Our Trainers

French Bakery

Our French bakery and pastry classes are taught by two SYB graduates: one each from the 6th and 8th batches. Based on their outstanding capabilities, SYB selected Wang Jinyi (Adele) and Liu Dong (Max) to study at the “Ecole Française de Boulangerie et Pâtisserie d’Aurillac” (EFBPA), a partner of SYB and one of the best French bakery schools in France. Prior to their studies in France, the students enrolled in an intensive French language course thanks to the support of Alliance Française in Shanghai. They also had the opportunity to take two additional months of French classes at Vichy Cavilam in France before starting their programme. After a lot of hard work in both the theory and practical classes, they successfully graduated with the C.A.P. diploma from EFBPA. Following their return to Shanghai in June 2018, they are now teaching our current students: Liu Dong is teaching bakery and Wang Jinyi pastry.


Chinese-style Western Pastry

Since the founding of SYB, the Caoyang Vocational School has assigned professional Chinese pastry teachers to teach our students. Currently, Xu Laoshi leads the training by providing practical classes every Monday.


Life Skills

Trainers

For marginalized youths to succeed in modern society, a technical skill is but one of the many skills that they have to master. They also need to be strong mentally, so as to able to cope with stress, setbacks, and difficulties in life. Since most rural youths grew up in environments in which they were not nurtured with love and were exposed to numerous negative habits and influences, SYB aims to rectify this situation by instilling the students with a conscientious spirit of citizenship, responsibility, optimism, and respect for others through a life skills curriculum developed by an expert team led by Professor Li Xiaowen of East China Normal University. The curriculum is taught by professionals with extensive experience in guiding and nurturing young people, and will equip the students with the mental fortitude and personal discipline necessary for them to succeed in the future.


English

In order to better communicate with foreign chefs in hotels, students need to learn basic English. To this end, SYB collaborates with Stepping Stones to deliver English classes to our students. Twice a week, volunteers from Stepping Stones teach oral English and kitchen vocabulary to our students through interactive games and dialogues. Learning a foreign language is more than just learning to communicate; it also boosts our students’ confidence in themselves. In general, our students really enjoy the English classes.