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Mar
4
Sat
CLTA-WA 2017 Spring Workshop @ University of Puget Sound
Mar 4 all-day

CLTA-WA invites you to join us for our

2017 Spring Workshop & Open House

Time:8:45 AM – 4:00 PM

Date:Saturday, March 4

Venue: Murray Board Room (WSC 108) Wheelock Student Center at the University of Puget Sound

Cost: Free, but donation welcome

Schedule and Workshop Description:

8:45  Sign in and Mingle

9:00  Workshop start: Welcome and Logistic Sharing:

9:10 – 10:30 Session I  Strategies for Building Reading Capacity

Presenters: Shumei Zhu & Min Wang Laoshi -Naselle Grays River Valley School

Presenters will demonstrate how they use differentiated strategies in whole group mini lesson and small group instruction settings to teach reading and grammar based on student levels and individual needs.

10:40 – 12:00  Session II   TPRS in Action

Presenter: Ching-Hsien Shu Laoshi – Cleveland High School

This presentation focuses on the principles and execution of TPRS. TPRS stands for “Teaching Proficiency Through Reading and Storytelling”.  Presenter will demonstrate by leading a TPRS session on a chosen topic that follows the steps and command unique to TPRS!

12:00-1:00  Lunch and Visit

1:00-4:00  Session III   The Art of Chinese Tea Drinking

Presenter: Professor Lotus Perry – University of Puget Sound

Participants will learn the history of Chinese tea drinking and gain insights about tea from sources such as Lu Yu’s Classic of Tea. This interactive, high energy and informative presentation will provide teachers with useful information on all things tea considered that can be used in their classrooms or in a similar presentation.

Please note:

  • 3 or 6 clock hour will be awarded respectively for participants who attend the whole morning sessions or the whole day’s event in the entirety. No partial clock hour will be awarded.
  • CLTA-WA will provide snack and light lunch items throughout the day. Participants are welcome to bring a sack lunch if desired. To help us better plan for the day, please register at your earliest convenience.
  • To register, please go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevKuZMB7GCq3IJ4JR6gLh0TClvodaqyH5AtP_hwPlb2fAp3g/viewform(If clicking the link does not open registration page, pls copy and paste to register.)

 CLTA-WA extends our sincere appreciation to the co-sponsors of this event:

  • University of Puget Sound (UPS)
  • Confucius Institute of the State of Washington (CIWA)
  • Washington Association for Language Teaching (WAFLT)

Direction to UPS Campus:

http://www.pugetsound.edu/about/campus-the-northwest/visiting-puget-sound/directions/

Campus Map:

http://www.pugetsound.edu/files/resources/com17campusmap_r3.pdf

 

Mar
7
Tue
2017 WA Chinese Language and Talent Competition
Mar 7 @ 12:15 am – Apr 7 @ 11:45 am

2017 Washington State Chinese Language and talent Competition will be hosted jointly by the Washington Association for American and Chinese Education (WAACE), Confucius Institute of the State of Washington (CIWA), Cultural Exploration of Greater China Foundation (CE) and Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction World Languages Program (OSPI-WL). It is co-sponsored by CLTA-WA.

The format and competition categories of the 2017 WA Chinese and Talent Competition will be different this year, but is anticipated to be just as exciting!

What’s NEW this year?

  • Instead of the onsite competition, the 2017 WA Chinese Language and Talent Competition will be a VIDEO competition.
  • There will be NO Chinese Chess, Drawing, and China Knowledge Bowl contests this year, but they will definitely be back in the near future with other new categories. We would love to see you compete in our other categories this year.
  • In addition to the awards presentation, first place winners will be invited to perform live at the ceremony.
  • Submissions will begin on March 7, 2017 and end on April 7, 2017.
  • The award ceremony will still be held at Chief Sealth High School in late May.
  • Contestants can submit their entries accompanied by entry form, release and waiver on the registration website. http://www.waace.org/wa-chinese-competition.html
  • The winners of the competition will be notified by the end of April 2017.
  • All the winning entries will be shared on WAACE’s web site and CIWA’s web site as resources to benefit Chinese teachers and learners.

For more information regarding the competition, please visit the registration website at http://www.waace.org/wa-chinese-competition.html.

If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to email competition@waace.org.  We look forward to your participation again in 2017.

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May
28
Sun
2017 Washington State Chinese Language and Talent Competition Award Ceremony & Performance @ Chief Sealth International High School
May 28 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
CLTA-WA is the co-sponsor of 2017 Washington State Chinese Language and Talent Competition. The following announcement is posted as a courtesy, please contact president@waace.org for any question.
Dear Friends:
You are cordially invited to the 8th Annual Washington State Chinese Language and Talent Competition Award Ceremony and Performance organized by the Washington Association for American and Chinese Education (WAACE) and our partners. WAACE is a student-run, nonprofit organization that is dedicated to creating awareness and generating interest in the Chinese language and culture, as well as connecting Chinese learning with other subjects in the U.S. education system. Our goal is to give American students the competitive edge and global perspective needed to succeed in the modern day economy.
The Washington State Chinese Language and Talent Competition (WCLTC) is the largest and most renowned Chinese competition in the state. This year 463 contestants representing 158 different public and private schools, Chinese heritage institutions and home tutoring programs signed up to compete in 10 categories.
The award ceremony, recognizing and showcasing the achievements of K-12 students learning the Chinese language and culture, will be held at Chief Sealth International School from 2:00-4:00 on Sunday, May 28 (Address: 2600 SW Thistle St, Seattle, WA 98126). Selected first place winners who represent the highest level of Chinese learning, will perform live at the ceremony. We will also present the 2017 Why Learn Chinese Competition awards at the same ceremony.
It would be a great pleasure if we could see you over there. Your presence and support would be instrumental to our success, and by supporting us you would help our students and teachers show the community their passion for language learning and teaching.
Thank you for your support.  We look forward to seeing you on March 28, 2017.
Best regards,
Washington Association for American and Chinese Education
On behalf of the 2017 Competition Administration Committee
Our proud partners:
•Confucius Institute of the State of Washington (CIWA)
•Cultural Exploration of Greater China Foundation (CE)
•Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)

Jun
3
Sat
Invitation to CLTA-WA Annual General Meeting June 3, 2017 @ 8000 25th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98115
Jun 3 @ 1:15 pm – 3:15 pm

Dear all​,

On behalf of the CLTA-WA Board, we would like to invite you to the 2017 Annual General Meeing (AGM). Come meet the board members, mingle with fellow  members, and learn more about CLTA-WA and our vision for 2017-2018. We will feature three mini-workshops for the second part of the AGM. Refreshments will be provided​.​

Venue: University Prep, 8000 25th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98115

Date:    Saturday, June 3

Time:    1:15 – 3:15 pm

Agenda:

  1. 2016-2017 review
  2. ​n​ew board introduction and get-to-know-you
  3. mini-workshops: Chinese Martial Art, Fan Dance, and 谁是卧底​

We look forward to seeing you at the AGM!

 

Best regards,

Xiaofeng Foster 潘晓峰

President, CLTA-WA 2016-2017

​Alice Flores

President, CLTA-WA 2017-2018​

Aug
26
Sat
CLTA-WA 2017 Summer Workshop @ Kirkland Library @ Kirkland Library
Aug 26 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

CLTA-WA invites you to join us for our
2017 Summer Workshop
Standards-Based Assessment Integration in the Mandarin Classroom

Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00PM
Date: Saturday, August 26, 2017
Venue: Kirkland Library 308 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland, WA 98033
Cost: Free, all are welcome!
Presenter:
Jeremy Smith
Middle School Mandarin Teacher
The Westside School
Workshop Description:
Appropriate Levels: K-16 The workshop will be conducted in Mandarin Chinese and English. In this workshop, we will look at methods and techniques for designing and integrating standard-based assessments into novice through advanced level curricula. This workshop will provide hands-on, guided experience in how to:
1) backwards design your curriculum using authentic, standards based assessments
2) how to introduce the concept of standards-based assessment into your classroom by developing student ownership in your curriculum.
This workshop will be a three-hour working session. By the end of the workshop, participants will leave having designed their own model instructional unit with corresponding standards-based formative and summative assessments. Participants will be asked to build their model curriculum and assessments per ACTFL designated proficiency standards. It is recommended that you bring your laptop, as all the discussion and design will facilitated digitally. In the second half of the workshop, participants will be given the chance to share their unit and assessments during the follow up discussion and review sections.
To register
https://goo.gl/forms/cm9K5o3efXWEstdS2
(If clicking the link does not open registration page, please copy and paste to register. Registration deadline Aug-23-2017)
Please note:
• 3 clock hours will be awarded for participants who attend the whole afternoon event in the entirety. No partial clock hour will be awarded.
• Participants are asked to bring laptops.
• Annual membership due: $30.00. Membership period: July 1 2017 – June 30 2018. You may sign up for membership or renew if your membership is up for renewal at the workshop site, please bring your checkbook. We encourage you to consider joining as life member for $300.00
Schedule:
12:45 – 1:00 Sign in
1:00 – 3:45 Workshop
3:45 – 4:00 Evaluation and Wrap up
CLTA-WA extends our sincere appreciation to the co-sponsors of this event:
CLTA, USA for providing funding support http://clta-us.org/
Washington Association for Language Teaching (WAFLT) for providing Clock hour https://sites.google.com/site/wafltwa/home

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Direction to Kirkland library:
https://kcls.org/locations/1518/

Sep
30
Sat
CLTA-WA 2017 Fall Workshop @UW @ OUG 136, Odegaard Undergraduate Library, UW
Sep 30 @ 12:30 pm – 5:00 pm

CLTA-WA invites you to join us for our

2017 Fall Workshop
Developing Effective Lesson Plans for Chinese Language Teaching

Time:12:30PM-5:00PM
Date:Saturday, September 30, 2017
Venue: OUG 136, Odegaard Undergraduate Library
University of Washington
Cost: Free for CLTA-WA members;
          $20.00 for non-members (CLTA-WA annual membership fee: $30.00 for July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018)

Presenter:
Nyan-Ping Bi
Senior Lecturer
Department of Asian Languages and Literature
University of Washington

Workshop Description:
Appropriate Levels: K-16 | The workshop will be conducted in Mandarin Chinese.

The workshop will first help its participants examine what criteria should be considered when designing a theme-based unit. It will then facilitate participants in drafting one lesson within the unit. The workshop will provide hands-on practice and enable participants to take away one concrete instructional lesson plan that they can experiment with in class after the workshop. The goals of the workshop are to 1) help participants to conduct inventory checking and to reference available resources before they begin any unit and lesson planning; and 2) to help participants understand and avoid any possible pitfalls between the planning and the delivery of their lesson plans.

The workshop is a four-hour working session. The workshop participants are expected to decide on one theme and one topic within that theme that they would like to explore during the workshop, and bring their teaching resources, laptops, and adapters for projectors to attend the workshop. They will be asked to share and display the draft of their lesson plan in the second half of the workshop for discussion and review.

To register
Registration is CLOSED now.

(If clicking the link does not open registration page, please copy and paste to register. Registration deadline Sep-26-2017)

Please note:

  • 4 clock hours will be awarded respectively for participants who attend the whole afternoon event in the entirety. No partial clock hour will be awarded.
  • Participants are asked to select a theme/topic, and bring laptops, adapters for projectors, and teaching resources.
  • NO refreshments or beverages will be provided during the event due to library policy. However, participants may bring their own water in CLOSED containers. There is a water fountain right outside of the room as well.

Schedule:
12:10-12:30 Sign in
12:30-04:30 Workshop
04:30-04:45 Evaluation and Wrap up

CLTA-WA extends our sincere appreciation to the co-sponsors of this event:
East Asia Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Department of Asian Languages and Literature, University of Washington
Confucius Institute of the State of Washington (CIWA) http://confucius.washington.edu/

Direction to UW Campus:

https://admit.washington.edu/visit/getting-here

Campus Map:
http://www.washington.edu/maps/

Complimentary parking is available from noon on Saturdays until 6 a.m.

 

Oct
13
Fri
WAFLT Fall Conference 2017: Experience It! @ Pasco, WA
Oct 13 @ 8:00 am – Oct 14 @ 5:00 pm
WAFLT
Fall Conference: Experience It!
 
The call for proposals is still open. We will accept proposals until 30 July 2017.
October 12-14th, 2017 – Red Lion Inn – Pasco, WA. 
Reserve before September 28th to ensure the Conference price. 
Single: $99.95 | Double: $109.95 | Triple: $119.95
1.Call 1-800 REDLION (733-5466)
2.Ask to make a reservation at the Pasco Red Lion
3.Let them know you are with a group on October 12, 2017
4.Group block code WAAS1012
5.Complete individual reservation with agent.

Or make reservations online. Click here

Registration: $160 (2 ticketed meals, welcome & awards receptions and 2017-2018 WAFLT Membership)
Clock hours: $10   
Conference Meal Menus – Explore the menus before registration!
Friday Keynote Speaker:  Linda Egnatz ACTFL TOY 2014

Peak Performance: Proficiency Begins with Design & Innovation 

Saturday Keynote Speaker:  Angela Dávila OSPI World Language Program Supervisor

Thursday, October 12th Pre-conference workshop (9:00 – 4:00)$65 (includes workshop, lunch and 6 clock hours)

Paris Granville:  Authentic Folktales to Spark communication and Culture

  • Explore how to use folktales as the focus of motivating, language-rich thematic units that teach and reinforce language and cultural concepts.  
  • Participate in highly engaging model teaching.  
  • Gain strategies that empower novice learners and teachers to remain in the target language.  
  • Take away curated folktales in Chinese, French, Japanese, and Spanish, templates, activities and rubrics. 
  • Presenter will model Folktales from Ecuador, Louisiana, and French Polynesia.
  • Participants will have an opportunity to create their own folktale unit.
Saturday, October 14th (2:00 – 5:00) Post-conference workshop: $25 (includes 3 clock hours)

Linda Egnatz: Proficiency as a Tool to Focus Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

Proficiency is a critical lens for identifying how to help language learners achieve their goal to be able to use a new language.  What teachers assess determines, and may limit, what students believe they have to learn. Discover how using a proficiency filter increases student skills and retention, guarantees vertical articulation and drives performance-based curriculum. Designing for proficiency strengthens classroom instruction by teaching grammar communicatively and by putting vocabulary and structure in a supporting role for purposeful language use. Learn how to make proficiency goals the main focus of both instruction and assessment to ensure that learners experience a smooth transition across a vertical program.

 

Oct
28
Sat
CLTA-WA Fall Workshop @ Spokane
Oct 28 @ 9:00 am – 9:15 am

Topic: Integrated Performance Instruction and Assessment in Action

Time: 9 am -12pm Saturday, October 28

Location: Spokane Eastern Washington University Center (SEWC), Room 117
(668 N Riverpoint Blvd, Spokane, WA 99202)
Spokane Eastern Washington University Campus Map

Presenter: Chunman Gissing

Target audience: Language teaching professionals or inspiring ones who are interested in working on designing and executing IPA lessons.

 Workshop description:

This workshop will engage participants to explore elements of the three modes of communication, examine IPA designed lessons and design IPA lessons for use in the classroom. Workshop outcomes will include participants being able to:

1) demonstrate clear understanding of the three modes of communication;
2) identify and articulate elements of IPA design in a lesson plan and how the three modes are integrated;
3) begin to design a lesson following the IPA principles

Presenter info:

Chunman Gissing, aka Hung Laoshi, has been working as a Chinese language educator since 1995. She has worked in various capacities including teacher, teacher trainer, program creator, program coordinator, administrator and IB examiner. Hung Laoshi has taught in a number of institutions, including the International School of Beijing, University of Puget Sound, University of Washington, University Preparatory Academy, and the IBO, as well as University of Hawaii’s Startalk Program. Her current focus is in facilitating the production of quality age-and-level appropriate Chinese readers to help build free voluntary reading habit and interest among learners for purpose of enhancing reading skills.

Workshop language:
Mandarin Chinese or English or a combination of Chinese and English depending on participants interest and preference

Cost: Free for all participants

Target audience:

Language teaching professionals or inspiring ones who are interested in working on designing and executing IPA lessons.

Participants please bring:
A topic you are interested to design and execute an IPA lesson, and any authentic material you can find/you would like to use to support designing an IPA lesson

Clock Hours:
Participants who attend the entire workshop are eligible for 3 clock hours. Unfortunately, partial clock hours cannot be awarded.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Workshop Schedule:
8:30-9:00         Sign in
9:00-11:45       Workshop
11:45-12pm     Evaluation & Wrap up

To registerhttps://goo.gl/forms/KO2BdUnoarfliTMA3

(If clicking the link does not open registration page, please copy and paste to register. Registration deadline Oct-24-2017)

 Parking Information:

  • $1 per hour (or less per hour for full-day purchases).
  • Most Pay Stations accept Visa, MasterCard and dollar bills.
  • The receipt for payment does not need to be displayed. Your license plate number is you permit.
  • The ORANGE 1 lot at 600 N. Riverpoint Blvd. is the most convenient for visitors.
  • A permit is only good for the color of lot in which it was purchased (Orange or Green)

 VIDEO demonstrating the Pay Stations.

 CLTA-WA extends our sincere appreciation to the co-sponsors of this event:
1. Confucius Institute of the State of Washington (CIWA) http://confucius.washington.edu/
2. Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Eastern Washington University
https://www.ewu.edu/cale/programs/modern-languages

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Nov
17
Fri
2017 ANNUAL CONVENTION AND WORLD LANGUAGES EXPO @ Music City Center, Nashville, TN
Nov 17 @ 12:00 am – Nov 19 @ 11:45 pm

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https://www.actfl.org/convention-expo

The announcement above has been posted as a courtesy only. Please contact the organizations listed in for more information.

CLTA-WA Teacher Grants are offered to support members to receive professional development to attend national/regional conferences, summer institutes, workshops or seminars, including ACTFL Conference 2017. Please see CLTA-WA-Professional-Development-Grant-Application_2017 

 

 

Mar
11
Sun
CLTA-WA 2018 Spring Workshop @ Thomas Hall, University of Puget Sound
Mar 11 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Building Democratic Classrooms

Date: Sunday, March 11, 2018
Time: 9am-4pm
Venue: Tahoma Room (3rd floor), Thomas Hall, University of Puget Sound

Registration fees: Free for CLTA-WA members and $10 for non-members

Clock hours6 clock hours will be awarded for participants who attend the whole day event in the entirety. No partial clock hour will be awarded.

Luncheon: $10/person. Please indicate if you will need lunch on the registration form.  Due to the UPS campus management regulations, please do not bring outside food to campus.

Presenter: Chris Fontana

  • Founder & President of Full Circle Leadership LLC
  • Cofounder & Former Executive Director of Global Visionaries (GV)

Workshop Description:
This interactive workshop will engage participants to explore hands-on strategies to build a democratic classroom in which students embrace the target language in unprecedented ways because they are relating to one another and taking on ownership of their learning in entirely new ways.  Workshop participants will learn to build a democratic classroom within which students learn the 4 C’s of 21st Century skills: collaboration, communication, creativity (and innovation), and critical thinking; students become civically engaged and empathetic global citizens inside and outside of the classroom. Participants will learn how to use the following sequentially integrated pedagogical strategies:

  1. Class Agreements: Create class agreements in which youth collaborate to create learning community curriculum and assessment norms, classroom environment and management—a system which invites a deeper level of self and group accountability to performance and behavior.  
  2. Class Meetings: Establish a weekly forum in which student leaders and Educator leader work out all “behavioral”, performance, classroom climate issues as well as a space to build unprecedented authentic relationships (student to student as well as student to educator). The result of which is a return on investment for content and achievement in academic and affective domains.
  3. Community Building: Create a powerful team in which all students are integral to the whole; use group grades and theatre of liberation to build group integrity, cooperation, collaboration and compassion.
  4. Class Jobs: Share ownership and responsibility of class, teaching and community with students.
  5. Peer Accountability Structures: Lead class to create a learning community in which students hold each other accountable and elicit the best from one another for both behavior and learning outcomes

Workshop Schedule:

  • 8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.        Check in
  • 8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.        Welcome & Announcements
  • 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.      Presentation
  • 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.      Lunch
  • 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.        Presentation
  • 4:00 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.        Evaluation & Clock Hour

To Register: 
https://goo.gl/wbHRWB
If clicking the link does not open registration page, please copy and paste to register. The deadline for registration is Sunday, March 4. For late registration, please contact Haiyan You at haiyanyou@gmail.com

CLTA-WA extends our sincere appreciation to the co-sponsors of this event:

     

Direction to UPS campus:
https://www.pugetsound.edu/about/campus-the-northwest/visiting-puget-sound/directions/

Campus map:
https://www.pugetsound.edu/about/campus-the-northwest/campus-map/