1. A Big Picture about the 2008 STARTALK Shuhan Wang

2. 2008 Advisory Board Recommendations Develop and provide: Curriculum frameworks Common assessment tools

3. Implications for STARTALK 2008  Create common curriculum frameworks: non-prescriptive template  Develop and implement common assessment tool  Share STARTALK Indicators for Effective Programs

4. 2006 PISA Study Programme for International Student Assessment Assessment of Reading, Math, and Science of 15 years-old in 57 countries Andreas Schleicher, 12/05/2007 http://www.internationaled. org/PISA.html

5. Lessons Learned from PISA  High ambitions  Devolved responsibility, the school as the centre of action  Personalized learning  Accountability and intervention in inverse proportion to success  Access to best practice and quality professional development  Integrated educational opportunities

6. Why Everyone Must Be Here?  Engage in professional development  Learn about the common curriculum templates--returning or new programs  Provide a forum for program staff to work together with immediate technical assistance  Share information, experiences and expertise, and leverage resources-- cross program types and languages

7. STARTALK as a Community of Practice  STARTALK Accountability: programs-teams-network- STARTALK Central  Principal Investigator/Program Director: on-site and on-task designers, planners, and administrators  Team Leaders: mentors, supporters, and liaisons; facilitators for evaluative site visits  Network Managers: managers of teams  Site Visitors: observers and evaluators  STARTALK Central: Steward of STARTALK mandates and funds; Architect of capacity building

8. What is a Curriculum? It is a Plan of Study that could be  Enacted  Assessed  Achieved

9. National Standards Reflections & Assessment Program Curriculum Program Syllabus Units Lesson Plans Materials (textbooks, articles, online materials, multi-media) Who are the Students? Knowledge, skills, perspectives and experiences A Student Curriculum Framework

10. Teacher Standards Student Standards Reflections & Assessment State Certification Requirements Essential Knowledge, Skills, Perspectives & Disposition Course Syllabi & Materials (textbooks, articles, online materials, multi-media) Who are the Teacher Trainees? Knowledge, skills, perspectives and experiences A Teacher Curriculum Framework

11. Essential Elements of STARTALK Curriculum Framework 1. Understanding by Design—Backward design 2. Language learning or teacher training as a continuum of development 3. Standards-based 4. Performance-based 5. Thematically structured

12. WORTH BEING FAMILIAR WITH IMPORTANT TO KNOW AND TO DO ENDURING UNDERSTANDING Within the Timeframe: How to Prioritize and Contextualize Learning?

13. Something Peculiar about STARTALK 1. Short-term 2. Intensive with undivided attention 3. Rigorous and fun 4. Building meta-linguistic awareness and a base for learning the TL 5. Developing cultural awareness and a curiosity for native and T cultures 6. Standards-based curriculum and assessment: not just linguistic gains

14. Framing Curriculum in a Backward Way:  Enduring Understanding Students will understand that…….. It is a big idea about the discipline that is universal, timeless, and across languages and cultures  Essential Questions In what way/To what extent… EQs are questions that program-specific questions that your participants will be able to answer at the end of the program

15. Key Questions for Designing and Implementing a Curriculum 1. What are the most essential knowledge, skills, perspectives, and experiences that participants must acquire within the timeframe of my program? 2. How good is good enough for my program? What evidence should be collected? 3. How is the content organized and sequenced? How is it taught? 4. Based on the objectives and criteria of judging, how well have my participants done? 5. How successful is my program? What can I do better next time around?

16. Program Curriculum At A Glance Themes Goals and Standards Learning Outcomes 1 Unit 1 Sub-theme Lesson Plans Assessment Learning Outcomes 2 Unit 2 Sub-theme Lesson Plans Assessment Learning Outcomes 3 Unit 3 Sub-theme Lesson Plans Assessment

17. Let’s Challenge Ourselves:  Enduring Understanding: Participants will understand that STARTALK Project is an endeavor in building and enhancing our nation’s critical and world language capacity.  Essential Question: To what extent will my STARTALK program serve as a model of a quality and sustainable world language or teacher training program that contributes to this capacity building?

18. Remember “STARTALK”  S: Standards-based and Student- centered  T: Target language  A: Appropriateness: age, level & culture  R: Reflective practice and learning  T: Time on task  A: Application to new contexts  L: Learning outcomes  K: Knowing is doing