Cherice Montgomery Brigham Young University STARTALK 2009

Advocacy What is it? Why bother? How do we do it?

What is it?

Why bother?

How do we do it?

Advocacy: A perspective that guides interaction Perspectives: Why? Products: What? Practices: How?

iPod Interviews What STRATEGIES do you think would be successful in advocating for Chinese language education? What INFORMATION might you share about Chinese language learning? What SUCCESSES have you had in your program that you could share?

What STRATEGIES do you think would be successful in advocating for Chinese language education?

What INFORMATION might you share about Chinese language learning?

What SUCCESSES have you had in your program that you could share?

Advocacy Role Play 1 Your role is: Teacher Your task is to mentor a colleague The problem is enrollment . Students think their overall GPA will be affected if they elect Chinese because it is too hard.

Your role is: Teacher

Your task is to mentor a colleague

The problem is enrollment . Students think their overall GPA will be affected if they elect Chinese because it is too hard.

Advocacy Role Play 2 Your role is: Teacher Your task is to mentor a colleague The problem is funding for supplies, activities, and professional development in the Chinese program.

Your role is: Teacher

Your task is to mentor a colleague

The problem is funding for supplies, activities, and professional development in the Chinese program.

Advocacy Role Play 3 Your role is: Teacher Your task is to mentor a colleague The problem is time : how to convince fellow teachers and parents that we need more scheduled time to make Chinese teaching and learning successful in the school.

Your role is: Teacher

Your task is to mentor a colleague

The problem is time : how to convince fellow teachers and parents that we need more scheduled time to make Chinese teaching and learning successful in the school.

Your role is: Teacher Your task is to mentor a colleague The problem is curriculum development : the administration has unclear expectations for the Chinese program, the teacher has no help and feels “lost” as she tries to set up her goals and map her curriculum. Your colleague is also not sure if it is okay to ask opinions from another Chinese teacher. Advocacy Role Play 4

Your role is: Teacher

Your task is to mentor a colleague

The problem is curriculum development : the administration has unclear expectations for the Chinese program, the teacher has no help and feels “lost” as she tries to set up her goals and map her curriculum. Your colleague is also not sure if it is okay to ask opinions from another Chinese teacher.

What does it mean to mentor? Perspectives: Vision Practices: Challenge Learning HOW? WHY? WHAT? School ommunity Sense & Meaning Involvement Closure Prior Knowledge Mediate Mental Models Products: Support

References Montgomery, Cherice. (2007, July 4). Celebrate. Photo taken at the Meridian Township 4 th of July Fireworks Display, Okemos, MI. Montgomery, Cherice. (2007, July 4). Focus. Photo taken at the Meridian Township 4 th of July Fireworks Display in Okemos, Michigan. Rodriguez, Julio. (2009). Iowa logo. STARTALK: Mentoring, Leadership, & Change in the K-12 Chinese Classroom. National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, Iowa State University. Ugalde, Miguel. (2005, September 17). Sxc-ipod 1. Stock Xchng. Retrieved October 17, 2009, from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/373502. Used under a standard Stock Xchng license.

Montgomery, Cherice. (2007, July 4). Celebrate. Photo taken at the Meridian Township 4 th of July Fireworks Display, Okemos, MI.

Montgomery, Cherice. (2007, July 4). Focus. Photo taken at the Meridian Township 4 th of July Fireworks Display in Okemos, Michigan.

Rodriguez, Julio. (2009). Iowa logo. STARTALK: Mentoring, Leadership, & Change in the K-12 Chinese Classroom. National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, Iowa State University.

Ugalde, Miguel. (2005, September 17). Sxc-ipod 1. Stock Xchng. Retrieved October 17, 2009, from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/373502. Used under a standard Stock Xchng license.

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