The document describes the author's first year as a Mandarin teacher at a New York City high school. It provides details about the school's location in Chinatown and largely Asian student population. It then outlines the author's progression from observing Mandarin classes in college to student teaching at the school to now teaching two 10th grade Mandarin classes and one 9th grade Native Language Arts class. The author shares tips for student teaching and provides pictures from their classroom while teaching various groups of students, including heritage Chinese speakers and recent immigrants from China.

1. My First Year as a Mandarin
Teacher
Huichen Yu/ 俞惠琛

2. My School:
High School for Dual
Language and Asian
Studies
• Located at the heart of
Chinatown
• Fifth floor at the former
Seward Park High School
• Student population: Most
students are Asian
Americans and recent
immigrants from China
(87%) Huichen Rui, HSDLAS September 2013

3. Inside the School
Huichen Rui, HSDLAS September 2013

4. Everything Started from
Student Teaching
First year at NYU: observed the Mandarin
classes at HSDLAS
Second year at NYU: Student taught Mandarin
at HSDLAS
Now: Teach Mandarin as a foreign language to
two 10th Grade classes (both double periods)
Teach Native Language Arts to one 9th Grade
class (meet three times a week: two double periods
plus one single period)
Huichen Rui, HSDLAS September 2013

5. Student Teaching Tips
Get familiar with the school culture, class
sequence, content and your students.
Work with your CT collaboratively: Keep good
communication and be vocal.
Great chance to consult your CT, other teachers
at school, your supervisor and your professors at
NYU.
Huichen Rui, HSDLAS September 2013

6. My Classes
10th Grade Honors
Chinese
Class((Period 2-3):
28 students ( Heritage
Speakers)
10th Grade Chinese
Class (Period 6-7):
18 students (heritage
speakers, English-
speakers, and former
ELLs)
9th Grade NLA
Class(Period 9-10):
24 students (recent
immigrants from China)
World Literature:
Classic and modern
pieces over the world
Huichen Rui, HSDLAS September 2013

7. My
Classroo
m
Huichen Rui, HSDLAS September 2013

8. My Classroom
Huichen Rui, HSDLAS September 2013

9. My Classroom
Huichen Rui, HSDLAS September 2013

10. My Students
Huichen Rui, HSDLAS September 2013

11. My Students
Huichen Rui, HSDLAS September 2013

12. My Students
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13. My Students
Huichen Rui, HSDLAS September 2013

14. First Two Weeks
ExhaustedHuichen Rui, HSDLAS September 2013

15. Thank you!
Huichen Rui, HSDLAS September 2013