• Offer funding to school corporations that want to explore the possibilities for adding courses in foreign languages, especially at the middle school level.
  • Offer funding to post-secondary consortia that want to plan alternative ways to develop a pipeline of foreign language teachers for the state of Indiana.
  • Create/support local language/culture centers.
  • Develop/support/encourage language programs within the business (that is, have programs to educate employees in different languages).
  • Compose a "mission statement" or hiring policy that emphasizes the role/importance/value of multilingual and multicultural employees.
  • For universities - develop virtual field trips.
  • Encourage "Lunch and Learn" language/cultural awareness programs.
  • For large firms with international employees - encourage "Mix it up" lunches to foster cultural understanding.
  • Be the financial sponsor of an international teacher for a school corporation having difficulties recruiting/hiring a language teacher.
Source: "What Do We and Our Students Need in Indiana?" - Recommendations of the Indiana Task Force on Foreign Language Learning (2006).