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World’s Children’s Day celebrated by the whole community of Dalton International
On 20 November we have warmly welcomed the Dalton International community from all over the world to celebrate together the World’s Children’s Day. It was wonderful to see you all!
The goal of the third Dalton International Café was to discuss and analyse a planned approach to wellbeing using evidenced-based strategies. These include strengthening student’s cognitive, physical, social, emotional and spiritual well-being domains of the development. During our global meeting we have discussed together the ways of achieving this through planning and decision-making to meet the needs of the students.
With this today’s meeting we hope to inspire all Dalton Participants to praise your daily Dalton work, and to return to your today’s activities with renewed energy and vigour.
As with all international gatherings both online and in- person, we had today the unique opportunity to connect with each other and share our common Dalton experience both in theory and practice.
Hope to see you all in spring during our next Dalton Café!
Dalton Café on well being
Join us for the Dalton International Café Online and discover the theoretical and practical ways of adapting well-being in International Dalton Schools across the world. In the program, among others:
- What is well being and why schools should focus on well-being?
- How to adopt a whole-school approach?
- How to establish a dedicated leadership team to drive implementation?
- How to prepare the school and staff early?
- How to provide meaningful engagement with Families?
- How to focus on interventions with evidence of effectiveness?
- What is the impact of inclusive education on motivation, self-reliance and well-being?
Our honourable speakers will present the above issues from both theoretical and practical perspectives.
Our this year’s café guests are:
- Jahirul Mullick is a director of LEAD research institute and a Professor at Wenzhou Kean University, his specialty is inclusive education and educational leadership;
- Rene Berends, board member of Dalton International, researcher at Saxion University of Applied Science in The Netherlands, chief editor of Dalton Visie, the Dalton magazine in The Netherlands;
- Estera Szpuntowicz, deputy head and speech therapist at International Dalton Preschool in Koszalin, Poland. The school has been certified as International Dalton School by Dalton International since 2018.
Advance your knowledge and learning with the experts from across the world.
Don’t miss out! To registrate: info@daltoninternational.org
Date: 20.11.2023 (Monday)
Time: 9 AM- 10.30 AM Central European Time Zone
* The webinar takes place in Central European Time Zone, but we invite teachers from anywhere on the globe who are interested in the talks to sign up and watch the live talk and participate in the discussion at the end of the meeting!
Dalton International Global Event
On 20th of November Dalton International joins the global celebrations of other global organizations on the occasion of World Children’s Day. The main theme of this year’s WCD is “For every child, every right”, announced by United Nations. World Children’s Day was first established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day and is celebrated on 20 November each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare.
On this occasion the global community of Dalton International from Australia, Austria, China, Japan, Poland, The Netherlands and Turkey will hold a unique online session to celebrate this meaningful occasion. This year’s theme of the Dalton International Café is “Dalton and Well Being.”
During the global event we are going to reflect on the legacy of Helen Parkhurst and explore the application of Parkhurst vision on well-being in today’s world. We will discuss the roots of Helen Parkhurst as an advocate for children and look at how Parkhurst’s principles and practice can offer a pathway to addressing some of the well-being challenges.
The speakers will be announced soon.
To register, send an email on: info@daltoninternational.org
Dalton Tokyo Junior and Senior High School was certified as “Member of Dalton International”.
We congratulate to Dalton Tokyo Junior and Senior High School for joining the network of Dalton International by becoming an official Member.
After the training session with the team of teachers and study days when we gathered together with students for an insightful talk, the school was certified by a President of Dalton International Roel Röhner.
Both teachers and students learned how Dalton principles can shape students’ ownership and a stronger teamwork, resulting in more valuable learning experience for the whole school community.
Dalton Seminars Tokyo, Japan
The next Dalton International course will take place in Tokyo, Japan. The course will be led by: Roel Rohner, Rene Berends and Agata Rohner.
The module are as follows:
Tuesday, October 10th, trainer: Rene Berends
“Brief historical background of Dalton Plan in Japan”;
“Using model 1 (“flower model”) for presentation of the Dalton Plan of Helen Parkhurst”;
“Brainstorm in groups about the five dimensions of model 1 (flower model)”;
“Using model 2 (“Curricular spiderweb”) for presentation of the Dalton plan in practice
Reflection and evaluation
Wednesday, October 11th, 16.00-18.00, trainers: Roel Rohner, Agata Rohner
Roel Rohner, “Dalton education, a growing worldwide development”
Agata Rohner, “Leading Professional Learning in International Dalton Schools worldwide”
- Dalton Model in International Dalton Schools across the world.
- Spiral of Inquiry Model for a sustain learning culture (through questions, we try to develop together our own Dalton learning culture).
- Agreements (Independency) (we work out 20 agreements of Independency on a school’s level together).
- The structure and organization of Study Lab Plan in International Dalton Schools.
Dalton Tokyo junior and Senior High School is a new nominated member of Dalton International.
We say goodbye to our vice president Paul Bruijn
During XXVI International Dalton Congress in Izmir, we said goodbye to our former vice president Paul Bruijn.
Our community would like to express an enormous gratitude to our dear colleague and friend, Paul Bruijn, who has been working with us for so many years.
We, in Dalton International would like to thank you for your cooperation and many year support. It has been a true honour to working with you. It is with great joy that we will reminiscent our cooperation. We have accomplished so much together. Thank you for your kindness, continuous support, loyalty and professionalism.
We would like to take this opportunity and award our former vice president Paul Bruijn with “Honorary Membership of Dalton International”.
Thank you to all XXVI DI Congress Participants
Thank you to all of our Dalton International Congress 2023 participants and speakers. Your performances have impressed and inspired the audience. Thank you for your meaningful speeches and enthusiastic participation. Your taking part in our Congress “Dalton as a way of life for today and for tomorrow” ensured the grand success of the event.
Special gratitude to Dalton College Izmir for sharing their wonderful space and being the most courteous hosts. An enormous gratitude to participants from Ministry of Education as well as city councils from Turkey, thank you for being our honorable guests.
Dalton International Congress Izmir 2023
May 9. 2023
Program of 7th Forum “Building a World Dalton Culture”.
Roel Röhner
President of Dalton international, “Dalton Education: a child’s lifetime experience”.
Dr Agata Röhner
Executive Director, Dalton International “Building a world Dalton Culture”,
Huang Jiali
Professor and doctoral supervisor at the Teacher Education Research Center of Beijing Normal University: “Project Based Learning Report”
Zhang Li
Principal of Shenzhen Dalton International School in Nanshan District, Shenzhen “Dalton as a way of a school life”.
Pan Yishu
International Dalton Coordinator and Principal of Wenzhou Dalton Elementary School, “Dalton education without limits”.
Lu Jing
International Dalton Coordinator, Assistant Principal of Daoxin School in Nanshan District,
Shenzhen, and Director of Curriculum Development Center: “Dalton and PBL in theory and practice”.
Li Jinlong
Director of the Teaching Management Center of Daoxin School in Nanshan District, Shenzhen:
“The structure of Dalton Education in our school”
Yuan Huiying
Leader of the Primary School Mathematics Teaching Group of Shenzhen Dalton International School in Nanshan District, Shenzhen “Combining Chinese Characters with Dalton influence”
Li Fuman
STEM-PBL Teaching Group of Daoxin School in Nanshan District, Shenzhen “STEM and Assignment in our Dalton School.
May 6. 2023
Dalton International wholeheartedly welcomes to our global organization a new nominated member Dalton elementary school “De Borgwal” in Bemmel. We welcome you and wish you a good time with us. We believe that together we deliver real change that impact our global Dalton community.
The motto of the school is “Live with your talent, because everyone is beautiful when you are who you are!”. The school believes that inner beauty may be enhanced by tailor learning to the needs and capacities of every child. The school works with Dalton core values such as: independence, cooperation, responsibility, reflection, effectiveness and assurance.
Recently, “De Borgwal” Dalton elementary school have received “the excellent school” designation for the fifth time and they will soon join the global community of Dalton International.
Congratulations to the staff of the school, the children and their parents.
In the picture: management team of Dalton International and a schools’ management.
April 11. 2023
New nominated Member of Dalton International
Dalton International welcomed yesterday a new nominated member in our foundation. The school “Dalton Kindcentrum Het Park” from Brummen has taken the steps to become a part of our worldwide Dalton International community. Most of all, the school provides every child with a good feeling of structured and safe environment. Children are prepared in a challenging and meaningful way to find their path to self-awareness. The following core values are pleasure, independency, responsibility, cooperation, quality and feeling of safety. The school is engaged in some international projects and teach their children to think both locally and globally.
The school fulfils the standards and criteria of nominated new members of Dalton International. Working together, we can take Dalton education to a new, international level, and doing so, build the schools of the future to meet the needs of a modern world. Dalton International celebrates the steps towards common cooperation. DI members, International Dalton Schools, Teacher training centres and associations spread the mission and vision of Helen Parkhurst across the world. Our community meet regularly at the annual congresses in different parts of the world.
Pictured here: the management of the school together with management team of Dalton International.
March 15. 2023
INTERNATIONAL DALTON DAY
This day is an International Day of Dalton Education. Several years ago the Dutch Dalton Association took the initiative to celebrate Dalton every third Wednesday in March.From this occasion, Dalton International would like to wish also the International Dalton Schools , Members, academic and training centers a meaningful celebration.
Days such as the International Dalton Day need to focus on one main theme to be significant. This year’s theme of International Dalton Day is “Building a World Dalton Culture”.
In order to track the way of building bridges between cultures, the International Dalton Schools will lead an analysis on global skills to meet the needs of the new societal demands.
Most of all, the analysis will concern global and intercultural dimension of Dalton education across the world. A special attention will be paid to teach “intercultural competence”, necessary to be empathic, open minded and flexible enough to handle all cultural differences as well as teaching communication skills, necessary to operate as one team in every school. Moreover, the aspect of cultural diversity as well as sustainable living practices.
The results of analysis will be shared for a public view.
March 12. 2023
Thank you Rene Berends for a very valuable presentation concerning “the making of” the biography of Helen Parkhurst.
Visit the link below to watch how the biography was made:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=609099257295666
March 8. 2023
Today we celebrated the 137th birthday of Helen Parkhurst with an International Dalton Café.
Thank you all the Dalton delegations from across the world for today’s beautiful online meeting.Thank you our schools, members, and departments for your presence today.This day we are celebrating the birthday of a woman who inspired many to make a change in education. We will all remember this remarkable woman with gratitude, and respect. She was an outstanding educator, who always push forward to ensure justice, peace and education for all. Her enthusiasm, passion, and love for education is living with us until today. Helen Parkhurst was a woman of a great principle and strength. She spread Dalton education globally, reaching among others China, England, Japan, and many other countries.