1. How to become a certified Chinese Teacher? By EnMing Grace Heebner gheebner@msdwt.k12.in.us By EnMing Grace Heebner gheebner@msdwt.k12.in.us

2. 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

3. 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

4. Evaluate Credits Step 1: Check List Form (IDOE) / http://www.doe.state.in.us/dps/licensing/check lists/ChecklistOutOfStateGraduates.pdf

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

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

7. Step 4: Criminal Background check / Download “Limited Criminal History Request Form” http://www.doe.state.in.us/dps/licensing/checklists/criminal history.html http://www.doe.state.in.us/dps/licensing/checklists/criminal history.html *$7 *Takes a week / Download “Limited Criminal History Request Form” http://www.doe.state.in.us/dps/licensing/checklists/criminal history.html http://www.doe.state.in.us/dps/licensing/checklists/criminal history.html *$7 *Takes a week Evaluate Credits

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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)

11. Take Courses from IU / Contact person: Jean Novotny Academic Advisor Graduate Teacher Certification School of Education 4274 812-856-8584 jnovotny@indiana.edu / Contact person: Jean Novotny Academic Advisor Graduate Teacher Certification School of Education 4274 812-856-8584 jnovotny@indiana.edu

12. Take course from IUPUI / Contact person: Susan Blackwell, Ph.D. Coordinator, Transition to Teaching Programs IU School of Education (317) 278-1110 sfblackw@iupui.edu / Contact person: Susan Blackwell, Ph.D. Coordinator, Transition to Teaching Programs IU School of Education (317) 278-1110 sfblackw@iupui.edu

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

14. This is the time! Don’t wait longer! EnMing Grace Heebner gheebner@msdwt.k12.in.us