Introduction
Responding to the Questions of the Times and Building a New Educational Ecology
In the current era of deep integration of AI technology and the ‘Double New’ curriculum reform, education stands at a crucial juncture of innovation and transformation. How can technology be effectively integrated into the classroom to maximize its impact? How can the concepts of the new curriculum standards be skillfully transformed into practical teaching practices? The SUIS Qingpu Teachers’ Development Day takes ‘Focusing on AI, Implementing the Double New, and Exploring Diversified and Symbiotic Teaching and Learning Methods’ as its guiding principle, illuminating the way forward for us — to assist teachers’ growth with scientific concepts and stimulate educational vitality through sharing and co-creation.
This event is not only a platform for showcasing the continuous evolution of the school’s educational practices but also an important step towards the future, aiming to build consensus and practice together. Through a series of workshops covering key areas such as innovative teaching methods, academic research, cutting-edge technology, and assessment data, SUIS Qingpu demonstrates a school-based exploration path for the integration of AI and the ‘Double New,’ presenting valuable experiences for all Chinese and foreign teachers. The event adheres to the original intention of ‘helping each teacher to be both a learner and a leader, and jointly creating a more vibrant and creative SUIS classroom.
Main Venue
Multidimensional Reconstruction of Integrated Education – Chinese and Foreign Experts Discuss the Essence of Growth
Zhao Xudong, a professor and chief physician at the School of Medicine and School of Humanities of Tongji University, delivered a remarkable report on ‘Cross-Cultural Life and Mental Health.’ Using humorous language and vivid examples, Zhao Xudong deeply analysed the psychological challenges and structures faced by groups in cross-cultural contexts in modern society from the unique perspective of cultural psychiatry. He put forward many constructive suggestions for families and schools to jointly promote the mental health development of teenagers.
Andrew Tiffany, a senior academic advisor at National Geographic Learning, drew on his years of experience in the education field to present a report titled ‘Balancing Academic Growth and Physical and Mental Health: Positive Intelligence for a Win-Win Situation in Junior High School.’ Andrew clearly expounded that school learning should include goals and activities that focus on students’ personal development and physical and mental health through specific teaching strategies and classroom examples. He emphasised the importance of integrating positive intelligence into school teaching and students’ learning processes, helping students become excellent learners and contribute positively to society in the future.
PART.03
Educational and Teaching Workshops
Diverse Practices to Ensure Every Child is Seen
Sunny Shen: Building an Efficient Learning Ecosystem from the Details of Teaching
Sunny Shen centred the workshop around the theme of “Building an Efficient Learning Ecosystem from the Details of Teaching.” In the five key teaching links, lesson planning is meticulously designed from multiple dimensions of teaching materials, students, and teaching methods to lay a solid foundation for classroom teaching. In class, Sunny Shen is committed to mobilising students’ enthusiasm and promptly capturing their learning feedback. Homework is assigned, corrected, and feedback is provided daily, stratified according to students’ different situations to meet their diverse learning needs. For students with learning difficulties, personalised tutoring is offered to help them overcome learning bottlenecks. The evaluation process focuses on students’ learning processes rather than just the results.
In the construction of teacher-student relationships, Sunny Shen adheres to the principles of being strict yet reasonable, treating students equally and with respect, and keeping promises. Sunny Shen rewards students in a timely manner and conveys positive psychological hints. In creating a class atmosphere, Sunny Shen closely collaborates with the head teacher to foster a positive psychological environment. The rule system is jointly formulated by teachers and students and strictly implemented to ensure good classroom order. In home-school communication, Sunny Shen adopts the strategy of first praising students’ strengths and then pointing out problems, providing emotional support to parents and resolving issues at school to avoid misunderstandings caused by information asymmetry. Sunny Shen emphasised that the construction of an efficient learning ecosystem requires teachers to pay attention to teaching details and carefully manage various relationships.
Alan Xu and George Wang: Biochemistry Competitions Promote Academic Growth
Alan Xu and George Wang carried out their work under the theme of “The Benefits and Improvements of Biochemistry Competitions for Students’ Academic Learning.” [Bill], the first student in our school to be admitted to the University of Cambridge, achieved outstanding results in top-level competitions in the fields of biology and chemistry under their careful guidance. In this workshop, the two coaches will elaborate on the international curriculum competitions and their significance, share how to customise competition learning plans according to students’ characteristics, stimulate students’ strong interest in disciplines, cultivate their tenacious character, and help students reach higher academic levels.
Jane Duan: From Passive to Active – Practical Skills for Guiding Students out of Learning Difficulties
Jane Duan focused on the theme of “From Passive to Active: Practical Skills for Guiding Students out of Learning Difficulties.” Aiming at the common problem of students’ weariness of learning, Jane Duan deeply explores how to help students overcome their lack of motivation, reignite their interest in learning, and achieve the transformation from passive knowledge acceptance to active knowledge exploration. Jane Duan uses practical methods to inject strong impetus into students’ active learning.
AI-Empowered Workshops
Technology Reconstructs the Entire Teaching Chain
Hedy Liu and Vivian Xie: Case Analysis and Practical Experience of “Three Assistants” Empowering the Classroom
Hedy Liu and Vivian Xie launched the workshop on “Case Analysis and Practical Experience of ‘Three Assistants’ Empowering the Classroom.” They focused on the prominent role of the innovative teaching tool “Three Assistants” in enabling effective classrooms, sharing many successful cases of its application in actual classrooms, and fully demonstrating its remarkable advantages in improving teaching quality and learning outcomes through real-life teaching scenarios. At the same time, the workshop also set up a hands-on experience session, allowing participants to experience the operation process under professional guidance and gain valuable first-hand experience.
Lucy Lu：Padlet in the Classroom: Quick and Useful Ideas
Lucy Lu took “Padlet in the Classroom: Quick and Useful Ideas” as the theme. In the workshop, Lucy Lu will share how to skilfully use Padlet (website/application) to enhance classroom teaching, introduce a series of practical tips and innovative methods to promote collaboration, interaction, and organisation in the classroom, and make the classroom full of vitality.
DOMAS Guillaume: Innovate with AI – Build Your Classroom Props
The theme of DOMAS Guillaume’s workshop is “Innovate with AI: Build Your Classroom Props.” DOMAS Guillaume will introduce how AI can assist educators in generating innovative teaching aids and props, guide everyone to learn to use AI tools to generate ideas, and, with the help of the equipment in the Design and Technology Centre, transform virtual ideas into tangible teaching props. DOMAS Guillaume will lead participants to experience the whole process from digital brainstorming to practical creation, stimulating teachers’ innovative enthusiasm.
Multidimensional Support Workshops
Building an Educational Symbiotic System
Allison Wang: The Psychology Behind Prophecy: How Prophecy Influences Reality
Allison Wang conducted an interactive workshop with the theme of “The Psychology Behind Prophecy: How Prophecy Influences Reality.” Allison Wang delved into the psychological principles behind fortune-telling, unveiled the mystery of self-fulfilling prophecies and the power of beliefs, helped teachers deeply understand the important role of positive beliefs in classroom management, and provided new ideas for classroom management.
Ineke Oosthuizen: Adolescent Brain Development and Behavioural Changes
Ineke Oosthuizen centred on the theme of “Adolescent Brain Development and Behavioural Changes.” Ineke Oosthuizen deeply analysed the impact of chemical and structural changes in the brains of students aged 12-24 on their behaviours, and shared how to skilfully utilise these scientific findings to optimise classroom management, assist in building a learning ecosystem that supports students’ comprehensive development, and enable teachers to better understand the reasons behind students’ behaviours.
Hollya Huo: Reverse Design of Homework with the End in Mind
Hollya Huo took “Reverse Design of Homework with the End in Mind” as the theme. Centreing around the writing goals of large-unit compositions, Hollya Huo deeply explored how various types of lessons in unit teaching can help students build the scaffolding of language structures and logical thinking, assist students in achieving smooth writing output, and improve students’ writing ability and thinking level.
The Dual Cultivation of Educators
The Symphony of Technology and Humanities
Eilene Xiao: Self-Exploration – MBTI and Type Archetypes
Eilene Xiao launched the workshop on “Self-Exploration: MBTI and Type Archetypes.” With the help of the MBTI tool, Eilene Xiao helps teachers reflect on their teaching styles and communication patterns. Through personality assessments, Eilene Xiao assists teachers in optimising team collaboration and classroom management strategies, achieving breakthroughs in professional growth, and providing a new perspective for teachers’ career development.
Lumi Hu: Nurturing with Heart – Let Chinese Language and Mind Flourish Together
Lumi Hu took “Nurturing with Heart: Let Chinese Language and Mind Flourish Together” as the theme. Lumi Hu explored how to transform Chinese language teaching from simply imparting knowledge to nurturing students’ lives. From the three dimensions of habit formation, attitude shaping, and relationship building, Lumi Hu constructed a spiritual home for the common growth of teachers and students, filling Chinese language teaching with humanistic care.
Shirley Gong: What It’s Like to Be an Alumni Interviewer
Shirley Gong took “What It’s Like to Be an Alumni Interviewer” as the theme. Shirley Gong uncovered the work secrets of the mysterious group of “alumni interviewers” in the admission process of American universities, comprehensively covered the application and interview processes of American universities and their importance, and provided valuable perspectives for guiding high-school students to successfully enter universities around the world through practical examples, facilitating students’ university applications.
Penny Yin: Teaching Practice Based on the Theory of Multiple Intelligences
The theory of multiple intelligences, also known as the theory of multiple intelligence or multiple intelligence theory, is referred to as the MI theory. This theory originated from the developmental and neuropsychological research conducted by Howard Gardner in the early 1970s. The theory posits that human intelligence should be divided into different components, rather than defining intelligence as a single entity.
Conclusion
Education Towards the Future, SUIS Qingpu is Taking Action
In the spring of 2025, SUIS Qingpu responded to the call of the times for education with a Teachers’ Development Day full of academic rigour and practical warmth. Here, experience has grown into consensus: from the “Three-Step Empowerment Method” in biochemistry competitions to the “Golden Triangle” in anti-weariness intervention, the practical cases of Chinese and foreign teachers have become replicable and iterative SUIS models. Here, technology returns to serve people: the development of AI teaching aids has greatly improved lesson-planning efficiency, and the value of tools lies in liberating teachers’ creativity and focusing education on the growth of individuals. Here, the educational ecosystem breaks boundaries and co-exists: brain science deciphers the code of behaviour, the psychology of prophecy reshapes teacher-student language, and reverse design activates home-school co-education. The boundaries of education are dissolving, and a lifelong field for holistic development is taking its place.
The future is here, and the only constant is change. The exploration of SUIS Qingpu is proving that the true innovation of education begins with awe for details and is achieved through the sharing of experience.
Theme: Nurturing with Heart – Let Chinese Language and Mind Flourish Together
I learned how to resolve teacher-student conflicts with humour and felt the teaching wisdom of teachers in managing students and providing learning motivation. I was inspired by the passion for teaching and the aspiration to become a wise teacher. I recognised the teaching concepts of hierarchical deep cultivation, the combination of toughness and softness, and symbiotic growth. I thought Lumi Hu’s lecture was like a hilarious talk show, bringing language art to the extreme, making knowledge interesting, fully mobilising students’ enthusiasm, and improving teaching quality. I learned methods such as precise stratification to cultivate students at different levels and making classroom designs both rigorous and engaging. I learned to pay attention to children with heart and resolve their embarrassment with humour. I found the tips from the workshop to be practical.
—— Phoebe Peng、Cindy Liu、Grace Xu、Jessica Gong、Tracy Yang、Amily Liu、Kimi Kong（Primary School Teachers）
Theme: Daily Mathematics Teaching – Building an Efficient Learning Ecosystem
I learned methods to improve mathematics teaching, such as stimulating students’ learning interest and guiding cooperation. I also discovered techniques to help students with learning difficulties, including encouraging them to raise their hands, asking simple questions, and giving praise. I recognised the importance of teacher-student relationships and rule-making in teaching, and I found the efficient teaching strategies shared by Sunny Shen to be practical. I thought the content was full of useful information and helpful for my future teaching.
—— Vic Wang、Oliver Li 、Sara Yu （Primary School Teachers）
Theme: The Psychology Behind Prophecy: How Prophecy Influences Reality
I believe in the power of belief. I found the host to be interesting, and the interaction was strong; I realised that actions can be influenced by positive prophecies and psychological hints. I recognised the power of prophecy, noting how positive psychological hints can make everything better. I realised that actions are influenced by beliefs, and positive psychological hints can lead to success. I recognised the role of positive psychological hints in educating students and felt the significant impact of motivation, enabling me to provide students with positive psychological hints in my teaching.
—— Candy Yu、Suzy Lu、Jane Cheng、Summer Yao、Jennifer Lin （Primary School Teachers）、Jetty Liu（High School Teacher）
Theme: Begin with the End in Mind – Reverse Designing Homework
I learned how to create learning sheets and mastered the method of unit-based learning and output, breaking down the final task into daily class-hour homework. I gained ideas for high-quality English daily homework design and learned practical strategies for English teaching from my peers, such as establishing reading check-in groups and implementing group reading scoring.
—— Sandy Chen、Jeremy Ye、Neva Zhou （Primary School Teachers）
Theme: Self-Exploration – MBTI and Type Archetypes
I got to know myself better and understood personality types. I learned to use MBTI traits in both my life and work. I felt the charm of the cultural psychology class, was amazed by the rich knowledge shared, and was inspired to focus on self-realisation and strive to become a better version of myself.
—— Jessie Xia （High School Teacher）、Cindy Yang、Ankie Yu、Albert Du （Middle School Teachers）
Theme: The Application of Three Assistants in the Classroom
I gained a basic understanding of the Three Assistants and clarified the direction of classroom digitalisation. I felt the transformation of AI in education and the classroom, which can improve teaching efficiency, enrich teaching methods, and enhance students’ sense of experience and participation. I thought the Three Assistants platform was rich in subject resources that could be directly used in class, providing students with a great experience. I believe the workshop offered teachers the opportunity to access cutting-edge educational concepts and inspired innovative thinking.
—— Lucy Zhang、Abby Wu 、Julie Huang、Shawn Xia（Primary School Teachers）
Theme: Padlet in the Classroom – Quick and Useful Ideas
I learned how to use Padlet and thought it was a useful teaching tool that could be used for students’ classroom research, etc.
—— Senna Liu（Middle School Teacher）、Yuliya Hratyla、Ozzy（Primary School）
Theme: Adolescent Brain Development and Behavioral Changes
I learned about adolescent brain development and child development, as well as techniques for specific students. I found the content to be interesting and helpful.
—— Gatti Michele、Heorhii Shuel（Middle School Teachers）
Theme: What It’s Like to Be an Alumni Interviewer
I learned more about American university application knowledge and how to make application essays more likely to be accepted.
—— Penny Wang(Middle School Teacher)
Theme: Teaching Practice Based on Multiple Intelligences Theory
I gained a better understanding of the combination of the multiple intelligences theory and practice, and obtained new inspiration in teaching. I realized that when teaching touches the core of students’ intelligence, each student can shine uniquely.
—— Michael Max Feigl (High School Teacher)、Leo Chen 、 Linda Yu (Middle School Teachers)
Theme: Innovate with AI – Build Your Classroom Props
I learned how to use AI to make teaching props, gained relevant tools and application scenarios, and experienced the fun of the course. I thought we all learned a variety of new teaching assistant skills.
—— Mukarramhon Dehkonova(Primary School Teacher）、Lynn Li（High School Teacher）、Lori Liu（Middle School Teacher）
