About Project DCLT: Developing Chinese Language Teachers
汉语教师发展研究中心
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NYU’s Developing Chinese Language Teachers (Project: DCLT) provides services to school districts, individual schools and teachers to meet the growing demands for Chinese Language programs and teachers in K-12 schools in the U.S. The goals of the project are to develop and train qualified Chinese language teachers who are capable of establishing and sustaining Chinese Language Programs, and to work with schools and districts toward the same end.
The demand for Chinese programs in American schools is growing exponentially; and training programs for Chinese teachers and resources for those teachers need to grow along with the demand. NYU's Steinhardt School of Education established the Program in Foreign Language Education in Chinese in 1999. The program was the first of its kind on the East Coast; to date it has graduated approximately 20 students.
Project DCLT seeks to first expand and improve NYU's FLEC program through recruitment, enhanced course of study and emphasis on good pedagogical practices, and collaboration between the FLEC program and NYU's College of Arts and Science. Over the term of the project we will also initiate an Alternative Teacher Preparation course, will work to achieve greater coordination with State Departments of Education, and will establish a virtual Chinese Language Teacher Training Center to serve continuing education and distance learning needs of Chinese Teachers and Teacher candidates.
M.A. in Foreign Language Education (Chinese)
Students in NYU’s M.A. in Foreign Language Education take classes in Chinese Linguistics and Chinese for Chinese Teachers, as well as courses in Foreign Language Teaching Methodology. Students will work as student teachers alongside master teachers of Chinese. This degree program, the first of its kind on the East Coast, leads to NY State certification in 7-12, with an extension to K-6. Job placement assistance is provided, and scholarships are available through the gracious assistance of Hanban and the College Board.
Graduates of the M.A. program teach Chinese in schools across New York and the U.S., as well as in international schools in China. Find out more about our graduates and the work they are doing here.
The website offers more information. You may also email the Department Director, Frank Tang, Ph.D, at frank.tang@nyu.edu.
Professional Development
Project DCLT offers a series of seminars and monthly forums for in-service teachers dealing with issues specific to Chinese language teaching. Professional development credits are offered at each forum. Information and pictures from seminars and forums held in 2007-08 are available here.
We also serve non-matriculated students who wish to take courses in Chinese Education and/or pedagogy to fulfill deficiencies in their application for state certification.
