100 years Dalton education at Ascham

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International Dalton Café

Today we have warmly welcomed the Dalton International community from Australia, Austria, China, Japan, Poland, The Netherlands and Turkey. It was wonderful to see you all!

The goal of the first Dalton International Café was to raise awareness and understanding of Helen Parkhurst legacy as a global influence in our rapidly changing world. The main theme of our today’s meeting was “School of the Future”.

With this today’s meeting we hope to inspire all Dalton Participants to praise your daily Dalton work, and to return to your today’s activities with renewed energy and vigour.

As with all international gatherings both online and in- person, we had today the unique opportunity to connect with each other and share our common Dalton experience both in theory and practice.

Hope to see you all in April in person during our International Dalton Conference in Izmir!

 

DALTON INTERNATIONAL CAFE

 Save the date!

Dalton International Cafe will take place on 23 November 2022 at 8AM GMT. During the meeting you will have the opportunity to listen to our Dalton speakers from different countries as they talk about Dalton daily practice, philosophy and vision on a modern Dalton education from different cultural perspectives.

From 9.30 AM GMT you will have the opportunity to ask questions to our speakers and they will try to answer them.

See you soon!

Below the detailed program of our meeting:

The new book about Helen Parkhurst in English.

We are delighted to share with you the picture of the book about Helen Parkhurst written by the board member of Dalton International and a lecturer at Saxion University in Deventer, Rene Berends. The book will soon be available to order in English language.

 

It is a book about a woman, who was a global advocate for radical changes in the teaching of all the children. Her progressive and timeless ideas concerning the hollistic development of children are a continuous source of inspiration for our Dalton International community.

Rene Berends will be one of our speakers during Dalton International Cafe on 23 of November.

Impression of impressive days at Ascham

 

Our visit to Ascham in Sydney

 

On the occasion of 100 years of the Dalton Plan in Ascham School in Sydney, President Roel Röhner gave a speech to the students concerning the value and significance of Dalton Plan across the world. The consultants of Dalton International Agata Röhner and Rene Berends during their staying in Ascham, exchanged practices and experiences while meeting Senior School Staff, management and teachers of Ascham in different sections.

In the picture Roel Röhner giving a speech in the School Assembly Hall.

DALTON COLLEGE IZMIR

It is our immense pleasure to congratulate the wonderful team of Dalton College Izmir on obtaining the certificate International Dalton School. It is for us, Dalton International a meaningful and special occasion. The whole team of Dalton College Izmir under the management of Sarah Louise Money have been working hard on an implementation of Dalton Plan in kindergarten, middle and secondary section of the school, also during the Covid period.

Following the series of trainings since 2018 from the trainees and consultants of Dalton International, the school is now joining the family of other International Dalton Schools.

Dalton College Izmir creates an innovative, Dalton International community that fosters holistic development of each child. In 1999, the idea of opening a school that offered each child the opportunity to reach their own potential without limits through Dalton education was a dream. Today, we observed that this child-centered vision to education created by Helen Parkhurst more than one hundred years ago provide the children with all necessary social and communication skills so that they can survive their own future. It is a joy to witness an advanced organized Dalton learning environment, class management as well as carefully selected learning materials. The idea of enterprising living and working, freedom and interaction of a group life and providing children with real life experience are main principles of the school team.