Any teacher also must be a learner, or even a learner first, and these two cannot be separated. As we struggled to establish Drama Rainbow Education, we paid great attention to rigorous and continuous internal training. We also conducted many observations, evaluations, and analyses of teaching practices. These valuable experiences enabled our Teaching & Learning Centre to create a large number of training products. Whether it is teacher training for kindergarten, early years development, or primary and secondary schools, Drama Rainbow Education’s Creative Curriculum, or the Summer School, co-organized with Jianxue International Education and Culture institute, the training we provide for teachers, academics, managers of kindergartens and primary schools, and individual artists and educators of all backgrounds, has become important to the development of DiE in mainland China.

Drama Rainbow Education boasts 30 years of international DiE teaching and research experience and ten years of local Chinese teaching experience, and has been actively developing its teacher development plan since 2012. This aims to establish a newer generation of Chinese educators and drama practitioners equipped with the theoretical understanding to bridge the gap between policy makers and practitioners. Learning to learn, independent thinking, creativity, identifying problems, critical thinking, personal expression, social development, and drama skills are the goals of our teacher development. The plan creates opportunities for drama teachers to explore teaching methods and encourages them to engage in imaginative and creative teaching.