A new member of Dalton International

Following a series of teacher trainings since 2018 and a positive audit, Dalton International board nominated Kindergarten no 34 in Koszalin as International Dalton Kindergarten. As a result, the kindergarten has joined the community of International Dalton Schools across the world:

International Dalton schools – Dalton International

The International Dalton Kindergarten no 34 in Koszalin, is a public kindergarten that firmly adheres to Dalton principles, mission and vision as promoted by the Dalton International:

Dalton designation – Dalton International

Dalton International would like to congratulate the Kindergarten number 34 in Koszalin for making a significant step forward in their Dalton development.

Happy International Day of Education

Today, the world is celebrating the forth International Day of Education under the theme “Changing course, transforming education”. The United National General Assembly proclaimed the day as International Day of Education on January 24^th, 2018. It is highly important to demonstrate this day the possible steps that needs to be made to provide a fundamental right for education for every child.

We always say each opportunity where we can act and transform  our world as Helen Parkhurst called for needs to be fully exploited.  Dalton International believe that creating appropriate conditions for children to grow to the fullness of their potential across the world is necessary. 

Dalton International would like to wish all International Dalton Schools worldwide a Happy International Day of Education.

 

 

Grade 1 students in Wenzhou make a final semester evaluation.

Grade 1 students  in Wenzhou Dalton International School did the evaluation of their work in the school semester 2021/2022. On the basis of their experience, they set the the goals for the upcoming school semester. The assessment for learning implemented this school year made children more aware of what they have already learned and helped them to improve their future performance. Consequently, children obtain a sense of the feeling that they are owners of their own learning process. "Hope Maps" created by children help them to understand the learning process and make their learning more efficient. Thanks to new assessment for learning techniques of giving feedback, children have a better overview of what there strengths and weaknesses are. Such constructed learner's feedback guide learner to reflect on their learning, take action and let them move forward on their Dalton journey.

 

The upcoming online training for International Dalton Kindergarten, Koszalin, Poland.

 

Homework's exhibition in Wenzhou International Dalton School

 🔔This week is the Homework's Exhibition Week in Wenzhou. A school's exhibition builds excitement for sharing, reflecting and socializing.

💡Students designed their own exhibition and could see the other's.
After that, they did a group reflection on what they have seen📋.

Video made by: Caroline Zhang

No more spoon feeding in the eyes of Shenzhen Dalton Xinhua School

 The summary of "Independency" training with the team of teachers from Shenzhen Dalton Xinhua School was visualized below in the form of a poster. The poster will be published in a school newspaper and displayed in the School's Dalton International Exhibition Room.

The process of implementation of Independency was worked out in the school into the concrete form. In order to optimize the children's independency, the team of teachers is developing and implementing their common path of self-directed learning.

Personalized learning and stimulating children's intrinsic motivation are demonstrated in everyday school life.

Innovative English School Section in Shenzhen Dalton School

    English section of Shenzhen Xinhua Dalton School is actively promoting innovations in ELT. The English Experimental School in Shenzhen has been actively working with “Let’s Daltonize English” for already third year. 

Let’s Daltonize English is a set of 150 free choice assignments based on a structure of: 

📌Multiple Intelligences 

📌Bloom’s taxonomy in a cognitive domain.

📒In this issue of “Dalton Times”, the children's assignments from "Let's Daltonize English" were published. Children’s task was to solve the real life problem in the form of a short story, poster, presentation or a short drama, in case of an older children class debate. Children are free to choose the way they would like to make an assignment. The idea of the project is to promote and engage constructive learning with the key elements such as: 

📚reflection;

📚ownership;

📚solving authentic problem; 

📚collaborative learning; 

📚peer assessment, 

📚deriving from previous experience to construct the new knowledge. 

By solving global issues from different scientific fields, children learn not only the new vocabulary, but also think constructively and critically.✍📓🧑‍

Every child is unique, every child is excellent....

⭐️What factors make Chinese Dalton schools so special? 

 During my last session with Shenzhen Dalton Xinhua School the teacher's answer on one of the most important aspects of Independency was self-discipline of the children. 

 ⭐️What makes a Chinese Dalton vision so unique? 

In Shenzhen Xinhua Dalton School, most of all: 

 ✅Combining Dalton Education with Chinese Characters; 

 ✅Fostering children to integrate into a globalized world;

 ✅"4C" Skills (Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Communication, Innovation, Cooperation);   ✅Development of children's talents; 

 ✅Mixed Age Family Management; 

 ✅Personalized Evaluation and reflection; 

 ✅Considerate Life Experience; 

 ✅Contract Learning method; 

 ✅Every child is unique; 

 ✅Every Child is excellent 

 

The Dalton Handbook of Wenzhou Dalton Elementary School

I am proud to present the cover of The Dalton Handbook prepared by Dalton coordinators from Wenzhou Dalton Elementary School. The Dalton Handbook is a unique school document with the structure introduced by Dalton International in every International Dalton School. The Dalton Handbook contains a lot of practical visualization on an innovative Dalton practice with our own practical ideas. In The Dalton Handbook we included among others: How to implement an asset model of teaching? How to arrange learner driven feedback? How to engage self-referential assessment? How to implement a model of a Dalton Learner’s Agency? How to engage Dalton Teacher Agency? Who is a Dalton Agentive Learner? How to shape children's social behaviors? Cognitive factors? Awareness? Beliefs and attitude?

A review of the 4th Art Exhibition of Wenzhou Dalton International School

A review of the 4th Art Exhibition of Wenzhou Dalton International School is a great way to build the children’s confidence, and bring school community together. It’s a fun-filled event that appeals to elementary school children. Both parents and teachers envisioned a showcase, not a contest—which meant no judges, no winners and losers, and no points awarded. The main goal was to share the different children’s talents and powers with everyone. Below a short reportage from the school event. #teachers #community #share #dalton #international

Planning an online audit in Wenzhou Dalton Elementary School.

Upcoming Dalton International activities: online audit of Wenzhou Dalton Elementary School. In response to Covid -19, we have decided to conduct an online audit in the school. The meeting concerning the matter took place today. The board members of Dalton International together with headmaster of the school Mrs. Bai Lili, director of Likeda Education Group Caroline Zhang and two Dalton coordinators Sophie Pan and Marcy Yu discussed today the ways of planning and organizing an online auditin the school. Together we were planning the online and live upcoming activities for the year 2022. We can soon finally plan so much in person and online. Sharing our work, vision and common achievements for the upcoming period. Luckily, we still found the ways to connect across the world.

"Dalton Plan: a child's lifetime experience"

With pleasure we are presenting the cover of our book “Dalton Plan: a child’s lifetime experience” written by me and Roel Röhner. The cover was designed by children from Wenzhou Dalton Elementary School. The book has a theoretical and practical character. Our goal is to show the importance of the Dalton Plan worldwide, taking into account cultural background as well as different policies and potentials of the Dalton schools across the world. Moreover, we seek to examine the significance of using the Dalton Plan in everyday school life, so that the main goal would be to focus on mutual learning, socialization and experience as the basis of a social school life. The book will be published in the publishing house of Northeast Normal University in China in Chinese language. The premiere of the book will take place during the official International Dalton Conference in China in November 2022.

Space project in Wenzhou Dalton Elementary School

Children in Wenzhou Dalton Elementary School took part in a astronomy project in cooperation with academic centers. The project aimed mainly at giving students a "real life experience" and encourage them to feel like a professional astronaut. The Likeda Education Satellite starts its expedition towards the JiuQuan launch site, and the 'Space STEAM Organization' receiving an award "Members of the Dalton STEAM Space Organization" researching and studying "Cubic Star" knowledge at Nanjing Science and Engineering University. They also successfully assembled a cubic star of their own. All students gazing in anticipation at the 'satellite revealing' ceremony for the launch of the satellite towards the Jiuquan launch site. All the students in the school theater were listening to a speech by the deputy team leader of the overall design team of the first generation of contributors to the "Oriental Red Number 1" Chinese Space project. He was specially engaged by Wenzhou Dalton Elementary School as a consultant expert for the the "Space STEAM Organization". Dalton International is proud and honored to stimulate all initiatives aimed at giving children real life experience and learn the world on their own way.