重磅！经过一系列严格的学习、培训、考核和评估，2023年12月16日，上海美达菲正式获得剑桥大学国际考评部(Cambridge Assessment International Education，简称CAIE)对于PDQ项目的授权。同时，我校外方校长David Scoggins也通过考核成为项目负责人。

也就是说，上海美达菲作为通过认证PDQ中心，将有资格为通过考核的老师颁发剑桥教师专业发展资质认证Cambridge Professional Development Qualification (PDQs）。这也将成为2024年，美达菲持续专业发展计划的一部分。

In other words, as a certified PDQ center, Shanghai MacDuffie will be eligible to issue the Cambridge Professional Development Qualification (PDQs) to teachers who pass the assessment. This will also be part of the continuing Professional Development plan for MacDuffie in 2024.

剑桥教师专业发展资质认证（Cambridge Professional Development Qualifications，简称PDQ项目）是剑桥国际考评部推出的旨在帮助教师和教育管理者提升专业技能的一项专业认证。该项目得到伦敦大学学院（UCL）教育学院（Institute of Education）的专业论证和支持（UCL多年来在QS世界大学教育专业排行榜位列第一），能为学校教师们提供循序渐进的专业发展途径。

The Cambridge Professional Development Qualifications (PDQ) programme is a professional qualification launched by Cambridge International Assessment to help teachers and education administrators improve their professional skills. The programme is supported by the Institute of Education of University College London (UCL) (UCL has been ranked number one in the QS World University Education Rankings for many years), and provides a progressive pathway of professional development for school teachers.

剑桥PDQ提供了一个强大的框架来支持教师持续的专业发展，从而提升学校整体的教学质量和有效性。每位老师都需要完成为期24周的学习模块，最终通过剑桥国际考试委员会对教学实践、学习成果、反馈等方面的考后，才能拿到证书。

Cambridge PDQ provides a powerful framework to support teachers' ongoing professional development, thereby enhancing the quality and effectiveness of teaching and learning in the school as a whole. Each teacher completes a 24-week module and passes Cambridge International Examinations on teaching practice, learning outcomes and feedback before receiving their certificate.

2024年，上海美达菲也将从选出一组老师参加PDQ项目的。课程将由外方校长David Scoggins负责主持，时长为150小时，老师们将会：

In 2024, Shanghai MacDuffie will also select a group of teachers to participate in the PDQ project. The course will be led by foreign Principal David Scoggins and will last for 150 hours. Teachers will:

• 批判性运用相关教育思维及国际最佳教学实践

     Engage critically with concepts, theories and the best practices of teaching and learning from        around the world

• 将新的理念和方法融合到自身的实践和环境中

  Apply new ideas and approaches to their lessons

• 分享及反思教学经验成果

  Develop their reflective practice and academic skills

• 提升教学质量以提高美达菲学生的学习质量

  Transform the quality of teaching and learning to advance the outcomes of MacDuffie students

剑桥PDQs建立在两个基本原则上：有效教学、有效专业发展。研究显示，有效教学是学生正向成长最重要的影响因素，也就是说，一所学校校的好坏，取决于老师的质量以及他们日常教学活动的水平。

另外，我们也要邀请了项目负责人David Scoggins，以及上海美达菲几位入选老师分享了他们对于PDQ项目的看法。

In addition, we also invited David Scoggins, the project leader, and several selected teachers from Shanghai MacDuffie to share their views on the PDQ project.

David Scoggins

外方校长

“我对此非常开心和激动，学校能够通过认证并运营剑桥PDQ项目，对于学校的每一位老师来说，不仅2024，还有2025及未来都将是提高专业的机会。最终，我们所有的努力都是为了学生，为他们提供最高质量的教育、最好的学习环境和机会，他们不仅仅是美达菲的学生，更是未来的开拓者。”

“I’m extremely pleased and excited about the school being accredited to run Cambridge PDQs and the opportunities for our staff to engage in high-calibre professional development not only in 2024 but in 2025 and beyond. Ultimately though, just as with all of our work, it is about improving our capacity and ability to provide the highest quality education, learning environment and opportunities for our students; they are not only students of MacDuffie but pioneers of the future. “

Lucia Samuels

英语和AP文学课老师

L英语和AP文学课老师ucia Samuels

“我非常兴奋2024年能参加剑桥PDQ的课程！对于我来说，这是一个绝佳的机会去提升自己的教学技能，以及了解最新的教育趋势。尤其期待在其中学到全新的、更有创意的方式来激发我的学生，让我的课堂更加生动。”

“I'm really excited about the idea of taking the Cambridge International Certificate in Teaching and Learning in 2024! It's a fantastic opportunity for me to spruce up my teaching skills and stay on top of the latest educational trends. I'm particularly looking forward to learning new, creative ways to engage my students and make my lessons more dynamic.”

Bella Sun Fan

数学老师

“我申请PDQ项目，是想要提升自己的专业思维以及实践能力，同时提高教学质量。另外，我也想通过一些教与学的原则和概念，来提高自己作为一名老师的有效性。在培训期间，我将会老师们一起合作提高专业知识、实践，也能让我去尝试更多教与学的方法。”

Cecilia Feng Yunuo

英语与商科老师

“我对教育理论与实践的结合非常感兴趣：如何满足学生个性化学习需求，如何在反思自己教学的同时更有效的评估学习成果。另外，我也希望通过学习，更加了解学生在学习过程中遇到的挑战，更好地帮助他们，提升教育质量。”

“I am very interested in combining teaching theory and practce, how to meet students' personalised learning and how to assess learning outcomes more effectively while reflecting on my own teaching. Through my studies, I am also able to learn more about my students' learning challenges in order to better assist them and improve the quality of education.”

上海美达菲致力于为学生提供卓越的教学、学术和社会服务，培养学生成为具有全球视野和跨文化沟通能力，尊重多元文化的世界公民。目前，学校有一批专业素质高的专业教师，获得博士学历的教师占10%,硕士学历占90%,中外教师比3:1，师生比1:5,教师团队平均教龄7年，平均在美达菲执教3年。

We are committed to providing students with outstanding teaching, academic and social services, and to developing students into global citizens with a global perspective and intercultural communication skills, and respect for multiculturalism. At present, the school has a group of professional teachers with high professional quality, 10% of the teachers have obtained a doctor's degree, 90% of the master's degree, the ratio of Chinese and foreign teachers is 3:1, the ratio of teachers to students is 1:5, and the average teaching experience of the faculty team is 7 years, and the average teaching experience is 3 years.

2024有了剑桥PDQ的加持，对于上海美达菲来说更是突破性的一年，我们将会有更多的资源和机会持续不断提升老师的专业教学技能，实践教学理念，从而为学生们提供更好的教育服务和教学质量。相信在不及的未来，上海美达菲也将出炉一批受过剑桥培训与严格考核的更高质量名师，而全新升级后的师资团队也将成为学生成绩的保障。

2024 With the support of Cambridge PDQ, it will be a breakthrough year for Shanghai MacDuffie, and we will have more resources and opportunities to continuously improve the professional teaching skills of teachers and practice the teaching concept, so as to provide better education services and teaching quality for students. It is believed that in the future, Shanghai MacDuffie will also release a group of higher quality teachers who have been trained and strictly assessed by Cambridge, and the newly upgraded teaching team will also become the guarantee of students' performance.

未来之路是璀璨的，也是属于美达菲的！

The future is bright, the future is MacDuffie!