English Camp 2014: The "advance team's" first week in China

Thursday, July 10, 2014

The "advance team's" first week in China

Monday - Met with a leader of University of Macau to talk about partnerships in the area of student development for the whole person.

Tuesday - Met with principal of Macau Baptist College, a secondary school in Macau, to talk about teacher training needs/opportunities in their school, traveled into China and had dinner with ITS teachers in Zhuhai (Jana Hoobler, Anne Morrison, Matt Cherry), heard about transformative movement in Canaan and Johnson's home.

Wednesday - Made a presentation about our summer camp to the students at Zhuhai #1 Senior Middle School, began accepting registrations for the August 4-13 Summer English Camp, hoping to enroll between 60 and 80 students, 75 kids came to the presentation, spent the night with Jumbo and Chai in Doumen.

Thursday - Went to Zhongshan to meet with leaders and look over the facilities for the teacher training next week, training will be held at the Communist Party Training Institute of Zhongshan (otherwise known as the Party School), met with leaders of China Hong Kong English School in Zhongshan where ITS will place five teachers this fall.

Friday - We'll go back to Zhuhai #1 Senior Middle School to finish up registrations for our August 4-13 English Camp, We'll meet the big team in Guangzhou this evening.

Below, Luke M talks with students for the August 4-13 camp.

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Scope

Four teams will be leading instruction in English for 2014.

DOUMEN, Guangdong, China - A team of 13 will be at Doumen for a two-week camp for primary and middle school students (about 120 total students). This camp will complement a two-week teacher training (for about 80 teachers). There will also be a senior high camp during week three. The team consists of HU students, faculty, and local community members. This is in cooperation with the Doumen Education Bureau.

ZHONGSHAN, Guangdong, China - A team of 12 will be at Zhongshan for a three-week teacher training program. We will train 90 teachers in all (30 primary, 30 middle school, and 30 high school). The team consists of HU students, alum, faculty, and local community members. This is in cooperation with the Zhongshan Education Bureau.

ZHUHAI, Guangdong, China - A team of 7 will be at Zhuhai #1 Senior High School for a 10 day English camp for about 80 students. This team consists of a camp director and 6 HU students, all with some TESOL coursework and experience. This camp is in cooperation directly with the Zhuhai #1 Senior High School.

HUNTINGTON, Indiana, USA - A TEFL certification course during this same time frame in July on the Huntington University campus in Huntington, Indiana. We are expecting 13 English teachers and university English majors from China to attend. There are also 6 local participants. Participants will take classes each day and earn a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Certification at the end of three weeks. Chinese visitors will enjoy many activities, weekend trips, and time spent in local families’ homes in the evenings and weekends particularly for the Chinese participants in order for them to experience some American life and culture.