On the morning of February 16, 2023, the international forum was held in Sias IS .The forum, which organized by the Education, Culture and Sports Bureau of Zhengdong New District (hereinafter referred to as the Education, Culture and Sports Bureau) and hosted by Sias International School(hereinafter referred to as Sias IS). The forum has achieved great success. Mr. Zhang Ligang, Director of  Education, Culture and Sports Bureau, and Ms. Bai Jing, Deputy Director of  Education, Culture and Sports Bureau, attended the forum and delivered a speech. Wayne Wang, Manager of Sias Group, Executive Director of Sias IS Board, Dr. Sam E.Mills, Head of school at Sias IS, and Addie Christian, Academic Principal at Sias IS, also attended the forum. Hundreds of principals from kindergartens, Primary schools and Middle schools in Zhengdong New District also attended the meeting. The purpose of this forum is to visit, study and learn the advanced experience and practices of international education at Sias IS and to enhance the understanding of good international education cooperation and exchange in the new stance.

2月16日上午，由郑州市郑东新区教育文化体育局（以下简称“东区教文体局”）主办，郑东新区西亚斯外籍人员子女学校（以下简称“西亚斯外籍学校”）承办的，2023年郑州市郑东新区教育文化体育局教育国际化座谈会在西亚斯外籍学校圆满落幕。东区教文体局局长张利刚、副局长白静出席本次座谈会并发表讲话。西亚斯集团总经理、西亚斯外籍学校理事王伟，西亚斯外籍学校校长山姆·米尔斯博士、教学校长艾迪·克里斯汀出席座谈会。此次参加座谈会的还有百余位来自郑东新区各幼儿园、小学及中学的园长、校长。此次座谈会旨在参观、学习和借鉴西亚斯外籍学校国际化教育的先进经验和做法，增强新形势下做好国际化教育合作与交流的认识。

The forum began with an opening speech by Bai Jing, Deputy Director of Education, Culture and Sports Bureau. She welcomed the principals from Zhengdong New District and hoped that the principals can deeply understand the new concept of international education through this forum, and help to promote the future high-quality development of education in Zhengdong New District.

座谈会首先由东区教文体局白静副局长致开场词，她对区属各校长、园长的到来表示欢迎，并希望通过此次座谈会的体验和交流，参会校长、园长能够深刻理解国际化教育的新理念、新思维，有所启发和收获，助推郑东新区教育事业未来高质量发展。

Dr. Sam E. Mills, Head of school at Sias IS, then introduced the establishment and development of Sias IS and the philosophy of international education, as well as the curriculum and standards used by Sias IS. He elaborated the school's student-centered principle and the importance of parental involvement in the development of the school.

随后，西亚斯外籍学校校长山姆·米尔斯博士向各位来宾介绍了西亚斯外籍学校的建立和发展以及学校开展国际教育的思路和理念，以及西亚斯外籍学校所使用课程标准和课程体系。他阐述了学校以学生为中心的办学理念和学校对家长参与学校发展的重视。

After this, principals were divided by groups take turns to tour the campus and experience the learning at Sias IS by participating different learning stations in MPR. During the tour, principals learned about the school's facilities and learning environment, observe live classes to see how students involved in learning and the student-teacher interaction. In the learning stations in MPR, the coordinators at Sias IS presented the teaching model and the inquiry program. Students from different grades presented their inquiry programs. The parent representatives shared their feelings about the differences in international education and the impact of international education on their children.

在了解了西亚斯外籍学校后，各位参会人员在会务组的带领下分组进行校园参观和国际学校教学的体验。在参观过程中，各位参会人员了解学校的硬件设施、学习环境，并走进真实的课堂，观摩IB课程体系下真实的课堂、学生学习的状态及师生互动状态；在教学体验环节，由西亚斯外籍学校教学相关负责人向各位参会人员进行教学模式及探究课程的展示；西亚斯外籍学校不同年级学生带来他们的探究课程成果并向各位参会人员进行展示；家长代表与参会人员分享他们对于国际教育差异化的感受和国际教育对孩子带来的影响。

After the tour and learning experience, the principals returned to the Lecture Hall to share their perceptions of international education and their observations of different education models with Dr. Sam, Head of School at Sias IS.

在参观和教学体验后，众校长、园长重新回到座谈会会场，就自身在参观和体验过程中对国际教育的感悟以及对于不同教育模式的观察与西亚斯外籍学校校长山姆博士进行沟通探讨。

After the communication and Q&A session, Zhang Ligang, Director of Education, Culture and Sports Bureau, gave a speech, in which he pointed out that the forum was held to invite Sias IS to share about international education concepts and teaching methods, aiming to enhance the level of international education development in Zhengdong New District and provide innovative ideas for the development of elementary education. He pointed, promoting the international education is an inevitable trend in economic globalization. To carry forward the internationalization of education in Zhengdong New District, we will focus on three aspects. Firstly, to expand the international cooperation field in all aspects. Secondly, to build a school as a window to absorb the essence and sharing learning experience of the international education in Zhengdong New District. Thirdly, to pursue international education continuously. All schools in the district should rely on the high-quality international education resources at Sias IS and continue to learn the successful international education experience from Sias IS, so as to promoting the elementary education to a new level.

在沟通问答环节结束后，东区教文体局局长张利刚作主旨讲话，他在讲话中指出：举行此次座谈会，邀请西亚斯外籍学校进行国际教育理念和教学组织方式的内容分享，旨在提升郑东新区教育国际化发展水平，对基础教育发展提供创新性思路。推进教育国际化是经济全球化形势下的必然趋势，东区为做好新形势下的教育国际化将从三方面着手，一是全方位拓展国际合作领域，二是打造郑东教育国际化窗口学校，三是不断明确教育国际化目标。区属各学校要依托西亚斯外籍学校的优质国际教育资源，不断学习借鉴国际化教育的成功经验，助推基础教育教学再上新台阶。

At the end of the forum, Bai Jing ,Deputy Director of the Education, Culture and Sports Bureau, gave a closing speech, saying that through the forum, she was impressed by the beautiful and international environment at Sias IS , and expressed her gratitude to Dr. Sam E.Mills , Head of School at Sias IS and other staffs for their support and sharing. She told all the principals of the Zhengdong New District to follow the instructions in Director Zhang's speech and keep learning international education, so as to inject continuous vitality into the high-quality development of education in the Zhengdong New District.

在座谈会最后，由东区教文体局白静副局长进行结会发言，她表示此次通过此次座谈会，对西亚斯外籍学校充满国际化氛围的美丽校园留下深刻印象，对山姆校长及其他教学负责人带来的分享展示表示感谢。请区属各学校能按照张局长讲话的指示要求，不断完善教育国际化工作思路，为东区教育高质量发展注入源源不断的活力。

At the end of the International Education Forum, all principals took a group picture at Sias IS and the forum has achieved a great success.

会议最后，所有参会人员在西亚斯外籍学校校园内合影留念，此次座谈会圆满落幕。

As the window to promote international education in Zhengdong New District, Sias IS is co-founded by the Administrative Committee of Zhengdong New District and the Sias Group. Our students are taught the Common Core standards from the United States using the International Baccalaureate (IB) inquiry-based curriculum. We have about 200 Students who are taught in English by foreign faculty representing 19 different countries from around the world. At present we have nearly 40 foreign faculty. Sias IS will earn IB Primary Years Program (PYP), Middle Years Program (MYP), and Diploma Program (DP), authorization to become the first full contimuum IB School in Henan. Additionally, we are in the process of earning WASC accreditation which will grant Sias IS the ability to offer an internationally recognized diploma to our graduation students.  

作为郑东新区国际教育的窗口，西亚斯外籍人员子女学校由郑东新区管委会和西亚斯集团共同创办，学校采用广受国际认可的国际文凭探究型课程（IB）学习美国的共同核心标准，目前拥有来自近20个国家的优秀外籍教师及管理团队近50人，拥有在校生200余人。在接下来的几年里，西亚斯外籍人员子女学校将获得IB小学项目(PYP)、中学项目(MYP)和文凭项目(DP)认证，成为河南省第一所获得IB全学段认证的学校。此外，我们正在获得WASC认证的过程中，这将使西亚斯外籍人员子女学校有能力为我们的毕业生提供国际认可的文凭。

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