An Uncommon School
RCEF’s rural teacher training was held at the Desheng Common Peoples School (德胜平民学校), a rural elementary school in Xiuning County, Anhui Province. When picking the location for the training, we looked for an innovative school that could be a source of inspiration and new ideas. Desheng is quite well known for its interesting model and [...]
Last day at the SVP sites
中文翻译在英文后面。这是在山西永济进行的RCEF 2008 暑期支教项目一系列活动之一。This is one of a series of posts chronicling the RCEF 2008 Summer Volunteer Program. 中文翻译在英文后面。
The last day of SVP teaching included student performances at all of the sites. The Nanzheng Elementary School students acted out skits, sang songs, and organized other programs. The volunteers strung up student works around the school and [...]
Field Trip to the Handicrafts Workshop
中文翻译在英文后面。这是在山西永济进行的RCEF 2008 暑期支教项目一系列活动之一。This is one of a series of posts chronicling the RCEF 2008 Summer Volunteer Program. 中文翻译在英文后面。
Today, 38 sixth graders from the SVP at Zhaizi Village took a field trip to a place that is only five minutes away from their school. Despite its proximity, almost none of the students had even heard [...]
Interviews with other Non-profit NGOs
中文翻译在英文后面
School systems in the poorer areas of the United States face challenges that are reminiscent of those in rural China; high drop out rates, weak academic performances, a dearth of teaching talent and leadership expertise, insufficient material resources and problems within families and communities that adversely affect students’ well-being and achievements. In the US., [...]
Guan Ai Visitations
(中文翻译在英文后面)Guan Ai received a steady stream of RCEF volunteers and friends as visitors in June. Since the RCEF community is wide spread around the world, this was the first time many of the visitors had been to a RCEF program site in rural China.
Translation Committee Director Hua Zhenyu arrived with an armful of science books [...]
“Extreme Makeover” at Guan Ai School
Hammers were swinging at Guan Ai Elementary School as a team from the non-profit organization Canada Wood came to put together two donated wood houses. One will be used as an activity room and the other as much needed space for teachers to meet and work. Currently, teachers only have small drawers in their cramped [...]
Teach For China?! - Part 3
“We’ve made a good friend and are even more motivated toward our work in education and international development.” Here is the rest of the report by Jessica Shyu, RCEF volunteer and Teach For America Program Director, about her meeting with Shum Sai Tak. Comments are very welcome. (Picture: Shum Sai Tak (r) and his son [...]
Teach For China?! - Part 2
We received a report from RCEF volunteer and Teach For America program director Jessica Shyu about her meeting in January with Shum Saitak, a friend of RCEF who funds and leads educational innovation in rural China. Jessica was a Special Education teacher on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico with Teach For America from 2005-2007, [...]