The Jing Educator Awards 2023 honors those who have made outstanding contributions in the noble field of molding the next generation. Before the formal awards presentation ceremony at the 2023 Jingkids International School Expo (JISE) on March 11 and 12, let’s meet the nominees from the various schools and get to know them a little better.
Ms. Yao Chen works as the IBDP coordinator at Beijing Huijia Private School.
With an Education Linguistic master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and rich working experience inside China and overseas, Ms. Chen has committed herself to the international education field for over 12 years. As the pedagogical and administrative leader of Huijia High School, Ms. Chen led the team in implementing the school mission and IB pedagogy in daily teaching and contributed significantly to improving the quality of the IBDP curriculum by fostering the implementation of DP core courses. In the past three years, during which the world experienced the unprecedented changes brought by COVID-19, Ms. Chen led and navigated the team through all the challenges and uncertainty with professional expertise and strong resilience. The DP global examination result of the past three years have shown students’ significant progress in academic level and skill development. In addition to playing a leading role in Huijia School, Ms. Chen is also committed to serving and supporting more international schools in the field. As IBEN program leader and IB workshop leader, Ms. Chen has participated in several IB school evaluations and IB teacher professional development to bring more positive impacts to IB education development in China.
It has been nearly 18 years for Mr. Dexi Tang since joined Huijia School in 2005.
As an undergraduate majoring in English, he also studies developmental psychology on the job. A teacher who has taught all the main subjects in all the grades as a PYP Workshop leader, he actively participates in the trans-disciplinary curriculum integration of language, mathematics, and English. He was awarded the title of Excellent teacher and his class was also awarded the title of Excellent Squadron in the Changping District. Having actively participated in teaching innovation, he also won the third prize for micro-innovation achievement as well as the teaching elite award and outstanding staff award of the school. Under his tutelage, the Major League of Mathematics and Kangaroo Mathematics participated by the Math School Teams have bagged the top awards for several years. The students who participated in the tutoring of the Oral English Contest and the Star Torch Contest won a high proportion of high-level awards, and he has won the Excellent Tutor Awards many times. Mr Tang’s promotion of KooBits English mathematics teaching has led the class to win first place internationally and led many classes in the grade to dominate the top ten list in the world.
Sophia Qian is currently the Head of Department of Huijia’s Middle School L.A division, and also a homeroom teacher.
While studying at the University of Southern California, Sophia participated in the ‘Global Creative Leadership Program—Harvard 2019 ’. Both the education and practicum experiences during her studies inspire her in many ways. In the real-world teaching process, she employs a can-do attitude to solving problems.
These days, the thought of “How to maximize the students’ learning to make up for lost time” is not only on the minds of anxious parents and students but also a concern for educators. Sophia proposes that schools should utilize smart technology “to maximize the pockets of time and scaffold students’ learning”. She believes that ‘all successes are made from everyday efforts’. In the past semester, 121 students participated in her program and 93% of students improved their English proficiency, which not only motivated them but also allowed them to advance in other fields of study. Thus, learners can reach their full potential. Armed with the motto, ‘Rome was not built in one day’ Sophia plans to keep growing as an educator.
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