This week I am travelling in Asia with a group of international marketing directors and school principals from Auckland inner city schools.The first school we visited this week was Tangshang No 1 Middle School. which is a highly prestigious public in Hebei province, China. It was established in 1902 by the Yong Ping Government (Tangshan Government) during the Qing Dynasty, known as the Yong Ping Zhongli High School. This school has a strong international focus and is very innovative. While the Youtube clip is about their Canadian Teacher recruiting programme it does demonstrate the schools modern approach to curriculum and their outstanding facilities. They really do have a push for their students and staff to have partnerships with schools in other countries all over the world. This encourages dialogue and sharing of ideas about teaching and learning and promotes an understanding of different cultures through exchange.
Dr Liu Changsue spent time with us on the visit and explained his thinking and recent school innovations.
These innovations include an indoor zoo. This is a display of many creatures from all over the world and Dr Liu is hoping to extend this exhibition in the near future.They also have created a hill out of trash. This has been landscaped and planted with over 1000 varieties of trees including fruit trees.
The school has established relationships with many schools and universities overseas and continues to build new relationships to support their future focused curriculum which has a strong focus on globalization and research. While we visited they signed a Memorandum of Agreement with St Mary's College in Auckland. St Mary's College is a neighbouring school to Freemans Bay and we collaborate over marketing strategies for international students. We hope to see some students from Tanshan No 1 school in Auckland in the near future.
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