Apply for 2023 UVA STARTALK Teacher Program
With proven excellence and glowing testimonials from teacher participants since 2008, the VSCTA program at the University of Virginia (UVA) has established an excellent reputation for academic rigor and quality training and continues to inspire Chinese language educators. Through UVA STARTALK’s innovative training model, participants develop strong global leadership for teaching in Mandarin Chinese through face-to-face, hybrid, and online instructional modes.
The 2023 Virginia STARTALK Chinese Teacher Academy (VSCTA) aims to recruit 12 passionate teachers nationwide. The recruited teachers will actively engage in synchronous and asynchronous interactive platforms. The three-week online teacher program begins with one week of ONLINE asynchronous training (June 26–30), followed by two weeks of IN-PERSON training (July 2–14) at the Academic Village of the University of Virginia. Intensive summer training is followed and strengthened by post-program coaching activities in the fall.
The teacher training program offers graduate-level courses for three to five credits in teaching Chinese as a foreign language. Teacher participants should demonstrate competence in teaching Chinese language and culture in secondary and post-secondary educational settings, have prior knowledge and skill in implementing online technology tools in teaching, and demonstrate their willingness to collaborate with teaching fellows to explore the online teaching model in the UVA STARTALK online community. The capstone in the development of trainees’ competence will be the completion of an e-portfolio that documents their extensive learning experiences in launching or advancing their careers in teaching online and hybrid Mandarin Chinese courses.
Please visit the UVA STARTALK program website for further information and complete online application (https://startalkuva.as.virginia.edu). Scholarship will be granted to teacher participants on a rolling basis. Send further inquiries to the VSCTA Assistant Director, Dr. Pei-Ying Gosselin, at uva-startalk@virginia.edu(link sends e-mail).
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