The launch ceremony of Phase Ⅲ of Zippy’s Friends –Children’s Emotional and Interpersonal Competence Program is held solemnly in Xi’an-U
Release Time: 10:55:31 November 3, 2015
The launch ceremony of Phase Ⅲ of Zippy’s Friends –Children’s Emotional and Interpersonal Competence
Program with an important influence in the international preschool education is held solemnly in our
university. The distinguished guests are Mr. Chris Bale, director of partnership for children’s program;
Mrs. Caroline Eagar,Program leader of partnership for children; Mr. ZhangZhong, vicepresident of
China’s social welfare foundation;Mr. Lizhongliang and Mrs. WangXiaoping ,vice-president of Xi’an University;
Mr.lvMingkai, chairman of preschooleducationresearch association of Shaanxi province;Mrs. LiuZhanlan,
researcher of national institute of education sciences, and program leader;Mr. ZhangHuifeng, director of
the enterprise sustainable development of HSBC China co.,Ltd.; Mr.ZhouYicheng, president of XI’an
branch of HSBC China co.,Ltd,; Mrs.LiuMing, assistant director of third division of basic education
of education department of Shaanxi province; Mrs. CuiLing, director of third division of basic education of
Xi’an education bureau. The participants also include guests of grogram teams from Beijing, Tianjin and Xi’an,
representatives of 30 Xi’an grogram kindergartens and the media friends. After delivering speeches, HSBC
issued the cheque to China’s social welfare foundation, and China’s social welfare foundation issued
the program assignment book to Mr. Caijun,vice dean of teacher’s college as well as the program leader
in Shaanxi province. All the guests also enjoined a performances by the lovely kids from the program
kindergarten- Xi’an High-tech Arts and Science kindergarten and teachers who are trained in Zippy’s
friends program.
Zippy’s friends program has been successfully promoted in 30 countries and regions in the world and more
than one million children have taken benefits from it. Xi’an University and those program participants will
view this launch ceremony as a new starting point to open up a wider cooperation field, to carry out deeper
and more comprehensive cooperation. The preschool education teachers of Xi’an University acting as the
head of the program, will train more than 400 preschool education teachers in 100 kindergartens in
Shaanxi province, and fulfill the evaluation and training of the development level for more than 21,000
children. The implementation of this program does not only has a great significance in the future
development of preschool education major in Xi’an University, but also has an important promoting
significance in upgrading the educational concept of preschool teachers and promoting the professional
skills in our city and even Shaanxi Province; meanwhile, the implementation of the program can effectively
gather and integrate the high-quality resources and improve the implementation effect and benefit.