Teacher Extraordinaire - Portfolio of a Teacher and Lifelong Learner

 Every teacher should always have at the forefront, how they can best communicate with parents, and also support connections between school and home.  How to we create lifelong learners? How do we create inquirers? How do we foster healthy relationships between the school community and parents? How do we help educate parents in best practices with child development?  During my tenure at Chengdu Meishi International School , I designed and led a two period workshop for parents called "What is Inquiry?" wherein parents were led through the inquiry cycle, and periodically would have to complete an inquiry related activity. It shed a lot of light on the key understanding that parents should have, if their child attends a school where inquiry is paramount.  The following article is one that I wrote at Zhuhai International School to explore the teaching of maty in lower primary, and to encourage parents to take more of a hands on approach / an inquiry based approach and an...