Teapot Time: Teachers Reshaping Collaboration 茶歇分享会：教师协作改革

Our close-knit community at the Yew Chung International School of Beijing has long been a main point of attraction for parents looking for a familial school atmosphere, which is being enhanced even further by our newly renovated Learning Community spaces. Our teachers have fully embraced this spirit of community as well, implementing the Teapot Time initiative to further encourage the sharing of best teaching practices and mutual growth.

我们北京耀中国际学校一直是一个紧密结合的团队，也正因此吸引了寻求家庭式学校氛围的家长们，我们的特色通过我们新推出的学习社区空间得到进一步的提升。我们的老师们也深度认可这种社区精神，“茶歇分享会”活动的设立更促进优秀老师们分享教学经验，共同成长。

Secondary School teachers Sharee Hebert and Alana Martin, the two founders of this initiative, explain below the noticeable impact this new project has had on faculty and school culture in just a few months’ time. Below is a snippet of their full interview:

中学部老师Sharee Hebert和Alana Martin，是这个活动的两位发起人，他们解释了刚刚过去的这几个月中这一新项目给教师和学校文化所带来的显著影响。以下是她们的采访片段：

Please introduce the Teapot Time Concept.

请向我们介绍一下“茶歇分享会”的概念。

Sharee: Teapot Time is based around the idea that our classrooms are open and that we should take every opportunity to learn from one another, even across disciplines. As a math teacher, I can learn from non-math classes to see how my students interact in those classes to gain further insight into improving my own teaching methods.

茶歇分享会的理念是基于我们开放式的学习环境,我们应该抓住每一个相互学习的机会, 甚至跨越不同的学科。作为一名数学老师，我可以从非数学的课堂上去学习观察我的学生们在其他学科的课堂上表现如何，从而获取改进我自己的教学方式的灵感。

The idea was inspired by education professional Jennifer Gonzalez and her Cult of Pedagogy blog. One of her central ideas is a pineapple chart, a sort of “welcome mat” that lets teachers let other teachers know when they’re doing something worth watching or observing. “Teapot Time” is our conception of teachers sharing their ideas over a cup of tea! Teachers are invited to host specific lessons or just request feedback on specific teaching points.

这个想法是受教育专家Jennifer Gonzalez和她的教育学博客所启发的。她的核心思想之一是一个“菠萝图表”，她自己称之为“迎宾垫”，这一思想是让老师们和其他老师们了解当他们在做事情的时候是需要相互观察和探索的。“茶歇分享会”的概念是指我们老师通过一杯茶的时间来相互分享彼此的想法和感受。老师们可以受邀主讲一些特别课程，或者就是单纯地对一些教学重点进行反馈。

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