With over a hundred international schools in attendance, educational forums given by both parents and experts, activities for bourgeoning student entrepreneurs, and much much more, the Jingkids International School Expo (JISE) 2019 is something you can’t miss out on this coming February 23-24 at Kerry Hotel, Kerry Mall, and Kerry Sports.

This expo is the most all-encompassing and largest-scale education event of its kind, that not only brings together an incomparable number of attending schools, but also a large, diverse number of attendees from Beijing’s local and expat parenting community.

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In order to shield parents from the overwhelming anxiety that comes along with picking a school, this expo will be a comprehensive educationally focused event seeking to inform in addition to providing a superb venue for schools to show off their fabulous curriculums and facilities. After all, education is not just about school choice. Scan or long-press the QR code above for ticket information.

The History and Development of JISE

JISE, formerly known as the beijingkids International School Choice Expo, is an annual fair focusing on the latest and greatest in education. We strive to not only give insight into school choice but also the rapidly developing educational landscape as a whole. The international education community and a growing number of schools are placing parents into a growing state of anxiety about choosing the right school, allowing for some to blindly give priority to a prestigious school over the necessary long-term educational goals. This year’s JISE is themed “Education Beyond School Choice,” for exactly this purpose of helping parents to ease their short-sighted anxiety and perform a more comprehensive probe into education through the great communication opportunities and learning experiences this expo is designed to present.

Jingkids International School Expo (JISE) 2019

JISE 2019 will have over 100 schools to choose from, spanning both the K-12 and preschool categories, ready to answer all of your questions about what’s new or more importantly, what’s next! Here’s a list of the schools that have registered to attend the event happening from Feb 23-24, and it’s growing by the day.

JISE 2019 Beijing: Early Years Education Fair (Ages 0-6)

JISE 2019 Beijing: K-12 School Fair (Ages 5-18)

JISE 2019 Beijing · Educators Forum 

We are bringing together the principals of Dulwich College Beijing (DCB), International School of Beijing (ISB), and Western Academy of Beijing (WAB) to talk about their innovative programs, along with the successes and the apparent challenges they face in their implementation and development. This lecture happening on Saturday, February 23 in Kerry Hotel’s Kowloon Room (2-4pm), will be the first time that these important figures share a stage, explaining to parents their innovative programs along with the cold hard facts supporting these important movements in education.

Simon Herbert, Headmaster of Dulwich College Beijing

Simon joined DCB as Head of Senior School in 2012 and became Headmaster of the College in August 2016. He is currently studying for an MA in International Leadership and Education and gained a BA in French and Latin from the University of Nottingham. He has worked in advertising and has taught in an international school in Kenya and a lycée in South-West France. He was Head of Modern Languages and then Senior Housemaster at Fettes College in Edinburgh, where he also introduced the IB Diploma Programme, before moving to China.

Patrick Hurworth, Head of School at the International School of Beijing

Patrick was born and raised in the UK and left in 1996 to teach at the International School of Geneva, Switzerland. He has now lived and served schools in four countries; UK, Switzerland, USA, Hong Kong China, and now Beijing where he has served as Head of School at the International School of Beijing (ISB).  ISB (a non-profit school) is Beijing’s oldest and largest International School and enrolls the daughters and sons of foreign passport holders.

Dr. Marta Medved Krajnovic, Director of Western Academy of Beijing

Krajnovic joined WAB in 2018. With nearly two decades of academic experience, Krajnovic served as the director of Stockholm International School for five years, and worked as Associate Professor at the University of Zagreb, and was also director of the Postgraduate Programme in Applied Linguistics there. Marta has authored books and research articles on second language acquisition and multilingualism.

JISE 2019 Beijing · Parenting Forum

In accordance with the principles of “education beyond school choice, change begins with me,” we invited some example parents from the international community to share about the challenges they face on the path towards self-growth and the importance of being a positive role model for your child.

JISE 2019 Beijing · Youth Entrepreneurship Competition (Ages 12-18)

Join our JISE Youth Entrepreneurship Competition! The event, to take place Feb 23-24 at the Kerry Hotel as part of the Jing International School Expo, seeks to provide kids with creative real-life entrepreneurial skills and will be open to teams of five who are currently enrolled at any Beijing school. No experience is necessary to take part – you’ll learn everything you need on the day of the event itself! There are two divisions: Middle Schoolers (Grade 6 to Grade 8, with the workshop happening Saturday, Feb 23) and High Schoolers (Grade 9 to Grade 12, with the workshop happening Sunday, Feb 24). Not only a competition, the event is an awesome learning opportunity for middle schoolers and high schoolers who want to develop their skills. Professional facilitators from Venture Education and Techtrek will coach teams on site on how to develop an idea into a sellable pitch, all in one day.The day concludes with short three minute pitches to a panel of real-life entrepreneurs, to be followed by an awards ceremony with RMB 38,000 in prizes up for grabs. Register here!

About True Run

As the forerunner of hosting international school expos in Beijing, True Run is a company advocating advanced lifestyle and educational concepts through the combination of traditional and new media outlets, and planning activities catered towards the diverse range of people who call Beijing home

School Registration

The registration for participating schools at JISE 2019 is in full swing. All schools and educational institutions that want to register for JISE 2019, please scan or long press to learn more and to reserve your spot.

Photos: Uni You; courtesy of ISB, DCB, and WAB

Autumn has been kicking into gear and with it, the BeijingKids forums – here are some highlights from the past few weeks – feel free to join in the discussion!

The challenge of giving birth in a Chinese hospital: getting a 母子健康档案

So my wife and I stopped by Chaoyang Hospital to reserve a room for her delivery next year, and were told we need to have a 母子健康档案 in order to reserve the room. The problem is, it seems you need to have a Beijing hukou in order to get this, but neither me or my wife is Chinese and we don’t even know who to speak to about the process for getting a 母子健康档案. I can’t believe that a foreigner has never reserved a room to give birth in a Chinese hospital before, so I’d love to hear from those more knowledgeable than us how a couple of foreigners in Beijing can get the 母子健康档案 to give birth in a Chinese hospital.

Ultra-scan

We are planning to use AM Care for birth of our first child, started prenatal checkups so far AM Care is great hospital but one issue I am not happy with is that for prenatal package they plan to do six
ultra-scans I think this far too much, two enough as I heard that ultra-scans are actually damaging to the baby due to it is a form of radiation which could cause later in life health issues does anyone have any experience or heard about ultra-scan issues?

Mr "Crazy English" accused of domestic violence

From Shanghaiist: Li Yang, the self-styled evangelist of the English language who’s known around China for his high energy, high intensity Crazy English lessons, is in trouble. A woman, believed to be his American wife Kim Lee, has gone on Sina Weibo to accuse him of domestic violence, and she has the pictures to prove it.

Little 2 year old boy doesn’t speak. Take him to doctor?

I need some opinions. We have a child who is two and a half years old and doesn’t speak much. In fact, he often grunts when he wants something even though he seems to know the words. For example, if I show him a picture book, he’d name the fish, dogs, cats, birds, etc. as I point them out. He smiles, of course, when I applaud his achievements. However, in a typical interaction, he often doesn’t speak on his own initiative. He knows how to call out for a cookie from the jar, but would rather grunt and cry and point to it until someone gets it for him. Is this something to worry about at his age?

Private Boarding Nursery For Kids 1 year old plus?

One word – Priorities.

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