Title: New%20Jersey%20Chinese%20Language%20Teaching%20Initiatives
1New 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
2Chinese A Critical Language in the Era of
Globalization
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- 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
3New 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
6World 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.
7Rutgers, The State University of New
JerseyChinese Language Teaching Initiatives
- Collaborators
- World Languages Institute
- Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
- Graduate School of Education
8Project 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
9Freeman 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
10Teacher 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
11World 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.
12World 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.
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13World Language Teacher Certification-Alternate
Route Program
- 19-Credit Program
- Pre-service Summer Courses
- In-service Academic-Year Courses
14World 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
15World 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
16World 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
17Department 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
18Graduate 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
19STARTALK 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
20STARTALKSummer 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
21High 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)
23WLI Contact Information
- Rutgers Language Institute
- 20 Seminary Place
- New Brunswick, NJ 08901
- (732) 932-7373
- wli_at_langlab.rutgers.edu
- http//wli.rutgers.edu
24Department of Asian Languages and
CulturesContact Information
- 43 College Avenue
- New Brunswick, NJ 08901
- (732) 932-7383
- http//asianlanguages.rutgers.edu/
25Graduate School of EducationContact Information
- 10 Seminary Place
- New Brunswick, NJ 08901
- (732) 932-7496
- http//www.gse.rutgers.edu