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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.
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