​In the 2018 PONY World Series League held on August 15, 2018 at Lew Hays Pony Field at Washington Park, PA in US, the team Chinese Taipei registered as team represented Taiwan claimed the championship. The team of Taiwan- Chinese Taipei defeated West Zone Champion Long Beach, California, 3-1 to win the 2018 PONY League World Series in the final match. The championship is the ninth title for Taiwan’s Chinese Taipei team since 1993. This year's title also marked the third in the last four years for a team from Chinese Taipei.
 
PONY is a non-profit baseball and softball league that organizes tournaments involving regional teams from North America and teams representing 40 different countries. The PONY League is a baseball series specifically designed for players in their formative early-teen years, and the games are played on an appropriately sized field.
 
President Tsai Ing-wen sent her warmest congratulations to the team on hearing the news .The Education Director Min-Ling Yang, from Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York (TECO) presented congratulation certificates from President Tsai Ing-wen, Vice President Chen Chien-jen, and Education Minister Yeh Jiunn-rong on the site to celebrate their victory in the 2018 PONY World Series championship.
President Tsai praised that the victory by Taiwan team at the Pony League World Series demonstrate the country remains a global powerhouse in youth baseball. She made the remarks for all the players who are mainly from New Taipei Municipal Er Chong Junior High School, their hard training and stellar performances in the championships helped set a milestone in Taiwan baseball history. But the credit also goes to the coaches, teachers and parents who gave everything to help make the triple triumph possible.
 
The final match at Lew Hays Pony Field at Washington Park drew huge attention from Pittsburg’s Taiwanese community, and local Taiwanese people organized a cheer group to spur on the Chinese Taipei baseball team. The team performed outstandingly and the spectators present at the field all praised their wonderful teamwork.

EngageAsia, a New York-based non-profit, has launched its US-Taiwan Teacher Fellows program in 2018. The projects focuses on training American teachers to teach about Taiwanese culture, society ,and history while simultaneously deepening their understanding of the dynamic Asia-Pacific region and fostering a network of teachers that can collaborate in the future.
 
The project will consist of a Cultural Research Program in Kaohsiung and a Professional Development Program in Taipei and takes place in July and August 2018. The project will impact over 200 US students as the US teachers will develop Taiwan focused lesson plans for their classrooms.
In 2018, there are two outstanding teachers engaged in this program. They are a third grade teacher Aimee Ferguson and Middle school teacher Tania Riccoboni. Prior to travelling to Taiwan, teacher-participants engaged in in-depth research on Taiwan and selected specific research projects that are relevant to their classroom teaching. In addition, teachers were provided with resources on Taiwan and trained on how to develop multi-media presentations on Taiwan using video cameras. They arrived in Taiwan on July 28 and during the first part of the trip, which lasts until August 5, teachers were in Kaohsiung where they engaged in in-depth research on topics relevant to the classes they teacher and that they have been investigating for several months prior to travel. Through the Cultural Research Program in Kaohsiung, teachers engaged in intensive learning opportunities directly in-line with the subject matter they taught and learned first-hand about Taiwan with the assistance of local experts. From August 5 to 9, teachers travelled to Taipei and engage in a Design Thinking workshop with Taiwanese teachers. Design Thinking is a cutting-edge pedagogy that aims to engage students in new ways of learning.
Aimee Ferguson stated about the program, “I have already begun sharing information about Taiwan with children and adults. I cannot wait to inspire people more with all of Taiwan's delights. This would certainly dial the dialogue up from local issues to consideration of world trends!” Tania Riccoboni stated, “Thank you so very much for this incredible opportunity to experience a part of this world that may not have happened for me.”
 
Following the trip, teachers will develop lesson plans that will be incorporated into their classrooms. In 2019 EngageAsia plans to bring a cohort of Taiwanese teachers to the United States and in 2020 plans to bring US and Taiwanese teachers to Japan in an effort to build an Asia-wide network of educators who can learn from each other and promote understanding through the Pacific Rim.
 
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EngageAsia website : https://www.engageasia.org/
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