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Policy 101: How to Get It Done

The Minnesota and Utah Experience

Minnesota: Overview

Where we’ve been.Where we are.Where are we going?

明州的中文教育Chinese in the “Bright State”

History of more than 30 years. Early Chinese language pioneers

South High School – 38 years (1971) Central High School – 30 years (1979) The Breck School – 30 years (1979) Highland Park Senior High School – 22 years Minnetonka High School – 20 years

Strong foundation Good number of Chinese language experts

University of Minnesota – 60 years of Chinese language instruction

Minnesota’s Policy Formation

Governor Pawlenty’s 2005 China Mission Education Delegation Minnesota’s children need to learn Mandarin Minnesota Legislature Minnesota Department of Education

The Chinese Language Programs Curriculum Development Project - 2007

100 volunteers Mandarin Chinese Inventory Curriculum Development Legislative Recommendations

MOU with the Hanban

Minnesota Chinese Language Curriculum Development

Project Recommendations:

High School Graduate Foreign Language Requirement – 2013

Increase the Number of “Strategic” Foreign Languages Offered

Increase the Number of Licensed Foreign Language Teachers

School Curricula Changed to Include Foreign Languages, History, Cultures

Supplement School Learning with Summer Intensive Learning Experiences

Funding Recommendations

$2,665,000 allocations recommended Pilot program grants Training sessions for district

administrators Scholarships for intensive teacher

education programs Chinese language teacher for state

mentor International teacher exchange Intensive teacher preparation

program Intensive teacher’s technology

program

Actual Funding

Five 2-year World Language Grants $100,000 each Two Chinese Programs

Full-time World Language Coordinator at the Minnesota Department of Education

Where Are We Now? In the past seven years, statewide

enrollment in Chinese has risen 258% 2000-01: 838 students (.5% of the those K-

12 students studying a foreign language) 2007-08: 3,005 students studying Chinese

(1.8% of those K-12 students studying a foreign language)

Five active and successful Chinese Immersion programs for K and K-4

55 programs in 26 districts 2000-2008 added 18 FTE Chinese

Teachers (258%)

Where Are We Going?How Are We Going to Get

There?

Partnerships Legislature, Minnesota Department of Education, and

the Institutions of Higher Education Work to make world languages a requirement Expand the number of licensure program

Confucius Institute, CARLA & College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota

Working to expand teachers degree program options at the University

Providing more training for Chinese teachers Providing language & cultural programming for the

community

Hanban, College Board & Capital Normal University

Utah Overview

Brief HistoryWhy Utah, Why NowWhere are we?Where are we going?

Brief History Chinese first migrated to Utah in 1869.

Brigham Young University – over 50 years of Chinese language instruction

Strong Language Tradition in Utah However, Chinese NOT until 1989 in a high

school

Why Utah, Why Now?Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr Deputy US Trade Representative to China Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for

East Asian & Pacific Affairs Ambassador to Singapore Fluent speaker of Mandarin Chinese Signed MOU with Hanban in 2005 Governor’s Language Summit 2008 Governor’s World Language Council 2008 International Education Summit 2009 Governor’s Roadmap to Language Excellence

2009

Global View Being a multicultural person-- or at least

a citizen of the world-- is in the very foundation of everything we do here… whether it’s education policy or economic development policy, it’s all set in a global context these days. If you miss that point, then you’ve missed our time and place in the world today. And, sadly, there are a lot of governors who are completely tone deaf to that reality.”

Jon M. Huntsman, Jr (2009)

Hanban Teachers in Utah

Utah State Capitol, February 24, 2009

Legislative Initiatives Senator Howard Stephenson

Senate Bill 2 (2007) $100,000 on-going funding for full time World

Language Specialist (was half time position)

Senate Bill 80 (2007) $230,000 per year for six years to create the Critical Language Pilot Program

Senate Bill 41 (2008) $480,000 per year for six years to expand Critical Language Program $270,000 per year for six years to create the Dual Immersion Pilot Program

The Numbers: Past, Present & Future

For the 2004-05 School Year 4 secondary school offer Mandarin

Chinese 189 secondary students* enrolled

For the 2008-09 School Year 74 secondary school offer Mandarin

Chinese 3,489 secondary students* enrolled 16 International Guest Teachers (Hanban)

*Secondary students grades 7-12

The Numbers: Past, Present & Future

For the 2009-10 School Year 82 secondary school will offer Mandarin Chinese Approximately 6,000 secondary students* enrolled 22 International Guest Teachers (Hanban)

NEW for the 2009-10 School Year 8 elementary school Chinese Dual Immersion

programs (one-way) in 5 school districts Between 450 -500 Chinese Dual Immersion

students^*secondary students grades 7-12

^dual immersion students Kinder & grade 1

Partnership

PartnershipsUtah Governor’s OfficeUtah State LegislatureUtah State Office of Education (K-12)Utah Board of Regents (Higher Ed)Hanban & College BoardUniversity of Utah Confucius InstituteBrigham Young University Chinese

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QUESTIONS &COMMENTS

Joan Brzezinski: brzez001@umn.eduGregg Roberts: gregg.roberts@schools.utah.gov