This document provides an overview of a school district's Chinese language pilot program. The district has 7,000 students across one high school, three middle schools, and seven elementary schools. It launched a Chinese language pilot program in two elementary schools to make Chinese available to all second graders and supplement their academic learning. The program was implemented through partnerships with Ohio State University and other organizations. It faced challenges like finding time and resources but overcame obstacles by starting with a voluntary after-school program and then moving to a full inclusion model with Chinese taught during the school day using different schedules and models at the two pilot schools.

1. Hank Langhals
Coordinator of Pupil Services, Curriculum &
Professional Development

2. DISTRICT OVERVIEW
 Suburban Public School District near Columbus,
Ohio
 7, 000 students
 One High School, 9-12
 Three Middle Schools, 6-8
 Seven Elementary , K-5
 27 % Free and Reduced
 80 % of Gahanna-Jefferson graduates go on to post-
secondary education.

4. WHY CHINESE?
Attaining Support
Board of Education
School Administrators
Parents and the Community

5. BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS
 The Ohio State University Chinese Flagship
Program
 Ohio Department of Education
(Chinese K-2 Sesame Street Pilot Program)
 Asia Society and Hanban (Confucius Classroom
Network)

6. WHY ELEMENTARY?
 Starting with a FLES after school program
 Voluntary—not inclusive
 Two hours per week (research suggested 120
minutes/week)
 Focus on speaking and listening

7. OVERCOMING OBSTACLES
 How do we find time during the school day for
Chinese?
 No sufficient resource (staffing & money) for full-
time elementary Chinese teacher.

8. DISTRICT GOAL
 Full inclusion (available to all 2nd graders) Chinese
language and culture
 Supplement grade level academics

9. HOW DO WE SELL THE PROGRAM
Administrators
Teachers
Parents
The Students

10. PILOT PROGRAM
Two Elementary Buildings:
High Point Elementary School
Goshen Lane Elementary School

11. GETTING STARTED
Planning May-August
August—Meet with Principals and Second Grade
Teachers
August and September—Training and Methodology
Decisions

12. EARLY DECISIONS
High Point Elementary Goshen Lane Elementary
Go by Special schedule Go by Reading Group
(Art/Music/Chinese) schedule
25 minute per session 30 minute per session
3 days a week 2 days a week
Contain Classroom Rotate groups
Instructor go to 4 classes a Instructor has her own
day classroom

13. COMMUNICATION
Teachers
Principals
Board of Education
Parents

14. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Q&A
Hank Langhals Chiwei Lin
LanghalsH@gjps.org LinC@gjps.org