Most American private boarding schools have a history of more than a century, concentrated in the northeast. The operation of American private boarding schools imitates that of British boarding schools. The earliest schools in Britain are almost exclusively for boys from wealthy white families who believe in Christianity. /kloc-in the 0/9th century, with the redistribution of wealth and the improvement of traffic conditions in the industrial revolution, boarding schools increased rapidly, providing services for the upper and middle classes and becoming the channel to enter the best universities. Because there was no standardized test at that time, middle school background was the most powerful proof of students' academic ability.
Campus environment
Private boarding schools in the United States have a large area, with an average area of about 640,000 square meters, which is roughly equivalent to 94 international standard English football fields. The size of a school is not necessarily proportional to the number of students. Generally speaking, schools located in the suburbs are relatively large. Schools are usually divided into teaching areas, libraries, extracurricular activities, outdoor sports activities, dormitory areas and restaurants according to their functions.
Teacher configuration
Teacher (teacher)
High schools in the United States also adopt the credit system, and students in high schools do not have the tradition of China? Class? Concept, during class, students go to the classroom where the teacher is, so they will also appear in the same classroom. There may be ninth grade or 12 students. The teacher's task is to wait for the students to come to class in the classroom. Students leave after class. If you have any questions, you can stay and communicate with the teacher.
Usually, every teacher will have an office hour dedicated to answering students' questions. The management of students is usually carried out by subject directors, student tutors and tutors.
Dean (president)
The main task of the general manager in charge of the whole school is to deal with serious student violations, such as suspension, suspension, punishment and expulsion of students. America is a society ruled by law. In many cases, the school discipline director has to cooperate with the local police and the court to manage some problem students or suspended students. What about individual students in class? Rebellion? The teacher will send the students directly to the subject director for treatment.
Student adviser
Every student, from the moment he enters school, will be assigned a tutor, usually a student tutor who is responsible for several students in the same grade. The job of the student tutor is to guide students how to choose courses and help them input the selected courses into the system. The tutor is also responsible for contacting parents and reporting students' ideological learning. Sometimes, because student tutors have psychological counseling training, they can also provide psychological counseling (ideological education) for students.
Class teacher (class teacher)
Tutor is equivalent to the head teacher in China. Usually before class, or at a certain time every day, students who have entered the same year get together, such as attendance, announcement, nomination for student self-government Committee election, election, etc. However, the tutor only plays the role of coordination, declaration, registration and statistics. Regardless of students' grades or discipline issues, the tutor teaches the same class.
Consultant (consultant)
The school is equipped with various counselors. Students with depression and mental problems should also seek psychological counseling. For some emotional problems, they can also seek psychological counseling.