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The Texas Coalition for Heritage Spanish

TeCHS is a cooperative platform to support the success of Spanish heritage language speakers and their communities in Texas, assisting and promoting bicultural and bilingual development in the state. Our collaborators include Spanish program faculty and instructors from across Texas.

Resources for SHL Educators

TeCHS offers a growing collection of links to materials and resources submitted by our community.

Professional Development Events

TeCHS hosts in-person summer Heritage Spanish professional development workshops annually as well as online webinars and SHL Hangouts. Recordings of past events are available on our Previous Workshops page.

TeCHS Webinar: Estamos Aquí Book Launch

Date: January 26, 2026
Time: 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm CST
Location: Zoom Webinar

During this webinar we will officially launch the new OER Textbook Estamos Aquí: Comunidades bilingües e identidades regionales de los Estados Unidos, an intermediate-level textbook for Spanish as a heritage language. Join us as we speak with the textbook authors: Angelica Amezcua, Flavia Belpoliti, Anel Brandl, Stephanie Gonzalez, and Jocelly Meiners, who will share all […]

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