Lim Tae-hee, Superintendent of Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, returned home on the 9th (local time) after completing a North American exchange schedule including the United States and Canada. It is evaluated that by actively promoting the excellence of Gyeonggi Future Education, a new path has been opened for educational exchanges with advanced North American countries leading the world.
From the 4th to the 9th, Superintendent Lim met with officials from North American educational institutions such as the Washington State Department of Education, Bellevue School District, and Burnaby School District in Canada to seek cooperation for the globalization of Gyeonggi Future Education.
Education office officials from Seongnam Office of Education and Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education International Education Center also participated in this exchange cooperation. It is expected to accelerate personnel exchange policies with each region, school and student exchanges, and cultural performance exchanges among shared school students.
As the first schedule, on the 4th, Superintendent Lim met with key officials from the Washington State Department of Education in the United States to discuss expanding Korean language education and online education. The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Seattle also attended this meeting and signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding to realize future education.
According to the memorandum of understanding, the three institutions will strengthen cooperation in various fields including ▲expanding educational policies and exchanges between institutions for future education ▲supporting various student-led mutual exchange activities ▲collaborating on the development of teaching and learning methods for language education.
At the Bellevue School District visited next, a request was made to the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education for cooperation regarding various curricula and materials for Korean language classes. In addition, Tacoma Stadium High School, which is conducting Korean language education, also hoped to receive educational information that could be referenced in their classes.
In response, Superintendent Lim recommended the “Gyeonggi Korean Language School (Korean Shared School),” a Korean language intensive education institution that started in 2023 in Dongducheon, Namyangju, and Ansan, and is expanding to 31 regions this year.
Im Tae-hee, Superintendent of Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education (second from the right), is visiting educational sites in North America and receiving explanations from on-site personnel. Provided by Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education
The Gyeonggi Korean Language School is an educational institution specialized in providing Korean language education to youth who have at least one foreign parent and thus have difficulty adapting to domestic education. It is highly positive, with survey results showing that over 90% of both students and teachers find it effective.
The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education plans to further solidify the curriculum and class content based on this successful model and cooperate to apply the excellent educational activities of Gyeonggi education locally in North America as well.
On the 7th, Superintendent Lim visited the Byrne Creek Community School located in Burnaby, Canada. There, he experienced various community programs actively carried out with the participation of the local community.
Superintendent Lim emphasized, "Through this visit, I once again confirmed the direction and excellence of Gyeonggi education, and the globalization of Gyeonggi education is just beginning. We will strengthen sharing with advanced countries so that Gyeonggi students can grow as self-directed global citizens and further develop Gyeonggi Future Education."
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