At No. 63 Zengjiawan, Zuojiatang, Yuhua District, Changsha City, Hunan Province, there is a junior high school, Changjun Yuhua Foreign Chinese Zuojiatang School (hereinafter referred to as the "School"). The school is located in the downtown area, surrounded by old neighborhoods, surrounded by small alleys of several hundred meters. Due to its geographical location, the school has only had 24 classes and more than 1,000 students in the past ten years.
It is such a small-scale junior high school in the city with "inconspicuous location and inconspicuous school name", but the comprehensive evaluation for many years has been in the forefront of Yuhua District and even Changsha City, and the satisfaction of parents has been close to 100% in the past five years. How does the school manage to be unique and well-known in a limited space?Recently, the reporter came to the school for a visit.
Let the mining of resources not be limited
Walking into the school, the reporter's first feeling was "exquisite", 3 teaching buildings, 1 open-air sports field, 4 basketball frames, and a 200-meter plastic track ......However, with the movement of footsteps, the reporter found that although the school is small, it should have a recording studio, a sports gym, an infirmary, a mother and child room, a "happy reading" bar and other functional rooms, and students are also in an orderly manner in class, recess activities, meals, etc.
How?Zhou Benhui, secretary of the general party branch of the school, told reporters that the "secret" is to dig deep into resources and be a "management master" of space and time.
The school covers an area of only more than 20 acres, and the limited space is the biggest bottleneck in the development of the school. Li Zhimin, vice principal of school logistics, told reporters that in the past, the school had a chaotic layout because of its small place, and eight classes in one grade may be scattered in different teaching buildings.
To this end, the school refers to the method of "reasonable storage", and after years of efforts, it has gradually realized a distinct functional division. "Now the teaching area, work area, logistics area and other areas are distinct, and the management is much more convenient. Li Zhimin said that the school has been focusing on improving management efficiency and creating exquisite characteristics to strengthen campus construction. The reporter also found that the school even made the best use of a small corner next to the cafeteria, neatly dividing several vegetable fields as a labor education area for students to grow all kinds of vegetables.
For students, the biggest challenges that come with being small are the limited space for activities and crowded dining. To solve this dilemma, the school skillfully used the key factor of time.
What should I do if a small sports field cannot accommodate more than 1,000 students at the same time?"We arrange the big recess in the third year of junior high school after the second period, the first and second years after the third period, 30 minutes in the third semester, and 40 minutes in the first and second semesters. Zhou Benhui said that the extra 10 minutes can just achieve staggered meals, and at the same time, the exercise time of the first and second year students is also longer.
In addition to integrating resources from within the school, the school also borrows from outside. Zhou Benhui gave an example to reporters: the school's multi-** hall can only accommodate about 240 people, when the school's theatrical performances are held, 10 people can dance to fill the entire stage, for this reason, the school will take the initiative to borrow the activity hall from nearby theaters and other places, and never let the children "be wronged" because of the limited venue.
Let the development of teachers be unlimited
At present, the school has a total of 87 full-time teachers, and in order to reduce the development limitations brought by "local small" to teachers, the school has always attached great importance to "inward and outward communication".
When I first came to school, I was a little worried. Liu Yan, a political science teacher at the school, came here two years ago, and considering that the school is not very big, he can't help but be a little worried about his own growth. Unexpectedly, the school gave her a "big surprise", not only was there a senior "master" to teach, but the school also provided a lot of growth platforms for new teachers.
According to Zhou Benhui, the school has made "great efforts" for the growth of new teachers. The school has formed a gradient and multi-level teacher training and development system for new teachers, excellent teachers, backbone teachers, and famous teachers. At the same time, the school also carried out the "Blue Project" master-apprentice pairing ceremony, arranging teaching masters for new teachers, and the master-apprentice classroom was open to listen to each other, and the master guided the apprentices to grind and compete in classes.
Yang Tiegeng, who was born in 1998, is only 25 years old this year, and came to the school in 2020 to become a Chinese teacher, and three years later became the deputy director of the school's teaching and research department. From "a blank sheet of paper" to now growing into a deputy director, Yang Tiegeng believes that the activities of the school's Youth Research Association have helped him a lot.
The school will hold a youth research meeting every month, and young teachers and senior teachers inside and outside the school will sit together to share good teaching experience and difficult teaching puzzles.
Yang Tiegeng shared a case with reporters, and a teacher asked at the meeting, "If students are suddenly very emotional in class, how to solve it?""Experienced teachers will pass on their experience by hand. For example, teachers should first calm down themselves, then think about calming students' emotions, and then fully communicate after class. In such continuous exchanges, Yang Tiegeng has grown rapidly, participated in provincial and municipal teaching competitions for many times and won many honors.
For the growth of teachers, the school has always insisted on "going out", and vigorously supports young teachers to participate in classroom teaching competitions and observation activities at all levels to show their teaching styleOrganize teachers to participate in teaching seminars and training activities at all levels in the provinces and municipalities to improve their teaching and research capabilitiesGive full play to the role of the famous teacher's studio, let teachers go into brother schools, and broaden their educational horizons.
According to statistics, the school currently has 5 outstanding teachers at the municipal level, 14 backbone teachers at the urban level, 1 excellent class teacher at Jiuzhi, and 5 excellent class teachers at the municipal level.
There are no limits to your child's growth
On the afternoon of November 15 this year, the school received good news. The junior high school women's group of the Changsha primary and secondary school basketball competition came to an end, and the school women's basketball team won the third place. This is not the first time that the school's women's basketball team has achieved good results, from 2019 to 2023, the school has won the third place in the junior high school group of the Changsha Women's Basketball Tournament for five consecutive years.
Kuang Ying, a school physical education teacher and women's basketball coach, told reporters that some students do not have the foundation to play basketball, and it is the school that discovers their "shining points" and gradually cultivates them.
There are not many students in the school, which helps us to discover the potential of each child. Zhou Benhui said that the school adheres to the educational concept of "all-round development and highlighting personality", takes the road of characteristic connotation development, makes every effort to promote quality education, cultivates students' core literacy, and lays the foundation for students' happy life.
Relying on the curriculum and using after-school service time, the school offers more than 40 school-based enrichment elective courses every week, including women's basketball team, electroacoustic band, dance, programming, etcThere are hobby-based readers, creative crafts, calligraphy, etc.;There are charming math worlds based on subject expansion applications, English fun dubbing, etc.
Every semester, we will conduct a 'thoroughfare' for students, tap the interests of each child, and regularly hold art and sports activities to build a variety of stages for students to show their talents, so that every life can flourish. Zhou Ya, director of the school's academic affairs, told reporters.
The growth of the school's electroacoustic band is a good example of this. When the freshmen of junior high school registered, the school's ** teacher Yinjian originally wanted to form an electroacoustic club and recruit some students who had learned Xi electric guitar, electronic organ and other musical instruments, but he did not expect that many children who took the initiative to learn guitar, drums and flutes later came.
For such a "hodgepodge" club, the school not only provided equipment and venues, but also invited professional band teachers from outside the school to come to the school every Friday night to teach the students and provide them with many opportunities to "perform".
In the past two years, the electroacoustic club has given a great surprise to the silver key, and many people have won the grand prize in the "Three Independences" competition of the Changsha Primary and Secondary School Campus Culture and Art Festival. "The kids get to do what they love in a team, and it can be a lifelong asset for them. Silver Key said.
Characteristic education, high-quality junior high school" This is the school has always adhered to the concept of running a school, Zhou Benhui said, although the school is not big, but I hope that every child can be proud Xi of having studied and lived here. (China Education Daily-China Education News Network correspondent Yu Xing reporter Yang Xiye).
Author: Yu Xing Yang Xiye.