The Education Advisory Board of the Confucius Institute meets quarterly or more often, as needed, to plan the educational programs for the Confucius Institute for teachers and students.
Karen Kodama, Director of the Confucius Institute Education Center, chairs the Education Advisory Board.
Education Advisory Board Members
- Betty Lau, Teacher of ESL, Franklin High School, Chong-wa Benevolent Society, Seattle
- Bin Cheng, Chinese Instructor, Gonzaga University, Spokane
- Bo Deng, Chinese Director, Confucius Institute of the State of Washington, Seattle
- Bridget Yaden, Associate Professor of Spanish, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma
- Carol Coe, Social Studies Program Supervisor, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia
- Chunman Gissing, Chinese Teacher in Beijing; Examiner, International Baccalaureate Organization, Seattle
- David Pietz, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Asia Program, Washington State University, Pullman
- Diana Sampson, Executive Director of International Education, Shoreline Community College, Shoreline
- Grace Norman, Managing Editor, Education Online, Asia Society, Seattle
- Heidi Steele, Chinese Teacher, Peninsula School District, Gig Harbor
- Jackie Mighdoll, Director, Sponge School, Seattle/Issaquah
- Jennifer Lundstrem, CIWA Education Center Site Coordinator
- Karen Kodama, International Education Administrator, Seattle Public Schools, Seattle
- Kristi Heim, Assistant Director, Confucius Institute of the State of Washington UW
- Kristin Hayden, Founder/Executive Director, OneWorld Now!, Seattle
- Lisa Devine, Deputy Director, OneWorld Now!, Seattle
- Meitsu Chuang-Mendel, Chinese Teacher, Newport High School; Mandarin Examiner for IBO, International Baccalaureate Organization
- Michele Anciaux Aoki, World Languages and International Education Program Supervisor, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia
- Nyan-Ping Bi, Senior Lecturer, Chinese, UW Asian Languages & Literature, Seattle
- Paul Aoki, Director, UW Language Learning Center, Seattle
- Pollyanna Wang, Chinese Teacher, Denny International Middle School, Seattle
- Rongfen Sun Burford, Chinese Teacher, Bellevue School District-Tyee Middle School /OneWorld Now!, Bellevue / Seattle
- Sharon Gao, Director, Asia Pacific Language School, Bellevue
- Tao Zhang, Principal, Northwest Chinese School
- Tese Neighbor, Senior Director of Professional Development/Global Classroom, World Affairs Council, Seattle
- Tina Ying Bogucharova, ESL Facilitator/Additive Bilingual Developer, Bellevue School District
- Ying Ying Wu, Chinese Immersion Teacher, Beacon Hill International School, Seattle
- Zev Handel, Associate Professor, Chinese, UW Asian Languages & Literature, Seattle
Members of the Education Advisory Board welcome our new Chinese Directors — Deng, Bo and Tang, Changping– January 13, 2011.