CLTA-WA would like to congratulate yhe newly elected 2019-2012 board members: Yushen Liu, Chiu-Hsin Lin, Dongmei Wang, and April Yanfei Cao.
Let’s also congratulate our new Vice President, Jingran Wan! She will serve as a Vice President this year, beginning July 1 and President next year.
华盛顿州中文教师学会于2019年4月13日在西部学校(Westside School)举办的春季工作坊圆满成功。本次工作坊由华盛顿州中文教师学会主办，华盛顿州孔子学院(CIWA)、华盛顿州语言教学协会(WAFLT)， 和西部学校联合协办。
此次工作坊由目前在加州库比蒂诺（Cupertino）弗里蒙特联盟高中学区（Fremont Union High School District）任职的金璎老师主讲。作为2018年美国外语教学委员会（ACTFL）年度教师奖的获得者，金老师有20多年的中美初中、高中、大学中文教学经验。在六小时的工作坊中，金璎老师介绍了一系列符合21世纪学习者需求的课堂活动。金老师用互动的方式介绍了各种课堂活动，播放了视频演示，带着在场的老师们一起体验了各种活动，展示了学生的样本，更给出了很多有用的教学技巧。
这次工作坊共有近50名教育工作者前来参加，甚至包括来自爱达荷州、俄勒冈州，和华盛顿州东部的老师们。老师们都对此次工作坊非常满意，也都表示收获良多。很多老师都表示，金老师的演讲深入浅出，介绍的活动和教学技巧非常实用，给出的教学资源也异常丰富。参加工作坊的老师们都对华州中文协会能组织如此精彩的工作坊表示感激。 (By Xi Sun)
Dear members,
Are you interested in serving on the CLTA-WA board? The positions and terms open are: Vice President (3 year commitment) and 4 board members (3 year term). The Vice President (President-elect) serves the following year as CLTA-WA’s President.
For position descriptions, go to https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dyo9t4K2jAiHpqSEPQS1HQFdRtnmYDcG/view?usp=sharing
Applications for the 2019 board must be submitted on or before Sunday March 31, 2019. The election will take place from April 7, 2019 through April 28, 2019. We anticipate candidates will be notified of the outcome of the election no later than May 4, 2019.
If you are interested, please use the application link below.
https://goo.gl/forms/erO0VFalB017hosb2
If you have any questions, please contact Lotus Perry or Zoe Jiang. We look forward to hearing from you!
Lotus Perry
2019 Nomination Committee Chair
Email: perry@pugetsound.edu
Zoe Jiang
2018-2019 CLTA-WA President
Email: president@clta-wa.org
Congratulations to Betty Lau. Her article, “City University of Seattle STARTALK- Teacher Certification Program: Leadership Incubator” on ACLTFL’s bi-month magazine, The Language Educator” (February/March 2019, Volume 14, Issue1) discusses the role of CLTA-WA in developing future teacher leaders. The article is available to all ACTFL members.
CLTA-WA networking event on 2/19/2019 （元宵节）
Hostess: Meitsu Chuang-Mendel
Place: at Meitsu’s house
Time: 12pm-4pm
Participants: Jiang, Hong; Zhou,Feng; You, Haiyan; Liu, Yushen
Meitsu prepared hot pot and participants brought roasted duck, tangyuan (汤圆) and chips. It was a small group so we could have a deeper conversation and share some teaching tips. The following is the participants’ feedback:
“谢谢你今天花时间准备好吃的火锅，还送给我们这么多书，真是十分感谢。希望以后还有机会继续交流和学习。”
“谢谢你的美食和听力活动分享。大脑和肠胃收获都不小。我得把听力材料准备一下啦。”
“今天跟几位聊聊也很高兴。”
“感谢美足给我们提供了一个这么好的倾谈的机会！”
“美景，美食，良言，我要好好的回味……附上照片一张。感激和大家相聚的时刻！”
“谢谢美足老师的招待，跟各位老师聊完天真的是受益匪浅。”
Background: Startalk, funded by the National Security Agency (NSA), administered by the National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) at the University of Maryland, has goals to 1) increase the number of qualified teachers of Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Farsi, Hindi, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu; 2) increase numbers of students taking these languages; and 3) create infrastructure for curricula, materials and resources to support teaching/learning the critical languages (www.startalk.umd.edu).
What: City University of Seattle has 15 scholarships available for fluent speakers of Mandarin Chinese, Korean, Portuguese or Spanish to take coursework towards Washington state teacher certification, subject to February 2019 Startalk Central grant award announcement and CityU and state changes.
How:Teacher candidates who qualify (pass required tests, interview/conversation) will be enrolled in CityU’s Alternative Route 2 or 3 or 4 teacher certification program on a first qualified, first scholarshipped basis).
Deadlines:
Schedule: June 22-28 online; June 29-July 19 on-site, with July 4 off; 7:30 a.m.- 5 p.m. NOTE: Teacher candidates will have pre-program reading, online assignments; assignments outside of class time, and some assignment due dates beyond July 19.
Where: Chong Wa Hall, 522 7thAve. S, Seattle Chinatown 98104
Teacher Candidate Pre-requisites to Receive a Startalk Scholarship:
Additional Information:
Foundation for International Services
505 5th Avenue South, Suite 101
Edmonds, WA 98020
Phone: 425-248-2255
Questions? Contact Betty Lau, CityU of Seattle Startalk director: laubetty@cityu.edu
Startalk Applicants: 1) Email your resume to Betty Lau. 2) Interviews will be arranged.
华盛顿州中文教师学会于2018年9月15日在东华盛顿大学斯坡坎校区举办“差异化教学”的研习会圆满成功。本次的研习会由华盛顿州中文教师学会主办，华盛顿州孔子学院(CIWA)，华盛顿州语言教学协会(WAFLT) 和东华盛顿大学现代语言及文学系(MLL)联合协办。
此次的研习会由目前在西雅图学区的Chief Sealth 国际高中(Chief Sealth International High School) 任职的王逸玨（Yea-Jae Wang）老师主讲，王老师在小学和中学从事中文教学多年、而且具备课程研究开发和师资培训经验。在三个小时的研习会中，王老师跟参与的老师介绍差异化教学及其理论基础，差异化教学的主要理念及其应用，和差异化教学的策略。王老师由浅入深地带领大家探讨差异化教学的精髓, 并且提供教学实例和学生的作品，让老师们能更具体的了解如何把差异化教学的策略运用在课堂上。
王老师用心规划的研习内容和活动，且提供许多宝贵的建议给老师们如何在自己课堂上开始实践差异化教学，让大家获益良多。参加的老师们也表示对这次的研习活动的内容很满意，对差异化教学有更多的认知。与会的老师们对本学会能在东华盛顿提供专业的研习机会表达谢意。
Spokane Workshop 2018
Spokane Workshop 2018
Spokane Workshop 2018
Spokane Workshop 2018
On August 18, 2018, Chinese Language Teachers Association-WA (CLTA-WA) held a successful workshop on Making It Real: Speaking, Reading, and Grammar for Authentic Communication, at Westside School in Seattle. This workshop was led by Dr. Bridget Yaden, Professor of Hispanic Studies and Director of the Language Resource Center at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) in Tacoma, Washington, and was co-sponsored by the Chinese Language Teachers Association-USA (CLTA-USA) and the Washington Association for Language Teaching (WAFLT).
There were many topics covered during the workshop and the presenter, Dr. Bridget Yaden did an outstanding job of sharing her expertise with us. Participants explored examples of meaningful communication activities through hands-on experience in pairs, small groups, and as a whole group. They also learned how to access free resources for authentic communication through speaking and reading. As the Language Resource Center Director, Dr. Bridget Yaden shared many cutting edge websites and apps for a communicative classroom.
The workshop was well attended by 58 participants, including teachers representing many world languages. Everyone was very satisfied with the workshop and found the ideas and techniques informative and useful.
Voting Instructions for Vice President and Board of Directors
Please take few minutes to view candidates’ bios before casting your vote. 2018_CLTA-WA Candidates’ Bios
Each member can vote for One vice president candidate and Four board of director candidates. All ballots will be reviewed and approved by the Election Committee and their determination as to the votes cast by that ballot is final for purposes of such CLTA-WA election decisions.
Complete the form below to cast your votes. Click on “Yes” next to the names of the candidates you would like to vote for. Click on “No” next to the name(s) of the candidate(s) you are not voting for.
Please note: select either “Yes” or “No” for ALL candidates. If neither is checked, your votes will not be submitted successfully. Elections close on 2018-04-23. Thank you for voting!
* Candidates for Board of Directors are arranged in the alphabetical order.
Currently CLTA-WA has four openings for board members to start June 2018. CLTA-WA invites qualified individuals to either be nominated by fellow members or apply on their own.
Nominations for these positions open on March 11, 2018 and will close on March 25, 2018.
Please note that CLTA-WA board members need to:
Please log in to the CLTA-WA website to fill out the nomination form below:
The committee will contact nominees to verify if they wish to advance to the next step of the nomination process. Those that wish to pursue the role of board member will be required to submit their bios by April 1, 2018. Below are the bio requirements:
Review of the Statement of intent and bio will be completed by April 9, 2018. A list of qualified candidates will be put forth for membership vote starting on April 9, 2018 and will remain open until April 23, 2018.The new board members will be announced on May 3, 2018.
This is our opportunity to select board members who are devoted to serving our organization. We strongly encourage you to nominate qualified candidates or apply for those positions. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
CLTA-WA president and the Election Committee