Post: Study/Certification programs for Mandarin teachers in DC?
Posted by Robert on 4/22/09
I will try to make this as short as possible. My wife and I
will be moving to DC next year, and my wife hopes to start a
job as a foreign language teacher. She is a native Mandarin
teacher, fluent in both French and English. She's got a
very good, international academic background and experience
teaching in both Taiwan and the US.
There is a school that is interested in hiring her to start
a Mandarin program, but we are now trying to figure out how
to go about getting her certified to teach in DC. So far,
we've been told that she has to take the Praxis I & II.
As we collect all the information we need to get ready for
the Praxis tests, I'm curious about work/study sort of
programs for Mandarin teachers in the US. I've heard of
government programs that try to get Mandarin teachers in
American classrooms, but I don't know exactly how that
applies to us. I also know that some states have programs
that allow people to start teaching while also taking
classes to get an education degree.
Does anyone know about these sorts of programs and if they
exist in DC? Is anyone familiar with DC programs? I've
found something called "Transition to Teaching," but I don't
know if our situation applies.
If you need any more information or if anything is not
clear, please ask. I'll be happy to clarify.
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