In May, five faculty members from the Secondary Division had the opportunity to travel overseas and participate in faculty exchange programs with our sister schools in the UK and the US.
Vivi Qi, from the Language Support department and Alyssa Liu, from the Art department visited two schools in Rhode Island, USA: Pennfield School and our sister school, St. George’s School. Because Pennfield School teaches pre-kindergarten to 8th grade, and St. George’s teaches 9th to 12th grade, our teachers were able to observe both middle school and high school environments during their trip. Evan Yu (Chinese department),Susie Li (Science department) and Ada Yang (PE department) visited our other sister school, Charterhouse School, in the UK.
All the teachers found the trips to be valuable professional development opportunity. Through discussions with teachers overseas about classroom management and teaching strategies, they developed a deeper understanding of teaching and learning in the American and British systems, and had the opportunity to collaborate with teachers from different backgrounds.
