Teaching Mandarin in PreK-12 Certificate Program
The holder of this Micro Credential Badge completed the 4 course Teaching Mandarin in PreK-12 Certificate Program from LMU-Center for Equity for English Learners, designed for Mandarin teachers in Multilingual/English Learner programs. The holder developed skills in (1) designing effective language learning environments (2) planning and implementing effective instruction for language and content development (3) implementing appropriate assessments for Multilingual Learners.
- Type Learning
Skills
- Assessment for Multilingual Learners
- Bilingual/Dual Language Instruction
- Cultural and linguistic responsiveness
- Design Effective Learning Environments
- Instructional Strategies
- Interdisciplinary Instructional Design
- Mandarin Communicative Skills
- Multilingual/English Learner Curriculum Design
- Multilingual instructional programs
- Pre K -12th Grade Education
- Principles of language instruction
- Standards-Based Lessons
Earning Criteria
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Complete 4 Mandarin Certificate Courses: (1) Methodology and Strategies for Content-Based Language Instruction and Curriculum Development, (2) Practicum in Teaching Mandarin in Prek-12 Settings (3) Assessment Principles for Language Learning, (4) Language Instruction/ Chinese Grammar Pedagogy.
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Complete 120 hours of coursework, inclusive of 36 hours of context-embedded professional learning related to the topic of each of the courses.
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Complete the job-embedded Signature Project for each of the required courses.
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Achieve a passing score of "B" on each of the three required courses.
Standards
Professional Standards Resources are related to the performance standards for teachers, administrators, and professional learning systems, intended to help develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to increase capacity and improve educator effectiveness. See also Preschool Foundations https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/psfoundations.asp