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Connecticut
Teacher Certification and Professional Development
Connecticut grants teaching licenses/credentials for Chinese language instruction. For more information, contact:
Mary Ann Hansen
Connecticut State Department of Education
Post Office Box 2219
Hartford, CT 06145-2219
Phone: 860-713-6753
Fax: 860-713-7018
2007 STARTALK Teacher Professional Development
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and Chinese Language Association for Elementary and Secondary Schools (CLASS)
Glastonbury, CT and Wallingford, CT
ACTFL/CLASS Discovering Chinese Summer Initiative for Teachers
Dates: July 5 - July 15 and July 14 - July 25 (2 sessions)
http://www.actfl.org
Summer Program for Students
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and Chinese Language Association for Elementary and Secondary Schools (CLASS)
Glastonbury, CT and Wallingford, CT
ACTFL/CLASS Discovering Chinese Summer Initiative for Students
Dates: July 2 - July 27
http://www.actfl.org
News and Announcements
Watch a WTNH broadcast of a story on Chinese visiting faculty in Connecticut.
Connecticut has a formalized educational partnership with China. Click here to read the Memorandum of Understanding (PDF document).
Directory of Schools Offering Chinese
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The Alexandria Project
(online; grades 6-9)
CT
contact: Van McKenzie
Choate Rosemary Hall
(private; grades 9-12)
Wallingford, CT
contact: Louis Bao, Carol S. Chen-Lin
notes: 5 levels of Mandarin, 3 Chinese literature courses,term abroad in China
Hall High School
(public; grades 9-12)
West Hartford, CT
contact: n/a
notes: Dodge Foundation
Hopkins School
(private; grades 9-12)
New Haven, CT
contact: Menqiun Liu
notes: 4 levels of Mandarin (2 in place, 2 planned)
The Hotchkiss School
(private; grades 9-12)
Lakeville, CT
contact: Jean Jianjun Yu
notes: 5 levels of Mandarin, year abroad in China, and Chinese Culture Course
Loomis-Chaffee School
(private; grades 9-12)
Windsor, CT
contact: Bo Zhao
notes: 5 levels of Mandarin, year abroad in China, independent study
The Metropolitan Learning Center Interdistrict Magnet School for Global & International Studies
(Public; grades 6-12)
Bloomfield, CT
contact: Anne McKernan
Miss Porter's School
(private; grades 9-12)
Farmington, CT
contact: Wen-Lin Su
Renbrook School
(private; grades K-9)
West Hartford, CT
contact: K-9
notes: Mandarin taught for 7-9 students by a parent once a week at the school Chinese Club
Staples High School
(public; grades 9-12)
Westport, CT
contact: n/a
notes: "Chinese Lang and Culture" class offered each semester for 18 students, meets once weekly. Dodge Foundation school.
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