Founded in 1988, Xinghua Kindergarten in Bao'an District, Shenzhen is one of the first first-class kindergartens in Guangdong Province. In January 2016, Bao'an Preschool Education Group, the first public preschool education group in Shenzhen, was officially established, and Xinghua Kindergarten was listed as the first kindergarten of Bao'an Preschool Education Group. As the leading park of Bao'an Preschool Education Group, over the years, the kindergarten has made fruitful achievements in improving the quality of running schools, demonstrating radiation guidance, teacher training, etc., and has gained a good social reputation and social reputation, and has gradually established an attitude, influence and popularity of preschool education brand image in the public eye.
Since 2016, Xinghua Kindergarten has continued to grow and develop, and gradually formed a pattern of one park and five sites through new construction and takeover, with Chenchengda Branch, Shanghe Garden Branch, and Ziyun Branch as its new branches, and Xin'anhu Branch Park is the first batch of supporting kindergartens for the recovery of government property rights due to expiration. In 2023, in order to further implement the deployment of the District Committee's "Demonstration First, Education First", "Deepening the Management System of Preschool Education, and Expanding the Radiation and Demonstration of High-quality Educational Resources", under the guidance of the superior departments, Baoyue Kindergarten (to be built) and Shiyan Longteng Second Kindergarten will join Xinghua, and the original Shanghe Garden Branch and Xin'an Lake Branch will be set up as independent legal person parks. At present, Xinghua Kindergarten (Group) Group has a total of 7 kindergartens, 86 teaching classes, 2,786 children and 437 teaching staff.
Xinghua Kindergarten (Group)'s "close and alliance" parallel group school-running model effectively solves the problems of centralization of power, autonomy in running kindergartens, and teacher training in group schooling, which can maximize the effectiveness of high-quality education and promote the balanced development of preschool education. With its excellent educational practices and achievements, the group was awarded the high-quality basic education group in the 9th "Shenzhen Education Reform and Innovation Award" in 2023, fully demonstrating its exemplary and leading role in promoting the high-quality connotative development of education.
Ideas and models go hand in hand
To be a leader in the development of high-quality preschool education
In the field of preschool education, Xinghua Kindergarten (Group) has become a model of high-quality development with its unique "concept leading" and "model leading". Its more than 30 years of development has fully embodied the kindergarten culture of "Xingxing Lide, Scorching its Glory" and the curriculum concept of "children's position, life-based, active construction, and better development", adhered to the educational position of "children's center", and is committed to building a high-quality kindergarten with connotation, characteristics and temperature.
Xinghua Kindergarten (Group) has a leading concept, which is reflected in the in-depth thinking and practice of "what is a child", "where does the curriculum come from", "how do children learn" and "how do teachers teach". The leading concept of this concept not only makes the kindergarten a brand of high-quality preschool education in Shenzhen, but also has won high visibility and influence throughout the country. The kindergarten continuously optimizes the conditions for running the kindergarten, builds an excellent teaching team, constructs appropriate curriculum content, implements rich educational activities, builds a harmonious home platform, and always pursues the development vision of "harmony and difference, beauty and common".
In terms of model leadership, Xinghua Kindergarten (Group) is quite innovative. First of all, through the guidance of party building, the efficient operation of the group is guaranteed. Grass-roots party organizations as the core, with the characteristics of "doing practical things, seeking practical results", to achieve the integration and promotion of party building and business work; secondly, the group implements the operation mechanism of "cluster management and group development", the cluster growth with the alliance park as the pillar, the close development with the legal person park as the core, and the development guarantee of the park with per capita cost accounting, which provides a solid foundation for the high-quality development of the park.
Xinghua Kindergarten (Group) has taken the lead in its philosophy and model, bringing significant educational advantages. Through the characteristic project of "Party Building + Talent Training", the kindergarten has cultivated a team of professional and dedicated teachers to provide high-quality education for children. At the same time, the cluster management and per capita cost accounting system ensure the efficient use of educational resources and the overall improvement of education quality.
Equal emphasis is placed on diversified spaces and the incubation of famous teachers
Provide useful support for the individualized development of young children
Xinghua Kindergarten (Group) is a leader in its comprehensive optimization of the educational environment, and is committed to creating a diversified development space, building a famous teacher incubation system, and creating a strong scientific research atmosphere. These initiatives provide children with a rich and colorful learning and Xi experience, and lay a solid foundation for the professional growth of teachers and the scientific development of the kindergarten.
Under the guidance of the development vision of "each with its own beauty", Xinghua Kindergarten (Group) continues to explore strategies and paths for high-quality development. Through the introduction of expert support, support for key topics, cultivation of curriculum results, etc., the group has formed a number of distinctive personality, clear path, vivid curriculum models in the kindergarten. For example, the "Schmidt Life Experience Course" highlights the children's stance, and the kindergarten-based special courses such as "Line Drawing Creative Art" and "Ink Painting" enrich the children's artistic expression.
Through the "three-point strategy", the group helps teachers grow professionally, and realizes classified training, hierarchical breakthroughs, and separate platforms. The classified training system carries out multi-form and multi-carrier training according to the needs of different positions, and quickly improves the competency of teachers. The hierarchical breakthrough strategy aims at the difficulties and pain points of teacher training to achieve targeted training activities. At the same time, the group launched the selection and cultivation of famous teacher projects, backbone plans, seed projects, etc., and established a teaching team dominated by famous teachers and backbone teachers, giving teachers the responsibility and platform for demonstration and leadership.
Under the guidance of the group-based school-running model, Xinghua Kindergarten (Group) has made great progress in its scientific research work. The teachers of the group have presided over more than 60 projects at all levels, published more than 40 articles, and shared research results in important journals. The group focuses on practice and reflection, forming a strong atmosphere of scientific research and education, and subject leadership.
Focus on high quality, standardization, and sharing
Comprehensively help the balanced development of preschool education
Xinghua Kindergarten (Group) focuses on the practice of "high quality, standardization and sharing", which provides a strong impetus for the balanced development of preschool education. Through internal observation and thematic teaching and research activities, they promote the development of kindergartens, establish a quality diagnosis mechanism, and promote the balanced development of regional pre-schools.
Focus on high quality and promote the development of kindergartens. With the guiding spirit of "integration, sharing, innovation and development", Xinghua Kindergarten (Group) carries out internal observation and theme teaching and research activities, based on "education in a daily life", and carries out routine development around one-day life clues in real education and teaching situations. This practice has effectively promoted the sinking, integration and complementarity of the group's high-quality educational resources, and produced a positive "synergistic effect".
Focus on norms and establish a quality diagnosis mechanism. The group has set up a group with graduate teachers and researchers as the core and the teaching directors and team leaders of each park, and regularly conducts process quality diagnosis on the Xi environment, one-day life, and Xi activities of the group's kindergartens according to the "Shenzhen High-quality Characteristic Demonstration Kindergarten Creation Guidebook". This practice inquires about the pulse of the education and teaching of the group's parks, identifies problems, analyzes the causes, and then points out the direction, ways and measures for improvement and promotion.
Focus on sharing and promote the balanced development of regional pre-school. An important responsibility of Xinghua Kindergarten (Group) is to promote the improvement of preschool education in the district. Under the principle of "resource sharing, mutual help and common improvement", the collaborative development platform of citizen-run kindergartens in the district has been innovatively built through activities such as private kindergartens and post-based research and Xi, and famous teachers sending teachers. This practice has enabled the group to establish a good image of "leader, pioneer and demonstrator" in the whole region.
The development has achieved remarkable results
Set a new benchmark for preschool education
Xinghua Kindergarten (Group) has realized the high-quality connotation development of kindergartens, the rapid growth of teachers, and the demonstration and radiation of educational resources with its group development model guaranteed by close alliance and per student allocation. These achievements not only demonstrate the development strength of the Group, but also set a new benchmark for the balanced development of preschool education.
In Xinghua Kindergarten (Group), every teacher has grown rapidly. At the beginning of the group's operation, it attracted a large number of outstanding preschool students to join, and the teachers' academic qualifications were greatly improved, showing the characteristics of younger and more highly educated. At the same time, the perfect training path and development platform within the group have brought new vitality to the teaching team, and the teachers have good teaching ethics and pursue the professional belief of "doing education and doing education well". The group has a total of 1 senior teacher, and is also the only senior principal in the district, 1 senior teacher, 10 first-level teachers, 47 second-level teachers, and 69 third-level teachers. Individual teachers have won 41 national awards, 8 provincial awards, 17 municipal awards, and 66 district-level awards.
The group-based school has promoted the sharing of high-quality resources, mutual learning in management, linkage of teaching and research, and complementary advantages, and each kindergarten of Xinghua Kindergarten (Group) has always paid attention to the all-round development and personality growth of children. The in-depth exploration of characteristic courses, such as nature, creative paper-cutting, creative line drawing, ink painting, etc., has formed a new situation of "one garden, one feature" curriculum. The Group's kindergartens have won 3 national awards, 3 provincial awards, 16 municipal awards and 23 district-level awards, fully demonstrating the effectiveness of the connotation development of the kindergartens.
As the chief director of Bao'an Preschool Education Group, the first public preschool education group in Shenzhen, Jiao Yan has profound experience in group school management. Under her leadership, Xinghua Kindergarten (Group) has given full play to its leading role in implementing the fundamental task of cultivating people with virtue, running preschool education with high standards, and expanding and strengthening the brand of Bao'an preschool education.
In conclusion, the successful experience of Xinghua Kindergarten (Group) not only provides strong support for the development of the group, but also provides a useful reference for the balanced development of preschool education in mainland China.
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