Michigan-specific+Information

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=New Graduation Requirements, Guidelines, & Standards=

//Governor Granholm signed new graduation requirements into law. Additionally, the Michigan Board of Education recently passed new standards for World Languages, a set of guidelines designed to help schools meet those guidelines, and new proficiency requirements for teacher-candidates. Click on the documents below to see a summary of these changes and their implications for world language (PreK-16) and teacher preparation programs.//





[|New Michigan World Language Standards]

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=Useful Links Related to the Changes=

[|ACTFL Oral Proficiency Guidelines]

[|ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview]

[|ACTFL Oral Proficiency Scale]

[|ACTFL Writing Proficiency Scale]

[|American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages]

[|American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Conference]

[|Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages]

[|Languages Other Than English Standards]

[|Michigan Department of Education World Languages Page]

[|Michigan Merit Curriculum – One-page Overview]

[|Michigan Merit Curriculum – The Revised School Code: 1278a]

[|Michigan Merit Curriculum – The Revised School Code: 1278b]

[|Michigan Standards for Specialty Programs (Including World Languages)] Click on the appropriate language to see the program standards for that language: Arabic, Bilingual, Chinese, ESL, French, German, Hebrew, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish

Michigan State University Methods Course Wiki

[|Michigan Teacher Test of Certification Standards (MTTC) - Spanish]

[|Michigan World Language Association]

[|Michigan World Language Association Conference]

[|Michigan World Language Association Conference Preliminary Program]

[|NCATE Program Review Process]

Professional Organizations

[|World Languages Credit Guidelines & Michigan World Languages Standards & Benchmarks]

See also: Assessment, Community Outreach, Curriculum Development, Professional Development, Professional Organizations, Proficiency, Service Learning, Special Needs, Staying in the Target Language, Teaching Culture, Textbooks, 21st Century Technologies

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