Dear members,

There is an upcoming workshop that helps teacher applicants review and passes a high need endorsement area: Math. Please see the details below:

Attention Teacher Candidate Applicants and Teachers!

Need a math refresher? Or coaching for adding a high need Math endorsement, especially NES 203 Middle Math or NES 304 High School Math? What’s the difference anyway?

Here’s a workshop to answer your questions!

Who: Pre-service and In-service teachers

What: A math endorsement workshop to help you prepare for adding NES 203 and NES 304 to your qualifications

Where: Chong Wa Hall, 522 7^th Avenue S, Seattle Chinatown, 98104

When: Saturday, April 9, 2022; 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

Co-sponsors: CIWA, Chong Wa Education Society, WAFLT

Other: Refreshments, free parking, clock hours–3

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/bXhmGXAH89TtShr19

For more information, contact Betty Lau: laubetty@cityu.edu

Best Regards,

Xi Sun

President, CLTA-WA 2021-2022

Dear members,

CityU is pleased to announce that CityU of Seattle Startalk will be recruiting for Startalk 16 this year of 2022 and holding the certification classes in Summer 2023. There are 16 spaces available so it will be important for applicants to prepare for the state tests. They have planned a series of workshops to help with that.

This Saturday is the postponed WEST B Reading and Writing, April 9 is the Math Endorsement and May 14 is the Designated World Language Test Overview.

Should you have any question, please contact Betty Lau, the CityU of Seattle Startalk Director: laubetty@cityu.edu

Best Regards,

Xi Sun

President, CLTA-WA 2021-2022

CLTA-WA invites qualified individuals to apply for consideration to serve on the Board of Directors. Four board seats are open for nomination this year. The Nomination period begins on March 8th, 2022 and closes on March 23rd, 2022.

Please note that CLTA-WA board members need to:

• be a CLTA-WA member in good standing of 2021-2022 membership
• possess necessary qualities and skills and be willing to perform the duties as (described in the attached document Board-position-and-duties)
• serve a three-year term commencing on June 1, 2022
• All nominations should be received by March 23th, 2022. Once nominations have closed, the nomination committee will contact candidates to submit the following by April 4th, 2022:

1. A statement of intent
2. A 200–300-word bio

Review of applications will be completed by April 11th, 2022.  A list of best qualified candidates will be put forth for the whole membership to vote on and the voting will run from April 12th, 2022 until April 24th, 2022. New board members will be announced on May 1st, 2022.

Nomination is one of the most important responsibilities and privileges that we have as members of CLTA-WA. This is each members’ chance to select board members who will devote themselves to supporting this organization’s mission. We would like to strongly encourage you to nominate qualified candidates or self-nominate for director of board positions of CLTA-WA.

Thank you for your time and ongoing support.

Sincerely,

CLTA-WA president and the Election Committee

Xi Sun
Meitsu Chuang
Pollyanna Wang

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

2019年11月ACTFL会议总结  ( 作者： 万静然)

2019年11月23日-24日，我参加了在Washington DC举办的ACTFL年会。在本次年会，我和Skyline High School的Zoe Jiang老师一起做了Bring Magic to WL Classrooms workshop。Zoe Jiang老师做的部分是the rules of magic. Rules of Magic 包括：

1. Covering and Reveal
2. What you see is not what you think you see
3. Imagination is very important to magic, as well as to WL learning.
4. Add critical thinking to lessons.
5. Use high tech to make your classroom magical.

其中，江老师介绍的新学期活动受到与会老师的欢迎。这是一个联系数学，社区的interpersonal activity。很适合没有任何语言基础的学生参与。

我部分的重点是：

1. Magic via Effective Classroom Management
2. Magic via Engaging Classroom Activities

我的部分以中秋节为例，介绍了结合天文和STEM的活动 （见附件Jingran Wan_Magic Presentation_Sending）

同一天，有一位老师也做了一场关于Magic Classroom 的活动。这位老师的内容和教学策略和我们的讲座内容不谋而合。她的总结给我们提供了很好的理论框架这位老师总结的M.A.G.I.C的框架是：

M: movement, music, hand-on. e.g. running dictation/question
A: Authentic texts
G: Game
I: Interaction
C: Challenge

在其他的参会时间，我参加了一系列讲座。感兴趣的内容包括：沉浸式小学教学经验、课堂管理和分层次教学，technologies to Amplify Student Voice. 另外，在中文老师的分享会，每位老师有五分钟分享一个教学活动，尽量不用PPT，快速高效，现场气氛十分热烈。CLTA-WA workshop 和 WAFLT Chinese Idea Share 也可以借鉴这一形式，提高分享效率。

2019年10月11日至12日，2019 WAFLT秋季会议 在Spokane召开。 WAFLT (Washington Association for Language Teaching)是华盛顿州K-16外语教师的最大组织，包括西班牙语、法语、德语、中文、日语等各个语种的外语教师和外语研究人员。每年的秋季会议是华州外语界最重要的交流机会。本次WAFLT会议共有七位中文老师在会议中做了精彩的演讲和活动分享。

华盛顿州中文教师学会于2019年8月17日在美丽的华盛顿大学(University of Washington)举行了一场别开生面的夏季教学研讨会。本次教学研讨会是由华盛顿州中文教师学会(CLTA-WA）主办，华盛顿州孔子学院(CIWA)、亚洲协会(Asia Society)和华盛顿大学东亚中心(East Asia Center, UW)协办。

这次教学研讨活动特邀了在美国中文教育界享誉盛名的吴威玲老师作为主讲、贝尔维尤学区景美小学的孙希老师作为副讲。吴老师在美国有25年的中文教学经验，退休后一直致力于中文教师培训的工作。在六个小时的教学研讨活动中，吴老师围绕着Go Real: Creating Relevant and Engaging Learning Experiences for k-12 Chinese Language Learners 进行了深入浅出的讲解，吴老师的讲解生动有趣、诙谐幽默, 活动现场的氛围十分活跃、笑声不断。与会老师们不仅深受鼓舞，而且内在的活力也被无限激发出来。“激发活力” 是吴老师鼓励大家在课堂上要达到的效果，这个词贯穿着整个教学研讨活动之中，同时吴老师以理论联系实际，再加上孙老师实例教学的生动配合，老师们感到收获满满、受益匪浅。孔院黄东梅院长也莅临现场。专程从纽约赶来的亚洲协会副主任花木兰老师和高级助理祝艺玮老师的到来更使整个活动锦上添花。

这次教学研讨会共有34名在华州从事教育的同仁们前来参加，包括从小学到高中以及中文学校的校长老师们。诸多老师放弃了暑假和家人旅游、休息的机会前来参加这次夏季教学研讨活动，大家共聚一堂，互动交流和探讨教学心得，收获颇丰。很多老师都表示，吴老师和孙老师的讲座深入浅出，介绍的课堂活动和技巧灵活实用，提供的教学资源丰富多彩。参加活动的老师们都对华州中文教师学会能组织如此精彩的教学研讨活动表示非常感激，并提出希望以后能经常举办类似的活动，为华州的中文教学发展提供一个良好的交流和学习的平台。(作者：葛春清/ By Chunqing Ge）

2019年春季工作坊回顾

华盛顿州中文教师学会于2019年4月13日在西部学校(Westside School)举办的春季工作坊圆满成功。本次工作坊由华盛顿州中文教师学会主办，华盛顿州孔子学院(CIWA)、华盛顿州语言教学协会(WAFLT)， 和西部学校联合协办。

此次工作坊由目前在加州库比蒂诺（Cupertino）弗里蒙特联盟高中学区（Fremont Union High School District）任职的金璎老师主讲。作为2018年美国外语教学委员会（ACTFL）年度教师奖的获得者，金老师有20多年的中美初中、高中、大学中文教学经验。在六小时的工作坊中，金璎老师介绍了一系列符合21世纪学习者需求的课堂活动。金老师用互动的方式介绍了各种课堂活动，播放了视频演示，带着在场的老师们一起体验了各种活动，展示了学生的样本，更给出了很多有用的教学技巧。

这次工作坊共有近50名教育工作者前来参加，甚至包括来自爱达荷州、俄勒冈州，和华盛顿州东部的老师们。老师们都对此次工作坊非常满意，也都表示收获良多。很多老师都表示，金老师的演讲深入浅出，介绍的活动和教学技巧非常实用，给出的教学资源也异常丰富。参加工作坊的老师们都对华州中文协会能组织如此精彩的工作坊表示感激。 (By Xi Sun)

Congratulations to Betty Lau. Her article, “City University of Seattle STARTALK- Teacher Certification Program: Leadership Incubator” on ACLTFL’s bi-month magazine, The Language Educator” (February/March 2019, Volume 14, Issue1) discusses the role of CLTA-WA in developing future teacher leaders. The article is available to all ACTFL members.