L1 | PRESENTERS
Setting National Language Standards and Guidelines: Teacher Background and Curriculum

D1 | PRESENTERS
Online Courses for Teachers and Students in Asian Studies

L2 | PRESENTERS
State Level Communication & Implementation of Language Programs K-12/16: State Departments of Education—Schools—Universities | NJ, OK, MN, OH, KS, NC, KY

D2 | PRESENTERS
Sharing Expertise: Course Modules to Infuse Asia into Teacher Education and General Education Courses in Asian Studies

L3 | PRESENTERS
Degree Programs and Professional Development Designed for Language Teacher Candidates with Different Background | Rice, Illinois, George Mason, Cal State-LA, Penn, Indiana, Iowa

D3 | PRESENTERS
Teaching Together: Simulcasts and Guest Lectures on Asian Studies

L4 | PRESENTERS
Outstanding Needs in States with Demand for Language | FL, CT, GA, WA

D4 | PRESENTERS
Sharing Expertise: Podcasts and Web Units for Students and Teachers
of Asian Studies

Chair | Scott McGinnis, academic advisor and professor, Defense Language Institute,
Washington; member, Ad Hoc Committee on Foreign Languages, Modern Language Association

Standards for Teacher Background in Chinese
• Lening Liu, professor and director, Chinese Language Program, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University; co-chair, Committee on International Standards for Teacher Preparation in Chinese | Presentation for Download: Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (TCSOL) Standards: An Introduction (.ppt)
• Lucy Lee, chair, Professional Development Committee, and president, Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools (CLASS); College Board Assessment Specialist II for Chinese, Educational Testing Service; teacher, Livingston High School, New Jersey | Link: CLASS Professional Standards for K-12 Chinese Teachers

Standards for Curriculum: The Challenge of Articulation, K-12 and K-16 in Chinese
• Michael Bacon, coordinator, Immersion Education, Portland Public Schools, Oregon
• Madeline K. Spring, professor of Chinese, associate director, Linguistics and Language for Professional Purposes, School of International Letters & Cultures, and co-director, Confucius Institute, Arizona State University; founding academic director, Chinese K-16 Flagship Program, University of Oregon | Link: "Flying the Flag for Chinese," in Language Magazine (The Journal of Communication and Education), June 2007 (.pdf)

The Role of Advanced Placements Exams
• Tao-Chung (Ted) Yao, professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; AP Chinese Chief Reader
• Selena Cantor, director, Chinese Language and Culture Initiative, The College Board/AP

Insights from the Chinese Language Experience
• Larry Weiss, head of school, Saint Ann's School, New York; founding director emeritus of the John Fisher Zeidman Chinese Studies Program at Sidwell Friends School

Insights from the Japanese Language Experience
• Fumiko Nazikian, senior lecturer and director, Japanese Language Program, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University

Comment
• Haiyan Fu, teacher, Northside College Preparatory High School, Illinois; board member, Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools (CLASS); executive officer, Midwest Association of Chinese Language Teachers; consultant, Chicago Public Schools Project MAJIC K-12 Curriculum in Chinese and Japanese (Featured Chinese language teacher in the PBS/Annenberg "Teaching Foreign Language K-12: Putting Standards into Practice" that was previewed at the Symposium in 2003.)

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Chair | Rita Oleksak, president, American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages (ACTFL); director, Foreign Languages and Early Language Learning (ELL), Glastonbury Public Schools, Connecticut

New Jersey
• Janis Jensen, coordinator, World Languages, and director, Office of Academic and Professional Standards, New Jersey Department of Education; immediate past-president, National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL) | Presentation for Download: New Jersey Chinese Language Teaching Initiatives (.ppt)
• Mary Elizabeth Curran, assistant professor, Language Education, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Oklahoma
• Jessica Stowell, associate director, Confucius Institute; director, Oklahoma Institute for Teaching East Asia, and director, NCTA Partner Site, The University of Oklahoma, Tulsa | Presentation for Download: State Level Communication and Implementation (.ppt)
• Ming Chao Gui, professor and chair of Chinese, Department of Modern Languages, Literature, and Linguistics, The University of Oklahoma, Norman

Minnesota
• Joan A. Brzezinski, assistant director, China Center, and associate director, Mingda Institute for Leadership Training, University of Minnesota | Link: Minnesota Department of Education, Chinese Language Program Curriculum Development Project (FY 2007 Report to the Legislature) (.pdf)

Ohio
• Zhiwei Bi, assistant director, K-12 Chinese Flagship Program, The Ohio State University
• Huanzhen Zhao, Chinese pedagogical specialist, K-12 Chinese Flagship Program, The Ohio State University
• Deborah Robinson, state supervisor, Foreign Languages, Ohio Department of Education

Insights and comments from Kansas, North Carolina, and Kentucky
• Nancy F. Hope, associate executive director for education, Confucius Institute; associate director, Kansas Consortium for Teaching about Asia, and associate director, NCTA Partner Site, The University of Kansas
• Helga Fasciano, consultant, Second Languages, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
• Jacque Bott Van Houten, state supervisor, Foreign Languages, Kentucky Department of Education

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Chair | Der-lin Chao, associate professor of Chinese, and director, Chinese Language Program, Department of Classical and Oriental Languages, Hunter College, The City University of New York

Rice University
• Lilly Lee Chen, director, Institute for Chinese Language Teaching, and senior lecturer in Chinese and linguistics, Center for the Study of Languages, Rice University
• Richard Smith, George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities, Department of History, and director, NCTA Partner Site, Rice University

University of Illinois
• Chilin Shih, assistant professor of Chinese, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (NCTA Seminar Site) | Presentation for Download: TEAL Certificate at UIUC (.ppt)
• Misumi Sadler, professor of Japanese, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (NCTA Seminar Site)

George Mason University
• Marjorie Hall Haley, associate professor, Center for Language and Culture, Graduate School of Education, George Mason University (NCTA Seminar Site)
• Karl Zhang, assistant professor, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, George Mason University (NCTA Seminar Site)

California State University at Los Angeles
• Gay Q. Yuen, professor, Division of Curriculum and Instruction, Charter College of Education, California State University, Los Angeles | Presentation for Download: Credentialing Routes for Mandarin Chinese Teachers in California (.ppt)

Insights and comments: University of Pennsylvania, Indiana University, and University of Iowa
• Mien-hwa Chiang, coordinator, Chinese Program, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania; immediate past-president, Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA)
• Heidi Ross, professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, School of Education, director, East Asian Studies Center, and director, NCTA National Coordinating Site, Indiana University
• Chuanren Ke, professor of Chinese and Second Language Acquisition, director, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, director, The Confucius Institute, and director, NCTA Partner Site; The University of Iowa

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Chair | Roberta Martin, director, Asia for Educators Program, Columbia University, and Columbia Coordinating Site, National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA)

Florida
• Cynthia Chennault, associate professor and coordinator, Chinese Language, Department of African and Asian Languages, University of Florida | Presentation for Download: Presenting Florida (.pdf)
• Joseph Murphy, associate professor, Department of African and Asian Languages and Literatures, interim director, Asian Studies Program, and director, NCTA Partner Site, University of Florida

Connecticut
• Mary Ann Hansen, consultant for languages, Connecticut State Department of Education
• Rita Oleksak, president, American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages (ACTFL); director, Foreign Languages and Early Language Learning (ELL), Glastonbury Public Schools, Connecticut

Georgia
• Karin Myhre, assistant professor, Department of Comparative Literature, and advisor, Asian Languages, University of Georgia (NCTA Partner Site)
• Elizabeth L. Webb, director, Innovative Academic Programs, Georgia Department of Education
• Krista Forsgren, consultant to K-16 schools in starting and growing Chinese language and culture programs; director, Windows on Asia

Washington
• Chunman Gissing, co-chair, Chinese Language Core Team, Washington State; teacher, University Prep, Washington | Link: International Education Washington: Chinese Language in Washington State

Insights and comments: US–China Teacher Exchange, Asia Society, CLASS, and China Institute
• Margot Landman, senior director, Education Programs, and director, US–China Teacher Exchange, National Committee on United States–China Relations
• Shuhan Wang, executive director, Chinese Language Initiatives, Education Department, Asia Society
• Dali Tan, president-elect, Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools (CLASS), and teacher, Landon School, Maryland
• Nancy Jervis, vice-president and director of education, dean of the Confucius Institute, China Institute

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Chair | Clayton Dube, associate director, US–China Institute, and director, NCTA Partner Site, University of Southern California

University of Kansas
• Nancy F. Hope, associate executive director for education, Confucius Institute; associate director, Kansas Consortium for Teaching about Asia, and associate director, NCTA Partner Site, The University of Kansas

Teachers College, Columbia University
• Margaret Crocco, professor of social studies and education, and program coordinator, social studies, Teachers College, Columbia University

Stanford University/SPICE
• Naomi Funahashi, coordinator, Reischauer Scholars Program, and seminar coordinator, NCTA,
Stanford Program on International and Cross-cultural Education (SPICE), Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
• Gary Mukai, director, Stanford Program on International and Cross-cultural Education (SPICE),
and director, NCTA Partner Site, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University | Link: Reischauer Scholars Program (for secondary students)

University of North Carolina, Wilmington
• Yoko Kano, director, Foreign Language Resource Center; lecturer in Japanese, and co-director, NCTA Partner Site, University of North Carolina

University of Maryland
• Lindsay Amthor Yotsukura, associate professor and coordinator, Japanese Program, University of Maryland

Insights and comments
• Ed Gragert, director, International Education and Resource Network (iEARN) | Presentation for Download: Online Courses for Teachers and Students in Asian Studies (.ppt)
• Frank Moretti, executive director, Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CNMTL), Columbia University; professor, Communication and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
• Hui Soo Chae, associate director, The Gottesman Libraries, and head, EdLab Knowledge Center, Teachers College, Columbia University

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Chair | Kristin Stapleton, associate professor of history, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

California State University Project
• Timothy Keirn, lecturer and advisor, Single Subject Credential, Department of History, California State University at Long Beach | Presentation for Download: Raising the Visibility of Asia in Teacher Preparation (.ppt)
• Kim Trimble, associate professor, Division of Teacher Education, and acting chair, Department of Liberal Studies, College of Education, California State University at Dominguez Hills

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
• Lucien Ellington, UC Foundation Professor of Education, co-director, Asia Program, and director, NCTA Partner Site, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; editor, Education about Asia, The Association for Asian Studies | Link: Japan Teaching Module

Expanding East Asian Studies (ExEAS), Columbia University
• Heidi Johnson, program officer, 2002-2007, Expanding East Asian Studies (ExEAS) Project, Columbia University | Link: ExEAS: Expanding East Asian Studies

University of Pittsburgh
• Katherine Carlitz, interim associate director and assistant director for academic affairs, Asian Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh

Insights and comments
• Richard Smith, George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities, Department of History, and director, NCTA Partner Site, Rice University
• Lesley Solomon, supervisor, Social Studies Curriculum, Cherry Hill High School East, New Jersey; co-director, NCTA Partner Site, Princeton University
• Heidi Ross, professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, School of Education, director, East Asian Studies Center, and director, NCTA National Coordinating Site, Indiana University
• David Solomita, specialist in educational technology, Teachers College, Columbia University

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Chair | Steven Goldberg, associate professor, Department of Art History, and chair, Asian Studies Program, Hamilton College

National Committee on United States–China Relations
• Anne Bautista, program officer, National Committee on United States–China Relations

NEH Digital Humanities Initiative: University of Florida, University of North Texas, Columbia University
• Joseph Murphy, associate professor, Department of African and Asian Languages and Literatures, interim director, Asian Studies Program, and director, NCTA Partner Site, University of Florida | Link: NEH 2008 Digital Humanities Workshop: New Perspectives on Early Modern China

The University of Oklahoma, Tulsa
• Jessica Stowell, associate director, Confucius Institute; director, Oklahoma Institute for Teaching East Asia, and director, NCTA Partner Site, The University of Oklahoma, Tulsa | Presentation for Download: Oklahoma's Silk Road (.ppt)

Hobart and William Smith Colleges: BRIDGE Project
• Sherry Gibbon, director, Asian Teaching Partnerships, Hobart and William Smith College | Presentation for Download: The Continuing Impact of the Freeman Foundation Grant on the HWS Communities (.pdf)

Insights and Comments
• Donald Clark, professor of history, director, East Asian Studies at Trinity (EAST), and director, NCTA partner site, Trinity University; chair-elect, ASIANetwork
• Clayton Dube, associate director, US–China Institute, and director, NCTA Partner Site, University of Southern California
• Anne Prescott, associate director and outreach coordinator, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

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Chair | James Leavell, Herring Emeritus Professor of Asian Studies, director, South Carolina Center for Teaching about Asia, and director, NCTA Partner Site, Furman University

Podcasts
• Steven Goldberg, associate professor, Department of Art History, and chair, Asian Studies Program, Hamilton College

Creating an Online Community of Scholars
• Robert Fish, director of education, Japan Society
• Jason Cremerius, director of digital media, Japan Society | Link: About Japan: A Teacher's Resource

Web Curriculum Units
• Martin Amster, program coordinator, Teach China, China Institute | Link: From Silk to Oil: Cross-cultural Connections along the Silk Roads
• Yong Jin Choi, director of education, The Korea Society | Link: Korean Studies Curriculum Materials

Insights and comments
• Jonathan Zeljo, assistant director, Program for Teaching East Asia, University of Colorado
• Karen Kane, associate director, Asia for Educators and NCTA National Coordinating Site, Columbia University

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