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1
New JerseyChinese Language Teaching Initiatives
  • Janis Jensen
  • World Languages and International Education
    Coordinator
  • New Jersey Department of Education
  • Mary Curran
  • Assistant Professor, Rutgers, The State
    University of New Jersey
  • 2007 Symposium on Asia in the Curriculum,
    Columbia University
  • September 28, 2007

2
Chinese A Critical Language in the Era of
Globalization
  • In a global economy, our students need to be
    prepared with world languages and culture.
    Eighteen New Jersey schools offer Chinese- but
    thats not enough. We need to do better at
    teaching the high demand languages that are
    increasingly important in the new world . . .
  • Governor Jon Corzine
  • September, 8, 2005

3
New Jersey Department of Education and Rutgers
State University Partnership
  • Background The Beginnings of a Collaboration
  • NJDOE Bi Annual Seminars on Teacher Preparation
    for World Languages (2002-Present)
  • Rutgers World Languages Institute Incorporating
    the Message of Standards-Based Reform

4
  • Building Capacity in Chinese
  • The Launching of the Accelerated Chinese
    Certification Program
  • Approval of the First World Languages Alternate
    Route Center
  • Other Rutgers DOE Reform Initiatives
  • World Languages Regional Testing/Training Centers
  • Evaluator NJDOE FLAP Grant Project

5
  • Future Project
  • New Jersey K-20 International Education Resource
    Center
  • Creating an infrastructure for the development of
    a systematic and systemic approach for infusing
    international knowledge and skills, Chinese and
    other critical languages into New Jerseys Core
    Curriculum

6
World Languages Certification Requirements
  • -Undergraduate or graduate degree (accredited
    institution)
  • -30-credits in language, literature,
    civilization and culture courses- up to 16
    credits may be obtained by taking the NYU
    16-Point Proficiency Exam
  • -3-credits in a state-approved course on second
    language acquisition and related methodologies.
  • -A rating of Advanced-Low or higher on the ACTFL
    Oral Proficiency Interview
  • -Praxis II (where applicable)
  • -Completion of the above requirements leads to a
    Certificate of Eligibility to seek employment.
  • -Candidates may then enroll in the Provisional
    Teachers Program/Alternate Route which leads to
    standard certification.

7
Rutgers, The State University of New
JerseyChinese Language Teaching Initiatives
  • Collaborators
  • World Languages Institute
  • Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
  • Graduate School of Education

8
Project Funding
  • Freeman Foundation
  • Chinese on the Rise A Collaborative Proposal
  • For Coordinated Initiatives to Enhance and Expand
  • The Training of K-12 Chinese Language Teachers
  • STARTALK
  • Promoting Chinese in the New Jersey World
    Language Classroom

9
Freeman Foundation
  • Expand and enhance existing Chinese language and
    teacher training programs
  • Design and implement new options for Chinese
    language teacher training
  • Conduct a high school summer institute to provide
    internship experience for teacher candidates
  • Increase institutional cooperation to expand
    study abroad options in China
  • Enhance the on-line functions and content of the
    Rutgers Multimedia Chinese Teaching System
  • Promote and market these initiatives throughout
    the region

10
Teacher Training Programs
  • World Language Institute
  • Accelerated Chinese Teacher Certification Program
  • Graduate School of Education and World Languages
    Institute
  • World Languages Teacher Certification-Alternate
    Route Program
  • Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
  • Master of Arts for Teachers of Chinese
  • Graduate School of Education
  • Traditional Teacher Certification Programs

11
World Languages Institute Accelerated Chinese
Teacher Certification Program
  • Composed of specially-tailored, standards-based,
    New Jersey Department of Education-approved
    courses in pedagogy, methodology, language and
    linguistics.
  • Suited for proficient speakers of Mandarin
    Chinese who are currently working in other
    fields.
  • Delivered in intensive two-week summer courses.
  • Facilitates achieving a Certification of
    Eligibility in as few as two summers.

12
World Language Teacher Certification-Alternate
Route Program
  • Applicants to the program
  • must have received an intermediate high score in
    Chinese on ACTFLs Oral Proficiency Interview
    (OPI).
  • must have 30 credit hours in Chinese language
    course work on a college transcript.
  • must have a post-baccalaureate (BA) degree.

13
World Language Teacher Certification-Alternate
Route Program
  • 19-Credit Program
  • Pre-service Summer Courses
  • In-service Academic-Year Courses

14
World Language Teacher CertificationAlternate
Route ProgramPre-service Summer Courses
  • 16617500D1 Methods of Foreign Language
  • Teaching
  • 16617504 Assessment in the World
  • Languages
    Classroom
  • 15253624 Practicum in Language Education
  • 20-day supervised
    clinical
  • experience in a
    summer school
  • program

15
World Language Teacher CertificationAlternate
Route ProgramAcademic-Year Courses
  • Fall Session
  • Participants must successfully complete summer
  • coursework with a grade of B or better and submit
    proof
  • of full-time employment in a K-12 school to
    continue to
  • the fall session course work.
  • 15255536 Internship Seminar
  • 15.255534 Classroom Organization

16
World Language Teacher CertificationAlternate
Route ProgramAcademic-Year Courses
  • Spring Session (two classes)
  • 15253523 Language and Culture
  • or
  • 15253522 Bilingual/Bicultural Education
  • 05300306 Principles of Classroom
  • Learning

17
Department of Asian Languages and
CulturesMasters of Arts for Teachers of Chinese
  • Designed for those already teaching Chinese and
    those interested in pursuing a career related to
    Chinese language and culture teaching.
  • Requirements include
  • 30 credits of Course Work
  • 9 credits in language
  • 12 credits in literature and/or culture
  • 6 credits in methodology
  • 3 elective credits
  • Comprehensive Examination, Thesis or Portfolio

18
Graduate School of EducationTraditional Teacher
Certification
  • Ed. M. in Language Education with Certification
  • Five-year Program for Undergraduates
  • Post-baccalaureate Program
  • 45 Credits
  • Two-year program (if done full time)
  • Two-practica (elementary and secondary)
  • Full-semester internship

19
STARTALK Project
  • Developed under National Security Language
    Initiative
  • Establish summer language study feeder
    programs, grants and initiatives with K-16
    educational institutions
  • Begin in 2007 with summer camp programs for 400
    high school students and 400 high school and
    college teachers in 5 states
  • By 2011, encompass all grades, with the goal of
    reaching 3,000 students and 3,000 teachers in all
    50 states

20
STARTALKSummer 2007
  • Collaborative Summer Program
  • RU, WLI, and Princeton and West
    Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School Districts
  • Two-week immersion language camp for 53 high
    school students
  • Practicum site for 10 Chinese language teacher
    candidates
  • Scholarships were given to participating Chinese
    language teacher candidates

21
High School Student Comments
  • I efficiently learned a lot in a short period of
    time,
  • As an out of towner, I am glad that I attended
    Chinese camp because in my town there are few (if
    any) resources for studying Chinese, so I am
    thankful for having had one.
  • I would recommend the camp in a heartbeat to my
    friends. I would tell them it was completely
    worth it to go.
  • Its been an amazing experience!
  • Coming here I didnt enjoy my past Chinese
    learning experience. This has given me a more
    positive attitude about learning Chinese.
  • (from student evaluations of the language
    camp)

22
  • I really appreciate the experience to work
    with students in a real classroom setting with
    the help of the classroom teacher, the program
    instructor, my fellow student teachers and the
    district supervisors at Princeton High School and
    West-Windsor-Plainsboro Schools.
  • (from a teacher candidates journal entry)

23
WLI Contact Information
  • Rutgers Language Institute
  • 20 Seminary Place
  • New Brunswick, NJ 08901
  • (732) 932-7373
  • wli_at_langlab.rutgers.edu
  • http//wli.rutgers.edu

24
Department of Asian Languages and
CulturesContact Information
  • 43 College Avenue
  • New Brunswick, NJ 08901
  • (732) 932-7383
  • http//asianlanguages.rutgers.edu/

25
Graduate School of EducationContact Information
  • 10 Seminary Place
  • New Brunswick, NJ 08901
  • (732) 932-7496
  • http//www.gse.rutgers.edu
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