Ying Jin

2018 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year 

Ms. Ying Jin has more 20 years Chinese language and culture teaching experience in diverse settings, including middle schools, high schools, and colleges in both the U.S. and China. She is currently a teacher of Mandarin Chinese at the Fremont Union High School District in Cupertino, California. Ms. Jin served as the President of CLASS (Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools) in 2019 and has been serving on CLASS board since 2015. She currently serves on ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) board. Ms. Jin has received 2018 Teacher of the Year from ACTFL, 2017 Teacher of the Year from SWCOLT (Southwest Conference On Language Teaching), 2016 Teacher of the Year from CLTA (California Language Teachers’ Association). Ms. Jin received her MA degree in Instructional Technologies from San Francisco State University, and BA degree in Chinese Language and Literature from Peking University, China.

Empowering World Language Classroom Instruction with Social Justice

Integrating social justice into classroom instruction will challenge all students and allow them to reach their full potential. This session informs how to incorporate and implement social justice themes into Chinese classrooms and shares classroom-tested strategies that greatly enhance and empower students to move up on the proficiency ladder.

This presentation will be available for on-demand viewing on December 2nd during Global CRED. Register for Global CRED below, it’s quick easy and free!