Dr. Pei-Ying Gosselin is the Chinese program builder at The Archer School for Girls. This is her 10th year teaching Chinese language and culture to middle and high school students in Los Angeles. She devotes herself to designing a Chinese curriculum that highly motivates her students. Dr. Pei-Ying Gosselin integrates her Chinese classes with additional subjects to develop students’ interdisciplinary skills, utilizes technology to help students learn Chinese, and creates opportunities for students to apply their knowledge in real life scenarios. Since 2016, she has presented in several conferences demonstrating how to use projects, questions, technology, and communication programs to enhance and motivate students’ Chinese learning. Over the past two years, she has been profoundly influenced by Dr. Miao-fen Tseng’s ideas of using authentic materials and task-based projects for effective teaching. In educating our 21st century students, she strongly believes that teaching with authenticity along with task-based projects is critical in helping students navigate real-world situations.

Ms. Shi Jiang is a certified PreK-12 Mandarin teacher in Ohio, and she currently teaches Chinese 1-5 and AP Chinese at the upper-division of University School in Cleveland. From 2014 to 2016, she taught all levels of Chinese classes at John Carroll University. As a language lover, Shi Jiang traveled to Chile in Latin America and taught Chinese to Spanish speakers in Santiago, Chile for a year. Ever since Ms. Jiang joined University School in 2018, she has been working on developing a Chinese language curriculum from K-8th grade and expanding the Chinese program at the upper school. As a strong advocate of using authentic materials in task-based projects, Shi Jiang focuses on designing student-centered activities using backward design and using 100% target language in a communicative context. Apart from teaching, Shi Jiang actively serves as the faculty advisor for the East Asian Platform at school, organizing events for students to honor their Asian identity and make their voices heard by the community. Since 2020, Ms. Jiang has served on the Global Citizenship Advisory Board at University School, leading both domestic and international trips to foster students’ global identities. As a strong believer in integrating technology into Chinese classes, Ms. Jiang also serves as the core member of the Online Academy at school. In May 2022, she was the recipient of the Ingersoll Award at University School.