Guest Teacher Training Materials
These materials were originally designed for use with the Chinese Guest Teacher initiative that NCSSFL partners with College Board on to provide professional development to new visiting teachers from China. You are welcome to use these materials, some of which are bilingual, for your own work with visiting international teachers as long as you cite the source and reference this webpage.
Teacher Professionalism and Code of Conduct in America
Teaching and Performance Evaluations of Teachers (TELL and Danielson)
Third Language Teaching Demo (French)
Using Can-Do Learning Statements in the Chinese Classroom
Teacher Professionalism and Code of Conduct in America
- Learning Objectives:
- I can reflect on the qualities and characteristics of effective and ethical teachers.
- I can understand the professional expectations for teachers in America.
- I can understand:
- the contractual obligations of being a teacher in the U.S.;
- the legal requirements and moral expectations for teachers; and
- the circumstances that lead to a teaching license being revoked or taken away.
- Presentation Slides (PowerPoint)
Teaching and Performance Evaluations of Teachers (TELL and Danielson)
- Learning Objectives:
- I can explain the purpose of teacher performance evaluation.
- I can describe the most common frameworks that are used in teacher performance evaluation.
- I can use a rubric to evaluate a foreign/world language teaching segment on a video.
- Presentation Slides (PowerPoint)
- Handouts
Third Language Teaching Demo (French)
- Learning Objectives:
- I can describe daily performance objectives in student-friendly language to help students reflect on and self-assess their learning.
- I can provide a variety of opportunities for students to practice language in meaningful contexts.
- I can organize a classroom environment that supports and encourages the use of the target language.
- I can monitor the use of the target language in the classroom so that the students and the teacher use the language 90% or more of the instructional time.
- Presentation Slides (PowerPoint)
Using Can-Do Learning Statements in the Chinese Classroom
- Learning Objectives:
- I can describe what proficiency is to a colleague and another stakeholder (administrator, parent, etc.)
- I can assess my own language proficiency.
- I can describe age-appropriate proficiency targets for different K-12 language programs.
- I can explain the use of Can-Do statements in my lesson plan.
- I can adapt Can-Do statements to fit microteaching units.
- Presentation Slides (PowerPoint)
- Handout for Quick Proficiency Analysis using LinguaFolio Grid