New Jersey Chinese Language Teaching Initiatives Janis Jensen World Languages and International Education Coordinator New Jersey Department of Education.

New JerseyChinese Language Teaching Initiatives

Janis Jensen World Languages and International Education Coordinator

New Jersey Department of EducationMary Curran

Assistant Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey2007 Symposium on Asia in the Curriculum, Columbia University

September 28, 2007

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 that’s not enough. We need to do better at teaching the high demand languages that are increasingly important in the new world . . .

Governor Jon CorzineSeptember, 8, 2005

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

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

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 Jersey’s Core Curriculum

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.

Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyChinese Language Teaching Initiatives

Collaborators

World Languages Institute

Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

Graduate School of Education

Project Funding

Freeman FoundationChinese on the Rise: A Collaborative Proposal For Coordinated Initiatives to Enhance and ExpandThe Training of K-12 Chinese Language Teachers

STARTALKPromoting Chinese in the New Jersey World Language Classroom

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

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

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.

World Language Teacher Certification-Alternate Route Program

Applicants to the program

must have received an intermediate high score in Chinese on ACTFL’s 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.

World Language Teacher Certification-Alternate Route Program

19-Credit Program

Pre-service Summer Courses

In-service Academic-Year Courses

World Language Teacher CertificationAlternate Route Program

Pre-service Summer Courses

16:617:500:D1 Methods of Foreign Language

Teaching 16:617:504 Assessment in the World

Languages Classroom 15:253:624 Practicum in Language Education

[20-day supervised clinical

experience in a summer school

program]

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.

15:255:536 Internship Seminar 15.255:534 Classroom Organization

World Language Teacher CertificationAlternate Route ProgramAcademic-Year Courses

Spring Session (two classes)

15:253:523 Language and Culture or 15:253:522 Bilingual/Bicultural Education

05:300:306 Principles of Classroom Learning

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

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

STARTALK Project

Developed under National Security Language Initiative

Begin in 2007 with summer camp programs for 400 high school students and 400 high school and college teachers in 5 states

Establish summer language study “feeder” programs, grants and initiatives with K-16 educational institutions

By 2011, encompass all grades, with the goal of reaching 3,000 students and 3,000 teachers in all 50 states

STARTALKSummer 2007STARTALK

Summer 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

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.”

“It’s been an amazing experience!” “Coming here I didn’t enjoy my past Chinese learning

experience. This has given me a more positive attitude about learning Chinese.”

(from student evaluations of the language camp)

“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 candidate’s journal entry)

WLI Contact InformationWLI Contact Information

Rutgers Language Institute

20 Seminary Place

New Brunswick, NJ 08901

(732) 932-7373

[email protected]

http://wli.rutgers.edu

Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

Contact Information

Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

Contact Information

43 College Avenue

New Brunswick, NJ 08901

(732) 932-7383

http://asianlanguages.rutgers.edu/

Graduate School of EducationContact Information

Graduate School of EducationContact Information

10 Seminary Place

New Brunswick, NJ 08901

(732) 932-7496

http://www.gse.rutgers.edu