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The welcome ceremony was held in the auditorium of Shanghai Hongrun Boyuan School on August 19. Dr. Alayne Thorpe, President of Griggs International Academy, Mr. Stephen Rivers, Global Director of Griggs International Academy, Ms. Lisa Kerr, Academic Director of Griggs China, Mr. Bowen Chen, General Principal of Shanghai Hongrun Boyuan School, and Mr. Christopher Moses, Foreign Principal of Shanghai Hongrun Boyuan School, welcomed the delegates from ZWIE World Academy in Guangzhou, Kunshan Global IELTS International Center, Kunshan Liren Foreign Language School, Axis International School in Japan and the Shanghai Hongrun Boyuan School to the training, both remotely and on-site.

After the welcome ceremony, representatives from each school proceeded to the teaching building for the official start of the two-day training. Prior to the start of the training, the delegates were presented with a specially customized gift - a Griggs canvas bag - and the conference was equipped with notebooks and pens for administrators and teachers to take notes on the training.

The training begins. 

Griggs' two-day training topics and guests:

Administrators’ training sessions:

Session 1: Collaborative Professionalism, Chris Moses, SHBS

Session 2: Professional Learning Communities, Emma Li, ZWA

Session 3: Classroom Observation and Feedback, Chris Moses, SHBS

Session 4: Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment, Lisa Kerr, Griggs China

Session 5: Learning through Creativity, Lisa Kerr, Griggs China

Session 6: How We Manage SHBS, Bowen Chen, SHBS

Session 7: AI Technology and Application, Joe Zhou, Shanghai WOWO Group

Teachers’ training sessions:

Session 1: GIA Teaching Methodology, Lisa Kerr, Griggs China

Session 2:

Further CLIL (native English speaking teachers), Lisa Kerr, Griggs China

Integrating English in the Classroom (Chinese bilingual teachers), Jon Guo, Griggs China

Session 3: Safeguarding and Key Values, Lisa Kerr, Griggs China

Session 4: Exams Workshop, Marc Belisle，SHBS

Session 5: Learning through Creativity, Lisa Kerr, Griggs China

Session 6: Course Planning, Lisa Kerr, Griggs China

Session 7: AI Technology and Application, Joe Zhou, Shanghai WOWO Group

In each of the training sessions, our trainers shared with delegates their effective management and teaching methods and experiences since they have been engaged in international education in a no-holds-barred and professional manner. In addition to sharing professional knowledge, there was also questions or group discussions to allow delegates from each school to actively participate in brainstorming and exchange ideas and insights, which undoubtedly allowed all of us to gain more perspectives and methods of teaching and learning.

The training program was a busy schedule and we prepared tea breaks for everyone to refuel in between training sessions.

We went to Shanghai Hongrun Boyuan School's reserved restaurant in Zhujiajiao Ancient Town for dinner and sightseeing after the last training session on the first day. Zhujiajiao Ancient Town is a small town built on the water, with a Jiangnan flavor. The town has preserved the streets and lanes of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. According to statistics, there are nine long streets stretching along the river, and there are thousands of ancient buildings standing by the water.

Principal Bowen showed his hospitality by ordering a variety of authentic Shanghai dishes for the delegates. The dishes were rich in color and flavor. All of us enjoyed the dinner a great deal. After the dinner, Ms. Irene Ma, the Assistant Principal of SHBS, as the guide, took the foreign principals and teachers on a tour of the ancient town.

After the second day of training lectures, we held a closing ceremony in the auditorium on August 20. On behalf of Managing Director of Griggs China, Harry Lee, the Academic Director of Griggs China, Lisa Kerr thanked the three principals of Shanghai Hongrun Boyuan School, the organizer of the conference, and all the staff of the school who participated in preparing for the conference, as well as the representatives of the schools who participated in the conference. Griggs China specially prepared red packets and certificates to thank the trainers who shared their expertise  with the attendees. The last speech was made by Principal Bowen Chen, who hoped that we could run the training conference every year to bring the administrators and teachers of different schools to continue to share and exchange, so as to run a better GIA school. The school also prepared a small gift for the delegates - a bear doll designed by the graduates of the class of 2024, which was full of surprises.

After lunch, we arranged a team building activity - rowing, which was also the last activity of the whole training. Before going into the water, the rowing coach taught us the basic rowing maneuvers of rowing. Although it was very hot outside, everyone went into the water without fear and with the mood to try. After an hour of rowing in the SHBS lake, all of the participants returned safely. Although they were drenched in sweat and full of fatigue, it was obvious from their smiling faces that everyone was happy.

With the end of the rowing, the 2024 Griggs Annual Training Conference is now officially over, and we hope to meet again in the coming years. Once again, thanks to our host school, Shanghai Hongrun Boyuan School, for making this conference a success, thank you!