How to become a certified Chinese Teacher? By EnMing Grace Heebner By EnMing Grace Heebner

Steps to become a certified Chinese Teacher / Evaluate credits (from previous education) / Take courses from IU or IUPUI / Evaluate credits (from previous education) / Take courses from IU or IUPUI

Evaluate Credits Conditions: (in either US or outside of US) / Had a degree in education / Had taken credits in education / Had teaching experience in public or private American school system Conditions: (in either US or outside of US) / Had a degree in education / Had taken credits in education / Had teaching experience in public or private American school system

Evaluate Credits Step 1: Check List Form (IDOE) / lists/ChecklistOutOfStateGraduates.pdf

Step 2: Send transcripts to ECE / Send copies of your transcripts (from outside of US) to Educational Credential Evaluator *about $130 + mailing fee *takes about a month / Send copies of your transcripts (from outside of US) to Educational Credential Evaluator *about $130 + mailing fee *takes about a month Evaluate Credits

Step 3: US Schools’ transcripts / Gather all the original copies of the transcripts from all the schools you attended in US Evaluate Credits

Step 4: Criminal Background check / Download “Limited Criminal History Request Form” history.html history.html *$7 *Takes a week / Download “Limited Criminal History Request Form” history.html history.html *$7 *Takes a week Evaluate Credits

Step 5: Get ready to send out / Once you have completed step 2-4, fill out the check list form (IDOE) / Send everything to IDOE *Other Relevant Application Materials (collect as much evidence as you can) / Once you have completed step 2-4, fill out the check list form (IDOE) / Send everything to IDOE *Other Relevant Application Materials (collect as much evidence as you can) Evaluate Credits

Results varied / With lots or some teaching background: need no credit or 4-6 credits. / Test(s) needed: - Standard test: Praxis I (no content area 主科 test so far) - CPR 心肺復甦法 - Other tests: maybe required / With lots or some teaching background: need no credit or 4-6 credits. / Test(s) needed: - Standard test: Praxis I (no content area 主科 test so far) - CPR 心肺復甦法 - Other tests: maybe required Evaluate Credits

Take Courses from IU / IU: the only university in IN that certifies Chinese teachers / Certification programs: 1. Secondary Graduate Certification Program 2. Community of Teachers 3. Transition to Teach (full time student) / IU: the only university in IN that certifies Chinese teachers / Certification programs: 1. Secondary Graduate Certification Program 2. Community of Teachers 3. Transition to Teach (full time student)

Take Courses from IU / Contact person: Jean Novotny Academic Advisor Graduate Teacher Certification School of Education / Contact person: Jean Novotny Academic Advisor Graduate Teacher Certification School of Education

Take course from IUPUI / Contact person: Susan Blackwell, Ph.D. Coordinator, Transition to Teaching Programs IU School of Education (317) / Contact person: Susan Blackwell, Ph.D. Coordinator, Transition to Teaching Programs IU School of Education (317)

Side notes / K-5 Chinese teachers: No official K-5 Chinese teacher certification IU / Two subject areas: more desirable if you hold a teaching license with 2-subject areas / K-5 Chinese teachers: No official K-5 Chinese teacher certification IU / Two subject areas: more desirable if you hold a teaching license with 2-subject areas

This is the time! Don’t wait longer! EnMing Grace Heebner