K-12 Essential Professional Development Workshop for all Chinese Educators

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K-12 Essential Professional Development Workshop for all Chinese
Educators

Sunday August 9th , 2009, Time—8:30 – 5:30 PM

Thompson Hall, George Mason University Fairfax Campus

Sponsors— New World Bilingual Institute (NWBI)--www.mnwbi.us

Details in Chinese and English (with site direction) :

http://www.nwbi.us/nwbi/view.php?catalog=Workshops

Outlines

I). College Board World Language and Culture Curriculum

--Newly Developed Vertical Alignment leading to Pre AP and AP
Courses---

A). Enduring Understandings---

5 C—Communication; Cultures; Connections; Comparisons; and
Communities

B). Developed 6 Essential Topics

1.Global Challenges; 2. Sciences and Technology, 3. Contemporary Life,
4. Personal and Public Identities, Families and Communities, 6. Beauty
and Aesthetics

C). How to Apply in Teaching

II). Effective Communication Teaching Strategies and Materials
Selections

III). Mainstream Effective Spiral and Vertical Teaching
Demonstration

How to plan lessons and teach from K to 12 (K-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12;
Pre AP/ AP)

What Assessment Criteria are Used?

IV). How to Receive the Official Professional Language Certificates

1). ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages).

Test Details—

How to Obtain ACTFL Chinese Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI)
Certificates,

ACTFL Chinese Written Proficiency Test (WPT) Certificates

2). PRAXIS I Standard Test Requirements

3). Chinese Teaching Licensure

4). Teaching Job in Public/Private Schools;

nw...@yahoo.com Phone: 703-978-7905 ; 703-764-1154