Editor's note
Teachers are the foundation of education and the source of education, and a strong country must first strengthen education, and strong education must first strengthen teachers. September 10, 2024 is the 40th Teacher's Day in China, and to this end, "Wonderful Shijie" will launch the 2024 Shijie Town Ten Outstanding Teachers Representative Deeds Exhibition from September 8 to 12, fully demonstrating the demeanor and responsibility of outstanding teachers taking root in Shijie, vigorously promoting the social trend of respecting teachers and valuing education, and gathering the joint force of high-quality development of education.
Chen Jinwei, principal of Shijie Town Central Primary School: Be a good teacher and a guide for students
The principal is the designer of the school education model and the initiator of educational innovation and breakthroughs. Chen Jinwei, principal of Shijie Town Central Primary School, who has worked in the position of principal for nearly 20 years, said that a good principal should not only be a leader, but also a guide for teachers and students and a stickler for the educational mission.
In 1987, Chen Jinwei graduated from Dongguan Normal School and embarked on the journey of education with the original intention of education. From a novice in teaching, to a team counselor, deputy director of teaching, director of teaching, vice principal, and principal, step by step, continuous experience and growth; From a secondary teacher degree to a junior college, undergraduate, and graduate student, step by step, we will continue to learn and improve. After 37 years of education, he deeply realized that in order to become an excellent educator, he must not only have academic rigor, but also have the feeling of watching over education.
"Being a good principal can bring out one good teacher after another and influence generations of children." Chen Jinwei believes that the core task of the principal is to develop teachers and achieve teachers, and only famous teachers can have a famous school. To this end, as soon as he took office as the principal of Shijie Town Central Primary School, he quickly worked with the school leadership team to formulate a teacher ladder growth plan, through classroom promotion, subject driven, famous teacher driven, expert interaction, cross-school linkage, etc., to build a research-oriented teacher team, and cultivate 35 municipal famous teachers, subject leaders, teaching experts, etc. He was also hired as the host of the Dongguan Famous Principal's Studio and the host of the Shijie Town Famous Principal's Studio, taking on the important task of cultivating young principals at the municipal and town levels. Under the demonstration, drive and radiation of the famous principal's studio, the students grew rapidly, some took the position of the principal, and some became the host of the town's famous principal's studio.
During this period, Chen Jinwei presided over a total of 7 provincial and municipal projects and won the provincial and municipal outstanding education and teaching achievement awards; The school has achieved remarkable results in teaching, research and scientific research, with a total of 73 provincial and municipal projects, of which 39 projects have won the provincial and municipal excellent education and teaching achievement awards, and the school has been rated as "the first batch of advanced scientific research schools in Dongguan City" and "Dongguan Quality Classroom Experimental School".
In 2015, on the basis of comprehensively combing the school's historical tradition and school-running experience, Chen Jinwei founded the school-running concept of "Hemei Education" to explore the road of school brand development. The school has formulated a development plan for Hemei education, and promoted the development of "Hemei education" from six dimensions: building a Hemei campus, cozy moral education, Hele curriculum, Heyue classroom, Hexin teachers, and Hemei parents. Focusing on the training goal of "Harmony and Beauty Youth", the "Four and Five Festivals, Six One + N" characteristic campus education activities have been formed, and more than 30 school-based characteristic courses such as printmaking, Peking Opera, and Hulusi have been developed, so that each student can develop in an all-round way, diversify and develop his personality, and create an educational environment of "harmony and difference, beauty and beauty".
Under the guidance of the concept of "Hemei Education", the school has successively won more than 60 honorary titles such as "Guangdong Province Primary and Secondary School Art Education Characteristic School" and "Dongguan Brand School", and has been awarded "Shijie Town Advanced School" for two consecutive years.
Liu Taifang, principal of Shijie Yuan Chonghuan Primary School: Run a warm education and be a principal with feelings
Every day, when the first rays of morning light fall on the earth, he has appeared on campus in high spirits and greeted every teacher and student with full enthusiasm; After school, the campus gradually became quiet, but he was often busy, leaving work late...... This is the day of Liu Taifang, the principal of Yuan Chonghuan Primary School in Shijie Town.
▲Liu Taifang went to Xinjiang to give scientific research lectures
Engaged in education for 37 years, Liu Taifang has been awarded the Dongguan Model Worker, Guangdong Province May Day Labor Medal, and is also the host of the Guangdong Province Liu Taifang Model Worker and Craftsman Talent Innovation Studio and Dongguan Educator Principal and Teacher Training Project Liu Taifang Workstation. During her tenure as the principal of Yuan Chonghuan Primary School in Shijie Town, Liu Taifang put forward the school-running concept of "dual cultivation of civil and military affairs, and the emergence of many talents", cultivated "sunny, healthy and happy" students, and created a team of teachers with the spirit of educators who are "dedicated to their jobs, happy to teach and love students, diligent in learning and practicing and mindful of the world", and established a clear and definite school-running idea.
Liu Taifang took the lead in undertaking municipal projects, and devoted herself to research with a rigorous attitude and unremitting efforts. In order to help teachers better carry out teaching and scientific research, he carefully prepared special lectures, shared research results and valuable experience without reservation, patiently answered questions, and encouraged everyone to actively explore and innovate. Under his leadership, the school has a strong scientific research atmosphere, teachers have devoted themselves to research and teaching innovation, and students have also worked hard to learn in this positive atmosphere, and the whole campus is full of vitality.
"The magic weapon of running a school comes from the principal's management temperature." Liu Taifang is deeply known as the most valuable resource of the school, so cultivating warm teachers is an important task of the principal. He is good at tolerating teachers' shortcomings, digging out teachers' shining points, and solving teachers' difficulties. Through the selection of the top ten famous teachers on campus, the development of mentor-apprentice pairing, the organization of discipline competitions and other activities, we have made every effort to build a high-quality teacher team, created an excellent environment for teachers to teach safely and happily, and built a broad platform for teachers' growth.
Liu Taifang has always adhered to the "quality school" and vigorously promoted the integrated development of morality, intelligence, physical education, art and labor. In the last semester alone, the teachers and students of the school won 1,426 awards at or above the town level, which fully demonstrated the strong strength and fruitful results of the school's development.
Source: Wonderful Shijie
Text: Liang Xuejun Courtesy of the interviewee
Editor-in-charge: Cao Mujing
Editor: Liang Xiuwen