The beijingkids and JingKids 2014 Spring School Choice Fair is sponsored by RGF AIR Purifiers.  

We are happy to inform you that 2014 beijingkids and Jingkids Spring School Choice Fair, sponsored by RGF AIR Purifiers will host a third education related lecture by International Montessori Teaching Institute (IMTI) to be held on March 2 from 1.00pm to 2.30pm by Deborah Gillespie and Jessie Zhang. The topic of discussion is, "Maximizing your Child’s Language Development". This lecture will be in Chinese however there will be a translator present during the Q&A portion.

Don’t forget preregistration is required for the fair — click here to register: www.beijing-kids.com/scf.

IMTI is part of the Wisdom International Education Group together with the International Montessori School of Beijing and Jiade Montessori Bilingual Kindergarten. Here are the biographies of the speakers:

Jessica Zhang (Chinese) found her passion for teaching after completing her Montessori Early Course for 3-6 years old and now works at the International Montessori School of Beijing. She once was the marketing director at IMTI. Jesse is ardent in developing children’s language skills using Chinese language techniques.

Deborah Gillespie (Canadian) is the program director at IMTI and has over 25 years in Montessori education and training experience. Before finding herself at IMTI, Deborah worked at the director of Angela Martin Montessori Training Centre, senior consultant of the Edge of Montessori Education and director of Maria Montessori School all based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She holds a Masters of Education from the College of Notre Dame in Belmont California.

While attending the lectures parents can leave their children (ages 5-12 years) at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art Creative Studio (UCCA Creative Studio) corner on the third floor, where they will can engage in various activities from 10am till 4pm. There is no extra cost to leaving your children happily distracted.

Pre-register can be done here and details about the two other lectures that are going to be conducted by Dulwich College Beijing and Harrow International School Beijing can be found here.

Apart from getting an education information fix from the local and international school exhibitors present, there might be rumbling noises heard and attention spans shorten as a result of empty stomachs, you can get a lunch buffet at the Elements restaurant by buying discounted meal tickets from our taobao shop. If you have no clue how to use taobao then first take a look here.

For further inquiries, you can get in touch with the Marketing team either by calling 5941 3243 or emailing events@beijing-kids.com to get more information about attending the event. If you wish to participate in the School Choice Fair please e-mail  schoolchoicefair@truerun.com.

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The International Montessori Teaching Institute’s (IMTI) is offering a Montessori Teacher training program which may be of interest to Beijing parents who are exploring homeschooling, supporting their child’s learning or qualifying for a career in education. Designed for teaching 2 ½   – 6 year olds, the Early Childhood course is affiliated with the American Montessori Society (AMS) and accredited by MACTE,  offering an internationally recognized qualification. IMTI offer a flexible year-round training schedule delivered with Chinese/English bilingual synchronous translations and includes English or Chinese manuals.  

The course commences in Oct, April and July. The academic section of the course consisits of around 320 class hours followed by one year teaching in a classroom (known as practicum).  The course can be completed within one year or the taken over a period of three years.

The fees are 52,000rmb which includes an application fee, course materials and three visits from our teachers to mentor and assess during the practicum stage.

If you’d like more information contact Snow on 010 8949 6877 ext 288 or email snowzhang@imit-china.com