THIS第一场校长早餐会：倾听家长的声音

4月的最后一个周五，THIS的第一场校长早餐会如期而至！这个一经家委会提出就得到THIS管理团队大力支持的项目，在短短两个星期内就完成了筹备工作，可见THIS管理团队对家校沟通的重视程度。

早晨7:30，国际部执行校长李文平、学术校长Patrick Smith、中方副校长白文婷和行政主任董文博已经在恭候家长们的到来了。早餐会在和谐轻松的氛围中拉开了序幕，家长们就自己关心的问题与THIS的管理团队展开了充分的交流。

ChatGPT的横空出世，让家长和教育界都在思考孩子们在学校所接受的教育是否能够应对未来的世界？AI时代下THIS如何为学生提供未来发展的助力成为早餐会讨论的一个重点。与会家长们从自身专业领域和孩子用ChatGPT的体验出发，希望THIS能进行教学创新，成为教育与AI融合在中国的先行者和推动者。

李文平校长表示，在AI技术卷席全球的局势下，学校的职责重点应该由“教”向“育”转变，更加注重学生的创新能力培养和情感培养。THIS的管理团队对ChatGPT持既开放又谨慎的态度，学校正在筹划ChatGPT的专题研讨会，邀请专家、家长和学生参加，从不同角度积极探索ChatGPT在教学领域的创新，同时也非常重视人工智能的学术诚信规范，主动应对新形势下的教育挑战和教育机遇。在教学层面，老师们已经开始着手研究如何将ChatGPT融入到日常学习中，优化课程设置，提高学习效率，教会学生如何提问，培养学生的人机互动能力。

对于新生家长关注的融入新学校的问题，李校长表示，新生对新环境的适应是一个需要时间的过程，学校和家长需要协力为孩子提供一个宽松的可以试错的环境。同时，在遇到学业困难时，积极向同学和老师寻求帮助，是一种非常重要的能力。THIS也在制定更细化的新生融入方案，旨在为新生提供更个性化的服务，帮助他们尽快融入THIS大家庭。

对于不同年龄段的家长所关注的学业问题，李校长表示，学校会为家长和学生提供各项服务，帮助学生更好地实现本阶段的学习目标。在五升六阶段，学校会组织初中家长分享会和初中同学分享会；在八升九阶段，学校会提供高中课程设置和选课指南分享会；对于高中部的学生，学校会举行升学和职业规划指导会、毕业生分享会和家长分享会。THIS在确保每个学生获得同等教育资源的同时，积极创设促进学生自主发展的场域和路径，帮助学生追寻梦想、接近梦想，比如聘请大学教授为学有余力的学生提供科研的机会，挖掘更多优质的竞赛及公益活动等等，支持学生的个性发展，同时培养学生的责任担当。

加强THIS的体育建设也是本次早餐会的一个重要话题。李文平校长表示，无体育，不清华，体育精神一直是清华的传承。THIS将会加大对体育的投入，制定更为量化的标准推动学生参与体育运动，支持学生代表THIS参加各类赛事，并为此协调体育老师的资源。

此外，家长们和THIS的管理团队就项目制学习、将社区服务融入日常教学之中、青春期家长与孩子的沟通等方面的问题进行了真诚的沟通交流。

教育是一场学校和家长的双向奔赴。THIS一直倡导家校共建、坦诚沟通，营造家庭般的家校氛围。家校之间的理解、支持和信任可以有效地营造积极的学习氛围和成长环境，让学生在学校和家庭之间得到一致的关爱和有效的引导，从而更好的激发他们成长的潜能。

家校共建 · 坦诚沟通

On the last Friday of April, the first THIS Principal Breakfast was held! Proposed by the school’s Parent Council, the preparations for this inaugural event were completed in just two weeks.  This along with other activities throughout the year demonstrates the priority THIS puts on family-school communication.

Executive Principal Ms. Wenping Li, Academic Principal Mr. Patrick Smith, Chinese Vice Principal Ms. Wenting Bai, and Administrative Director Ms. Wenbo Dong excitedly received parents starting at 7:30 am. In a harmonious and relaxed atmosphere, the breakfast meeting kicked off with parents fully sharing their thoughts and ideas with the management team.

With the development of AI such as ChatGPT, parents and the learning community as a whole are wondering whether the education their children receive at school will be able to cope with the world of the future. How will THIS provide students the support their future development in the age of AI?  This question was a key point of discussion at the breakfast. From their own professional fields and their children’s experience with ChatGPT, parents hoped that THIS would become teaching pioneers and promoters of the integration of AI in China.

Ms. Li said that with AI technology sweeping the world, the focus for schools cannot remain only on  “teaching knowledge” but rather, we need to “cultivate abilities” and pay more attention to the development of students’ creative abilities and emotions. The school is planning ChatGPT workshops that include having experts, parents, and students actively exploring ChatGPT innovations. For our staff, we will pay close attention to the academic integrity of artificial intelligence and proactively addressing the educational challenges and opportunities in the new situation. Our teachers have started to study how to integrate ChatGPT into their daily planning to optimize the curriculum, to improve learning efficiency, to teach students how to ask questions, and to develop their machine interaction skills.

In response to parents’ concerns about new students integrating into the new environment, Ms. Li said that it takes time.  The school and parents need to work together to provide a relaxed environment where children can try and make mistakes. THIS is also working on a more detailed integration program to provide more personalized services to help new students integrate into the THIS family.

Ms. Li outlined how the school provides various services to parents and students to help them better achieve their learning goals at each of their grade levels. For the 5th to 6th transition, the school organizes middle school parent sharing sessions and middle school peer sharing sessions.  For the families entering high school, the school offers high school curriculum and course selection guide sharing sessions.  Our high school students participate in guidance sessions on college admissions and career planning, graduate sharing sessions and parent sharing sessions. While ensuring that every student receives the same educational resources, THIS actively creates various pathways that promote students’ independent development and help them pursue their interests. For example, we invite university professors to provide research opportunities for students who have the ability to do so as well as encourage students to explore quality competitions and public service activities.

Strengthening the athletic program at THIS was also an important topic at the breakfast. “No sports, no Tsinghua,” agreed Ms. Li.  Sportsmanship has always been an important heritage of Tsinghua.  THIS will invest more in sports, set up more quantitative standards to promote students’ participation in sports, support students in various events, and coordinate the resources of physical education teachers for this purpose.

In addition, parents and the THIS management team had a sincere conversation about project-based learning, integrating community service into daily instruction, and communication between adolescent parents and their children.

Education is a two-way interaction between schools and parents. THIS has always advocated family-school cooperation and open communication to create a family culture. Understanding, support, and trust between parents and school can effectively create a positive learning atmosphere and growth environment.  This allows students to receive consistent care and meaningful guidance.

Open Communication between Family and School