Program Update for Chinglin
Tutoring Program 2007
Visitors:
Please bookmark this page for
the latest announcements and
reports for the Chinglin
Tutoring Program 2007. Check back as the
program begins, runs and
concludes throughout the summer
from July 16 to August 3, 2007.
  Program
update (July
30, 2007)
Program
update (July
23, 2007)
Program
update (July
16, 2007)
Program
organization meeting (July
12, 2007)
Program
guidelines (May
25, 2007)
Program
contact
Program Update (July 30, 2007)
We are
in the third and final week of
the Chinglin Program 2007,
although to some of us it might
seem that the program has just
warmed up as student attendance
became steady. While one of our
tutors Cyrus is off after two
weeks for another commitment, we
are more than compensated for in
our tutoring resources by our
veteran Jennifer who joined us
last week. The team members,
working out their often
staggering schedules, have been
able to provide effective
tutoring at an excellent
student-tutor ratio, stage
interesting learning activities,
maintain class discipline, and
perhaps most important, sustain
student motivation and their own
stamina to do a great job in the
program. As the program comes to
a close, the team is reminded on
the following:
Things to
do:
1. Plan and
organize
an end-of-program party for
all tutors and the Fukien Middle
School (North Point) students on
the last day of
class, Friday August 3.
All should participate
so feel free to plan the details
of the party together with the
Fukien students. The party can
be held at the school
and Maplewood will sponsor
the food and refreshments (at a
budget of $40/person). The team
can design
games, activities, and even
speeches for the party. For
tutors who have contributed at
least 30 hours of service in
Chinglin (including class hours,
preparation, trips outside class
if any), Certificates of
Recognition will be presented,
so the team should include this
presentation in the run-down.
Please let both Fukien and
Maplewood coordinators know your
time, place, run-down and other
details as soon as
possible. Also, bring a
camera and take lots of
pictures!
2. Fill out
questionnaire and participate
in debriefing on the Chinglin
Program.
Maplewood has prepared
a questionnaire to collect the tutors'
feedback on the Chinglin Program
2007. This questionnaire should
be filled out and returned to
the Maplewood coordinator by
hand or by email on or before
August 3. Filing out this
questionnaire would also help
the tutors to prepare for the
program debriefing on August 3,
the last day of class.
The debriefing will
take about 30 minutes to an
hour and will let all
tutors share their experiences
and thoughts on the program.
Fukien students may also be
present at the debriefing to
share their own
experiences. While some
experience sharing may be done
through speeches during the
lunch party, this
debriefing is a more
formal session that can
take place after the party. The
team has to decide when to hold
this debriefing on the last day
of class. Our program
coordinators - David Lai from
Maplewood Education Services
and Winnie Lam from Fukien
Middle School (North Point) -
will be present to facilitate
the debriefing and lead the
discussion, so please let them
know the time for the debriefing
beforehand.
3. Summary of
tutoring experience.
All student tutors are
to write up a summary of their
experience in the Chinglin Peer
Tutoring Program in 500-800
words by August 15, 2007. We
want you to reflect upon your
own personal growth and
development through your
community involvement, and
express whatever you feel
strongly about the program -
positive or negative - so that
we can improve the program in
the future. Try to
draw on anecdotes,
personalities, and detailed
observations in the program
to support your statements and
conclusions. This way, your
essays will be lively and
persuasive. Maplewood plans to
compile your essays on the
Chinglin 2007 website which may
also include write-ups by the
Fukien students on their own
learning experiences in the
program. We believe this
will serve the memory well for
all who have participated in the
Chinglin program in
2007.
Maplewood coordinator
Perry Yu will be out of town
this week from July 31 on, so
please contact David Lai at +852
9771 6999 or dlai@maplewood-edu.com regarding any support
from Maplewood. Thanks!
We look forward to a
successful conclusion of
Chinglin Program 2007!
More photos at Chinglin
Peer Tutoring 2007 Album.
Program Update (July 23, 2007)
Chinglin 2007
progresses to the second week
now. We received reports from
some of the tutors that
attendance has drastically
dropped towards the end of the
first week. This could have been
a surprise to many of you, but
is also a good opportunity for
our tutors to find out, or
rather, learn to anticipate any
problems that can arise.
Regarding attendance,
the program coordinators have
asked the school to remind the
students to attend the tutoring
classes this week. The
attendance might not have been
steady last week as many of the
Form 3 students in the program
still need to go here and there
to find their Form 4 schools to
attend next year. However, are
there other factors? They could
be from the students themselves,
or from the tutors. Some of the
considerations we can think of:
- Are
there students who plan to go
back to China and visit their
hometown during
the summer vacation? Are
there students who find the
tutoring class not matching
their learning levels?
- Are
the tutors able to sustain the
learning interest and
motivation in class? Are the
tutors observing,
understanding, and
meeting the students'
expectations?
- Is
there a good balance of small
group activities besides
general class activities so
that more individual attention
can be given to those who need
it the most - especially those
who find it difficult
listening in English?
- Is
communication clear among
students and tutors about each
other's schedules? Is there a
student monitor or are there
group leaders who can serve as
coordinator to communicate any
messages efficiently from the
tutors to the students?
- Does
the school, under renovation
in the summer, provide a
conducive environment and
adequate facilities for the
tutoring program?
There can be tons of
questions and problems. Part of
the learning through the
Chinglin program is to
anticipate and identify
problems, decide to look for
appropriate resources to
prevent, solve, or work
around these problems, and
take action.
From what the program
coordinators observed in class
on Monday through
Wednesday last week, the
team has been able to maintain
discipline in class and has
introduced many interesting
learning activities to the
students. Some of these
activities, such as using lyrics
of English pop songs and movie
songs as learning material and
singing along on YouTube, were
very innovative
and have introduced new
experiences to many of the
students. However, some students
seemed not to be fully
attentive. Were they learning,
and what were they learning from
it? What might they be more
interested in? This is an
example of certain learning
activities that may not have a
universal appeal, although the
learning is demanding and
rewarding, compared to simple
learning games such as Hangman
or Scrabble which have been very
popular to the students in
previous years. Tutors have to
balance the learning objectives
of an activity with the
effectiveness of the learning.
It's not easy to plan, to
execute, to adapt along the way,
and to gain results.
For our Chinglin
tutors, you are in the second
week now. It's time to be more
communicative with your
students, gain their feedbacks,
and be more reflective on
your experiences. Keep up the
good work and you'll bring the
most to your students and get
the most out of the program
yourselves.
More photos at Chinglin
Peer Tutoring 2007 Album.
Program Update (July 16, 2007)
An updated contact list
is circulated with the latest
member Clarence joining Cyrus,
Jacqueline, and Jennifer. Clarence will start the
program this afternoon together
with Jacqueline and Cyrus
(all to meet David
at 1:45 pm at 88 Hing Fat Street
lobby to walk over to Fukien
Middle School). Ms Winnie Lam of Fukien
Middle School will introduce the
tutors to the students when they
arrive at 2 pm.
There will be fewer
than 20 students now, as some
students just informed Ms Lam
this past weekend that they need
to attend summer classes at
schools where they will be
transferring to for Form 4. We expect the students
now number between 5 and 15 but
they will make a commitment to
attend the tutoring program
throughout these three weeks. So
the tutor-student ratio may work
out very well.
Please confirm all
schedules of tutors and students
this afternoon so you can
plan well ahead. Planning
and constant checking and
adjustment of your plans are a
critical success factor of the
program besides the actual
tutoring lessons and
activities, your interaction
with your students and
fellow tutors, and other
factors.
We wish everyone an
enjoyable and rewarding
experience at Chinglin 2007.
Program Organization Meeting (July 12, 2007)
As of
this date, 20 students from
Fukien Middle School (North
Point), a local Hong Kong
secondary school, have signed up
for the tutoring program. They
are finishing Form 3 and plan to
go on to Form 4 in other
secondary schools in Hong Kong.
Organization
meeting details:
Date:
July 12, 2007 (Thursday)
Time:
6:30-8:30 pm
Place: Maplewood's office,
31/F, 88 Hing Fat Street,
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Tel
2107 4108 / 9109 1750 (map)
At this
organization meeting, we plan
to:
- let
fellow volunteer students
introduce to each other (since
you'll all be in one team)
- explain
and discuss the objectives of
the program in detail
- introduce
the coordinators of the
program from
Maplewood and Fukien
Middle School (North Point)
- circulate
Chinglin 2007 Contact List and
discuss support mechanism
(communication among team
members and program
coordinators)
- brief
on the background of Fukien
students and their school,
venues for tutoring classes,
facilities and equipment
- share
expectations and goals among
volunteer students
- share
experiences of tutors from
Chinglin programs in previous
years if in attendance (Thanks
to John,
Chinglin 2006, who
is coming after his summer
workday to share his
experiences with all of us!)
Read
tutors' essays and
experience sharing.
Read
students' reflections 2006.
Read
Chinglin 2005 tutor and
student essays.
- circulate
and discuss Backgrounder
on Peer Tutoring and
Volunteering
- introduce
and discuss the English
language curriculum
- brainstorm
any other specific needs and
goals
- discuss
implementation of the program
- set
up team structure and
program logistics
(class/activities scheduling,
tutor availability dates,
attendance records, program
journal/diary, program review
and evaluation, etc.)
- AOB
(any other business)
Things
to do:
1. For
Hong Kong volunteer students who
have signed up in the Chinglin
program, please confirm your
attendance for the organization
meeting on July 12 at chinglin@maplewood-edu.com.
2. For volunteer students
currently not in Hong Kong,
please let us know when you will
be back in Hong Kong and confirm
your attendance for the
organization meeting on July
12.
3. If you have not confirmed
your availability dates for the
program, please let us know
before July 12 at chinglin@maplewood-edu.com so
that we can schedule you in for
the dates you will be available.
4.
Bookmark this link for
the latest program info
update:
http://www.maplewood-edu.com/community/chinglin2007_details.htm
If you
have any questions any time,
please call or email Program
Contact.
Program Guidelines (May 25, 2007)
- Target
students - students finishing
F3 at Fukien Middel School
(North Point); Chinese name: 福建中學
(北角)
- Volunteer
tutors - high school students
attending other local
secondary schools,
international schools,
boarding schools in UK or USA
who are in Hong Kong for the
summer
- Place
- classrooms at Fukien
Middle School (North Point). Address at 1 Java
Road, North Point, Hong Kong (map)
- Duration
- July 16 through August 3,
2007.
- Hours
- Monday to Friday 2:00 to 5:00 pm.
- Time
commitment for tutors - 3-5
afternoons per week, 3 hours
per session. Minimum 10
sessions x 3 hours per sesion
= 30 hours. Maximum 3 weeks x
5 sessions or 15 hours/week =
45 hours. Additional hours for
program planning, keeping a
diary and reporting.
- Tutors
should demonstrate good
teamwork in planning
activities and setting up
schedules among themselves
including backup if any tutor
is to be absent for any
session.
- Commitment
from Fukien students - must
attend at least 90% of classes
to obtain a citation from
Maplewood/Fukien. Absence must
be notified before class.
- Tutor/student
ratio - one tutor to two to
five students
- To do
list:
-
Organizing and planning of
curriculum and schedules
by tutoring students.
Coordination by Maplewood
and Fukien for venue and
classrooms.
-
Program planning meeting
of tutoring students
before program starts.
Program diary. program
debrief, and
survey/questionnaire by
tutors and students at end
of program.
-
A kick-off orientation
meeting and an
end-of-program party for
all participants at the
end.
-
Creativity in the learning
program is very much
encouraged. For example,
tutors may design games,
an outing to a movie or
performance, a trip to a
place of visit seldom
taken by the students, but
only English should be
spoken in these excursions
and the learning
objectives should be
defined and understood by
all.
Program Contact
General
info and enrolment:
Send
email to chinglin@maplewood-edu.com with
your name, a brief description
of your age, year of study,
school, your availability for
the weeks of July 16 to August
3, 2007, your contact email and
phone no. Maplewood will confirm
receiving your email and confirm
enrolment. Thank you!
Maplewood
coordinator contacts:
Perry Yu
Education Consultant and
Director
Maplewood Education Services
Email: pyu@maplewood-edu.com
Tel: +852 9109 1750
David
Lai
Education Consultant and
Director
Maplewood Education Services
Email: dlai@maplewood-edu.com
Tel: +852 9771 6999
Fukien
Middle School coordinator
contact:
Miss
Winnie Lam
English Teacher, Fukien Middle
School (North Point)
Email: stpmisslam@yahoo.com.hk
Tel: +852 2578 1764 (school);
+852 9770 8392 (mobile)
Other school info:
Fax: +852 2571 3987 Email: email@fmsnp.edu.hk
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