1. Teachers of Professional Training
All the teachers in Youchang Junior High School are qualified and of professional training. More than sixty of them possess master or doctor degrees and the average age is under 40 years old. Some of them even won national prizes. The English teacher, Lin Jianfeng, who is devoted to Differentiated Instruction, Cooperative Learning and Differentiated ABC Model. He won the Special Jury Prize of SUPER Teacher Award in 2015. Five years later, another winner was born. The art teacher, Chen Chunying, who is well-known for promoting Aesthetic Education, won the First Prize of SUPER Teacher Award. It’s an honor to have two SUPER Teacher Award winners in Youchang Junior High School within ten years. The students will benefit greatly from the experienced teachers’ teaching and enthusiasm.
*“SUPER” stands for strategic, unique, passionate, effective, and responsive.
2. Differentiated Instruction
To support different educational purposes, differentiated programs are provided to the gifted students, the students with various talents, and the students with mental retardation and learning disabilities. The school also established sports classes with diversified sports lessons to give students more professional training and to help them achieve extraordinary results in their competitions. The girls’ soccer team has won the national champion for 2 consecutive years. The team was also invited to join the San Marino Cup International Soccer Tournament as a way to promote international exchange through athletic competition.
3. Various Courses
(1) To develop students’ multiple intelligences, Youchang Junior High School provides different kinds of activities, such as singing contests, short play contest, school anniversary concerts, sports, school fairs, folk print lessons, Chinese operas, and campus art exhibitions. Through those activities, students have got the chance to show their talents.
(2) To cultivate students with ingenuity, Youchang has also participated in different kinds of creativity education projects and won the creative school emblem for 6 consecutive years. Under teachers and students’ creative concepts, the forgotten earth science classroom was turned in to a creative planetarium, making it possible to observe the astronomic and atmospheric changes.
(3) The school also boasts a multi-curriculum to offer students a space to self-explore so they can unfold their creativity. The actual practice of remote-controlled aerial crafts, which involves mechanic concepts, has inspired students’ unlimited imaginations.
(4) “Engraving” is listed as a standard course. The school also stresses artistic and cultural education, expecting that students will able to adequately demonstrate their creativity during the creation of engraving artwork.
(5) The performance class combined with creative cosmetology also enables students to express themselves with great originality and inspiration; by joining different kinds of art competitions, students’ competence is demonstrated by their extraordinary performances.
(6) Youchang has also introduced a collaborative teaching model formed by the school teachers and artists. Through the photography course, students have learned more humanistic cares. Club activity time is the moment that students look forward to the most. Indoors or outdoors, diversified club activities are selected by the students based on their interests. It is also the best opportunity for them to show their potential and vitality on the stage.
4. International Education
(1) To elevate teachers and students’ vision to an international level and to cultivate global citizens with a world vision, the school has actively participated international exchange activities, such as CCOC and ASEP since 2012. Our school also visited Korea and formed sister school relationships with Seokjeong Middle School and Bangwha Middle School. Besides Korea, the school formed sister school relationships with Litherland High School from the UK in 2012. We had two more sister schools from Indonesia, Al Azhar 25 Pamulang School and Nanyang Zhi Hui School, in 2015. Our school received foreign teachers and students from the UK, Korea, Indonesia and Africa several times. We grow together by participating in various learning activities.
(2) Furthermore, foreign teachers are invited to interact with the students in order to help them in learning English and different cultures. Youchang Junior High School has been one of Kaohsiung’s Bilingual Feature Schools since 2019, and the Bilingual Education Program will be continued till 2022. Youchang’s participation in international education programs has helped students learn across borders and linked them to the world.
*“CCOC” stands for Connecting Classrooms Online Community.
*“ASEP” stands for Asian Student Exchange Program.
5. Life Education
To start students’ comprehension about life, the school puts emphasis on students’ character education, gender equity education, career development education, and human rights education. Our school has become a friendly campus. The core of which stresses on life education and helps our students to accomplish their full lives.
6. Lifelong Education
To provide a learning paradise for all generations, Youchang Junior High School also has a night school, which has lasted for almost 50 years. It provides various and vivid courses for those who missed the formal education. The night school also provides the citizens in our community with some programs to learn yoga, dancing, woodworking and computers. Numerous citizens have benefited from it and the goal of lifelong education has been fulfilled.
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