The 3rd?Annual Pioneer Curriculum Professional Development Day of Shanghai Xiehe Education Group was held in Wuxi United International School on the 15th September 2018. Chinese and international teachers from Hongqiao, Wanyuan, Pudong，Xiamen and Wuxi Campus of Xiehe education group along with teachers from 36 primary and secondary schools in Wuxi participated in the grand event.
?????? 协和教育集团总校长卢慧文女士致辞：协和集团的跨校区专业培训每年都会举行，每一次的跨校区专业发展日当中，我们都希望同事们能够在三个方面收益：第一个方面，教育价值观的再确认。第二个方面，希望大家能够在跨校区交流的平台上，用自己的教育热情和勇气来感染彼此。第三个方面，教师专业技能的发展。
The general principal of Xiehe Education Group Maxine Lu delivered the opening speech. The cross campus professional development of Xiehe Education Group is held on an annual basis.?For each cross campus professional development day, we hope all colleagues can benefit from three aspects. First, reconfirmation of educational values.?Second, we hope everyone can affect and inspire each other with passion and courage on education during the PCPD day.?Third, the professional development of teachers.
The principal of Wuxi United International School – Ms. Angel Lin warmly welcomed all the guests, leaders and teachers.?She said “the way of 25 years’ ‘East meets west’ in Xiehe Group provides great curriculum experience and great teachers for 9 years’ pioneer curriculum，which helps to realize high quality of east meets west teaching from content teaching to critical thinking，creative thinking and some other comprehensive abilities.?Four cities， 6 Campus and more than ten thousand graduates’ choices show deep trust of students and parents.”
两位业界专家，尹后庆先生与James Nottingham先生与大家分享了教育的前沿信息。中国教育学会副会长尹后庆以《新时代基础教育改革展望》为主题，与老师们探讨了“互联网+” 时代下，学生学习方式、教师教学方式如何变革。
Two keynote speakers, both experts in their fields, Yin Houqing and James Nottingham? presented talking on ‘Outlook for K-12Education Reform in the New Era’ and ‘The Power of Feedback’ respectively.?Mr. Yin Houqing, Vice President of China Education Association. He discussed how students learn and how teachers teach in new Internet era .
主旨演讲主题：高效反馈
Keynote speech: The Power of Feedback
我今天要讲的是关于学习的高效反馈。我们如何更大化的使学生受益于高效反馈是学生在学习过程中一个非常重要的因素。但有时候，这一点没有被学生好好利用，原因是他们常常不知道如何好好利用反馈。为了让学生好好采用老师的建议，我们今天来谈一下如何给予他们高效反馈。
My presentation today is about feedback. How we could make feedback more useful for our students is one of the really important and powerful factors in student learning. But sometimes it is not very well used by the students. That is the students don’t often know how to use feedback really well. To use that advice from their teachers, so today we looked at how you make the most of feedback.
This cross campus professional development hopefully can promote the application of our education philosophy “East meets West” in school and stimulate teachers’ professional interests and innate power. In the afternoon, teachers did a lot of multiple and rational explorations on each subject. The workshops showed teachers’ professional research and insights on front line teaching. We discussed a variety of topics: How to analyze picture books; How to add Chinese traditional culture in primary Chinese teaching; The environmental decoration of Mathematics activities; Mathematics games as an indispensable teaching form; English unit teaching design; Using explicit reading skills in the classroom; P4C in the EAL classroom, etc. Each workshop consists of group discussion and interesting Q&A sessions, by which all teachers can exchange ideas and experiences.
The Xiehe Pioneer Curriculum has been established for 9 yearsand and being used in 6 campuses. While focusing on fundamental subjects, much fusion of international curriculumin teaching styles and subject content helps?develop students’ reasoning ability, creative thinking and the ability of analyzing and using knowledge, which forms a series of school-based teaching textbook. Thanks to all the teachers from different campuses of Xiehe education group who have contributed to our unique school-based curriculum on the subjects of Chinese, Maths, English, P4C, PE, Music and Art.
Before finishing the meeting,?Co―Directors of Curriculum and Teacher Development Center?of Shanghai Xiehe Education Group, Mrs Fran and Qin qiu awarded Tutor certificates to teachers who have successfully hosted the various workshops.
协和教育将继续努力，扩大成果，将教育经验分享到全球视野当中，发出协和人的声音，在此过程中，协和教育也会继续为每一位教师、每一个校区提供更多元化的跨校区交流和培训机会，把更多的一线教师推向更宽广的舞台。
值得一提的是，本次活动也得到了无锡市教育局和锡山区教育局领导的大力支持。市教育局副局长吴洵如、锡山区教育局副局长吴洪明来校与尹后庆先生亲切交流，并对协和教育给予高度赞扬。同时，协和教育集团总校长卢慧文女士虽因公未能亲临现场，但为大家带来了亲切的问候！
Xiehe Education will continue leading our achievements into a global vision and promote who we are. During this progress, Xiehe Education will provide more diverse training opportunities for each teacher and each campus to make more communication happen and prepare more teachers to step on larger stages.
It is worth mentioning that today’s activity has also received strong support from the Deputy Director of Wuxi City Education Bureau Ms Wu Xunru and Deputy Director of Xishan District Education Bureau Mr Wu Hongming. They came to school have meeting with Mr Yin Houqing, and gave high praise to Xiehe education. At the same time, Xiehe Education group general principal – Maxine Lu, although she was unable to be present because of other work, she gave us a kind greeting!
