STARTALK 2024 Chinese Teacher Retreat

Startalk 2024 Cape Cod Chinese Teacher Retreat  Program will be held in a resort town on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It will offer middle or high school Chinese teachers, of varied experience, the opportunity to learn or deepen their teaching skills by delving into STARTALK principles and exploring the TELL criteria of PLANNING, LEARNING EXPERIENCE, and PROFESSIONALISM. Led by experts in the Chinese as foreign language field and seasoned practitioners in the K-12, realm, the participants will be able to create a, culturally rich, thematic unit, using backward design and their understanding of proficiency acquired through Modified Oral Proficiency Interview (MOPI) training. By the end of this program, participants will be able to share an Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA), entailing the three modes of communication; they will record a class with their own students to share online. Peer review and collaboration will create a Teacher Learning Community (TLC).

When: precamp May 2024 to early July 2024; camp July 8 - July 19, 2024; postcamp July 2024-May 2025

Where: Face-to-face location will be on Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Cost: 

Lodging: free  

Traveling expenses to the site: upto $750 reimbursement towards the end of the program; 

Three graduate credits if desire: around $420, will let you know when confirmed.

Application: Registration is closed for year 2024.

Questions: maya@nslcma.org

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