Preparing Standards-Based Teachers

Mary Curran and Lucy Leemary.curran@gse.rutgers.eduGraduate School of Education

Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyLlee@livingston.org

Livingston School District, New JerseySTARTALK Meeting, October, 2009

Plan for the Presentation

Background on the Rutgers/West Windsor-Plainsboro Teacher Student Program

Lesson Demonstration and Critique

Keys to Preparing Standards-Based Teachers

STARTALK Teacher and Student Program

Summer Camp for Middle and High School Students

Professional Development for Teacher Candidates

Princeton and West Windsor-Plainsboro

Regional School Districts’ Chinese Summer Camp

Two week, non-residential program for middle and high school students

Three student levels: beginner, intermediate, and heritage

Three lead teachers

Standards-based, immersion program

STARTALK Teacher Training Opportunities

Methods Course

Practicum Course Pre-camp Preparation Meeting Two-week Summer Camp Post-camp Reflection Meeting

Teacher Program Objectives Preparing teachers to engage in standards-based pedagogy

reflecting the Chinese language and culture Developing a pre-service experience for teacher candidates Providing teacher candidates with the opportunity to gain real

teaching experience with actual students, and learn how to cope with the significant cultural differences between the Chinese and American school systems

Awarding scholarships to teachers in heritage Chinese language schools to attract them to the public school arena

Tracking of program participants to initiate a research study following the Chinese language teacher preparation experience of the participants

Fostering a new generation of expert teachers and teacher trainers

Methods Course Course Readings:

H. Curtain & C. A. Dahlberg, (2005). Languages and Children--Making the Match: New Languages and Young Learners. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

J. L. Shrum & E. W. Glisen, (2008).Teacher’s Handbook: Contextualized Language Instruction Boston, MA:Heinle.

Introduction to SLA and language pedagogy Designing a performanced-based thematic unit, daily lesson

plans and activities aligned to New Jersey world language standards and ACTFL standards for Chinese learning

Designing integrated, performance-based assessments

Practicum Course Standards-based Instruction

Observations of Experienced Teachers

Micro-teaching

Guided Reflections with Teacher Educators

Opportunities to Create Short- and Long-Term Professional Development Plans

Standards-BasedACTFL/NCATE/NJPTS

Pre-practicum Meeting Course requirements (3 graduate credits)

Attendance Participation Focus on Daily Topics in Discussions and

Journals Final Reflection Paper

Post-practicum Meeting

Teachers’ Daily Schedule Arrive at Princeton High School Help with student arrivals and check in Participate in tai chi welcome, warm-up activity Observe and assist teachers Conduct small group activities Eat lunch with students Assist community guest teachers Attend and assist in daily culminating program Meet for guided reflection, plan for next day, and

create materials

Demonstration Lesson Please observe and participate in our demo

lesson, which focuses on the theme of the Olympics and sports.

Consider what feedback you would give to a novice teachers after your observation.

他 是 谁？他 是 谁？Tā shì shéiTā shì shéi

游泳 yóuyǒnɡ

Tā 她shì 是shéi 谁？

他 是 谁？他 是 谁？Tā shì shéiTā shì shéi

游泳 yóuyǒnɡ

游泳 yóuyǒnɡ

棒球bànɡqiú

足球zúqiú

篮球 lánqiú

乒乓球pīnɡpānɡ

qiú

羽毛球yǔmáoqiú

网球wǎnɡqiú

A

B

C

E

D

大风吹 dà fēng chuī 吹什么？ chuī shénme

吹乒乓球 chuī pīngpāng qiú

交换讯息

pīnɡpānɡqiúpīnɡpānɡqiúwǎnɡqiúwǎnɡqiú yǔmáoqiúyǔmáoqiúlánqiú zúqiúzúqiúbànɡqiúbànɡqiú

Yeye Nainai

Baba Mama

Gege Wo Meimei

问卷 Q: 你喜欢打篮球吗 ?

nǐ xǐhuān dǎ lánqiú ma?

A: 我喜欢 / 我不喜欢 wǒ xǐhuān / wǒ bù xǐhuān

Presentation:他们 是 谁？Tāmen shì shéi

Sheila Taormina Sheila Taormina has been training in, swimming and running, but also excelling in sports she had never even understood before, shooting, fencing and horseback riding.

Before 2005, she had never participated in any of those new sports in any capacity.

At 2008 Beijing Olympic, she was representing the United States in the quest for Olympic gold in the Modern Pentathlon event.

现代五项竞赛

1. 射击 shè jí2. 击剑 jí jiàn

3. 游泳 yóu yǒng

4. 马术 mǎ shù

5. 跑步 pǎo bù

五个项目的比赛。

Modern Pentathlon

现代五项 xiàndài wǔxiànɡ

ReflectionsWhat were the strengths of this lesson?

What could be improved with this lesson?

How would you give feedback to a teacher after observing this lesson?

谢谢！

Teachers’ Daily Schedule Arrive at Princeton High School Help with student arrivals and check in Participate in tai chi welcome, warm-up activity Observe and assist teachers Conduct small group activities Eat lunch with students Assist community guest teachers Attend and assist in daily culminating program Meet for guided reflection, plan for next day, and

create materials

Teachers’ Daily Schedule Arrive at Princeton High School Help with student arrivals and check in Participate in tai chi welcome, warm-up activity Observe and assist teachers Conduct small group activities Eat lunch with students Assist community guest teachers Attend and assist in daily culminating program Meet for guided reflection, plan for next day, and

create materials

Teachers’ Daily Schedule Arrive at Princeton High School Help with student arrivals and check in Participate in tai chi welcome, warm-up activity Observe and assist teachers Conduct small group activities Eat lunch with students Assist community guest teachers Attend and assist in daily culminating program Meet for guided reflection, plan for next day, and

create materials

Teachers’ Daily Schedule Arrive at Princeton High School Help with student arrivals and check in Participate in tai chi welcome, warm-up activity Observe and assist teachers Conduct small group activities Eat lunch with students Assist community guest teachers Attend and assist in daily culminating program Meet for guided reflection, plan for next day, and

create materials

Teachers’ Daily Schedule Arrive at Princeton High School Help with student arrivals and check in Participate in tai chi welcome, warm-up activity Observe and assist teachers Conduct small group activities Eat lunch with students Assist community guest teachers Attend and assist in daily culminating program Meet for guided reflection, plan for next day, and

create materials

Teachers’ Daily Schedule Arrive at Princeton High School Help with student arrivals and check in Participate in tai chi welcome, warm-up activity Observe and assist teachers Conduct small group activities Eat lunch with students Assist community guest teachers Attend and assist in daily culminating program Meet for guided reflection, plan for next day, and

create materials

End of the Day

Additional Activities

Accompany students on field trip

Meet for one-on-one feedback sessions with teacher trainers

Create lessons for last day festival

Additional Activities

Meet for one-on-one feedback sessions with teacher trainers Teacher candidates choose goals for the

practicum together with teacher trainers Teacher candidates consider their long-term

professional development needs

Last Day Festival

Keys for Preparing Standards-Based Teachers

K-12 collaboration which models best practice;

Teacher candidates have the opportunity to observe, practice with REAL K-12 students, and reflect;

Teacher candidates receive feedback and guidance;

Keys for Preparing Standards-Based Teachers

Teacher candidates become members of a teacher learning community;

Teacher candidates have the opportunity to observe multiple levels of instruction;

Teacher candidates have the opportunity to practice;

Teacher candidates observe how to make connections to the community;

Keys for Preparing Standards-Based Teachers

Teacher candidates receive on-going guided support and opportunities to reflect;

Programs are adequately funded for teacher support, materials, and teacher candidate scholarships; and

Teacher candidates learn that becoming a teacher is a life-long process.