From 27th to 30th, November, we are honored to welcome the CIS evaluators – Mr. Shane Kells and Ms. Wendy Parry to visit UTS Van Lang Complex. This is an important part of the journey to CIS accreditation of UTS.  Important milestones with positive signals During 4 days of working we worked closely with the CIS evaluators to conduct effective meetings, interviews, and discussions as well as observed and evaluated learning activities and school operations, including: Meeting with the Board of Management about goals, expectations, and action plans for the CIS accreditation process. Interview sessions with the Board of Management about the Domains that contribute to a comprehensive learning environment such as Purpose and Direction, Curriculum, Quality of Teaching and Learning, Well-being, Facilities, etc. Interview sessions with Representatives of Students, Parents, Teachers, and Staff to listen to multi-dimensional assessments of the UTS community. Observing classrooms, learning areas, Clubs, school operations, and facilities. Self-study workshops conducted by CIS evaluators provide useful information and instructions for the Self-study phase. This visit was a great opportunity for UTS to acquire useful suggestions and instructions from CIS evaluators – who have qualifications and experience in working with high-quality international schools and organizations. Moreover, this is also an important milestone for the UTS community to be able to comprehensively and pragmatically evaluate all the School’s drivers based on the CIS International Accreditation Framework. Accordingly, we can identify our strengths, and areas to improve and set clearer goals for the School’s development. We are committed to this challenging but exciting journey to CIS accreditation After this visit, UTS will enter a Self-study phase based on the evaluators’ report. The upcoming journey will be extremely important for the UTS community as we will continuously self-assess and improve specific areas to prepare for the next phase of Team

Knowing how to apply lessons to create useful products is the objective that educators have aimed to nurture each student. UTS Students not only applied the lessons well but also spread out the human values from their products in the “Applied Art Epoxy Resin” project for the Secondary level. UTS-ers have together successfully created jewelry and decorated items from Epoxy Resin such as bracelets, necklaces, key chains, and desk lamps… under the instruction of Art teachers. The highlight of this project is the craft fairs with all the value gained from here will be donated to charities. The project has created a chance for students to actively get involved in different roles and know more about fine art and visual art. Hopefully, within the approach that integrates with practical experience, UTS-ers can summarize the critical values and essential skills while working as a team.

Following the success of the previous academic year, the academic arena UTS Genius Olympiad has returned and revealed the answer to environmental problems. UTS Academic Council has had “generous” compliments for the possibility and the creativity of the attended project at UTS Genius Olympiad 2023. UTS-ers have confidentially stepped out of their comfort zone to turn their idea into reality. The final products such as reports with in-depth study, short films, and essays… have required our contestants to acquire specific academic knowledge and creative skills. After days of challenge, UTS would like to congrats these mentioned below projects with their outstanding achievements,  who have a chance to become the representatives of UTS to participate in the upcoming Genius Olympiad World Championship occurring in the USA. Hopefully, following these academic contests, UTS-ers can successfully investigate their hidden power and continue to promote the “Contribution” value – one of the six core values of UTS!