Chapter 3. Inventory of Teaching Resources

The following is a compilation of existing resources on standards-based instruction. Inclusion in the list does not imply an official endorsement from the National Working Group. The intent of this inventory is to list current resources useful for classroom teachers in standards education. This is not to be construed as a complete list, and in order to provide as much current information as possible, it includes works in progress. If you know of other resources not listed here please send them to ATJ so they can be included on the ATJ Web site, atj@colorado.edu.

A. Japanese-Specific

1. Workshops/Seminars/Institutes

• Hyogo Cultural Center Summer Workshops for Japanese Teachers. These are offered in Seattle by the Hyogo Business and Cultural Center. (206) 728-0610. info@hyogobcc.org
• Japanese National Standards Familiarization Workshop. The following members of the National Working Group are willing to run this workshop at your school. Contact the Association of Teachers of Japanese to make arrangements: (303) 492-5487, atj@colorado.edu.
  
  Theresa Austin (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA)
  Leslie Birkland (Lake Washington High School, Kirkland, WA)
  Sheila Baumgardner (Beaverton High School, Beaverton, OR)
  Kyle Ennis (Aloha High School, Hillsboro, OR)
  Fumiko Foard (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ)
  Diane Gulbronson (Glen Park Elementary, New Berlin, WI)
  Kyoko Hijirida (University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI)
  Sarah Jenkins (Mears Middle School, Anchorage, Alaska)
  Akiko Kakutani (Earlham College, Richmond, IN)
  Hiroko Kataoka (California State University, Long Beach/Japan Foundation Language Center, Santa Monica, CA)
  Ryuko Kubota (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC)
  Anne LaVin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA)
  Shigeru Miyagawa (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA)
  Toyoko Okawa (Punahou School, Honolulu, HI)
  Masumi Reade (The Woodlands High School, The Woodlands, TX)
  Laurel Rasplica Rodd (University of Colorado, Boulder, CO)
  Cyrus Rolbin (Phillips Exeter Academy, Andover, MA)
  Motoko Tabuse (Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI)
  Patricia Thornton (University of Minnesota Teacher Development Program, Minneapolis, MN)
  Jessica Thurrott (Maloney Magnet School, Plainville, CT)
  Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku (University of California, San Diego, CA)
  Cliff Walker (Expanding Horizons, Blacksburg, VA)
  Yasuko Ito Watt (Indiana University, Bloomington, IN)
• The Japan Foundation Standards Workshops. JFLC offers both 1 and 1‡ -day workshops and 10-day summer workshops on standards familiarization and implementation. The Japan Foundation Language Center, 2425 Olympic Blvd. Suite 650 E, Santa Monica, CA 90404. (310) 449-0027. jflalc@jflalc.org.
• Nihongo Caravan. Oregon University System Japanese Language Project. A team of Oregon teachers travels in and outside of Oregon to share their standards- based approaches. (Center for Applied Japanese Language Studies. (541) 346-5699. http://babel.uoregon.edu/CAJLS/Caravan.html
• The OUS Japanese Language Project Summer Workshop. This workshop aims to familiarize participants with standards-based instruction and assessment. Workshop Director: Suwako Watanabe, Portland State University. (800) 547- 8887. SUWAKO@nh1.nh.pdx.edu.

2. Presenters/Speakers/Consultants/Workshop Facilitators

• Falsgraf, Carl. Center for Applied Japanese Language Studies, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. (541) 346-5699. Areas of expertise: national standards; classroom assessment; proficiency-based instruction; and lesson planning for proficiency. falsgraf@oregon.uoregon.edu.
• Kataoka, Hiroko. California State University, Long Beach (562) 985-4030. Japan Foundation Language Center, Santa Monica, CA (310) 449-1127. Areas of expertise: Japanese national standards, implementation of Japanese national standards into the classroom, articulation, teacher training, teacher certification, and FLES issues. kataoka@csulb.edu
• Tohsaku, Yasu-Hiko. University of California, San Diego, CA (585) 534-3939. Areas of expertise: Japanese national standards, implementation of Japanese national standards into the classroom, articulation, teacher training, teacher certification, and technology. ytohsaku@ucsd.edu.
• Walker, Cliff and Jones-Walker, Ellen. Expanding Horizons, Blacksburg, VA (540) 552-3707. Areas of expertise: Japanese language instruction, national standards, effective pedagogy, program development, curriculum development, immersion education, unit and lesson planning, thematic instruction, interactive instruction for proficiency-based classrooms, multiple intelligences, assessment, and time and stress management. cawalker@usit.net

B. Generic/Other Languages

1. Workshops/Seminars/Institutes

• ACTFL Standards Workshops. These are a series of 1- and 2-day workshops focusing on standards based instruction and the 5 C's of the national standards. The workshops are offered at various sites around the country. ACTFL also offers technology workshops based on effective teaching practices. http://www.actfl.org.
• Language Teaching for Proficiency. The Confederation in Oregon for Language Teaching/The Oregon International Council. (503) 375-5447. This is a series of three one-day sessions plus a half-day follow up session with Oregon master teachers who discuss and demonstrate proven techniques for increasing student proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in world languages. These workshops address standards-based instruction.
• POLIA or Proficiency Oriented Language Instruction and Assessment through Standards Based Education. The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA), University of Minnesota. (612) 626-8600. This is a one week seminar designed to train a network of mentor teachers from Minnesota and other states on national and state language standards so that these teachers can become mentors in training other teachers to conduct workshops on standards and proficiency-oriented language instruction and assessment. The professor who directs this program is Diane (Dee) Tedick. (612) 625-1081.
• The Teachers' Seminars. Concordia Language Villages, Moorhead, MN. (800) 247-1044. This is a two-week summer intensive workshop for language teachers centered on proficiency, assessment, thematic unit development, and immersion language teaching. www.cord.edu/dept/clv.
• Touchstones Modules. Center for Applied Japanese Language Studies. (541) 346-5699. This is a series of professional development workshops divided into 11 modules. Titles include Introduction to Standards-based Education, Textbook and/or Course Materials Analysis, Course Design, Unit Design, Lesson Planning, Activity Design, Classroom Assessment, and Content-Based Instruction.

2. Presenters/Speakers/Consultants/Workshop Facilitators

• Abbott, Martha. World Language Coordinator, Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, VA. (703) 208-7722. MABBOT@WALNUTHILL.FC PS.k12.va.u s. Areas of expertise: national standards, performance assessment, and program development.
• Bartz, Walter. World Language Coordinator, Indiana Department of Education, Indianapolis, IN. (317) 232-9148. Areas of expertise: national standards, proficiency guidelines, and administration.
• Clementi, Donna. Appleton School District, Appleton WI. (414) 734-1170. Areas of expertise: national standards training, thematic instruction, immersion education, assessment, professional development, and teacher training.
• Duncan, Greg. InterPrep, Inc. Marietta, GA. (770) 565-7667. Areas of expertise: national standards, proficiency guidelines, program development, teacher training, and assessment.
• Elliott, Bonnie. Bend-La Pine School district, Bend, OR. belliott@bend.k12.or.us. Areas of expertise: national standards, classroom assessment, and proficiency-based instruction.
• Falsgraf, Carl. Center for Applied Japanese Language Studies, University of Oregon. (541) 346-5699. Areas of expertise: national standards, classroom assessments, proficiency- based instructions, and lesson planning for proficiency.
• Haas, Mari. Teachers College, Columbia University, NY. Haasmarib@aol.com. Areas of expertise: communicative instruction, thematic teaching, implementing national standards, and K-12 methods for foreign language teachers.
• LeLoup, Jean. State University of New York, Cortland. LELOUPJ@SNYCORVA.COR TLAND.ED U. Areas of expertise: national standards, teacher education, and technology.
• Moase-Burke, Jackie. Second Language Acquisition for a Regional Educational Resource Center, Oakland Schools, MI. (248) 209-2000. Jackie.MoaseBurke@oakland.k12.mi. us. Areas of expertise: program design, standards-based curriculum development, instruction, and assessment.
• Nerenz, Anne. Eastern Michigan University, MI. (734) 487-0130. fla_nerenz@ONLINE.EMICH.EDU. Areas of expertise: national standards, curriculum development, and teacher certification.
• Phillips, June K. Weber State University, Utah. (801) 626-6425. Areas of expertise: national standards, teacher education, and professional development.
• Reeves, Douglas. Center for Performance Assessment, Denver, CO. drreeves@testdoctor.com. Areas of expertise: assessment and test design.
• Sandrock, Paul. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. (800) 441-4563. Areas of expertise: national standards, assessment, teacher development, and proficiency-based instruction.
• Tedick, Diane. University of Minnesota. (612) 625-1081. Areas of expertise: national standards, professional development, teacher training, authentic assessment, proficiency-based instruction, and assessment rubrics.
• Theisen, Toni. Loveland High School, Loveland, CO. darkar95@aol.com. Areas of expertise: learning scenarios, national standards, and multiple intelligences.
• Wingard, Hal. Executive Director, California Language Teachers Association. (619) 265-2699. Areas of expertise: national standards, and teacher education.
• Walker, Cliff and Jones-Walker Ellen. Expanding Horizons, Blacksburg, VA. (540) 552-3707. cawalker@usit.net. Areas of expertise: national standards, program development, immersion education, unit and lesson design, proficiency-based instruction, thematic approach, assessment, multiple intelligences, activities design/use, formative assessment, and time and stress management.

A. Japanese-Specific

1. Curriculum Guides/Frameworks/Assessments

• "A Communicative Framework for Introductory Japanese Language Curricula in Washington State Schools" (1996). Washington Department of Public Instruction. Old Capitol Building, P.O. Box 47200, Olympia, WA 98504-7200.
• "A Teacher's Guide: Japanese for Communication" (1996). Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.125 South Webster Street, P.O. 7841, Madison, WI 53707.
• "Instructions for Benchmark I-III" (1997). "The Oregon State System of Higher Education Japanese Language Project." Center for Applied Japanese Language Studies, 1246 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1246. http://www.babel.uoregon.edu/CAJ LS/index.ht ml.
• "The Oregon Japanese Language Proficiency Package" (1996). The Oregon State System of Higher Education Japanese Language Project. Center for Applied Japanese Language Studies, 1246 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1246. http://www.babel.uoregon.edu/CAJ LS/index.ht ml.
• "Tools for the Articulation of Japanese Language Instruction: Standards, a Curricular Framework, Benchmarks and Sample Assessments" (1998). The Center for Advanced Research in Language Acquisition (CARLA), University of Minnesota, 333 Appleby Hall, 128 Pleasant Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455. http://carla.acad.umn.edu.

2. Units and Sample Lesson PlansNot all of these teaching materials are specifically developed for standards-based instruction, but they can be easily adapted. Also see list of Model Projects (Appendix B) for resources being developed.

• "Integrated Thematic Units for Japanese Immersion" developed at the 1995 Japanese Immersion Institute. This compilation of integrated thematic units can be obtained from Mary Bastiani at Portland Public Schools Moshi, Moshi Project, 5210 North Kerby, Portland, OR 97217. (503) 916-5838.
• "Omiyage" (1994). By M. Turkovich, L. Bubolz Ashida, P. Mueller. This is a set of materials organized into content areas to teach about the customs, manners, beliefs, and writing systems of Japan. World Eagle, Inc. 64 Washburn Ave, Wellesley, MA.
• "Star Festival--A Return to Japan" (1999). By Shigeru Miyagawa, MIT. This CD-ROM provides many possibilities for language and culture study for all grade levels. It is structured around Professor Miyagama's return to Japan after living in the United States for thirty years to find his Japanese roots. He and students visit many sites of historical, cultural, and contemporary importance. Video, old photographs, text, and music provide a rich view of Japan. For further information go to: www.starfestival.com or call (877) 492 5594. Mac-only or cross-platform version, available for $99. A curriculum guide for Star Festival will be available by fall 2000.
• "Sumo Wrestling" (2 lessons). By Janis L. Antonek, Yoko Morimoto. Age/Grades 2-3. Proficiency: beginning level. This was developed at the National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL) Institute on the Standards in 1997. It will be included in the book that will be published by NTC in 1999.
• "Stepping Stones: Teaching about Japan in Elementary Grades." Elgin Heinz, ed. This is a compilation of lesson plans from various years of Keizai Koho Fellowship participants. The U.S.-Japan Education Group, 17 Eagle Rock Road, Mill Valley, CA 94941.
• "Tora no Maki." The National Council for the Social Studies-Keizai Koho Fellowship. This is a compilation of units on the history and culture of Japan done by U.S. and Australian social studies teachers who have visited Japan on a summer fellowship. It is published yearly and available from NCSS. (800) 296-7840.

B. Generic/Other Languages

1. Curriculum Guides/Frameworks/Assessments

• "Arizona Academic Standards: Arizona Student Achievement Program." Arizona Department of Education. (602) 542-3620.
• The ASCD Curriculum Handbook (December, 1998). (800) 933-2723 http://www.ascd.org. This includes a monograph by June K. Phillips and Mimi Met with an annotated bibliography and summaries of key research articles in the FL/SL field.
• "Bringing the Standards into the Classroom: A Teacher's Guide." National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa (1997). (515) 294-6699. This is a very practical guide to implementing standards into classrooms. It is divided into three sections: 1) Linking Standards to the Curriculum Development Process, 2) Connecting Thematic Units to the Standards at the K-8 Level, and 3) How to Teach Foreign Language in Secondary School Programs Using the Standards.
• "Colorado Model Content Standards for Foreign Languages." Colorado Department of Education www.cde.state.co.us. State guide to content standards and implementation.
• The Handbook of Research on Curriculum. Philip Jackson, ed. MacMillan. (Check a University/School of Education Library. It is usually a reference work.) One chapter is devoted to foreign languages.
• "The 1992 Handbook of Research on Improving Student Achievement." Educational Research Service, Arlington, VA. www.teachermag.org. This book summarizes ten major instructional principles and the research base that supports them. There is an extensive bibliography.
• "Managing the Assessment Process: A Framework for Measuring Student Attainment of the ESL Standards." TESOL (1998). This provides guidelines for the equitable assessment of ESOL students. (703) 836-0774. http://www.tesol.edu.
• "Texas Framework for Languages Other than English" (1997). Southwest Educational Development Laboratory and Texas Education Agency. For information, contact: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, 211 East 7th Street, Austin, Texas 78701-3281. (512) 476-6861. www.sedl.org/loteced. For ordering, contact: Texas Education Agency, 1701 North Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78701-1494. (512) 463-9734. www.tea.state.tx.us.
• University of Northern Colorado. "Foreign Language Education in Colorado: Standards and Requirements." (970) 351-1890.
• State of Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Foreign Languages (1996). 125 South Webster Street, P.O. 7841, Madison WI 53707.
• "World Languages Connecticut" (1999). Connecticut State Board of Education. State of Connencticut Department of Education, 165 Capitol Ave, Hartford, CT 06106. General guide to world language standards with scenario exemplars in specific languages.

2. Units and Sample Lesson Plans

• "Weather Around the World/Making a Class Weather Book'; 'The Tale of the Corn' (simplified Mexican legend). Developed at the NNELL Institute on the Standards (1997). This will be included in a book to be published by NTC at the end of 1999.
• "El Canto de las palomas"; "Cuadros de familia"; "La mujer que brillaba aun mas que el sol"; "Crictor"; "Le Geant de Zeralda"; "Jean de la Lune." National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1998. These standards-based thematic units are useful to show how standards can be implemented into classrooms through various activities.

A. Japanese-Specific

• "Integration of National Standards in a Japanese Language Classroom" (1999). The twenty-minute video, produced by graduate students at the University of Hawai'i, is designed for both pre-service and in-service teachers. The video shows how each of the 5C goals is integrated into a classroom activity. There is a guidebook to accompany the video written by Kyoko Hijirida, Kazutoh Ishida and Yuko Yamamoto. Contact ATJ (303) 492-5487 or atj@colorado.edu.

B. Generic/Other Languages

• The Montgomery County Public School District produced eleven volumes of videos for training immersion teachers. These videos can be ordered from the Montgomery County Public School District. Address requests to Mimi Met, Foreign Language Coordinator, Montgomery County Public Schools, 850 Hungerford Dr., Rockville, MD 20850. (301) 279-3911. The topics are 1) What it means to be an Immersion Teacher, 2) Foreign Language Immersion an Introduction, 3) Second Language Acquisition in Children, 4) Negotiation of Meaning, 5) Planning for Instruction in the Immersion Classroom, 6) Reading and Language Arts in the Immersion Classroom: Grades K-2, 7) Reading and Language Arts in the Immersion Classroom: Grades 3-6, 8) Teaching Math and Science in the Immersion Classroom, 9) Teaching Social Studies in the Immersion Classroom, 10) Teaching Culture in the Immersion Classroom, and 11) Assessment in the Immersion Classroom.
• "Assessment in the Immersion Classroom." This is a 29-minute film developed by Montgomery County Public Schools in 1989. It addresses the importance of assessment and also provides issues to consider when assessing students. Issues raised include "who will use the results," "when to evaluate," "what to evaluate," and "how to evaluate." Special emphasis is given to "how to evaluate students" by providing various methods such as observation, testing, and portfolios.
• "Foreign Language Frameworks: Goals 1-5" (May 1996). Nebraska Department of Education. (402) 471-4331.
• "Foreign Language Frameworks: Speakers Bureau Video" (May 1996). Nebraska Department of Education. mnielsen@nde4.nde.state.ne.us.
• Both videos explain the five goals following the 5 C's of the National Standards as a model. In the Nebraska framework, Goal 1 is Communication, Goal 2 is Culture, Goal 3 is Connection, Goal 4 is Comparison, and Goal 5 is Communities. Each video shows actual learning activities for each of the goals, conducted in Spanish, German, and French language classes.
• "Foreign Language Immersion: Planning for Instruction." This is a 42-minute film developed by Montgomery County Public Schools in November 1989. It shows several steps for planning for instruction in the immersion classroom by sharing ideas from various immersion teachers. The steps for planning include "sequencing instructional objectives," "identifying and developing instructional activities," "identifying the immersion language objectives," and "identifying and developing instructional materials."
• "National Standards in Foreign Language; ACTFL 28th Annual Meeting." 2 tapes; one hour each. Ed. by ACTFL (1994). www.actfl.org.
• This video is a recording of a satellite television broadcast of a meeting on National Standards in foreign language education produced by ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages). The meeting took place as a part of the 28th ACTFL annual meeting in Atlanta on Nov. 18, 1994. Part 1 is a general overview of the foreign language standards project; the first draft of the standards is presented. In part 2, the presenters describe the status of their work and the issues they are tackling, such as scenarios and benchmarks, as they seek to define what students need to know and should be able to do in foreign languages.
• "The Five C's: The Standards for Foreign Language Learning Video." ACTFL. This demonstration video is accompanied by a work text written by June K. Phillips and Jamie B. Draper. It is a set of engaging interviews with teachers, students, and administrators and links actual classroom scenes to key concepts of standards-based instruction. Heinle and Heinle (800) 354-9706.
• "The Road to Proficiency: Second Language Education in Oregon." Center for Applied Japanese Language Studies (CAJLS). (541) 346-5699.
• Carl Falsgraf is in the process of making a video on proficiency-based instruction describing the basics of Oregon law and policy surrounding the Educational Act for the 21st Century as it applies to second languages. Presenter Carl Falsgraf explains the standards and also addresses issues of assessment, curriculum, and professional development. Although it is geared toward teachers in Oregon, it may be useful to teachers in other states to illustrate what a developed and implemented standards-based system of second language education looks like.
• "Teaching Culture in the Foreign Language Immersion Classroom." Montgomery County Schools (1997). (301) 279-3911.
• This 37-minute video focuses on how to integrate the teaching of culture into the curriculum. Two sample lessons at the elementary level, one in Spanish and one in French, are included.
• "TEKS IN ACTION: Episode 2 - LOTE" (1999). Texas Education Agency, Austin, TX. (512) 463-9734. www.tea.state.tx.us.
• This 15-minute video is a general guide for the Texas Essential Knowlege Skills (TEKS) for Languages Other Than English (LOTE) and its implementation in the classroom. TEKS is comparable to other states' standards. The Languages Other Than English Center for Educator Development (LOTE CED) has developed three modules for training teachers. Module 1 covers an overview of TEKS including the 5C's Content Goals. Module 2 covers Classroom Implementation. Module 3 covers Developing Curriculum and Addressing Assessment.

A. Japanese-Specific

• Association of Teachers of Japanese (ATJ). (303) 492-5487. atj@colorado.edu. http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj.
• The Japan Foundation and Language Center in Los Angeles. (310) 449-0027. (800) 667-0880. jflalc@jflalc.org. http://www.jflalc.org.

B. Generic/Other Languages

• ACTFL Professional Programs. Contact: Elvira Swender. ebsactfl@aol.com.
• The Center for Advanced Research in Language Acquisition (CARLA). carla@tc.umn.edu. http://carla.acad.umn.edu.
• CARLA is housed at the University of Minnesota. It is one of seven National Language Resrouce Centers (NLRC) funded by the U.S. Department of Education to improve the nation's capacity to teach and learn foreign languages effectively. In addition to NLRC-funded projects, CARLA supports a number of coordinated programs of research, training, development, and dissemination of information related to second language teaching and learning.
• Languages Other Than English (LOTE), Division of Curriculum and Professional Development, Texas Education Agency (TEA). Contacts: Ines Garcia, Carl Johnson. (512) 936-2444. http://www.tea.state.tx.us.
• Languages Other Than English Center for Educator Development (LOTE CED), Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, 211 East 7th Street, Austin, Texas 78701-3281. Contact: Lillian King. (512) 476-6861. www.sedl.org/loteced.
• Montgomery County Public Schools, 850 Hungerford Dr., Rockville, MD 20850. Contact: Mimi Met. (301) 279-3911. mmet@umd5.umd.edu.
• National Foreign Language Center (202) 667-8100.
• National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, Iowa State University, N157 Lagomarcino Hall, Ames, IA 50011. (515) 294-6699. Fax: (515) 294-2776. www.educ.iastate.edu/currinst/nflrc/nflrc.html.
• National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL). nnell@cal.org. http://www.educ.iastate.edu/nnell/.
• This organization focuses on developing foreign language skills in children. It supports groups "committed to early language learning" by improving public awareness of such programs, coordinating communication among teachers, parents, administrators, and policy makers, and disseminating information and guidelines about early language learning.
• University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. Contact: David Hipple. www.lll.hawaii.edu/nflrc.

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