Song Shijun does the education of people in the eye .

He has been rooted in the county education system for more than 30 years, and has won the respect and love of many students and teachers with his strength and performance. Now, he has returned to the land of Yunnan and Chongqing as the "principal" to continue to practice his educational vision, so that more county children can grow up with their own future.

With the publication of the seventh issue of "Hailiang Education Research" produced by the School Management Research Institute of Hailiang Technology Group, let us approach the cover character of this issue - Song Shijun, who has the same educational life.

Song ShijunVice President of Yunnan Chongqing Hailiang Education Technology Service Group.

Principal of Wushan No. 2 Middle School in Chongqing.

Part-time master's tutor of Central China Normal University.

The story begins with a "breakout battle".

Regarding my personal experience in education, I think it can be summed up as 'a breakthrough battle, a period of reform, and a return to the original intention'. ”

The first "breakout battle" occurred when Song Shijun was the principal of a county school in Hubei. He was appointed as principal in the face of "poor teaching quality, low parent satisfaction, and an exodus of students and teachers".Drastic reforms have been made to promote the construction of student-oriented classrooms, and three major reform priorities have been proposed: "using 'tutorial cases'", "building learning groups", and "educating students as 'independent individuals' rather than 'a group of people'".

By pushing the door to listen to classes, paying close attention to classroom design and teaching quality, strengthening the construction of teachers, attaching importance to moral education and other measures, he infiltrated the reform into all aspects of campus life, and finally successfully led the teachers and students of the school to achieve a great turnaround in teaching quality - the admission rate of a class has increased from less than 10% to 50%, and the undergraduate online rate has increased from less than 40% to more than 90%, and the school has won the first prize of municipal quality for many times.

The second paragraph, "the wind of reform," blew during his tenure as director of the county's education bureau. Song Shijun, who has an advanced concept of openness, joined hands with the team of Central China Normal University to set off a "green student-based education reform" in the whole school section of kindergartens, primary schools, junior high schools, ordinary high schools, and vocational high schools in the county.

We are taking the 'special road', which is based on the county and school conditions, and the 'special road' of education development that is in line with the resources of local parents. Let every child be the best version of themselves, rather than blindly surpassing the curves in catching up with urban education. Song Shijun said.

It is precisely because of his precise efforts and outstanding contributions to education poverty alleviation that his Education Bureau won the honorary title of "National Advanced Collective for Poverty Alleviation" by the Communist Party of China in 2021.

The third article, "The Return of the Heart", kicked off the prelude to the story of him and Hailiang. It is based on his own deep thinking and solid practical experience of county education, firmly believing that "people" is the ultimate goal of education, Song Shijun firmly chose to retire early from the education administrative department, with his original intention of education, to join the great cause of Hailiang rural education revitalization, go to the land of Sichuan and Chongqing, "return" to another county that needs him, and write the next chapter of himself and education.

Change, from the periphery to the "deep sea".

In March 2022, Song Shijun joined Hailiang Education, with a unique school-running philosophy and more than 30 years of county-level education experience, officially became the principal of the service school of Wushan No. 2 Middle School in Chongqing, and put forward the school-running vision of "doing education with people in the eye, running a school that is respected", and the educational goal of cultivating "physically and mentally healthy, responsible and happy people".

How can a principal with no background, no authority, and no endorsement in the local area accept himself and his team, and make changes from "heart" to "action"? Based on his past work experience, Song Shijun launched a counteroffensive in terms of strategy and tactics.

In terms of strategy, based on the thinking of "top-level design, peripheral start, and relationship construction", he took the lead in leading the team to start from the top-level design, and started to plan from the aspects of campus safety, moral education, classroom teaching, school-based teaching and research, and teacher development, so as to build "four beams and eight pillars" for the development of the school. At the same time, he "took a two-pronged approach", on the one hand, through various heart-warming activities, to establish a good relationship with local teachers; On the other hand, four major festivals on campus will be created to deepen students' sense of belonging to the school.

After more than a year of service, the relationship between teachers and students has gradually become harmonious, and the social recognition has gradually improved. Therefore, Song Shijun saw the opportunity to lead the teachers of the whole school to "advance into the deep sea" in the new school year and start the classroom practice of wisdom growth based on the background of "three new".

In terms of tactics, Song Shijun laughingly called it "the countryside surrounds the city", that is, starting from the periphery, starting from the activation and maintenance of the students' power system, so that the students' mental state changes; Starting with non-inductive reforms, replacing drastic reforms with "minimally invasive reforms", so that many reforms can be carried out quietly; Starting from the construction of relationships, we should do a good job in the relationship between school and teacher, between teachers and students, between home and school, and between home and school, so as to pave the way for the subsequent reform.

Take teacher development as the first thing to do, so that teachers feel sincere; The construction of the teacher honor system should be done as a long-term thing, so that teachers can feel sincere. Song Shijun concluded, "When I become the spokesperson and my own family in the eyes of the teachers, the revitalization of rural education and the high-quality development of Wushan No. 2 Middle School are the common cause of our family!" ”

With the double blessing of "strategy + tactics", after more than a year of running-in, many gratifying changes have taken place in Wushan No. 2 Middle School

The overall atmosphere of the school pays more attention to efficient learning and the cultivation of "people", and the construction of a harmonious teacher-student and home-school relationship; Under the leadership, more and more teachers pay more attention to the construction of learning organizations and begin to "teach in research". It is in this atmosphere that in the 2023 high school entrance examination, the results of Wushan No. 2 Middle School exceeded the assessment indicators of Wushan County this year, and the admission rate of key high schools exceeded 524%, the effect of eugenics and seedling preservation is obvious; More than 20% of the students majoring in fine arts have obtained the school examination qualification of the Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University, and all of them have met the standards and approved the school examination qualifications of key art colleges and universities in advance!

In the future, we will continue to do the education of "great compassion".

70% of the children in our school come from rural areas, and 50% are left-behind children, single-parent families, intergenerational education or orphans, and their lives often lack the love of their fathers and mothers. However, they grew up in today's era of information expansion, so sometimes they can't distinguish between the virtual world and the real world, don't know how to interact with each other, and don't know how to express the love in their hearts. ”

With a love for educating people, after Song Shijun came to Wushan No. 2 Middle School, he took the initiative to say hello to teachers and students whenever he met him, so now students will greet him with a smile when they see him. "When we say 'education in the eyes of someone' is not an empty word, the child's heart will be truly happy and happy. ”

When talking about his educational ideals, a sentence in "The Sea of Life" deeply touched him and helped him clarify the direction of the future - "Little compassion is compassion, it comes out of the eyes, touches the scene, there is no match, it does not flow; And great compassion is long-lasting, it grows in the heart, it is born of karma, and it flows for a long time."

He believes that education should be a matter of great compassion. In education, if teachers only have utilitarian intentions, such education must be contrary to human nature, and children can understand it. Therefore, as educators, we should truly integrate great love, compassion and compassion into all aspects of education and keep the bottom line of conscience. Looking back on the past, Song Shijun has always integrated "love" into every reform measure, "civilian education", "student-oriented classroom", and "education of people in the eye", he has been doing his best to get closer to the true nature of the education he loves.

As the vice president of Yunnan-Chongqing Hailiang Education Technology Service Group and the leader of the comprehensive service team of Hailiang Wushan No. 2 Middle School, Song Shijun insisted on writing down his insights based on 33 years of county education experience, and became a "frequent visitor" in the "County School Revitalization Manual" produced by the School Management Research Institute of Hailiang Technology Group. Let the proven and feasible methods contribute to more peers in the cause of rural education revitalization.

Spring is the season of rebirth and the starting point of the beautiful and enthusiastic growth of thousands of trees. As Song Shijun wrote in the opening sentence of this issue of Hailiang Education Research: "Ten thousand kinds of flowers, thousands of trees, if the environment is suitable, they will naturally grow." ”

At this moment, Wushan No. 2 Middle School, with the joint efforts of Song Shijun, Hailiang comprehensive management service team, local ** and school teachers and students, is building an ideal education ecology, so that more children can have multiple choices, grow towards the sun, bloom into flowers, and grow into trees, and have a better future with natural mountains and rivers.