Making Education Our

Ministry

Ben Liao

Vision & Mission

• Vision: To shape the next generation through education

• Mission: Create new educational ecosystems consisting of 21st century learning, language immersion, cloud based student portfolios, and whole child education to groom effective global citizens

River of Life Academy

• 打造平台 , 創造文化 , 連結資源 , 建立品牌• Start with after school program for

Kindergarten students• Mandarin immersion program focused

on non-Chinese speaking students• Training environment for public school

administrators and teachers• Equip students to influence 7 Culture

Mountains

Unique Value Propositions• California credential teachers

• Project based curriculum to meet individual student learning needs

• Emphasize critical thinking and creativity skills

• Mandarin immersion program

• Character education embedded in all subject areas

• Cloud-based student learning portfolio

Program Benefits

• Student transformation through whole child education

• Expert in mandarin immersion, cultivate a world view among students, to learn in a cross cultural environment

• Provide groundwork for brothers and sisters to be teachers and administrators of public schools

Plan Outline• Afterschool program• Preschool• Elementary School• Location: Launch first program in

Cupertino, Fremont location next• Follow church planting model to

expand • Self sustaining after three years

Change the World, One Child at a

Time

Influence the 7 Culture mountains

ReligiousFamily

GovernmentBusiness

Art and entertainmentEducation

media

How do we accomplish

打造平台 Build the platform

創造文化 Create the culture

連結資源 Connect the Resources

建立品牌 Build the brand