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The educational programs offered by CCACC are designed to meet the needs of the Chinese American and mainstream communities.
Mission:
Provide educational programs and services to promote Chinese heritage and cross cultural understanding
The programs offered are:
- Cultural Language Arts Programs and Services for Non-Chinese Speaking Families (CLAPS)
- Adult Friday Night Chinese Class
- Adult ESOL
- Parents as Liaisons to Schools (PALS)
- Social Studies Curriculum Work Group
- Education Work Group
- Computer and Information Work Group
Contact person: Division Director Tina S Kao (tina.kao@ccacc-dc.org) or Chiao Chiao Liu (chiaochiao.liu@ccacc-dc.org at 240-388-5275 or 301-820-7200, Tuesday- Friday 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, Saturday 9:30 am - 12 noon).
INTRODUCTION
It has been my goal to be able to help build Chinese programs in the USA and in Chinese-speaking countries since I changed my IT career to Education eight years ago!
As a highly educated professional/immigrant from Taiwan, like other professional immigrants I worked in a big-name IT company while staying busy with family, school, and kids--a typical family life, until eight years ago. I started to realize there is something else I might be good at and more passionate about.
It started when I became a volunteer program director at Huafu (WSCLC) Chinese school and I began to devote a lot of time to teaching and to managing the program. In Huafu, I run Pinyin (CFL) Chinese program in terms of curriculum guideline, design, and material evaluation, I work with Pinyin parents, and communicate with them for any concerns, issues. We have expanded the program to five levels, and a team of five professional teachers.
It started when I became a volunteer program director at Huafu (WSCLC) Chinese school and I began to devote a lot of time to teaching and to managing the program. In Huafu, I run Pinyin (CFL) Chinese program in terms of curriculum guideline, design, and material evaluation, I work with Pinyin parents, and communicate with them for any concerns, issues. We have expanded the program to five levels, and a team of five professional teachers.
After 4 years in Sunday school as pinyin director, I decided to apply to become a part-time high school teacher in an IB public school and I was hired for that job in 2007. In two years of being at GMHS, I decided to quit my IT job and fully devote myself to promoting Chinese language and culture. During these years I have launched Chinese program from Chinese Levels 1 to 5, and created the Chinese curriculum in a public high school with the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program; I have initiated a partnership and exchange program with a school in China and a summer intensive language study program in Taiwan for high school students. In addition, I have sponsored several after-school activities in the hope of getting more students to learn and appreciate Chinese culture while learning the language.
In the past few years, I traveled a lot. I had opportunities to visit many schools in China and Taiwan, where I observed various teaching pedagogies and exchanged information with many teacher/scholars. It becomes clearer to me that I would like to help build an education program or school one day! This has become my dream and future goal, and is something I want to do for the rest of my life!
In the past few years, I traveled a lot. I had opportunities to visit many schools in China and Taiwan, where I observed various teaching pedagogies and exchanged information with many teacher/scholars. It becomes clearer to me that I would like to help build an education program or school one day! This has become my dream and future goal, and is something I want to do for the rest of my life!