Andrea Pasinetti
| Andrea Pasinetti | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Founder and CEO of Teach For China |
Andrea Pasinetti is the founder and CEO of Teach For China, a nonprofit organization that recruits university graduates from China and the United States and trains them to serve as full-time teachers for two years in under-resourced Chinese schools.[1]
Background
Pasinetti studied at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. As an undergraduate he pursued certificates in East Asian Studies and European Cultural Studies and directed Princeton’s Interact Program, bringing political education to underprivileged high-school students in the Trenton City area. He founded Teach For China in 2008 during a year of study at Tsinghua University's Inter-University Program.[2] That year, while conducting research for his senior thesis, Pasinetti traveled to seven provinces in China and visited more than 300 schools. Pasinetti cites his experiences visiting low-income Chinese schools and observing the challenges faced by rural students as the source of his inspiration to leave Princeton and found China Education Initiative, which has since been renamed Teach For China.[3]
Teach For China
Teach For China recruits recent college graduates from China and the US and trains them to serve as full-time teachers for two years in under-resourced Chinese schools. In 2011, Teach For China became a partner in the Teach For All network, a “global network of independent social enterprises working to expand educational opportunity in their countries by enlisting talented future leaders to the effort.”[4]
In the 2012-2013 school year, more than 200 Teach For China Fellows served in 55 schools in China's Yunnan and Guangdong provinces, reaching more than 30,000 students. Since then the number of Teach For China Fellows has risen to over 450, reaching more than 70,000 students in Yunnan and Guangdong provinces. [1]
Awards
Pasinetti was recognized in 2011 by China Newsweek Magazine as the most influential foreigner working in China.[5]
Personal
Pasinetti is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and frequently gives interviews on Chinese television.[6]
References
- 1 2 http://www.tfchina.org/
- ↑ "Leadership Team". Teach For China. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ↑ "Principal Feng: The Headmaster Who Changed My Life". Teach For China. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ↑ "Teach For All". Teach For All. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ↑ Pang, Qinghui (December 26, 2011). "美国潘的中国实践". ChinaNewsweek. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ↑ Rui, Chenggang (June 20, 2013). "潘勋卓 "美丽中国"创始人". China Network Television. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
External links
- Education Initiative, PhoenixTelevision – June 23, 2012.
- "Teaching for China: Closing the Education Gap". ChinaNewsOnline. April 27, 2012.
Articles
- "2011影响中国年度海外人物潘勋卓". Sohu. 2011. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
- "Teach For China: Pioneering Education Equality". People.cn. 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
- "Most Influential People 2011". China Daily. 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
Interviews
- 最美丽的未来, YixiTalk – October 18, 2012.
- 志愿者支教系列：缩小城乡教育差距付诸行动, PhoenixTV – March 28, 2012.
- UpClose 04/06/2013 Andrea Pasinetti, Founder and CEO of Teach For China, CCTV English – April 8, 2013.