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Shenzhen Educators Visit The Renaissance Leadership Academy (MS
322)
On October 2th! the "o##e$e o% Mount Saint Vincent&s "enter
%or 'nternationa# Teacher Trainin$
brou$ht tenty%i*e educators %rom Shenzhen! "hina! to *isit The
Renaissance Leadership Academy
(MS 322)+
The "enter %or 'nternationa# Teacher Trainin$ pro$ram immerses
educators in American cu#ture andeducation throu$h $raduate #e*e#
courseor,! pro%essiona# de*e#opment e-periences as e## as
schoo# *isits throu$hout the .e /or, metropo#itan area+ MS 322
as p#eased to ta,e part+
A%ter a brie% orientation hosted by a team made up o%
administrators! student ambassadors and our"hi#dren&s Aid
Society partners! MS 322 too, the *isitors on a tour o% c#assrooms
and %aci#ities+
MS 322 as p#eased to hear praise o% its e##beha*ed students and
carin$ educators+ The *isitorsa#so noted many intri$uin$
di%%erences beteen schoo#s in Shenzhen and the thin$s they sa in
.e/or,&s MS 322+ They ere impressed by comparati*e#y sma##
c#ass sizes (mentionin$ numbers ashi$h as 0 in their on e-perience)
as e## as the resources a*ai#ab#e to .e /or, students+ Theyremar,ed
on seein$ process charts and student or, on disp#ay and ere
impressed by the %act thatstudents supported each other by he#pin$
the teacher e-p#ain di%%icu#t concepts+ They a#so sin$#ed out
the schoo#&s on#ine $radeboo,! 1upiter Ed! %or its
transparency+ Administrators a#so ansered manyuestions about
Ad*ance! the ne teacher e*a#uation in .e /or, "ity+
MS 322 as the %irst .e /or, "ity schoo# that the $roup *isited+
't as $reat %un %or e*eryone+ MS322 #oo,s %orard to cu#ti*atin$ a
#on$ and success%u# re#ationship ith the "o##e$e o% Mount
SaintVincent+
'n photo Shenzhen *isitors! Erica 4i$e#man! 5rincipa# (seated
center)! MS 322 team and "o##e$e o% Mount St+ Vincent 5ro$ram
6irectors+
