WCS Welcomes Chinese Education Staff And Researchers
January 14, 2019 at 9:30 p.m.
WCS Welcomes Chinese Education Staff And Researchers
By Staff Report-
The visit was made possible through a partnership between WCS and the Chinese Education Connection, an organization that helped facilitate the travel of WCS educators and administrators to Chinese schools in June, October and November.
The visiting group was comprised of 24 elementary to high school Chinese educators and researchers. The guests shared a common background in STEM teaching strategies.
Their visit to WCS began with a presentation from WCS Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert, who had visited China before as part of the exchange. Hoffert provided guests an overview of WCS’s current educational and facility initiatives and culture.
Following this presentation, guests were invited to attend an event at Edgewood Middle School, hosted by STEM teacher Abbi Richcreek. The event encouraged female students to participate in engineering through interaction with female mentors from leading orthopedic and engineering companies in the area. Guests were able to observe students utilizing robotics, 3D printing, printmaking and more during the event.
After visiting Edgewood, guests were invited back to Washington STEM Academy, where they were served lunch and provided a tour of the school and its course offerings by David Burden. Burden and Patrick Hazelton, both WCS STEM instructional coaches, provided an introduction lesson plan and resources to show some hands-on activities that can be used in a classroom. The Chinese educators and researchers were given strategies for organizing a STEM classroom as well as tips on how to begin planning their own lessons.
In addition, the guests were also invited to Grace College’s Lilly Center before ending their day at Claypool Elementary with a tour provided by Hazelton.
The visit was made possible through a partnership between WCS and the Chinese Education Connection, an organization that helped facilitate the travel of WCS educators and administrators to Chinese schools in June, October and November.
The visiting group was comprised of 24 elementary to high school Chinese educators and researchers. The guests shared a common background in STEM teaching strategies.
Their visit to WCS began with a presentation from WCS Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert, who had visited China before as part of the exchange. Hoffert provided guests an overview of WCS’s current educational and facility initiatives and culture.
Following this presentation, guests were invited to attend an event at Edgewood Middle School, hosted by STEM teacher Abbi Richcreek. The event encouraged female students to participate in engineering through interaction with female mentors from leading orthopedic and engineering companies in the area. Guests were able to observe students utilizing robotics, 3D printing, printmaking and more during the event.
After visiting Edgewood, guests were invited back to Washington STEM Academy, where they were served lunch and provided a tour of the school and its course offerings by David Burden. Burden and Patrick Hazelton, both WCS STEM instructional coaches, provided an introduction lesson plan and resources to show some hands-on activities that can be used in a classroom. The Chinese educators and researchers were given strategies for organizing a STEM classroom as well as tips on how to begin planning their own lessons.
In addition, the guests were also invited to Grace College’s Lilly Center before ending their day at Claypool Elementary with a tour provided by Hazelton.
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