The children sat around a century-old tree and discussed the whimsy of calculating the height of the tree: "I use the method of flying a kite to measure the height of the tree", "I use the method of raising hydrogen balloons", "I use the shadow of the sun to calculate"... In order to avoid too serious and boring math classes, when Mi Ying was a teacher, she often "moved" the classroom: the classroom must first be energetic in order to better enhance the children's enthusiasm for learning.
From a front-line mathematics teacher to a special principal of Huishi Primary School, Mi Ying has been rooted in the same school for 29 years. "To be a good teacher, you need to make students enjoy their class; To be a good principal, we must let every child grow up healthy, happy and happy. In her view, every teacher is a note that allows each child to play a harmonious movement.
【More than 80 interest activities light up the wonderful class】
"Talk about it, what kind of class are you looking forward to?" ...... Classroom is all about communicating with children in the language and way they like. When she was a teacher, Mi Ying's math class was not only in the classroom, but also out there. She creates "ecological classrooms" in parks, in the sun, and even in subway stations. Children feel the charm of mathematics and love the subject of mathematics.
How can schools provide richer classroom content, so that children have the opportunity to choose and turn interests into strengths? On campus, children can simulate flight operations in the "Aerospace Classroom", learn the essence of the national essence in the "Jingyun Center", and participate in interactive games in the "Hologram Classroom"... In order to allow students to have a richer course experience, Mi Ying led more than 100 teachers to develop more than 80 universal interest groups and club activities such as popular science, culture and sports, labor, and reading. Each student has 10 opportunities to choose during the 5 years of primary school. In order to enrich the activities of students' weekends, some club activities are also held online on Saturdays.
From tie-dyeing and paper drying, to darts and first aid bandaging, the school cooperates with professionals such as Shanghai Meteorological Bureau, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Xujiahui Fire Rescue Station in Xuhui District to enrich students' experience and broaden their horizons with different types of course experiences. A Chinese teacher in the school opened a rubber band jumping club, which became one of the most popular club activities among students. The math teacher taught the children abacus and vegetable planting, and the children enjoyed the fun in the alley games and hands-on brain experiences. More than 80 club activities provide students with the opportunity to change from interests to strengths. "The starting point of education is people, and the end point of education is also people. Pay attention to every child, design a richer curriculum platform, so that every child can enjoy the opportunity to experience learning and improve comprehensive literacy. Mi Ying said.
["Cultivating Heart" in "Pushing the Door to Listen to Classes" in the patrol school】
Every morning, Mi Ying always greets every child at the school gate, she greets the children cordially, and the friends start the day of learning. In the minds of students and parents, there are more than 1,000 students in Wending Campus of Huishi Primary School, and the principal can always quickly remember the characteristics of the children.
Mi Ying's other habit of "thunder and not moving" every day is to patrol the school. As long as she is at school, patrolling the corridor or "pushing the door to listen to the lesson", observing the child's learning status and emotional situation during the day, the children can also knock on the door of the principal's office at any time and communicate with the "principal mother". Once, Xiao Fei, a fifth-grade student, had a conflict with his friends, was "wronged" in the class, and shrugged his head in his seat, sullen. He quietly came to the door of the principal's office, pushed open the office door, and poured out his grievances. After Mi Ying understood the situation, she gently patted Xiao Fei's shoulder, and after he was calm and relieved, let the child wipe away his tears, carefully enlighten, and analyze the reasons. Xiao Fei gradually came out of the emotional trough and became strong inside.
In Huishi Campus, the school insists on allowing students to "gather heart, joy and growth". As a model school for mental health education in Shanghai, the school pays attention to highlighting the characteristics of "nurturing the heart", paying attention to the different needs of each child, and each teacher and student are "paired". As long as children have "things", they can open their hearts and communicate with the teacher. "Being a teacher is a 'conscience job', and it is important to attend classes, as is paying attention to the development of children." Mi Ying said that children have unhappy things in their hearts and need to have a place to relieve them, and schools should be "warm harbors", so that children feel that learning knowledge is happy, playing with friends is also happy, and making going to school every day a happy thing. With a history of 152 years, Huishi Primary School has three campuses in Wending, Xuhong and Zhongcheng, with a total of more than 2,500 students, and has become a good school welcomed by the people.
【Appreciating teachers and being good teacher growth planners】
"What attracts children to progress forward is the butterfly flying in front, not the tiger chasing behind." Mi Ying and the School Teaching Development Department built an "ecological classroom" to lead the transformation of teachers' classroom teaching, attract children to make continuous progress, and realize the symbiosis and co-growth of teachers and students. There are many young teachers in the school, and the teachers do not "go it alone", but grow in a team. She often tells young teachers: "Life is full of classrooms, and classrooms should be flexible, interactive and effective." Teaching should be combined with real problems in life to stimulate children's curiosity and guide them to actively explore knowledge. ”
In 1999, Chinese teacher Xiao Liu just entered the school, and she was still a junior teacher in the class. Although the two have different disciplines, Mi Ying's dedication impressed her. "When she leaves work, she is often seen staying in the office working overtime to make teaching molds for teaching competitions. Usually he has inertia, but Principal Mi is around to teach and motivate himself to continue to develop. Especially after working for 5 years, I have strengthened my determination to teach. From class teachers to scientific research work, Principal Mi helped polish classroom teaching together. Today, Ms. Liu has taken up a school-level management position and become the vice principal of the school.
"As a principal, the first mission is to develop the professional development of teachers, and not to let teachers burn out in their busy work every day and every year. We must find ways to create a platform for teachers to grow with professional support, develop wisely, and become the best version of themselves. In Mi Ying's eyes, every teacher has a shining point, by appreciating the potential and strengths of teachers, avoiding teachers' shortcomings, helping teachers build self-confidence, maximizing teachers' potential, and promoting famous teachers to enter professional forums. Mi Ying formulated a school-based teacher professional development guide and promoted the implementation of three rounds of teacher personal development plans, and excellent teachers continue to emerge in insight and appreciation. An ordinary English teacher of the school worked silently on the three-foot platform, and through constantly motivating teachers to explore subject areas, he successively won the first prize in the district-level and city-level teaching competitions. In recent years, the school has successively grown 13 teachers into the backbone of education and teaching, and exported 9 school-level cadres and 2 district-level teaching and research staff, radiating high-quality teachers to Xuhui education. This "wise and struggling administrator" is the leader and planner of school development and teacher growth.
Editor-in-chief: Xu Ruizhe Source: Lai Xinlin Photo by Yongkai
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