鹤鹤按：美国加州州立大学的谢天蔚老师是我超级崇拜的偶像，在某种程度上说，他也是我努力奋斗的目标。我在大三的时候就看过他做的网页，当时并不了解他做这些事情的意义。随着阅历的增加以及对对外汉语教学理解的加深，我越来越佩服他在这个领域里所作出的努力和贡献。我觉得这些成果性的“产品”应该被更多的对外汉语人所了解。所以今天我在这隆重特别强烈推荐谢老师的一个资料整理成果。这个网页中详细地介绍了如何成为美国汉语教师的步骤，我想这对想去美国做老师的朋友非常有参考价值。在过去的一段日子里，我接触了大量的想去美国做汉语教师的朋友，他们各自的故事让我非常感动，我在这里借谢老师的标题和大家共勉：“天下无难事，只怕有心人。”

Becoming a Chinese Language Teacher in the U.S.

• Asia Society - Chinese Language Programs and Initiatives in the United States http://www.asiasociety.org/node/8657

• Get Certified to Teach Chinese http://www.asiasociety.org/education-learning/world-languages/chinese-language-initiatives/get-certified-teach-chinese

• Chinese programs in the U.S. and academic organization: http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/programs.htm

• Teaching positions in U.S. colleges and universities:

CLTA - http://clta-us.org/employ.htm

Chronicle of Higher Education - http://chronicle.com/cgi2-bin/texis/jobs/search

• Teaching positions in California schools - http://edjoin.org/searchResults.aspx?keywords=chinese
• Teaching positions in California community colleges - https://www.cccregistry.org/jobs/searchForm.aspx
• Teaching positions everywhere - http://www.askasia2.org/

　

Becoming a Chinese Language Teacher in California

    General information:

• California Commission on Teacher Credentialing official web site provides all information on teacher credentialing: http://www.ctc.ca.gov
• Q＆A：General information about credentialing in California (in Chinese) 問答：如何取得加州公立中學中文教師資格 http://www.tw.org/cbest/faq.htm

• UCLA Confucius Institute: Becoming a Mandarin Instructor in the California Public Schools http://www.confucius.ucla.edu/teachered.htm

　

　

In California State University Long Beach:

• Apply to CSU Long Beach for ADMISSION: http://www.csumentor.edu

• Take the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST) http://www.cbest.nesinc.com If you need to prepare for the test, you can take the CBEST preparation course at CSULB.
• Take the pre-requisite course EDSS300F in College of Education (one may register through the open university if not officially admitted to CSULB) and apply to the Single Subject Credential Program officially (including completing all required procedures): http://www.ced.csulb.edu/single-subject/
• Take the required COURSES (27 units): http://www.ced.csulb.edu/single-subject/program/index.cfm#courses
• Pass the California Subject Examination for Teachers (CSET) in Mandarin Chinese to show your subject matter competence. http://www.cset.nesinc.com/CS_testguide_Mandarinopener.asp UCLA Confucius Institute offers CSET workshops in April and October. Check schedule here.
• Complete student teaching (17 units).
• Apply to the Commission on Teaching Credentialing (TCT)

• Foreign transcript evaluation agencies http://www.tw.org/cbest/Foreign_Transcript.pdf

• Tuition and fees: http://www.csulb.edu/depts/enrollment/registration/fees_basics.html

• Single Subject Credential Program contacts

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*This page is created for information only by Dr. Tim Xie, Dept. of Asian and Asian American Studies, California State University, Long Beach, Created March 5, 2006 and last updated October 5, 2009.