How Jessica Sun Helps Brighten Our SLT | 我校管理团队再添猛将

A new year normally ushers in change. At YCIS Beijing we welcomed fresh students as well as Chinese Co-Principal Ms Jessica Sun, the latest addition to our School Leadership Team (SLT).

I Want to Follow that Bus

Ms Sun is a familiar face in the YCIS Beijing community. She first joined the school in 2003 as a Year 2 homeroom teacher. From 2008 to 2018 she served as Secondary Chinese Co-ordinator before spending two years at Yew Wah, our sister school, as a Co-Principal.

A Beijinger, Ms Sun was introduced to YCIS Beijing in 1995 soon after our founding as she saw the school bus taking students to campus passing by her area eac1`h day. Her curiosity was piqued and she discovered it was a new international school – a concept that was still very new. Our Honglingjin campus was one of the first international schools in the city.

Little did she know that 17 years later she would be a member of one of the most important teams in the school.

A Long and Productive Career

During her first stint at YCIS Beijing she experienced a variety of academic roles. She taught Chinese as an Additional Language in primary and secondary, worked as a secondary Chinese Co-ordinator (where she helped design the current YCIS Chinese language course) and contributed towards the creation of the school’s online Chinese learning platform (www.iLearning.com).

“I’m proud to say I helped establish the IB Chinese B programme,” she says, and “the fact that I was one of the first to teach the course.”

Having implemented the Chinese curriculum she also coordinated some of the quintessentially YCIS Beijing events such as the “Experiencing China” trips, where students explore the country while learning about culture; and the ‘Temple Fair”, which celebrates the Spring Festival with traditional handcrafts, performances, games and snacks. Ms Sun was well set for a new role at Yew Wah where she fully utilised her considerable managerial skills and experience before returning to Honglingin.

As an English Literature graduate from China Foreign Affairs University she is happy to be reunited with former colleagues and excited to meet and establish relations with new friends. 

Asked why she has remained in the foundation for this amount of time, she responds simply to say the size of our schools in Beijing enable teachers (and students) in early childhood education, primary and secondary, to have meaningful interactions with one another. This is such an essential part of relationship building and collaboration and crucial to the school’s ethos.

No Rainbow without Rain

The school has undergone inevitable changes and upgrades over the years. Ms Sun highlights the steady increase in students and improved facilities along with the “stronger staff team”.

She now looks forward to working together with her colleagues to:

· maintain academic excellence

· foster independent learning

· encourage self-motivation among students

· encourage alumni involvement, and

· reinforce the school’s mission

Although we may not be able to meet for celebrations or events as on Global Community Day, Ms Sun hopes we all remain positive despite the challenging year we have just experienced. She has an apt quote to sum this up: “If there is no rainstorm, there is no rainbow.”

新年新气象。北京耀中在新年伊始之际，不仅迎来新入学的学生，同时也迎来了新加入我校管理团队(SLT)的华籍校长孙姗姗女士。

我想加入这里

孙女士并不是北京耀中社区的新面孔。她于2003年加入我校，并担任二年级的班主任。2008年至2018年，孙女士担任北京耀中中学部中文主管。孙女士于2018-2020年在姊妹学校耀华担任华籍校长。

于1995年正式成立的北京耀中红领巾公园校区作为这座城市中最早的国际学校之一无疑在当时是一个新颖夺目的存在。孙女士作为一个土生土长的北京人，早在当时就对国际教育产生了浓厚的兴趣。不得不说，当时每天看到耀中校车经过她家附近，可能成为了孙女士选择开始了解国际学校的一个原因。

那时候她并不知道，多年后，她会成为北京耀中学校管理团队中的一员。

精彩又专业的职业生涯

在北京耀中时，孙女士在教学团队中扮演过各种角色。她曾在小学和中学教授中文课程，也担任过中学部中文主管，她协助设计了目前的耀中中文课程，并参与创建了机构的在线中文学习平台(www.iLearning.com)。

孙女士表示:“我可以很自豪地说，是我帮助建立了我校IB中文B课程，而且成为了第一批教授这门课程的教师。”

在协助建立中文课程系统后，孙女士还组织了一些经典的北京耀中活动。如可以让学生在探索中国的同时感受了解中国文化魅力的“感受中国”之旅；还有包含传统手工艺品、文化表演、游戏和小吃的春节“庙会”。在回到北京耀中之前，孙女士运用了自己的管理技能与经验，出色带领了耀华团队。

当被问及为什么她在耀中机构工作了这么长时间时，她回答说，学校的规模使幼教部、小学和中学的教师(和学生)能够进行有意义的互动。这是建立关系和合作的重要基础，也是学校理念的重要基石。

不经历风雨怎能见彩虹

今年我们可能不能在大型庆祝活动上相聚。孙女士强调我校学生人数稳步增长、大部分学校设施得以改善并拥有了“更强大的师资员工队伍”。

她现在期待着与同事们在以下方面一起努力:

·         保持学术优异

·         培养自主学习

·         鼓励学生自我激励

·         鼓励校友参与

·         强化学校使命

今年我们可能在大型庆祝活动上相聚。孙女士希望我们在经历了这充满挑战的一年之后，仍然保持积极的心态， 不经历风雨怎能见彩虹。

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