Shandong Teaching Methods Group

A delegation of twenty-two Shandong teachers from Connecticut's partner schools will arrive in Connecticut sometime during September/October. The tentative plan is for a ten-day homestay/internship with their host school to explore teaching methods. The following Shandong schools are scheduled to participate in the first of two delegations scheduled to arrive in the fall of 2006:

Qingdao No. 1 Middle School -- Farmington High School
Qingdao No. 58 Middle School -- Darien High School
Qingdao Zhicheng Middle School -- Coventry High School
Qingdao Art School -- Ledyard High School
Qingdao No. 9 Middle School -- Windsor High School
Jinan Licheng No. 2 Middle School -- New Milford High School
Zaozhuang No. 15 Middle School -- Troup Magnet Academy of Sciences, New Haven
Zibo No. 18 Middle School -- William Johnson Middle School, Colchester
Weifang Linqu Experimental Middle School -- E.O. Smith High School, Storrs
Weifang No. 1 Middle School -- Branford High School
Taian Experimental Middle School -- Timothy Edwards Middle School, South Windsor
Taian No. 1 Middle School -- Glastonbury High School
Taian No. 2 Middle School -- Daniel Hand High School, Madison
The Middle School Affiliated to Taishan University -- Mansfield Middle School
Linyi Yinan No. 2 Middle School -- Tyrell Middle School and Wolcott High School
Jinan No. 2 Middle School Affiliated to Shandong Normal University -- To be determined
High School of Jinan Steel Factory -- To be determined

The invitation letter to begin the internal China approval process has been issued as well as documents necessary for obtaining a visa.