This week's Podcast hears from Brian Kasper from Ohio and his wife Lena Thomson from California.

Brian and Lena have been at SWIS for two years. Lena is the Head of the EAL department while Brian is a homeroom teacher in Grade 3.

We hear about their past experiences in Mozambique and Vietnam.

The main topic of conversation is Professional Development. We hear of Brian's latest PD in Bangkok entitled 'Developing Service Learning' and how he plans to implement what he has learnt at SWIS.

We also hear about the COETAIL course he is half way through and how he integrates technology at SWIS.

Lena is also completing her EAL Certification with Teachers Training Center and she shares this experience with us. Lena also tells us about a recent #PUBPD session they attend in Phuket during the last holiday.

Finally, Brian shares with us his experiences with the Captivating International Charity, of which SWIS is one of the main sponsors in Shenzhen.

https://captivating.org/meet-our-shenzhen-captivating-team/

Today at SWIS, we raised 24,000 RMB for Captivating International with our dress up day.

With Brian's charity work, he was a worth recipient of a free 100RMB Loyalty Card from Craig at Macawleys Seaworld - who asked me to remind SWIS Teachers about Teacher's Tuesday with 10% off for teachers as well as many other offers throughout the week. Quiz night is on Wednesdays. To join the SWIS Team talk to Matt Manfredi!

We hope you enjoy the Podcast!

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