The Xiehe Education Group attaches great importance to the professional development of teachers and strives to improve the quality of education through a variety of channels. On September 19, 2020, Pioneer Curriculum teachers from Shanghai United International School campus came to the Qingpu Campus to participate in the 5th Annual Xiehe Pioneer Curriculum Professional Development Day, engaging in workshops through a combination of online and offline methods.
2020 is destined to be a special year. Without doubt, the sudden COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the transformation of teaching methods in classrooms around the world. Thus, the creation of the theme of “Technology-enabled Learning” for this event came into being: we have all come to realize that the physical space of the classroom can be extended through technology. How to use technology to inspire students and achieve diversified educational goals, though, is a new challenge for educators.
WELCOME SPEECH FROM THE QINGPU CAMPUS
SUIS Qingpu Co-acting Principals
Ms. Sunny Huang and Dr. Adam Neufield
WELCOME SPEECH FROM XIEHE EDUCATION GROUP
Ms. Maxine Lu, General Principal of the Xiehe Education Group
KEYNOTE SPEECH:Tradition and Change: “Student-centered” Technology-enabled Teaching
Professor Shen Fuke
Secretary General of CIO Office, East China Normal University, Professor of The College of Computer Science and Technology
PRESENTING CERTIFICATES TO WORKSHOP LEADERS
Mr. Benjamin Jin (Principal from SUIS Pudong) and Ms. Erica Luo (Vice-principal from SUIS Hongqiao) presented certificates to Workshop Leaders from our Pudong and Hongqiao Campuses.
Ms. Xiaojuan Bian (Vice-principal from SUIS Wanyuan) and Ms. Frances Bruce (researcher from the Xiehe Education Group) presented certificates to Workshop Leaders from the Wanyuan Campus.
Ms. Flora Zhang (Vice-principal from SUIS Wenzhou) and Ms. Helen Chi (Vice-principal from SUIS Hefei) presented certificates to Workshop Leaders from our Qingpu and Hefei Campuses.
Workshop Leaders from our Wuxi and Xiamen Campuses delivered their workshops online…technology-enabled learning!
Throughout the day, workshops were held in every corner of the Qingpu Campus. Workshop leaders provided sessions drawing from their own teaching subjects and fields of expertise, designed novel and interesting theme-based activities, shared discussions with colleagues from other Xiehe campuses, and sparked creative ideas through lively discussions.
《Making your teaching more efficient with time management》, 《Feeling the power of group-teaching through women’s group dancing》, 《Micro-video “moves” – Maths Cheese》, 《When film meets writing》, 《AI around us》… There were many creative workshops, covering Chinese, mathematics, English, inquiry, science, general education, P4C, psychology, music, art, sports, and IT, all combining current hotspots with cutting-edge educational strategies, and trying to inject new elements and ideas into teaching.
Xiehe Education will continue to lead our achievements with a global vision and continue to promote who we are. During this process, Xiehe Education will provide more diverse training opportunities for each teacher and each campus, fostering more collaboration and preparing more teachers to step on to larger stages.