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AboutAmerican Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and Chinese Language Association for Elementary and Secondary Schools (CLASS)
Glastonbury, CT and Wallingford, CT
ACTFL/CLASS Discovering Chinese Summer Initiative for Teachers
Dates: July 5 - July 15 and July 14 - July 25 (2 sessions)
http://www.actfl.org
The two-week intensive training program will equip teachers of Chinese to develop standards-based instructional units, assess students' linguistic competence and to deliver such instruction in the classroom.
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
BYU Chinese Language Camp
Dates: July 23 - August 17
http://asiane.byu.edu/chinese
Three apprentice teachers will work closely with a master teacher over the length of the program while twelve high school students complete the equivalent of BYU's Chinese 101 course. A three-day seminar will be held for at least seven other teachers.
Bryant University
Smithfield, RI
Bryant Summer High School Chinese Immersion Program
Dates: July 16 - July 29
http://china.bryant.edu
This program is a Chinese language summer camp that includes two weeks of language studies where participating American students and teachers are paired with visiting Chinese high school students and teachers.
Chicago Public Schools, Chinese Language Institute (CLI)
Chicago, IL
Teacher Professional Development (TPD)
Dates: June 18 - June 29, 2007 (2 weeks)
http://www.cps.k12.il.us
http://www.olce.org
The TPD program provides a four-week pedagogy-based professional development for teachers of Chinese language to introduce traditional and contemporary considerations for effective curriculum planning, design and development as applied to teaching Chinese in the U.S.
The College Board
New York, NY
Summer Institutes for Chinese Guest Teachers
Dates: August 5 - August 14
http://www.collegeboard.com/k12chinese
This institute will provide valuable professional development for teachers from China serving as guest teachers in K-12 schools in the U.S.
Concordia Language Villages
Moorhead, MN
Authentic Learning, Authentic Teaching: Chinese Language Acquisition in Context
Dates: July 2 - July 14
http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org
A cohort of 20 Chinese teachers will gather from across the United States for a two-week course that links the best practices in second language education with the innovative immersion techniques used at Concordia Language Villages for over 45 years. Teachers will earn four semester hours of graduate credit through Concordia College. Program participants will have the opportunity to both observe and interact with students and staff at the Chinese Language Village.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott Campus (ERAU)
Prescott, AZ
ERAU Upgrading Language Programs for High School Students
Dates: June 16 - July 26
http://www.erau.edu/omni/pr/academicorgs/prcoaas/foreignlanguage.html
This program will train foreign language teachers to teach high school students while high school juniors and seniors are studying Mandarin Chinese.
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI
A Chinese Language Immersion Sports Camp
Dates: July 8 - July 28
http://chinesestudies.hawaii.edu
Ten in-service Chinese language teachers will be invited to undergo a concurrent pedagogic training session and to interact with, observe, and assist with classes in the sports camp where Chinese martial arts and ping-pong will be taught in Mandarin Chinese by PRC national-level champions in the sports.
Hunter College
New York, NY
Teaching Practicum and Professional Development
Dates: July 2 - August 24 (4 or 8 weeks)
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/classics/chinese/summer.html
Two courses focus on supervised teaching, lectures and projects on curriculum and material design, lesson planning, teaching methodologies, and assessment, and the use of technology in teaching.
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
Chinese Pedagogy Institute (CPI)
Dates: June 17 - June 29
http://www.indiana.edu/~easc/CPI/index.htm
This intensive two-week residential institute will offer instruction to 15 prospective and current high school Chinese teachers.
Middlebury College, Sunderland Language Center
Middlebury, VT
Teacher Workshops and Continuing Education Programs in Chinese
Dates: July 15 - July 28
http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ls/startalk
Ten Chinese teachers will be enrolled in a two-week intensive immersion workshop during the Middlebury Language Schools' summer 2007 session.
Northern Kentucky University, NKU Research Foundation
Highland Heights, KY
Educating World Language (Chinese) Teachers
Dates: June 4 - July 20
http://www.nku.edu
This program consists of a seven-week intensive summer institute for alternative certification for teachers of Chinese. Also, there is also a free workshop on Chinese teaching at end of June or early July.
Northern Virginia Community College
Alexandria, VA
Powering Up Your Chinese Language Courses with Technology
Dates: June 26 - June 29
A summer institute of four full-day sessions studying technology and language pedagogy for up to ten teachers of Chinese.
Rutgers University, Rutgers Language Institute
New Brunswick, NJ
Promoting Chinese in the New Jersey World Languages Classroom: The Rutgers/NJ School District Summer Project
Dates: June 1 - August 31
http://wli.rutgers.edu
Program will provide teacher candidates with the opportunity to enhance high school students' language proficiency while gaining insight into cultural perspectives of the society through experiences with the products and practices of Chinese people.
Seattle Public Schools
Seattle, WA
Chinese Language Teacher Certification
Dates: July 16 - August 31
http://www.seattleschools.org/area/main/index.dxml
A teacher certification program enabling teachers of Chinese to quality for conditional teacher certificates in Washington State and to continue on the path to full Chinese teacher certification.
Southern California Council of Chinese Schools
Torrance, CA
Chinese Immersion Summer Program
Dates: June 25 - July 26
http://www.teachingChinese.org
Professional development program will training teachers and aids to provide students with a global vision and sensitivity to foreign cultures as well as enhancing Chinese language competency and generating a lifelong interest in learning Chinese.
Stanford University's California Foreign Language Project
Palo Alto, CA
Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture Program for High School Students and Professional Development for Their Teachers
Dates: June 25 - July 20
http://www.stanford.edu/group/CFLP/
Ten Mandarin language teachers will participate in a one-week professional development workshop run concurrently with the student program, receiving training in curriculum design and classroom practice.
