Spring 2008

NCTA Teaching about Asia Seminar Program Details *

*Specific details may vary among sites

1. DV Form and Request for Taxpayer Identification (W-9) – Teacher

2. DV Form and Request for Taxpayer Identification (W-9) - School

3. Graduate Credit from Indiana University

4. Indiana Continuing Renewal Units (CRUs)

5. Teacher Implementation Plan

6. Annotated Bibliography

7. Follow-up Event

8. Follow-up Report

9. Individual Stipends

10. School Resource Buying Grant

11. IUNCTA - Email Discussion Group

12 Education About Asia Subscription

13.NCTA Study Tour

Annotated Bibliography (for those taking the seminar for I.U. graduate credit)

Participants taking the Teaching about Asia seminars for graduate credit through Indiana University will complete an annotated bibliography as an additional assignment. This assignment is intended to be a useful exercise, exposing teachers to a number of resources for further study and possible incorporation into their class materials. The annotated bibliography should include at least 25 items and may include books, periodicals, videos, websites, and curricular resources.

The annotated bibliography should be organized around a theme or topic of the teacher’s choice. Take this opportunity to study in-depth a topic of interest from the Teaching about Asia seminar. Sample topics might include:

East Asian art
Women in China, Japan, and Korea
Post-WWII Korean Literature
The American Occupation in Japan
Politics in Post-1949 China
Elements of the Annotated Bibliography :

The bibliography may not include required reading from the Teaching about Asia seminar. Each item on the bibliography should be accompanied by an annotation of 50-100 words. For each item on your bibliography you should:

Summarize the topic(s) of the material. (For an academic book, include the author’s argument.)
Evaluate the material. Is the topic dealt with thoroughly and clearly? Does the item seem well researched and provide adequate evidence? Are there flaws or gaps in the material?
Evaluate possible uses for the material. What is the intended audience? How could it be used by teachers or students?

Format:

You must follow a standard bibliography form. MLA and Chicago-style are recommended, but any standard, recognizable bibliographic format is acceptable.
All annotated bibliographies should be handed in to seminar leaders in two forms: hard copy and on a CD. Do NOT send your project as an email attachment.
Use either Microsoft Word or WordPerfectsoftware.

All annotated bibliographies will be forwarded to the East Asian Studies Center and will become the property of the National Consortium on Teaching about Asia. As such, they may be published, bound, or shared with other Consortium members for their use. Some bibliographies may be selected for publication on the EASC or national NCTA website.

DV Form and Request for Taxpayer Identification (W-9) – Teacher

These are the forms you must fill out in order to receive your two individual stipend payments. You will need to fill out two copies of the DV Form (an original form is required for each payment) and one copy of the W-9. The first copy of the DV Form is included in the welcome packet and should be turned in at the third session of the seminar. The second copy of the DV Form will be mailed to you with the request for your follow-up report. Only teachers currently teaching grades 6-12 are eligible to receive stipends.

If you are not a US citizen or green card holder, you may not be able to recieve the stipends. Please contact EASC for details.

DV Form and Request for Taxpayer Identification (W-9) - School

These two forms must be filled out by your school in order to receive your school resource buying grant. An official school representative – principal, vice principal, treasurer, secretary – must sign the forms. In place of the social security number, please include the school’s Federal Tax Identification Number. (This number is the corporate equivalent of the individual social security number.) Note: The forms should be signed by the school at which you will be implementing your lesson plans. If you anticipate changing schools after the seminar has finished, you should wait to have these forms signed by your new school. Only teachers currently teaching grades 6-12 are eligible to receive the stipend.

Education about Asia Subscription

The Education about Asia magazine is an excellent resource for those teaching East Asia. You will receive a free one-year subscription upon succesfully completing your TIP. Subscription will be processed by EASC and will be mailed to you at your preferred address as noted on your seminar application form. Learn more about the magazine at www.aasianst.org/eaa-toc.htm.

Follow-up Event

All participants will be required to attend a free educational and social event related to East Asia at or shortly after the end of the implementation year. In addition to the featured activity, participants will share their experiences related to implementing lesson plans over the previous year. The follow-up event will be designed and planned by the site instructors. Attendance is required to receive Part 2 of the individual stipend ($300).

Follow-up Report

At the end of the implementation year, participants are required to write a report on their East Asia teaching successes, challenges, improvements, etc. In May of the year following your seminar, you will receive a letter requesting the follow-up report, which is due by the end of June. Following are the guidelines for the follow-up report so that you can be preparing throughout the year. Completion of the follow up report is required in order to receive Part 2 of the individual stipend ($300).

Descriptions of the lessons implemented. Please also confirm that the lessons implemented were those from your original Teacher Implementation Plan (TIP). If you were unable to use your TIP lessons, please explain the reasons for this and how you came to use the lessons you did.
For each lesson, describe what worked and what did not. What changes will you make for the following year?
List of resources used (include print, internet, speakers, etc.). Include full citations.
Other initiatives you undertook to inform others about East Asia (extracurricular activities, teacher training, special school or community programs, etc.)
Your plans for incorporating East Asia into your curriculum in the following year.
List of items purchased with school resource buying grant. Include full citations.

Graduate Credit from Indiana University

Participants in the Teaching about Asia seminar are eligible to purchase 3 graduate credits for E505 “Topics in Learning about Asia” from Indiana University (IU) Bloomington. (Note: this course credit will be from the East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC) department, not the School of Education.) In addition to the Teacher Implementation Plan, you will be required to turn in an annotated bibliography.

For those taking the course for credit through Ohio State University and the University of Kentucky, please contact the seminar leader or coordinator.

How to fill out the Graduate Credit Paperwork :

You will receive a total of four forms.

1. “Continuing Nondegree Program” application

Fill out the application form.

Make sure to sign the back of the form.

Page 1 - workshop title or department: EALC E505-Topics in Learning about Asia.

Page 2 - Indicate the term and year: e.g., Spring 2008;Why are you applying to the program?: Teaching about Asia Professional development seminar.

2. “Course Enrollment Request Form”

Fill out your name and SS# (same as Student’s I.D. number).

Course information: Subject EALC, Catalog No. E505, 3 Units, Class #(TBA).

3. “Residence Classification for Fee-Paying Purposes at Indiana University”

Fill out the form completely and sign the form.

Even though we have obtained a waiver for out-of-state tuition, this form must be filled in for internal accounting purposes.

4. Yellow form attached to the “Residence Classification” form.

Fill out above the bold line. You may omit the "Student Home Address" section.

Submitting the Forms:

You will hand in the paperwork at the third class session. The instructor will file the paper work with EASC, and we will register you for the class.Once you submit the credit paperwork, your decision to take the course for credit is final and you WILL be billed by Indiana University.

Paying for the Greaduate Credits:

After you submit the paperwork, you will receive a bill directly from the Indiana University Bursar’s Office. The Bursar’s Office bills once a month and your tuition will be due the following month. Regardless of your state of residency, you will pay the in-state rate for graduate credits. The cost (as of October 2007) is $796.29. Although we will make every attempt to have them waived, you may also be charged for some student fees.

The Indiana University Bursar's office bills on the third Thursday of each month. Payment is due on the 10th of the following month.

If you are not a US citizen and wish to register for graduate credit, you must contact EASC for more information on how to apply.

Receiving a Grade:

If you want a copy of your transcript, please consult www.indiana.edu/~registra/Services/trnscrpt.html to learn the process for requesting one. Transcripts currently cost $10.00.

Indiana Continuing Renewal Units (CRUs)

CRUs are credits earned by doing professional development activities. Teachers successfully completing the seminar can earn 15 Indiana CRUs. There is no charge for CRUs. If you would like to receive CRUs, you will sign up (name and SSN) on the third session. After your Teacher Implementation Plan has been approved, we will submit the CRU paperwork. You should receive your certificate in August. Note: We are happy to process CRUs for teachers outside of Indiana; however, it is up to the individual teacher to determine if his/her state will honor them.

Individual Stipends

The total individual stipend for successfully completing the seminar is $500. This is paid in two parts: (1) $200 after your Teacher Implementation Plan is approved, and (2) $300 after you (a) attend the follow-up event and (b) your follow-up report is approved. The individual stipend is yours to spend as you wish. You must be currently employed as a teacher in grades 6-12 to be eligible to receive the stipend. Substitute teachers are not eligible.

If you are not a US citizen or green card holder, you may or may not be able to receive these stipends. Please contact EASC immediately with your visa status.

IUNCTA - Email Discussion Group

As soon as you are registered for the seminar, you will be subscribed to an email discussion group for alumni and current participants of EASC’s NCTA Teaching about Asia seminars. The purpose of the email discussion group is to keep you inspired and informed about teaching East Asia by allowing you to keep in touch with colleagues doing similar work. You will receive announcements of relevant upcoming programs and be able to exchange ideas about teaching resources, ideas, classroom successes, etc. The list moderator will occasionally start discussion threads or initiate an online study activity (a book club, for example). To send a message to the group, email iuncta@yahoogroups.com.

School Resource Buying Grant

This $300 is to be used to purchase permanent resources for the school. The grant should not be used to pay for food, performances at the school, gifts, honoraria, etc. Remember as well that the resources remain at the institution where you taught during your implementation year; they do not travel with you should you change schools. To guide you in your purchases for the school, please see Selected Bibliography of Resources on EastAsia, available at www.indiana.edu/~easc/bibliography/. The list includes resources used in NCTA seminars as well as those found useful by your colleagues at other schools. You are responsible for submitting the proper paperwork to EASC for this buying grant.

NCTA Study Tour

Those teachers successfully completing all program requirements are eligible to apply for EASC-sponsored NCTA summer study tours to Japan, Korea, and China. You will be notified at the time the study tour is announced. Participation is limited to one NCTA tour only. To learn more about the study tours, please see www.indiana.edu/~easc/study_tour/index.htm.

Teacher Implementation Plan (TIP)

The Teacher Implementation Plan (TIP) is the final product and main course requirement for the Teaching about Asia seminars. Each participant must develop one for use at his or her school. The TIP serves three purposes: (1) to provide the teacher with ready-to-use lesson plans, (2) to act as a roadmap for others on how to best incorporate East Asia-related content into a curriculum, and (3) to provide useable lesson plans to share. The TIP should demonstrate that teachers can expand their current curriculums to include historical, cultural, and current events information related to China, Japan, and Korea.

Elements of the TIP:

At a minimum, each TIP should include the following. Please number the sections in your TIP as they’re listed below. TIPs will NOT be approved if any section is missing.

An explanation of what opportunities you will have to teach about East Asia in the next school year: grade level, subject area, hours of instruction. You should also describe other ways you will share the information from the seminar with the community beyond your own classroom (your colleagues, school, neighborhood, etc.).
An explanation of how you will apply the seminar content to your own teaching.
The local, state or national standards which are addressed in each
lesson plan. You do not need to address all three (local, state and
national standards). Choose whichever is most useful or applicable to your situation.
Three lesson plans – one each on China, Japan, and Korea. A single “lesson plan” may be an entire, multi-day unit or a single activity that requires only one class period. Please specify the number of days or amount of class time required for each lesson plan. Please also make sure that your lesson plans are detailed enough so that another teacher could use it with only limited preparatory research.
A list of resources (books, periodicals, videos, websites, etc.) you plan to use for each lesson plan.

Format:

All TIPs should be handed in to seminar instructors in two forms: hard copy and on a floppy disk or CD. Do NOT send your project as an email attachment. Electronic versions of the TIP should contain only the text.
Use either Microsoft Word or WordPerfect software.
Hard copy versions of TIPs should be fully documented. If you make a reference to a particular work, it should be included in a reference list.Do not send copies of entire stories or chapters from books; cite them and include them in the reference list.
All TIPs will be forwarded to the East Asian Studies Center and will become the property of the National Consortium on Teaching about Asia (NCTA). As such, they may be published, bound, or shared with other NCTA members for their use. Some TIPs may be selected for publication on the EASC or national NCTA website.
Be sure to include your name on your TIP!