After school: from 16:50 to 18:00, parents can choose their own interest groups and fitness activities to pick up after work
'& lsquo; flexible school & nbsp; is divided into two periods, from 7:30 to 9:00, students can enter school in advance; after school in the afternoon, students can choose to delay leaving school, from 16:50 to 18:00, students can choose their own interest groups and sports and fitness activities. On May 21, the person in charge of the high tech Zone of Ankang City introduced the flexible school system of the sixth primary school in the high tech Zone, saying, "the school does addition, the parents do subtraction, and the students do multiplication." this sentence accurately explains the connotation of the reform, and makes many students and parents in the high tech Zone enjoy the convenience brought by the reform. It is understood that this practice is the first in the province's public primary schools.
Background of reform
Practice and innovation to solve problems for parents
It is understood that the Jianmin community where the sixth primary school of Ankang high tech Zone is located has a large population, a large area and a large number of relocated households. Among them, left behind students, accompanying students and poor students account for 26% of the total number of students. These students need a platform to 'show themselves and improve their comprehensive quality'. In addition, the school gate is the main road of traffic, so it is easy to cause traffic congestion when they go to school and finish school. Most parents work in Ankang high tech Zone, and they have fixed commuting time, which makes them worry about picking up their children to school.
On the basis of learning from the experience of other countries, the education, culture and Sports Bureau of Ankang high tech Zone and the Party committee of Jianmin community, after visiting, studying and judging, guided the school to carry out practice and Innovation: not only the implementation of "flexible school", but also the implementation of "flexible school", students can delay school, also can arrive early, or even late, to ensure that students have sufficient free time.
Where does the cost come from?
Educational institutions intervene in various ways to ensure that 'students don't pay a cent'
Without fixed financial support, what about the cost? The school lacks the corresponding professional teachers, what about the daily teaching of interest groups? Who should bear the relevant safety responsibility for entering the school in advance and leaving school late?
It is understood that, in order to remove the "ideological knot" in the process of reform, the school has twice issued the "flexible school" work consultation and notification to the parents of students. The parents and students are very enthusiastic. 173 students choose to participate in the classic Recitation in the morning, and 435 students choose to participate in the interest group next afternoon.
The relevant departments of Ankang hi tech Zone invite tenders in strict accordance with the principle of open and transparent procedures and processes, and the project cost has been settled. Cultural enterprises mainly implement public cultural services, supplemented by corporate and social donations, which ensures that 'students don't pay a cent' from the source.
Chu Bo, principal of the sixth primary school in the high tech Zone, said that the funding has been implemented. In the form of purchasing services, the government allows the professional teachers of education and cultivation institutions to provide professional training for students after school. Every day when they go to school, in addition to the school teachers, the teachers of training institutions also have to go to the school to participate in the work.
What do you do after school?
Basketball, Hulusi, crayon, harmonica & hellip; & hellip; students have interest classes on campus
Since March this year, Ankang hi tech Zone has tried to implement flexible management of students' arrival and departure time. "Schools can maximize the advantages of educational resources, parents can work with ease, save the trouble of & lsquo; taking or not taking & rsquo; children's troubles, and students can cultivate their interests outside the classroom after school. "Said Zhou Qiu, a staff member of the education, culture and Sports Bureau of Ankang high tech Zone.
On May 21, a reporter from China business daily came to the sixth primary school in Ankang high tech Zone. At 16:30, with the school bell ringing, the campus was full of laughter.
On the playground, the students in the table tennis interest group practice serving with the teacher's rhythm, while the students in the basketball interest group imitate the teacher to control the ball. In the classroom, the students of the vocal music interest group follow the teacher to learn to sing "the painter" & hellip; & hellip; in addition to table tennis, basketball and vocal music, the school provides students with 70 minutes of interest group activities after school every afternoon, including 25 projects such as Hulusi, crayon, harmonica, calligraphy, Latin dance and martial arts.
Are parents happy?
It saves the trouble of "pick up or not" and cultivates children's interest
"Does the school want to change the way of charging?" Liu Huijie, the parent of class 2, grade 2, told the China business daily. After listening to the teacher's introduction for the first time, he still murmured: "is the purpose of the school to make money?"
With the continuous deepening of "flexible schooling", Liu Huijie not only dispelled his doubts, but also felt that his children were "very lucky and blessed" in the sixth primary school of Ankang high tech Zone. 'My child signed up for the chess interest group. He didn't know how to play chess before. Now he is very interested in playing chess. If it wasn't for this interest class, we didn't know he had this hobby. What makes Liu Huijie even more gratified is that after joining the chess interest group at school, the children go home and do their homework without parents' supervision.
Li Jingyao's mother, Yangmei, works in Ankang high tech Zone. She says it's no longer the rush to pick up her children from work every day. The child participated in Hulusi, hip-hop and Latin dance clubs. After a month, she was pleasantly surprised by her changes. 'the child used to be timid and introverted. He didn't dare to talk when he saw the teacher. Now he can take the initiative to say hello when he saw the teacher. '
There are also parents who say that they are a dual working family, and it used to be a big problem to pick up their children. The implementation of "flexible school" not only reassures children at school, but also saves the trouble of "pick up or not".
Would the teacher like to?
The burden of the head teacher has not increased much. I hope more children will participate in it
At first, some parents did not understand, but some teachers questioned: according to the normal teaching time, the teacher can go home from work after completing the prescribed teaching tasks. In particular, the head teacher organizes students to participate in various interest groups after school every day, and the workload increases a lot. In this regard, the reporter learned that the school before the teacher's departure time is about 5 pm, the implementation of flexible after school, the teacher in charge of the students at about 5:15 will be handed over to professional teachers, you can leave the school, the school's on duty leadership is responsible for the relevant safety and order. In the morning, in addition to the 35 minute classic reading, the professional teachers of the training institutions are responsible for it. After 7:55, it is the normal teaching time for teachers. The school starts the first class at 9:10 and has three classes in the morning. In this way, the burden of teachers did not increase much.
Wang Yan, a Chinese teacher in class 2, grade 5, said that at first she was worried about affecting the students' performance in the main course, but later found that several students in the eloquence interest group reported by the class improved their oral expression ability very quickly, and their Chinese performance also improved. After tasting the sweet, she encouraged more children to participate in it.
Relevant person in charge
We want to provide fresh experience for the future school education through the pilot
'if we look at it from a profit point of view, we won't come. In order to do a good & lsquo; flexible school & nbsp; work, we arrange special personnel to cooperate with the school management and formulate plans, and also arrange professional teachers to teach for the interest group, which has the advantages of large investment, heavy task and less capital. Yang Jiucheng, the project leader, told reporters, "we want to explore a way that can be replicated and promoted through the pilot project, so as to provide fresh experience for school education in the future. This is also the reform expectation of Ankang high tech Zone for us. '
A relevant person of Ankang hi tech Zone said: "on the surface, this is only a reform of reducing the burden of education, but on the deep level, it is a far-reaching livelihood project, finding a new path for more primary and secondary schools to" run education to the satisfaction of the people. ". '
Hot discussion among netizens
Liyou 300989: praise the teachers at all levels of the school who have the courage to take responsibility, which is worth promoting in the whole province.
Li you Deshan: Well, parents' commuting time is not stable, which saves a lot of things.
Liyou Ankang: this way is good, but it is not worth promoting. There are no rules, there is no square. The concept of time starts from children, and school is the place to cultivate children's concept of time.
Li you all media veteran Wang: the dream of flexible school for parents in Xi'an has been realized in Ankang. I feel so sorry for the practice of picking up and seeing off children.
Liyou 30370498: students can come to school late. Will bear children play games at night and sleep late in the day?
Li you's "free man": I don't have to fight in the morning to go to school. I can dress and eat at ease. With "flexible school", my mother no longer has to worry about my being late for school!