Transcript K-12 Mandarin Program - Palo Alto Unified School District

K-12 Mandarin Program
PALO ALTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
PROGRESS REPORT
MAY 25, 2010
Federal Grant Awarded - 2007
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A Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) Grant
was awarded to the District for three years to develop
a K-12 Mandarin Chinese program.
The grant established partnerships with
 The Stanford Research Team (SRT) from the School
of Education at Stanford University
 The National Center for K-16 Chinese Language
Pedagogy at UC Berkeley
 The California Foreign Language Project
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High School Progress
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 Implemented Chinese 1
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Sept 2006
Summer STARTALK program
2007 – current
Parent course in Mandarin
Summer 2007
Implemented Chinese 1, 2, 1st sem 3
2007-08
Implemented Chinese 1, 2, 3, 4
2008-09
Developed AP Chinese; UC approved
2009-10
Full range of Chinese offerings 1-5 AP
27 students took AP test
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High School Summary - 2010-11
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 Will serve more than 250 students in Chinese 1
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through Advanced Placement
Curriculum standards and assessments in place
Two full-time highly qualified teachers
Mobile lab of laptops with Chinese software
purchased for each school
Full use of technology for communications and
assessment
Full range of programs
Program sustainable with sufficient enrollments
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Elementary Program Progress
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 Planning program, hiring, enrolling
 Implemented two K-1 classes
2007-08
2008-09
 Developed M.I. assessment K-1
 Implemented two K-1, one grade 2
 Mandarin curriculum standards K-3
 Assessment template for K-5
 Draft curriculum standards gr. 4-5
 Better Chinese print and on-line pilot
 Planned for two K-1 and two 2-3 classes
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2009-10
Elementary Program Summary - 2010
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 Will serve 88 students in K-3
 Applications remain high (Eng = 43 for 14 seats;
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Mandarin = 26 for 8 seats)
Retention remains at or above 90% per year
Curriculum standards in place K-3; drafted 4-5
Mandarin assessment template in place K-5
Pilot of Better Chinese print and online system in
place for 2010-2011
Summer programs for students and teachers 2010
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FLAP Grant No-Cost 4th Year Extension
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Approved: Carry over $120,000 to continue program
development at elementary and middle school levels
in 2010-2011
 Complete Mandarin Immersion curriculum
standards gr. 4-6
 Adapt Chinese 1 curriculum for grades 7-8
 Complete Mandarin assessments for grades 3-5
 Support and training for new and continuing
Mandarin immersion teachers
 Increase technology use in immersion program
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Mandarin Immersion Status Report
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2010-2011 will be the third year of operation of the
Mandarin-English dual immersion program at
Ohlone
A progress report on that program will be provided in
2011 for discussion.
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Appreciation
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We thank our FLAP partners for their expertise and
support during the last three years.
From Stanford School of Education:
Professor Amado Padilla
Dr. Duarte Silva, California Foreign Lang. Proj.
Ms. Xiaoqiu Xu, Graduate Assistant
From National Center for K-16 Chinese Language
Pedagogy at Berkeley:
Dr. Stella Kwoh, Executive Director
Dr. Tracy Wang, Coordinator, Chinese Programs
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