Dear CLTA-WA Members,

Please join me to show our great gratitude to our amazing Immediate Past President Sarah Yao and the outgoing board members. Thank you for your hard work and commitment to serving our Chinese teaching community!

It’s my great honor to serve as CLTA-WA President for the school year 2023-2024.   CLTA-WA board members will work together to provide you with high-quality workshops and networking opportunities.

A gentle reminder: CLTA-WA will host our 2023 AGM & workshop on June 4th. 

Event: AGM & Workshop “Universal Design for Learning”

Presenter: Ms. Zoe Jiang

Time & Date: Sunday, 6/4, 9 AM to 11 AM (PT) on Zoom

Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86152684065?pwd=bkRpZDhPTU0wMG5IcUltK3BsMEcyUT09

Detail: Please see the attached flyer for more detail. The event is free, and CLTA-WA members can also apply for 1.5 clock hours for free! Pre-registration is NOT required. Just click on this Zoom link or scan the QR code in the attached flyer to log in to the event on 6/4 morning.

Hope to see you on 6/4!

Warmest Regards,

Feng Zhou

President, CLTA-WA 2023-2024

president@clta-wa.org

http://www.clta-wa.org/

Date & Time: Sun 4/23, 10am – 11am PT

Location: Zoom Online

Workshop Topics: Enhancing Language Proficiency and Cultural Awareness through Target-Language Only Practice

Presenter: Dr. Yongfei Yi

• Ph.D., East Asian Languages and Literatures,  The Ohio State University
• Mandarin Chinese Teacher, at Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences
  

Attention Teacher Candidates! From CityU of Seattle Startalk:

报名链接：https://bit.ly/3SZBJJE，也可通过扫描海报内二维码报名。 CLTA-WA members will get free clock hours. 详细信息请看海报。

Date & Time: Sat, Nov 5th, 10am – 12pm PDT

Location: Zoom Online

Workshop Topics: Making Meaning: Effective Multimodal Learning Models in Language Teaching

Presenter: Jin (Vicky) Chen

• Doctoral Student of Education in Learning Design at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Chinese Instructor at Johns Hopkins University (CTY)
• Chinese Instructor at Bellevue College, Seattle Central College, and City University of Seattle
• Six years lead Seattle STARTALK Program
• Board Member of CLTA-WA

Please Sign Up Here: https://bit.ly/3SZBJJE

Cost: FREE to active CLTA-WA members / $20 for non-members

Workshop Description: We are honored to invite the highly experienced Chinese teacher and presenter Ms. Jin Chen to present:

At this conference, Jin will introduce multimodal knowledge representations with collaborative intelligence and differentiated learning based on Dr. Kalantzis and Dr. Cope’s Multiliteracies pedagogy, sharing “learning by design” activities that cultivate our new Generation Z students to master the Chinese language, cross-cultural communication skills and competencies that are required for Industry 4.0. The significance of this conference is to help teachers to understand the prime focus of pedagogy is not just delivering content, but also how we cultivate our students to become active knowledge makers rather than knowledge consumers; how we help them to get ready to take on the challenges of the unpredictable future world.

Please see attached workshop flyer or click here for more details. Please contact me or the Workshop Coordinator, Ms. Jingran Wan, for any questions, via wanji@bsd405.org.

I wish you a wonderful summer & hope to see you all on November 05!

Warmest Regards,

Sarah Yao

817-881-4787

President, CLTA-WA 2022-2023

president@clta-wa.org

http://www.clta-wa.org/

亲爱的华盛顿州中文教师学会会员你们好！

华盛顿州中文教师学会(CLTA-WA)将于2022年8月21日太平洋时间上午十点到下午三点，在华盛顿大学 (University of Washington, Seattle WA) Denny Hall 159 举办夏季讲座。 CLTA-WA很荣幸邀请Ms. Heidi Steele 施海蒂老师为夏季讲座的主讲人。施海蒂老师教学经验丰富，在非华裔汉语语音教学、运用音乐、歌谣组织多样性课堂活动方面独树一帜。我们很高兴为华盛顿州本地老师提供交流学习的平台，为您准备了新学期语音教学，课堂管理方法和活泼生动教学活动的教学锦囊。CLTA-WA和施海蒂老师很高兴与各位老师见面！

报名链接：https://bit.ly/cltawa8，也可通过扫描海报内二维码报名。 参会老师将获得由华盛顿大学 East Asia Center提供的4 clock hours. 详细信息请看海报。

As the new CLTA-WA President for the coming school year of 2022 – 2023, I am honored to announce our 2022 In-Person Summer Workshop on 8/21! Please save the date!

Date & Time: Sunday, August 21st, 10am – 3pm PDT (four hours of presentations with one hour lunch from 12pm to 1pm)

Location: Room 159, Denny Hall, University of Washington, Seattle WA

Workshop Topics: Effective Strategies for Teaching Tones, Pronunciation and Pinyin & Using Music, Rhymes and Rhythm to Deepen Language Learning and Cultural Understanding

Presenter: Heidi Steele 施海蒂老师, Chinese Teacher at Kopachuck Middle School and Gig Harbor High School, WA

Please Sign Up Here: https://bit.ly/cltawa8

Cost: FREE to active CLTA-WA members / $20 for non-members

Workshop Description: We are honored to invite the highly experienced Chinese teacher and presenter Ms. Heidi Steele to present two popular topics for teaching non-heritage students:

1) Effective Strategies for Teaching Tones, Pronunciation and Pinyin

2) Using Music, Rhymes and Rhythm to Deepen Language Learning and Cultural Understanding.

Please see attached workshop flyer or click here for more details. Please contact me or the Workshop Coordinator, Ms. Jingran Wan, for any questions, via wanji@bsd405.org.

I wish you a wonderful summer & hope to see you all on August 21! ^__^

Warmest Regards,

Sarah Yao

817-881-4787

President, CLTA-WA 2022-2023

president@clta-wa.org

http://www.clta-wa.org/

CLTA-WA 2022 Summer In-person Workshop Flyer-Heidi Steele

Date & Time: Saturday,  June 4th | 9 – 12 pm Pacific Time

Events: AGM & Workshop “Showcase Student Cultural Products”

AGM Presenters: current CLTA-WA Board members of year 2022 – 2023

Workshop Presenters: Zhousu He, Yu-Chin Huang, Zoe Jiang, and Xiaoling Mo and Sun Burford

Please Sign Up Here: http://bit.ly/cltawa6

*After you sign up, you’ll get a “CLTA-WA 2022 Online AGM & Workshop Confirmation” email from Zoom. At the time of the event, please use the link included in that email to join the Zoom meeting.

Cost: FREE to all participants

Workshop Description: Our excellent Special Guest Speakers will show pictures and videos of their premier student work in cultural products, such as Chinese painting, calligraphy, song, dance, martial arts, and arts & craft projects that celebrate Chinese and American festivals. The workshop will give teachers ideas and directions for cultural projects they may do in the coming year, and initiate idea exchange among teachers during the summer.

各位老师您好，2022年6月4日太平洋时间上午9点到12点华州中文教师学会（CLTA-WA）将举办CLTA-WA Annual General Meeting 网络年会。本次年会将回顾一年来CLTA-WA取得的成就，宣布新一年的工作计划，致谢任期已满的董事，介绍新任董事，并欢迎大家续费继续加入学会。

本次年会特别推出Showcase Student Cultural Products在线工作坊。Presenters嘉宾为何舟苏老师、黄育琴老师、江凌欧老师、莫晓灵老师和孙荣芬老师（以中文姓字母顺序排序）。我们的嘉宾老师有CLTA-WA终身会员、资深会员和新董事代表。Presenters嘉宾将为我们带来精彩纷呈的各阶段学生文化作品展示，给我们带来丰富多彩实践性强的教学点子。

本次活动免费，欢迎老师们点击Zoom pre-registration link报名：bit.ly/cltawa6。报名后您会收到Zoom发出的确认邮件。请保存好此邮件并用邮件内链接登录会议。

Dear CLTA-WA members, We are pleased to announce that the 2022 CLTA-WA New Board Member and Vice President Election is open now, and will stay open until April 23, 2022. The Board of CLTA-WA would like to thank the candidates for stepping up and for their willingness to serve. We are seeking to fill four positions to serve a 3-year term on the next board. You will also be electing a new Vice President who will serve as President in the subsequent year.  The new board members will be announced on May 1, 202.

Please go to https://forms.gle/BdspifU7LHQ9SiY8A

to cast your votes. The bios and statements of intent of all the candidates are included in this link so please take a moment to read them.

Voting for the Directors of the Board and the Vice President is a very important right as well as a responsibility that members exercise to affect the directions taken and work done at CLTA-WA.  We encourage you to take this right and responsibility thoughtfully by participating in the voting and making your voice heard in this election.

Thank you for your time and support!

CLTA-WA President and the Nomination Committee

http://www.clta-wa.org/