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Teacher Certification and Professional Development
Summer Chinese language program for students
Directory of schools offering Chinese
   

Teacher Certification and Professional Development

New York grants teaching licenses/credentials for Chinese language instruction. There is currently no state foreign language supervisor. Please contact the state department of education for more information.

New York University's Steinhardt School of Education has a Chinese language teacher preparation program.

2007 STARTALK Teacher Professional Development Institutes

The College Board
New York, NY
Summer Institutes for Chinese Guest Teachers
Dates: August 5 - August 14
http://www.collegeboard.com/k12chinese

Hunter College
New York, NY
Teaching Practicum and Professional Development
Dates: July 2 - August 24 (4 or 8 weeks)
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/classics/chinese/summer. html


Summer Student Program

China Institute
New York, NY
Chinese Summer Immersion Academy
Dates: July 30 - August 24
http://www.chinainstitute.org/summer-academy/index.html

Hunter College
New York, NY
Intensive Chinese for High School Students
Dates: July 2 - August 24
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/classics/chinese/summer.html


School Directory
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Albany High School
(public; grades 9-12)
Albany, NY
contact: n/a
notes: 5 levels of Mandarin; Dodge Foundation

Bard High School Early College
(Public; grades 9--12)
New York, NY
contact: Wynne Wu

Bronx High School of Science
(public magnet; grades 9-12)
Bronx, NY
contact: Elaine Zanicchi
notes: 3 levels of Mandarin, culminating in a NY Regents Exam; Dodge Foundation

Brooklyn Technical High School
(public magnet; grades 9-12)
Brooklyn, NY
contact: n/a
notes: 3 levels of Mandarin

Cantiague Elementary School
(public; grades K-5)
Jericho, NY
contact: Mrs. Song
notes: grade 3

College of State Island High School for International Studies
(public; grades 9-12)
Staten Island, NY
contact: Chris Livaccari

Collegiate School for Boys
(private; grades 9-12)
New York, NY
contact: Joyce Fan Hwa Ranieri
notes: 3 levels of Mandarin

Columbia Teacher College Masters Program In Bilingual Education
New York, NY

Comsewogue School District
(public; grades 5 and 9-12)
Point Jefferson Station, NY
contact: Elizabeth Yu Ellsworth
notes: mandatory introductory Chinese program for 5th graders

Dual language for Asian studies
(Public; grades 9--12)
NY, NY
contact: Maggie Lau

Edward Murrow High School
(public magnet; grades 9-12)
Brooklyn, NY
contact: Jane Wang
notes: 5 levels of Mandarin

EF
(Private; grades Multiple)
NY
contact: Don Dwyer

Flushing High School
(public; grades 9-12)
Flushing, NY
contact: Jenny Chen, Fan Kong, Susan Lim, Jerry Liu

George Jackson Elementary School
(public; grades K-5)
Jericho, NY
contact: Mrs. Song
notes: grades K-4

Great Neck South High School
(public; grades 9-12)
Great Neck, NY
contact: Phyllis Chen
notes: 4 levels of Mandarin

The Henry Street School for International Studies
(public; grades 6-8 and 9-12)
New York, NY
contact: Mrs. Zhang

Herricks Middle School
(Public; grades 6-8)
Albertson, NY
contact: Dr. Lori Langer de Ramirez
Elizabeth Yu Ellsworth

Hommocks Middle School
(public; grades 6-8)
Larchmont, NY
contact: n/a
notes: grades 7-8 and 8-wk exploratory in grade 6 

Inlingua
(private; grades all)
NY, NY
contact: Rita Capolarello

Jericho High School
(public; grades 9-12)
Jericho, NY
contact: n/a
notes: 1 level of Mandarin

Mamaroneck High School
(public; grades 9-12)
Mamaroneck, NY
contact: Le
notes: 4 (2-5)levels of Mandarin (level 1 in middle school ?); Dodge Foundation

Old Bethpage Elementary School
(public; grades 1-4)
Old Bethpage, NY
contact: Helen Jung, Rosemary Firestein, Marisa Fang
notes: grades 1-4 have 1 hour a week of Mandarin

Packer Collegiate Institute
(Private; grades K-12)
Brooklyn, NY
contact: Yongling Lu

Parkway Elementary School
(public; grades 1-4)
Plainview, NY
contact: Helen Jung, Rosemary Firestein, Marisa Fang
notes: grades 1-4 have 1 hour a week of Mandarin

Pasadena Elementary School
(public; grades 1-4)
Plainview, NY
contact: Helen Jung, Rosemary Firestein, Marisa Fang
notes: grades 1-4 have 1 hour a week of Mandarin

Regis High School
(private; grades 9-12)
New York, NY
contact: Pedro Acosta
notes: 4 levels of Mandarin

Robert Seaman Elementary School
(public; grades K-5)
Jericho, NY
contact: Mrs. Song
notes: grade 3

Ross Global Academy Charter School
(Public; grades K-12)
NY, NY
contact: Robert Durkin, Principal

Rye Country Day School
(Private; grades K-12)
Rye, NY
contact: Cao Hong Wilson

Saint Ann 's School
(private; grades 7-8 and 9-12)
Brooklyn, NY
contact: Ms. Guo Yuming
notes: 90 students; 6 levels of classes; 1 calligraphy class; 1 conversation class; Chinese history for juniors and seniors offered every other year; seminar on Contemporary China (30 students); started in 1982; Dodge Foundation

Shuang Wen Academy P.S. 184
(Public; grades K-8)
NY, NY
contact: Middy Streeter

Stratford Road Elementary School
(public; grades 1-4)
Plainview, NY
contact: 1-4Helen Jung, Rosemary Firestein, Marisa Fang
notes: grades 1-4 have 1 hour a week of Mandarin

Stuyvesant High School
(public magnet; grades 9-12)
New York, NY
contact: n/a
notes: 4 levels of Mandarin

Ward Melville High School
(public; grades 10-12)
East Setauket, NY
contact: Elizabeth Yu Ellsworth
notes: 2 levels of Mandarin

Xiao Bao Chinese School
(private; grades children ages 6 months to 5 years)
NY, NY
contact: Danielle Chang

 

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