Pepperdine-Cogdel International Leadership Training Day3~4

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On Jan. 31st and Feb. 1st, Pepperdine-Cogdel International Leadership Training has come to its third and fourth day. After finished the lesson Cultural Competency and Leadership, Cogdel Delegation continued to receive professional training lessons given by Dr. Vigil and Ms. Trapp (Professors, Graduate School of Education and Psychology).

Day3

School Improvement, Data and PD

The lesson given by Dr. Vigil was called School Improvement, Data and PD. In the morning, Cogdel Management worked in groups and discussed on various topics, including How to recruit excellent students? How to promote the career development of teachers? How to conduct trainings for new teachers?……Dr. Vigil also introduced the approaches to making school improvement plans and the importance of data collection. In the afternoon, Dr. Vigil invited three school principals to share their experience in school construction, academics, teacher management, and development trend of American education, which is very helpful and significant to the development of Cogdel campuses.

Day4

Coach Conversation

The fourth-day training involved several topics including 4Cs, Common Core State Standards (CCSS), Project Based Learning (PBL), KWHLAQ Method, and Coach Conversation. Ms. Trapp, the lecturer, has delivered detailed presentations on these education concepts and encouraged everyone to apply them to teaching and management. Before class, everyone was also told to finish a 100-page book called Coach Conversation. Although the training was much challenging and intensive, all members thought it was rewarding.

Mr. Wang Shu (President, Cogdel Education Group) also spoke highly of the Pepperdine-Cogdel International Leadership Training. He expressed his expectations and blessings in the following letter.

Dear colleagues,

I am very pleased to know that you've been enjoying your study at Pepperdine University. We have carefully discussed with the university about the training topics to maximize your learning. I hope all the lessons will benefit your future work at Cogdel. I was told that everyone was very concentrated in class, by either taking notes or asking questions initiatively or discussing with the team members positively. Your performance has proved that you are active learners whom Cogdel encourages as a company in education. The training is very intensive. While studying well, I hope you can take a good rest in your spare time. If you need any help, please do contact Kenny, our colleague of Cogdel USA., @Kenny, thank you for your efforts to this! Hope you all have a wonderful trip in the U.S.！See you next Friday!

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