the Foreign Language Association of North Carolina (FLANC) and members of the business community.
- Is governed by an all-volunteer Board of Directors, who are educators (K-12 and higher education), parents, and members of the business community.
- Seeks to serve as both a resource and an advocate for parents, communities, schools, businesses, and policymakers (at both state and local levels).
- Seeks to promote public awareness of issues related to foreign language study in North Carolina and thereby to create a statewide constituency for its promotion.
- Seeks to assure that all public schools have consistent, high-quality performance-based and standards-based K-12 foreign language programs that are available to all students.
- Believes that the implementation of proficiency oriented K-12 foreign language programs is critical to enable our students to enter the workforce.
- Has developed a statewide plan for model K-12 foreign language programs in North Carolina that are continuous in sequence, standards-based, and proficiency-oriented. VISION 2010: A Model Foreign Language Program for the Public Schools of North Carolina will revamp and invigorate the instruction of languages in NC Public Schools .
Mission
The mission of the Alliance for Language Learning is to promote opportunities for learning languages in communities throughout the state of North Carolina.
Goal
As supporters of both early language study and of a continuing sequence of language education, the Alliance seeks to serve as an advocate and as a resource for parents, communities, schools, businesses, and policymakers (at both state and local levels), assuring that all schools in the State of North Carolina have consistent, high quality K-16 foreign language programs that are available to all students.
For information about
the Alliance for Language Learning contact:
Cathie Hodges, Executive Director
469 Sugarloaf Road
Troy, NC 27371
Telephone and FAX 910/572-1101
e-mail: cthodges@ac.net
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