Michigan State University’s highly regarded teacher preparation program and the newly founded Confucius Institute at MSU have collaborated to craft a high-quality program to prepare teachers of the Chinese language and culture.

The Chinese Teacher Certification Program prepares both individuals who are already certified teachers, as well as individuals who have college degrees in other areas, to teach Chinese in American schools. The program is a one-year post-professional program for candidates who are already proficient in Mandarin.  The program provides academic training and field experiences to qualify already certified candidates for the Chinese K-12 endorsement and qualify those not yet certified to be recommended for a provisional license to instruct Chinese in K-12 classroom.  The program provides candidates with the training and experiences necessary to become excellent teachers of Chinese in American classrooms.  
Candidates in the Chinese Teacher Certification Program will engage in coursework and field experiences that will prepare them to teach Chinese in American classrooms.
 
The Program’s coursework will help candidates develop skills in teaching Chinese as a foreign language via multiple approaches that allow them to teach students of diverse learning styles.  

First Year

TE 891* (3) Special Topics: Teaching Chinese as a foreign language. [meets with TE 891 (B) for the newly entering cohort] TE 818 (3) Curriculum in Social Context (Comparison of Chinese and American education systems)

TE 894 (A) (3) Lab and Field Experience in Curriculum, Teaching, and Schooling

TE 894 (B) (3) Lab and Field Experience in Curriculum, Teaching, and Schooling

Second Year

TE 891* (3) Special Topics: Classroom management for teaching Chinese in American schools. [meets with TE 891 for the third cohort] CEP 882 (3) Social-Emotional Development of School-Age Youth

TE 842 (3) Advanced Methods of Elementary School Reading

TE 843 (3) Reading, Writing, and Reasoning in Secondary School Subjects

Cohort finishes: 24 credits and certification earned

Complete the MA by adding TE 808 (3) - Inquiry into Classroom Teaching and Learning AND [TE 870 (3) - Curriculum Design, Development, and Deliberation in Schools OR TE 872 (3) - Teachers as Teacher Educators]

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