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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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