"Teacher is the most glorious profession under the sun, and we should teach everything to all human beings."

——Comenius

(Famous Czech educator)
                                                      

“教师是太阳底下最光辉的职业，我们应该把一切事物教给一切人类。”

——捷克著名教育家夸美纽斯

On the orientation on August 1st, Greg Zhang, Director of Education (China), ISAIEG, Secretary of ISA Wenhua Liwan School and Head of ISA Wenhua Liwan School, Michael Urquhart, Head of ISA Liwan International School and Co-Head of ISA Wenhua Liwan School, Myra Wang, Deputy Head of ISA Wenhua Liwan School and Principal of Secondary School, and Justin Wen, Head of Operations of ISA Liwan, welcomed all teachers to the school. ISA Liwan now owns more than 100 teachers with rich experience, of whom more than 50% are international teachers from 20 different countries and regions around the world.

8月1日，在爱莎荔湾新教师入职迎新大会上，爱莎国际教育集团教育总监（中国）、广州荔湾爱莎文华学校（筹）书记、广州荔湾爱莎文华学校（筹）总校长张柏祥先生，广州荔湾爱莎外籍人员子女学校（筹）校长、广州荔湾爱莎文华学校（筹）联席校长Michael Urquhart先生，广州荔湾爱莎文华学校（筹）副校长兼中学部校长王玉梅女士，和广州荔湾爱莎外籍人员子女学校（筹）、广州荔湾爱莎文华学校（筹）校务长文雪先生分别发表致辞，热烈欢迎各位老师来到爱莎荔湾。到目前为止，爱莎荔湾已经迎来超过100位具有丰富教学经验的老师，其中外籍教师的比例超过50%，他们来自全球20个不同的国家和地区。

In the all-staff training session, principals expressed their expection that teachers should participate in professional learning, research, professional development, and become a lifelong learner. Also, teachers in ISA Liwan should try to achieve these teaching expectations:

1. Class teaching is always student-centred and inquiry-based approach.

2. Students should be respected and encouraged,  and teachers  need to help students build up confidence and make progress.

3. Be prepared to differentiate teaching styles for different levels of students 

4. Regularly observes colleagues teaching classes.

在全员培训大会上，校长们表达了自己对老师们在爱莎荔湾不断提升自身专业水平，做终身学习者的期望。同时，他们还希望老师们在爱莎荔湾的教学管理上能够做到以下几点：

1. 始终以学生为中心，以探究为根本；

2. 尊重和鼓励学生，帮助学生树立信心取得进步；

3. 因材施教，为不同的学生提供不同的学习方式；

4. 主动旁听不同部门和学科的课堂教学。

During our training sessions this week, Ms Angela, Principal of Early Years, shared the EY staff information handbook with the new teachers. She shared her understanding and experience of establishing and developing positive home/school links through daily communication using the class WeChat account.

Ms Angela also spoke about the parent information sessions that take place regularly throughout the school year which are designed to provide the parents with an understanding of how they can effectively support their child’s reading, writing and number skills at home.

爱莎荔湾幼儿园园长Angela女士向老师们展示了幼儿园员工手册，她分享了自己通过建立微信班级账号的方式与家长们日常交流和建立积极有效的家校沟通的经验。

同时Angela女士还表示，幼儿园会在每个学年定期举行家校交流见面会，旨在让家长了解如何在家更加有效地帮助自己的孩子提高阅读、写作的技巧和更好地掌握学数学的方法。

Everything we have been taught goes over these days, and I learned a lot from them. Like we learnt some IT tools which can help us in our teaching. Also, with the resources we are being allowed to use, it allows me to focus more on the class which can be student-centred, and it allows me to be more of a teacher and an educator. And I believe I will be growing as a great teacher with these resources in ISA Liwan.

——Mr Alex, EY EAL teacher 

几天的培训让我受益良多，其中让我印象最深刻的是这里提供了许多不同的教学工具和教学资源，熟练运用它们可以让我在课堂上的教学更加游刃有余，能够打造一个以学生为中心的课堂，让我在爱莎荔湾变成一个更加优秀的老师和教育者。

——Alex，幼儿园英语老师

Michelle, Deputy Principal of ISA Liwan Primary School, took the form of interaction and cooperation to lead teachers to discuss the six co-teaching models.

小学副校长Michelle采取互动协作的形式，带领老师们对合作教学的六种模式进行了深入的学习和探讨。

Each of these six models has its own characteristics and advantages, which will enhance individualised teaching. Also, teachers will be better able to apply different co-teaching models to their own subject according to the teaching content of their own class and the different levels of different students.

这六种模式各有其特点和优势，并能有效地促进个性化教学。相信小学部的老师们定能根据自己的教学内容和学生的实际情况，将不同的合作教学模式有效地运用到自己的教学中去。

The models shown are very helpful. Everyone went through something new, including myself. Hopefully, we can work together as a team, and create “one team one dream”. Our team should achieve a common goal, which is to help students better learn and understand the subject. So we continue to explore how to be more useful to students.

——Mr Tim, Primary homeroom teacher

我们所学到的这些合作教学模式都非常有用，尽管之前已经有所接触但是在经过培训之后对这些模式有了新的理解和体会。希望我们能作为一个团队一起努力，做到“同一个团队，同一个梦想。”我们团队应该有着共同的目标，那就是能够帮助学生更好地学习和理解知识。我们也会继续努力探索如何能够在未来的教学中更好地帮助学生。

——Tim，小学主班老师

MYP Coordinator Nicolette shared her experience on how IB curriculum concepts are implemented in different subjects and curricula plans, including MYP's requirements for each subject, how to make a unit planner, and the structure as well as the logic of the curriculum design.

国际文凭中学项目协调员Nicolette就IB的课程理念如何贯彻到每个科目和课程计划的实施分享了自己的经验，其中包括MYP对每个科目的要求，如何制作学科的单元计划，以及各个学科教学设计的架构和逻辑。

I benefit a lot from the training. First I have a deeper understanding of how to apply the concept of IB to curriculum planning. More importantly, I learned about the teaching needs of different subjects through the training, which makes us cooperate with each other in the process of teaching and encourages students to learn by analogy. And students can freely use their knowledge of different subjects to solve problems.

——Mr Andy, High School Maths teacher

这次培训令我受益匪浅，首先我对如何能够将IB理念运用到备课当中有了更深刻的理解；更重要的是我通过培训了解到不同学科的教学需求，这促使我们在教学的过程中要做到各学科互相配合，鼓励学生学会举一反三，做到自如运用不同学科的知识解决问题。

——Andy，高中部数学老师