School Development Services
Investing enough money, we can send a spacecraft to Mars with certainty. But no matter how much money we invest in schools, there is no certainty that each of the school leavers will become an asset to society - and increasingly to the world - rather than a liability. Such is the sheer magnitude of the education challenge mankind faces! On the other hand, schools are now in an excellent position to benefit from the hard-won lessons of global business.
Strategic Development Advice
Armed with a global mindset that is grounded in our extensive managerial work and international experience, we can help senior management of schools by contributing to the school's strategic discussion, and working together with them to develop innovative ideas and introduce effective practices.
Partnering with Schools in China
Given China's growing economic impact on the world and her 2,500 years of continuous cultural history, one of the most important strategic developments a school can make is to partner with appropriate schools in China. Through various communication links, exchange programmes and joint projects, both pupils and teachers will not only find new motivations in the teaching and learning of such subjects as geography, history and art but also experience opportunities to heighten their global awareness and broaden their global perspective. Our services are designed to facilitate this process.
Global Perspective Seminar for Staff
If we want our children and young people to have a global perspective, arguably we as parents and teachers need to have a global perspective first. Yet, as globalisation began in the business arena, many of our school teachers, while superbly competent in their functional skills, have had few opportunities to experience what globalisation means for education at their schools.
To bridge this gap, we are developing Global Perspective Seminars for school teachers, drawing on the rich, new learning that multinational companies have achieved in the past couple of decades. For example, just like global business leaders who constantly face the competing demands of generic, global processes and systems, and diverse, local conditions and aspirations, school teachers constantly face the forces of a standardised curriculum and educational process on the other hand and the variety of human beings sitting in front of them on the other. And the lesson is: to thrive on such durality, they can seek leverage from NEW ways of thinking rather than working the OLD way harder.
While there are many generic lessons that can be shared, we can also customise our programmes to suit the particular needs of particular schools.