Allison Cusato: The Art of Making a Difference 阿利森·库塔托： 与众不同的艺术

With the beginning of the 2017-18 academic year, Yew Chung International School of Beijing has the pleasure of welcoming an enthusiastic team of new teachers from around the world to join our dedicated staff. 

2017-2018学年开始，北京耀中国际学校欢迎来自世界各地的热情的新老师加入我们的敬业的员工队伍。

In this week’s Teacher Profile, we got to know our new Secondary Art teacher, Allison Cusato, who offered us her first impressions of Beijing, how to encourage creativity in her students, and the September day that inspired her to quit her job and changed her life forever sixteen years ago.

在本周的《教师简况》中，我们认识了我们新来的中专艺术教师阿里森·库萨托(Allison Cusato)，她向我们展示了她对北京的第一印象，和她如何鼓励学生施展创造力，以及16年前激励她辞去工作、永远改变生活的那个9月。

Could you please introduce yourself?

你可以介绍一下你自己吗？

I’m Allison Cusato, the new Secondary Art teacher at YCIS Beijing.  I’m from the Washington D.C. area in the United States, where I was a teacher for 12 years.  

我是阿里森库萨托，是北京耀中国际学校的一名新的中学美术老师。 我来自美国华盛顿地区，我在那里做了12年的教师。

What inspired you to become a teacher?

是什么激励你成为一名老师的呢？

When I was in high school, my favourite place to go was the art classroom – so from an early age, I had the inclination to be a professional educator.  Through university, however, life took me on a different path, and I began my career as a graphic designer.

当我在高中时，我最喜欢去的地方就是艺术教室，所以从很小的时候开始，我就有了成为一名职业教育家的倾向。 然而，通过大学生活，我走上了一条不同的道路，我开始了自己的平面设计师生涯。

Everything changed for me in September 2001.  I was working at a small office in Falls Church, Virginia, where I could see the Pentagon from my office window.  Witnessing the September 11 attacks in person made me reconsider my life choices.  I determined that I wanted to become a helper and to do something more personally meaningful, so I decided to go back to school and become a teacher.

但2001年9月，对我来说一切都变了。 我在弗吉尼亚州福尔斯教堂的一间小办公室里工作，在那里我可以从办公室的窗户看到五角大楼。 亲眼目睹9·11恐怖袭击，我不得不重新考虑自己的人生选择。 我决定要成为一名对社会有用的人，做一些更有意义的事情，所以我决定回到学校，成为一名教师。

Hear the rest of our interview with Ms Cusato by clicking “Read more” below!

详情请点击“阅读原文”。