校长是一所学校的灵魂人物，一个好校长，成就一所好学校。在刚刚落下帷幕的福布斯中国国际化学校年度评选中，深圳国际预科学院创始人、院长傅腾霄教授荣膺“2021福布斯中国十大杰出国际化校长”。在董事会和傅院长的引领下，深国预的队伍不断壮大，前进的步伐扎实稳健。

喜讯接踵而至。今年，我们迎来了一位的外籍校长——Alfonso Orsini博士！他的加入，将与深国预这所老牌国际学校碰撞出全新的火花。Alfonso Orsini先生是哥伦比亚大学教育学院教育管理博士，在全球国际教育领域拥有超过30年的专业经验，他将凭借在领导力、课程开发及管理方面的专业知识和深厚经验，为深国预增添更为丰富及多元化的国际教育背景，将深国预的办学水平推向一个新的高度。

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Dr. Alfonso Orsini

哥伦比亚大学教育学院教育管理博士

哥伦比亚大学教育学院私立学校教育领导力硕士

长岛大学文学硕士、汉密尔顿学院文学学士

Alfonso Orsini博士成长于美国纽约，他先后在美国私立高中和世界各地的国际学校担任校长，包括新泽西州的纽瓦克学院（Newark Academy，全美排名第六、新泽西州排名的私立高中）、瑞士的莱森美国学校（Leysin American School，瑞士最的国际学校之一）、旧金山的普利西学校（Presidio Knolls School，双语项目制、沉浸式中文国际高中）和曼谷的圣安德鲁斯国际学校（St. Andrews International School，历史悠久的英国国际学校）等。

在中国期间，他成为了上海西华外籍人员子女学校（中国大陆地区首所唯一全IB一贯制学校）的创校校长。

由于Alfonso Orsini博士卓越的领导力和个人魅力，以及杰出的教育成果，他曾经任职的上海西华外籍人员子女学校的剧院和旧金山的普利西学校的图书馆都以他的名字来命名。

他与Pearl Kane教授合著有论文The Colors of Excellence《卓越的有色老师群体》，这是一个具有开创性意义的作品，旨在帮助美国私立学校实现多元化。他亦是Education Week《教育周刊》，Independent School Magazine《独立学校》杂志文章的作者，以及耶鲁大学出版社出版的Encyclopedia of New York City History《纽约市历史百科全书》的撰稿人。

他怀抱教育的热忱之心，以其专业水平和丰富经验，引领众多国际学校走向卓越。Alfonso Orsini博士的加入是出于其发自内心对深国预教育理念的认可，相信随着他的加入，能够吸引更多全球教学精英的加入，深国预的师资实力也将再次突破新的高度。

LETTER

一封给深国预家人的信

亲爱的深国预的家长和同学们：

非常荣幸被邀请参与领导深国预的学术项目。深国预是一所由傅腾霄教授于17年前创立的优秀学校，他以创新的眼光教育我们的年轻人成为有识之士和积极的学习者。我曾在世界各地的优秀学校工作，在每所学校，我都提出并解决了很多问题，当然从中我也得到了很大的成长。

我在中国的个秘书给我起了一个中文名字：方索，他解释说，这个名字的意思是“探究者”或“探求者”。而今，我仍然孜孜不倦地探索着，在快乐、谦逊、热情和关爱中不断学习和成长。我的目标是为我工作过的每一所学校的每位学生提供同样的特权。这是我的荣幸，我和我的每一位同事，希望所有深国预的学生：成为探索者、批判思考者、问题解决者，和对中国和全人类的贡献者。

我今天能在这里，是因为一位高中老师曾鼓励我，他看到了我的能力，并让我相信自己。我的整个职业生涯是在继续我自己的学习道路的同时，向世界各地的学生和老师传达这种善意。我希望所有学生都觉得这个世界是奇妙的、令人惊叹的！数学、音乐、艺术、计算机程序、老子和艾略特的著作、地球的地理学以及RNA的构成……这些都是多么的美丽、微妙，而又神奇，它们是多么的让人着迷。我们不仅要通过对各项学业任务的评分来推动学生前进，还应该帮助他们探索生活中真正重要的部分。我们的真正使命是帮助学生找到他们自己真正热爱并愿意为之付出努力的事物。爱上一种知识或创造力领域使我们更好地欣赏所有的学科。正如一位哲人曾经说过的：“这世上不存在（外部的）纪律；我们只愿意被所爱之物管教。”我和我的同事们希望每个学生都找到他们的热爱，并能感受到自己拥有天赋禀异的火花。所有的教学都是从建立人际关系开始的，正如傅教授引用苏格拉底的话所写的那样，我们“唤醒”学生，这才是教育的真谛。

老师对学生的帮助是让他们爱上学习，去激发和启发他们生长出我们未曾有过的观点，而不是告诉他们去重复我们说的话。 这也是为什么深国预开始关注项目式学习。学生不仅关注课本的各个章节部分，而且会关注与我们生活相关的问题和议题。为了找到解决问题的答案，学生需要发挥课本上所学的技能，寻找更多的知识，之后提升层次到理解、评价甚至创造解决方案。这种新的进步的观点，在很久以前就被孔子称作：“学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆”。我在深国预的工作重心之一是提升批判性思维和探究式学习。与此相应的我会强调频繁多样的评价方式使学生（和你们）在进步的过程中获得广泛及时的反馈。通过评价，我们教育者也将清楚的知道我们教学有多成功！

我工作的另一个重点是确保我们学校是一个大的社区。我们将通过全校的讨论，通过来自家长、学生和老师的关于如何构成好的教学，如何成为成功的学习者的见解，来开启新的学年。当我们在这些议题上达成一致，我们将更有责任感地以此为据开展工作。和在我曾工作过的每所学校一样，我将会问学生们重要的规则是什么，他们将会知道这些规则是什么（虽然我和我的同事们可能想再添加一些）。孩子们，我们的目标，就是唤醒你们独特的声音，让你们成为活跃的、负责任的年轻人，作为社区的一部分，每天都能创造和提升这个社区。一所学校需要有它的核心，但我们也需要每个人被允许有清晰的期待，我们有责任去实现这些期待。

在校园行为、尊重他人、努力学习等重要问题上，我们应该明确一条红线。当我们充分认识到自己是团体的一份子时，我们就会积极地做出贡献。基于我在瑞士寄宿学校担任校长时习得的经验的和国际上的实践，我会让我们的年轻人感受到被尊重对待，他们是有尊严的，并鼓励他们在日常生活中达成这些期望。学生将在同龄人或比他们年龄小的学生群体中发挥领导作用，如在学校委员会、宿舍管理方面；他们也可以成为餐饮委员会、教学和学习委员会，以及社会委员会的一员。我想听到他们的声音，关于事务是如何运作的，以及什么可以帮助他们更好地学习。我想寻找一些方法，为学生们提供一些特权和选择，让他们可以更好地为自己努力，有更好的行为表现。

家长们，我呼吁大家和我们一起合作，家校共建。你可以在任何时候告诉我们你的疑问或顾虑，我们会很乐意解答，我们和你们是站在同一边的。同时，我们的首要责任是这些年轻的学子们。我们会帮助你和你的孩子，但我们不会接管或鼓励你承担年轻人在成长过程中应该承担的责任。我们可以一起帮助他们成为独立的人，让他们今后可以更加从容地拥抱这个世界。

我已经开始认真地工作了，期待这充满意义的工作能和深国预一起再上新台阶。期待与你们很快见面。

祝好

Alfonso J. Orsini Ed.D

Dear SIFC parents and students

It is such an honor to be invited to lead the Academic program at SIFC, this wonderful school which was founded 17 years ago by Professor Fu, with his innovative vision to educate the young people to be deep thinkers and active learners. I have worked in excellent schools around the world, and at each, I have questioned and learned a great deal. My first Mishu in China gave me the Chinese name Fon suo方索, which he explained means “inquirer or seeker.” I am still inquiring and never tire of the privilege of being able to continuously learn and grow with joy and humility, with passion and compassion. This is the same privilege that I aim to provide every student in every school in which I have worked. This is the privilege that I, now, along with every single one of my colleagues, wish to offer to all SIFC students: to become seekers, critical thinkers, problem solvers, and contributors to China and humanity at large.

I am here today because of a High School teacher who encouraged me, saw ability in me, and made me believe in myself. My whole career has been a matter of paying that kindness forward to students and teachers around the world, while continuing my own path of learning. I would like all students to feel that this world is wondrous, that mathematics, music, art, computer programming, the writings of Lao Tzu and T. S. Eliot, the geography of the earth, and the composition of RNA are all impossibly beautiful, intricate, and magical. Instead of just driving students forward by grading them on disconnected tasks, we should be helping them to explore what really matters in our lives. Our real mission is to help students find what they love to work at for hours on end. Falling in love with one area of knowledge or creativity leads us to better appreciate all the school subjects. As a wise person once said, “There is no (external) discipline; there is only being disciplined by what we love.” My colleagues and I would like every student to love something and to feel that he or she possesses a spark of genius. All teaching begins in establishing relationships, and as Professor Fu has written, quoting Socrates, we “awaken” students.

We teachers best help students to love learning, not by telling them to repeat what we say, but by intriguing them, puzzling them and provoking them to come up with ideas we had not thought of. This is why SIFC has begun to focus on Project Based Learning, in which students don’t just focus on sections and chapters in a textbook, but instead explore larger problems and issues connected to our lives. To pose solutions to those problems, students must draw upon all the skills in textbooks, and then seek further knowledge, but then they must rise to the level of understanding, evaluating and even inventing solutions. This “modern, progressive” idea was long ago stated by Confucius: To learn without thinking is labor in vain: to think without learning is desolation. A main focus of my work will be to promote critical thinking and inquiry-based learning. In line with that I will stress frequent and varied forms of assessment so that students (and you) get extensive, timely feedback on progress. Through assessment, we educators also learn about how successfully we are teaching!

An important area of work for me will be to ensure that our school is a community. We will begin the new year with whole school discussions, with input from you, students, and teachers, of what constitutes good teaching and what constitutes a successful learner. When we reach essential agreements on these issues, we will be obligated to live by them. As in every school I work in, I will ask the students what the important rules are, and they will know exactly what they are (though my colleagues and I might want to add a few). Students, our goal is to evoke from you your unique voice that will make you active and responsible young adults, who are part of a community that you help create and enhance each day. A school must have a heart, but we must also be allowed to have clear expectations for each other. And we have a moral obligation to live up to those expectations.

In line with expectations there will be a clear red line on important issues such as campus conduct, respect for others, and working hard. When we know fully that we are part of a community, we tend to contribute positively. Based on what I learned as a boarding school Headmaster in Switzerland and on best practices internationally, I am going to treat our young people with respect and dignity and encourage them to rise to those expectations in their daily lives. Students will contribute in leadership roles such as School Council, Dormitory Proctors and Leaders to their younger peers, as well as members of the dining committee, the teaching and learning committee, and the social committee. I want to hear their voices on how things work and what can help them learn better. I want to seek ways to offer students privileges and choices for great work and behavior.

Parents, I will be calling upon you to work in partnership with us and to tell us whenever you have questions or concerns. We will make ourselves accessible to you, and you will know clearly that we are on your side. But our first obligation is to our young students. We will counsel and assist you and your child. But we will not take over or encourage you to take over the responsibilities that the young person should be taking on himself/herself as they grow. Together, we can help them become self -reliant people ready to go out into the world.

I have already begun work in earnest and look forward to a lot of complex but extremely fulfilling work in helping SIFC evolve to its next level. I look forward to meeting you all soon.

With warm regards,

Alfonso J. Orsini Ed.D

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作为深圳17年老牌国际高中，深国预早已走出了一条符合中国学生特质的国际化教育之路。

学院创办于2004年，是由当年以深大师院常务副院长傅腾霄教授为首的深圳大学教授团队申报，经深圳市教育局正式批准，并报省教育厅及国家留学基金委备案及报知的全日制国际学校，也是深圳最早推行国际大学预科课程以及美国中学课程的老牌国际学校。

现已获得多个世界主流的国际认证及授权，包括College Board（美国大学理事会），Pearson Edexcel（英国爱德思考试局），UCAS（英国大学和学院招生服务中心）和Cambridge Assessment（剑桥大学考试委员会）MSE考点，并已成为Cognia候选认证校。

学院下设国际高中部、艺术高中部两大学部，联通美高、英高、艺术、创新四大课程体系，囊括国际小燕艺术设计、国际音乐、林书豪&李群篮球训练、现代五项运动四大艺体中心以及NuVuX创新中心。助力上千名学子进入世界名校，在深圳乃至全国的国际教育领域享有盛名。2019“中国国际学校竞争力排行榜”美本方向全国No.24、深圳No.3，2020“中国国际化学校品牌价值百强榜”全国No.26、深圳No.2。