QAIS Staff Profile of the Week – JD Holtrop
Our JD Holtrop who is Student Council Advisor, Technology Director and Head of Secondary Design is also a talented musician.
Early Childhood Lead Teacher: URGENT!
Qingdao Amerasia International School provides a warm, professional, multicultural Montessori environment for recently-certified and experienced teachers with a passion for children’s development. WHAT WE NEED Early Childhood Lead Teachers starting August 2016 QUALIFICATIONS Must hold AMS or AMI credential B.A. degree or higher 2 years experience preferable. WHAT WE OFFER Competitive Salary Housing Allowance Annual […]
New Staff, New Classes, Our School Is Growing 新老师、新班级，我们的学校不断壮大
This year’s staff features 83 people from 17 countries. Click to read a sampling of what will be new at QAIS from our new staff.
Concept-Based teaching
The following video presents a summary and a few quotes aboutConcept-Based Learning from H. Lynn Erickson’s work. The video is a rief explanations of what a topic is and what a concept is and a few examples of subject area concepts. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8fKU9LZ2kw]
Differentiated Teaching
Below you will find a series of differentiation strategies that I have implemented or learned from former colleagues in previous schools. Keep in mind that these are only some ideas and not THE ONLY strategies one can do. Scaffolding for Struggling Learners ■ Reteaching with a different method: I made sure I had an audio file […]
Teaching Developed in Local and Global Contexts
In IB programmes, learning contexts should be (or should model) authentic world settings, events and circumstances. Contexts for learning are chosen from global contexts to encourage international mindedness and global engagement within the programme. The IB encourages teachers to design units around a range of ideas and issues that are personally, locally, nationally, internationally and globally significant. The image below […]
Teaching based on inquiry
The act of inquiry is the backbone to the learning process: not only does it enable the construction of understandings to be able to stand tall, but it also provides the fortitude for the arms of wondering to open up, and, likewise, is the center of balance for the feet of curiosity, which move forward, […]
Youth Club Archers
Last Friday, secondary students left school to practice their archery skills at Qainyu Archery Club down town. We were given a quick lesson, and then the fun starting flying. Here are some candid pictures from the evening.
Testing Reflexes in MYP Science
Students in MYP Science built diagrams of reflex arcs and tested their own reflexes!
Media / Information Literacy + Organization: See Saw
Seesaw is a learning-driven digital portfolio that empowers you of all ages to independently document and share what you are learning at school. Look at See Saw in the Apple store.
