What is the Confucius Institute in Chicago?

The Confucius Institute in Chicago (CIC) is a partnership between the Chicago Public Schools Office of Language and Cultural Education and the National Office of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (Han Ban). CIC is also partnered with East China Normal University in Shanghai, China.

CIC is housed at Walter Payton College Preparatory High School. CIC is an educational resource for teachers, parents and students throughout the Chicago area on the teaching of the Chinese language and culture. In addition to being a full professional development and workshop center, CIC is a resource library with more than 3,000 print and media materials for educators and students from all academic levels.

The services which the Confucius Institute in Chicago will provide are:

• Professional Development for K-16 teachers of all subjects

• Workshops for Chicago Public School parents

• Workshops for parents of adopted Chinese children

• After school activities and workshops for students

• Full resource center for teachers, parents and students

• Courses on introductory Chinese for travel and business

• Coordination of study programs for teachers and students in China

• Computer lab for technology based workshops

• Resource center for school-based programs about China
  
   

For more information, please contact Director Robert Davis at (773) 534-0021 or by e-mail at Confucius@cps.k12.il.us