Duty of care for visiting Departmental policies students Pre-hosting Planning curriculum program Embedding the sister school visit in the teaching and and activities curriculum learning Developing intercultural Activities to intercultural understanding and student understanding and knowledge base students’ knowledge base Arrival Airport pick up Involvement of host families visit In-school Welcome Considerations for classroom placement to activities Classroom placement continue the teaching school and learning as planned Departing Gifts Cultural protocols sister associated with gift giving Certificate Farewell party During Post hosting Developing intercultural Activities that enable understanding and students’ students to reflect on the learning and knowledge base hosting experience and teaching knowledge base and Sharing school revisit the pre-hosting experience teaching and learning sister goals visit Reflection and Reflection and evaluation Choosing appropriate ways to reflect on, evaluation hosting evaluate and report on the hosting experience After 2.3 Before hosting the visit Pre-hosting organisation Liaising/planning with sister school Careful and adequate planning will ensure the success of reciprocal visits. Hosting visits is no exception. If you have planned visits to your sister school with homestay arrangements, reverse the thinking when getting ready for hosting the visit from your sister school. In some instances, your sister school will rely on you for advice arrangements such as visa, in-country travel. Communication is the key. If communication procedures and protocols haven’t been established, it is essential that it is established at this point to ensure the free flow of information. A working committee headed by a sister school champion is highly desirable to facilitate the planning and decision making.
Duty of care for visiting students Departmental policies Pre-hosting teaching and learning Planning curriculum program and activities Embedding the sister school visit in the curriculum Developing intercultural understanding and student knowledge base Activities to intercultural understanding and students’ knowledge base During sister school visit Arrival Airport pick up Involvement of host families In-school activities Welcome Classroom placement Considerations for classroom placement to continue the teaching and learning as planned Departing Gifts Certificate Farewell party Cultural protocols associated with gift giving After hosting sister school visit Post hosting learning and teaching Sharing experience Developing intercultural understanding and students’ knowledge base Activities that enable students to reflect on the hosting experience and knowledge base and revisit the pre-hosting teaching and learning goals Reflection and evaluation Reflection and evaluation Choosing appropriate ways to reflect on, evaluate and report on the hosting experience 2.3 Before hosting the visit Pre-hosting organisation Liaising/planning with sister school Careful and adequate planning will ensure the success of reciprocal visits. Hosting visits is no exception. If you have planned visits to your sister school with homestay arrangements, reverse the thinking when getting ready for hosting the visit from your sister school. In some instances, your sister school will rely on you for advice arrangements such as visa, in-country travel. Communication is the key. If communication procedures and protocols haven’t been established, it is essential that it is established at this point to ensure the free flow of information. A working committee headed by a sister school champion is highly desirable to facilitate the planning and decision making.
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