Day 4
We all depart the hotel in inner city Xi'an to meet up with our partner administrators and translators. Some fly, some drive for several hours. I was about an hour drive from the city to what would be considered a suburb of Xi'an. The school was started by an oil company. A very warm welcome was given. I presented gifts to admin…
Dianna is an administrator in the Umatilla School District in Oregon who was selected to be a part of the China Exchange Initiative. "CEI has worked directly with 746 schools and school systems in twenty-three states to promote partnerships between schools in the United States and schools in China. Working with colleagues at CEAIE (The Chinese Educational Association for International Exchange), an NGO of the Chinese Ministry of Education, Mason, Henderson, and Peihui Wang pioneered…
Dianna is an administrator in the Umatilla School District in Oregon who was selected to be a part of the China Exchange Initiative. "CEI has worked directly with 746 schools and school systems in twenty-three states to promote partnerships between schools in the United States and schools in China. Working with colleagues at CEAIE (The Chinese Educational Association for International Exchange), an NGO of the Chinese Ministry of Education, Mason, Henderson, and Peihui Wang pioneered the shadowing model for school administrator exchanges in 2004. Since then, CEI has fostered exchange programs, Chinese language programs, and authentic China-related content in school curricula." I look forward to developing a true 1:1 partnership with my sister school for our staff and students to become global citizens and to learn through our educational objectives.
Day 3
Lecture on the recruitment of teachers and principals by Mr. Zhang China has many similar reforms in education that match our timelines from the 70's until now. Their mission for educa…
