French Advocacy Resource Bank
Helping you to save or strengthen your French program
In this Resource Bank you will find resources to assist you in defending a French program that is under threat of reduction or deletion. There are also materials to help you strengthen your program and make it even healthier. Just click on one of the topics below to find documents you can download and ideas for advocacy and program promotion.
Quick Start for French Advocacy
Don’t know where to begin your campaign to support and save your French program? Here are some starting points to give you immediate guidance.
Click here to access what you need to act now to save your program
Advancing Arguments
Why is it valuable to study French? On this page you'll find links to documents that answer that question and help you share that information with others. There are essays, maps, and testimonials to the value of French, as well as templates for flyers and presentations. Letters in Spanish help you reach out to the Spanish-speaking audience.
Click here for information you can use in arguing for your program
Cultivating Allies
The materials in this section of the French Language Advocacy Resource Bank are presented in order to help teachers connect with parents, students, colleagues and staff, and counselors.
It is important that French teachers keep the various constituencies informed about their program in order to have their support throughout the year and to have them as allies should the future of their program be threatened.
Click here to find out how to work with those who can help--from colleagues to parents to students. Lots of information here to help strengthen your program
Taking Action
Help! I need assistance as I work to save or shore up my French program!
The documents presented here will help you to figure out what to say, to whom to say it, and who can help advocate for and with you as you put together your campaign.
Click here to learn what to say and whom to contact when you need to defend your program
College & University
Strategies to support college and university programs that have come under threat are a little different from those aimed at supporting K-12 programs. The documents on this page can help university colleagues put together a campaign.
Click here to see documents tailored to help those advocating for college or university French programs
Links & Resources
Here are sites and sources that you may find useful so that you can tailor your campaign to your program's needs as you seek to strengthen and to preserve your French program.
Click here to see additional information: from statistics to maps to websites and more