Chinese Guest Teacher Program & Ohio Chinese Curriculum - Sept. 27

Monday, September 27, 2010

9:30-11:00 am
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma (University Center Board West)
See Campus map: http://www.plu.edu/about/Campus-Map/home.php

“Everything you wanted to know about the Hanban/College Board/NCSSFL Chinese Guest Teacher Program (but were afraid to ask)”

http://professionals.collegeboard.co.../chinese/guest
(note that links are for the 2010 program, but 2011 info should be coming this fall)

Audience: Schools and districts interested in potentially a visiting teacher from China
Register at: http://tinyurl.com/DebbieRobinsonSep27

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1:30-3:00 pm
Confucius Institute Education Center at Chief Sealth High School in Seattle
2600 Thistle St, Seattle, WA 98106
“Everything you wanted to know about the Hanban/College Board/NCSSFL Chinese Guest Teacher Program (but were afraid to ask)”
and
Reception with Seattle’s Visiting Teachers from China

Audience: Schools and districts interested in potentially a visiting teacher from China
Anyone who would like to welcome Seattle’s visiting teachers from China

Register at: http://tinyurl.com/DebbieRobinsonSep27

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4:00-7:00 pm
Confucius Institute Education Center at Chief Sealth High School in Seattle
2600 Thistle St, Seattle, WA 98106

“Ohio’s K-4 Content-Enriched Mandarin Chinese Curriculum and Professional Development Modules”
http://ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=1701&ContentID=50516&Content=87808

Audience: Teachers of Chinese from public, private, or community schools,
Chinese language program planners and administrators (Session will be conducted in English).
While the curriculum is oriented to elementary level language programs, the curriculum
development model would be of interest to language teachers at any level.

Register at: http://tinyurl.com/DebbieRobinsonSep27


Meet Debbie Robinson…

Deborah W. Robinson, Ph.D. taught French and Spanish in Pre-K-university early language, immersion, and traditional programs for 15 years prior to joining the faculty of The Ohio State University Foreign and Second Language Education Program. Debbie worked with pre-service and international teachers for six years at OSU where she taught methods, second language acquisition, and teacher education courses to M.Ed., MA, and Ph.D. students.

In 2001, Dr. Robinson was recruited to the Ohio Department of Education to shepherd the development of the state's academic content standards and model curriculum. She also serves as the project director for Ohio's FLAP-funded K-4 Content-enriched Mandarin Curriculum where she worked with an international team of Chinese teachers to develop detailed units. Debbie is the immediate past president of the National Council of State Supervisors for Languages (NCSSFL) and has worked closely with Hanban and the College Board over the past four years to interview and in-service the Guest Teachers from China who live and teach across the U.S.