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2013 Berkeley Summer STARTALK Mandarin Teacher Program Application
Deadline: April 25, 2013, 11:59pm

The Berkeley STARTALK Mandarin Language and Culture Teacher and Student Combination Program

Chinese • June 14, 2013 — July 1, 2013

The 2013 Berkeley STARTALK Mandarin Language and Culture Teacher and Student Program will be held from June 14 to July 1 from 9am to 5pm (no class on Saturdays and Sundays). This 12-day, 96-hour non-residential Teacher Program offers two required teaching methods courses toward the Teaching Chinese Certificate Program. The teacher participants will become acquainted with Standards-based instructions, STARTALK endorsed best practices, backward design, unit and lesson planning and other topics leading to better performance in the classroom. The teacher participants will receive full scholarship for 6 professional units from UC Berkeley Extension and a certificate upon completion of the summer program. The 5-day non-residential Student Program (June 24-June 28) program offers middle and high school students the opportunity to enhance their past Mandarin learning or to experience learning Mandarin as a new language. The primary outcome is to expose student participants to various aspects of language and cultural features of Chinese, and to provide Teacher Program participants with a real classroom setting for practicum. The student participants will receive scholarship for two college level units from UC Berkeley Extension and a certificate of completion of the program.

The 2013 Berkeley STARTALK Program offers “Methods and Materials of Teaching Chinese I & II”, two required courses (3-unit each) toward the Teaching Chinese Certificate Program cosponsored by UC Berkeley National Center for K-16 Chinese Language Pedagogy and the Extension.

Teachers who meet the following criteria will be considered for participant:

  • Able to participate in the full 12 days (96 hours) Monday-Friday June 14-July 1, 2013
  • Currently teaching K-12 in public, private and Chinese heritage schools
  • Holding teacher credentials in other subjects but planning to teach Chinese
  • Completed a teacher training program for teaching Chinese or teaching English and need for further professional development in teaching Chinese
  • Hold an academic degree in Chinese language and literature and plan to teach Chinese

Application Deadline: April 25, 2013 11:59 pm. We will send you a notification of your admission status via email on May 15, 2013.

Contact us: Tel. 510.642.8390 • stellakwoh@berkeley.edu • http://ieas.berkeley.edu

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