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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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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

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

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.

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 register: https://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

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 

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 hours: 6 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:

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

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/

Chinese teachers and teacher candidates are welcome!

Date: Saturday, March 31, 2018
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Topic: Engaging Language Activities for Global Themes
Venue:  Chong Wa Hall
( 522 7th Ave. S., Seattle Chinatown Historic District, 98104)
Clock Hours: Free 3 clock hours sponsored by WAFLT

Schedule:
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Network with other teachers and get updates on Startalk news

1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.  
Workshop on Language Activities for Global Themes

1. Engaging Activities in Language Class by Sarah Yao
2. How to Teach Middle Schoolers the Hungry Planet Unit by Corina Ting & Lingling Zhao
3. Engaging Activities Related to the Hungry Planet by Pollyanna Wang
4. Presentational and Interpersonal Activities Related to the Hungry Planet
by Hong Jiang

Registration Link:  https://goo.gl/forms/pHz8UaBLPvOa0PE72

Free parking: Behind Chong Wa Hall (For those who need to use Chong Wa Hall parking lot, please provide your license plate number while filling out the registration form using the link above.)

Co-sponsors: Chong Wa Education Society, Confucius Institute of Washington State, WAFLT