Speech at the city-wide education work conference

Education is the foundation of this century-old plan. As a basic, strategic, and leading undertaking, education shoulders the important responsibilities of talent cultivation and technical support. It is the cornerstone of national rejuvenation and social progress, and the fundamental way to improve the quality of the people and promote the all-round development of people. The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized that priority should be given to developing education and building a country with strong human resources. Our party has determined to be a Marxist learning party since its birth. Whether during the revolution and war, or after taking power and the founding of the country, it has always attached great importance to education. This is the reason why we have achieved great achievements in various undertakings. Premise and foundation. The following is the speech I gave at the city-wide education work conference compiled for your reference only.

Speech at the city-wide education work conference (1):

Dear teachers and comrades:

After full research, extensive mobilization, and careful preparation On the basis of this, today we held a high-level city-wide education work meeting. It was uncommon in the past to hold educational work conferences twice a year. At last year’s Teacher’s Day conference, we issued the “Implementation Plan for Providing People’s Satisfactory Education”, focusing on communicating with you how Jieshou Education builds a responsible cultural system. This Teacher's Day, the municipal party committee and the municipal government will also hold a summary and commendation meeting. Therefore, during the preparation process for this meeting, we have been thinking about what problems we want to solve and what we want to talk to you at the meeting. We hope that through the convening of this meeting, we can lay a solid foundation for this year's Teacher's Day Conference. In the past two years, the city's education workers have done a lot of hard work and successfully passed the national-level county inspection for balanced compulsory education development. The province's party and government leading cadres' performance in the supervision and assessment of educational responsibilities has been significantly moved forward, and the quality of education and teaching has improved. There has been a significant improvement, especially within the education system, and the entire spirit has been significantly improved. We also did some research some time ago, and what we have the deepest experience with is the problem of job burnout among many educators. This is a very prominent problem in the Jieshou education system. At a study meeting of the municipal party committee's central group some time ago, Secretary Huidong said to everyone: "Don't forget why you set out just because you have gone too far." Each of us has our own original intention in everything we do, but after walking for a long time, we forget why we set out in the first place. As a result, there is more confusion and triviality in the process, and less inner clarity and perseverance. Everyone here, especially the majority of educators, do you still remember your original intention when you first started teaching? Therefore, today’s speech is not a comprehensive summary of educational work. It mainly focuses on “not forgetting the original intention” and starting from the origin of education. , using the perspective of "looking beyond education" to find, analyze, and solve outstanding problems in education itself, so that our city's education can go faster and further.

1. Objective evaluation, fully affirming the persistence of educators in not forgetting their original aspirations

Some time ago, a government research team was arranged to conduct research on the front lines of education. The feedback from the research team was deeply touching: Most principals and front-line teachers naturally reveal a strong dedication to their jobs, including concerns about Jieshou Education's "lowering", spontaneous exploration and thinking on how to improve the quality of education and teaching, and efforts to improve the quality of the teaching staff. Positive suggestions, etc. It can be seen that most educators are persistent and determined to run a good education in our world. In general, it is reflected in the following aspects:

(1) Adherence to the teaching position. This year the Education Bureau launched the selection of the most beautiful teachers. In fact, it is not just the most beautiful teachers selected. The word "perseverance" can be well reflected in many of our teachers. Among them, there are those who insist on the "three-foot podium". For example, a simple female teacher in the affiliated primary school, who is in the school management and is nearing retirement, still sticks to the front line of teaching. Although she suffers from severe lumbar spine disease and is faced with lively and active For children, she is often unable to do what she wants, but she still tries her best to stand on the "three-foot podium"; she also insists on loving her children as her own children. For example, a teacher at Dahuang Sizili Primary School not only pays the tuition and miscellaneous fees for left-behind children with family difficulties, but also makes them Being able to return to the classroom, and always caring for and guiding children correctly so that they can feel the warmth of family; and insisting on loving school as home, Gu Ji Central School, a teacher, regards school as her home, and she is used to leaving school after school Afterwards, I walked around the front and back yards of the campus, turned off the dripping faucets, and checked to see if the doors of each class were locked and if there were any children whose parents had not come to pick them up. Every bit of this was a sign of persistence in the campus.

(2) Persistence in teaching quality.

Many teachers in rural primary schools, even though the hardware is not complete, still delve into teaching materials, carefully design classes, focus on the innovation of educational teaching methods and the exploration of students' shining points, and strive to improve the quality of education and teaching. Take Liuzhai Primary School in Daiqiao Town, a remote rural primary school. One day, an English teacher came to teach as a volunteer. When the teacher taught English letters in class, he gave exercise books to the children to write. It was stipulated that one letter should be written in two lines, but many children After finishing writing, they all whispered: "Teacher, I want to write two more lines." Infected by the children's strong desire for knowledge, after the teaching period expired, the teacher resolutely took root in the countryside, studied teaching methods with great concentration, and achieved the goal of teaching. Positive interaction with learning. In addition to classroom teaching, group activities are also an effective way to improve students' learning efficiency. During the investigation of the No. 2 Middle School, the Government Office saw the teachers’ unshakable insistence on leading the team to run between classes, as well as the students’ orderly formation, powerful steps, and high-spirited momentum during the running exercises. When students integrate into this passionate group, , will naturally produce the courage and passion to overcome difficulties.

(3) Adherence to the dignity of the teacher. Many educators rely on their sense of responsibility for education and stick to the "three-foot podium". They are not doing it for money, fame, or profit, but for a career worthy of their shoulders. For example, the principal of Jinzhai Central School spent 4,000 yuan out of his own pocket to retain an outstanding first-grade student who was about to be poached at a high price, and made many efforts to retain the student. The principal, who was nearly fifty years old, described this incident The incident was told with emotion. Under his leadership, Jinzhai Central School gradually formed a system of "big fish leading, small fish following" from team members, to teachers, to students. effect and gradually get on the right track of development. As Secretary Huidong said, a good school has a good principal. If the principal of a school is very responsible and caring, then the school will not be any worse.

I believe that everyone, like me, will be infected when hearing these examples, and our hearts will be warm and firm. I also believe that there are many examples of people here who have not forgotten their original aspirations. It is your persistence in busy life that gives us the confidence and courage to accelerate development. I have told everyone at several meetings that education work itself must be energetic. Last year, when the balanced development of compulsory education met the provincial inspection and national inspection, the evaluation given by experts was that we could feel the high-spirited spirit of our entire staff, especially the education system. On behalf of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks and sincere respect to everyone for their hard work!

2. Clear understanding and deep reflection on the lack of trust among all parties involved in education

< p> Currently, the most prominent problem in our education is the lack of trust. In the past two years, we have made a lot of efforts to provide education that satisfies the people, implemented a three-year improvement plan, and passed the national acceptance of the balanced development of compulsory education with high standards. However, the problems in education itself are still very prominent, and there is still a big gap between our original intention of running a good education. During the research process, some teachers even lamented, "Where is the spring of Jieshou Education?" After analysis, we After reflection, I feel that the core reason is the distrust of all parties involved in education.

(1) Parents do not trust teachers, resulting in a lack of awe. Through research within the education system, society, and daily understanding through other channels, it should be said that parents' distrust of teachers is very common. Once upon a time, teachers were a very sacred profession. In the hearts of students and even their parents, teachers were in awe. However, with the development of the economy and society, the traditional teacher-student relationship and home-school relationship have also undergone subtle changes, showing two extremes. The first is the questioning of parents who “know how to educate”. In the past, most primary school teachers graduated from technical secondary schools, and middle school teachers graduated from junior college or bachelor's degree. They represented knowledge and authority to parents who only had junior high school or primary school education. But now, many parents are "big books" and are intellectuals themselves. They have Knowledge, learning ability, and long-term investment in education have made them self-taught "educational experts" and can speak a lot about education. When facing teachers, these parents will feel that you are not as good as me. Knowing a lot, mistrust arises from this. The second is the arrogance of parents who do not know how to educate.

This group of parents does not understand education, especially the parents of left-behind children. They have almost no involvement in their children's learning and life. They always feel that they owe their children and do not allow their children to be even criticized. Therefore, some children give up to their parents. When calling to say, "Did the teacher criticize me or punish me today?", some parents of students often call and question the teacher indiscriminately. Over time, the teacher is unwilling or afraid to control the students, which aggravates the home-school situation. Crisis of confidence.

(2) Teachers do not trust the school team, resulting in a lack of sense of belonging. A considerable number of schools and teachers suffer from a lack of sense of belonging. With the extension of working hours, more and more teachers have begun to lose their professional will and dilute their professional enthusiasm, and professional burnout has gradually become the most common label. This burnout is fueled by growing doubts about the school. The first is doubt about its own growth platform. Over the past decade or so, we have rarely made major adjustments to the leadership teams of primary and secondary schools across the city. On the one hand, promotion channels are limited and teachers are not highly motivated; on the other hand, the school team has limited management capabilities, which often makes it difficult to provide teachers with a good teaching environment and stimulate teachers’ passion and motivation for work. For the young teachers we have newly recruited in recent years, some central schools simply throw them into remote teaching sites. No one communicates with them or gives them guidance on how to formulate teaching in the face of a class and several children. Atmosphere, some young teachers are at a loss as to what to do. If things go on like this, even if there is enthusiasm, it will be exhausted. The second is questioning the quality of the school team. Recently, some public comments reached my ears, saying that some of our principals often get together to participate in all-night card games, and the winnings and losses in one night can reach tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan. Not to mention what other thoughts you have about teaching and management, I just want to ask you where so much money comes from? If one or two people come because of their strong family background, then do they all do business when they come together to participate? How to explain? This matter cannot be groundless. I will not start it today. There will be special rectification. But since I can hear it, you all here will have heard of such principals and administrators. What kind of role model and leadership do you play among teachers? How long will a dedicated principal be? Dedicated principals, but there are still many principals who just said that they are lying on their backs.

(3) The education system does not trust the education authorities, resulting in a lack of responsibility. Mr. Ye Shengtao, a famous educator, said: "I will never pursue a career abroad, but I also hope that the spiritual and material environment will enable me to be content with my career." This statement means that we must provide the necessary spiritual and material environment for educators. No comrade working in education wants to leave this team easily. To be honest, in recent years the education authorities have done a lot of work in optimizing the material and spiritual environment, but there are still vacancies in many aspects. The first is the physical environment. According to Maslow's "Hierarchy of Needs", for educators, only after material needs are met can they talk about the need for respect and self-actualization. Issues involving teachers’ vital interests: First, the issue of money. Performance pay was originally paid once a year, which did not serve as an incentive. The survey also found that schools still have doubts about the use of volunteer funds. Jieshou Education invests a lot of money every year, but we don’t know how it will be used. We need to listen to the report specifically on this matter. Nowadays, investment in education is not a question of increasing investment, but how to improve the efficiency of using existing funds. I just hope that the money will be used well and create better conditions for everyone. Second, there is the issue of professional title evaluation and recruitment. Due to the limitation of promotion quotas, many outstanding teachers have no way to evaluate their professional titles, or they have been evaluated for many years but have not been hired. Especially in the past two years, outstanding rural teachers have been selected to go to the city. There was a lack of experience in the past, and there was a lack of communication between the education and human resources departments beforehand. Therefore, after some teachers go to the city, and junior high school teachers go to elementary schools, their professional titles need to be downgraded, and some even have to be demoted from the lowest level. Starting from this, it seriously affects teachers’ work enthusiasm. Therefore, the document issued this time on non-school registration management is to give the education department greater management autonomy. Third, there is the issue of teacher training. Regarding teacher training, I said in 2014 that we must ensure that all our teachers are trained in rotation. Key teachers can be trained across the country, and large-scale training can be done through the platform of Fuyang Normal University, which we also did some time ago. The Education Bureau has adopted a variety of training methods, but the effect is not obvious.

I heard that in regular training in teacher training schools, many teachers just sign in and leave, just go through the motions. If you don’t even participate in basic professional training, how can your professional level be improved? Everyone is an educator. If you are not even a teacher, Without developing good study habits and scientific study methods, the students they bring out will not be much better. Different schools have different teachers and different education and teaching methods, and the results are completely different. The key depends on the learning concepts and learning methods they give to students. What do students learn from teachers? Teachers should teach by words and deeds, lead by example, and give them methods. If a teacher has this attitude towards learning, he will not be able to produce any good students. Fourth, there is the issue of school layout. Although we have initially passed the national acceptance of the balanced development of compulsory education, this is only a preliminary balance. The state has given us a certain amount of time for rectification, and we need to make serious rectifications. There is still a serious problem of large class sizes in non-starting grades in urban areas. Teachers want to pay attention to every student, but they are unable to do so. Although the hardware facilities in rural areas have reached the standard, the problem of structural shortage of teachers is still prominent, and the phenomenon of teachers taking over the classes across majors is still prominent. ubiquitous. The second is the spiritual environment. Li Jinchi, the former principal of Hengshui School, summed up a functional formula for education: a teacher’s educational power and teaching effect are equal to the teacher’s spiritual realm and personality multiplied by his teaching skills and professional abilities. In other words, among the many factors that affect educational effectiveness and teaching quality, the most essential ones are teachers’ spiritual realm and personality cultivation. However, we have made almost no efforts to guide teachers’ spiritual aspects. For many years, we have not even organized physical examinations, let alone care about teachers’ spiritual aspects. Teachers’ subjective initiative depends entirely on their own consciousness.

(4) Society does not trust education, resulting in a lack of honor. The society's evaluation of education is nothing more than the quality of education and teaching and the development of students' quality and ability. The first is the quality of education and teaching. This is the general focus of society. I think everyone has an idea of ??how well we are doing. At the primary school level, especially in some rural schools, it is common for students to sleep and whisper in class, and the normal teaching order cannot be satisfied. At the same time, the problem of "four chaos" has been repeatedly suppressed and failed to be effectively treated, which has been criticized by society. Not all teachers have set up "small dining tables", but there are individual teachers who have made many originally dedicated teachers unable to hold their heads up amidst the criticism from society. Everyone has discussed the issue of "four chaos". Someone told me that parents have this need. Which parent dares to say in front of the teacher that you are not good? If you want to teach students more, you can do it voluntarily. Are you willing to do it without charging a penny? At the junior high school level, we don’t have many good schools. Many parents start to worry about choosing a junior high school when their children have just entered fifth or sixth grade. Private schools are most criticized at the junior high school level. The competent authorities have neglected to manage private schools on the grounds that they have no means of supervision. Private schools have many classes that are not open, and the hardware conditions are not good. Basically, they "recruit whomever they want, and expel whomever they want." Who can we get rid of? We can teach whatever classes we want, and we can teach classes when we want." This caters to the one-sided pursuit of "scores" by some students' parents and provides cramming education. After high school, teachers can generally feel that after graduating from a private junior high school The students' potential is over-exploited and their subsequent development is weak. At the same time, it is difficult for public junior high schools to establish their own brands in the chaotic competition, resulting in a development situation where the people are strong and the public is weak. How much resources does the government invest in public schools every year? How much does private schools invest? Why can’t public schools compete with private schools? Everyone must think carefully based on the laws of education. At the high school level, Jieshou No. 1 Middle School and Jieshou Middle School are now at war with each other. The benefits of balanced high school enrollment to the long-term development of education are undoubted. Because we have not had competition for many years, the quality of education and teaching has declined. Taihe has improved the quality of education and teaching precisely through competition. However, we did not interpret the policy properly and did not publicize it well, which resulted in inconsistent social recognition between the two schools. All policy formulation and implementation must go through specific procedures, and the policy formulation process is far more important than the policy itself. The several education work conferences we have held have emphasized that when formulating policies, we must extensively solicit opinions from grassroots teachers and schools, and everyone must form a common understanding and join forces. If a policy is not fully recognized by everyone, it means it has not been formulated. Therefore, to achieve a balance between the two schools, we still need to further refine the work and promote this work in a way that is accepted and recognized by everyone. The second is the development of students' abilities and qualities.

Since 2014, we have been talking about the problem of the "trinity" education pattern of schools, families, and society. Families and society often blame schools and teachers for failing to educate their children well. Some teachers even lamented: "Teachers must teach and solve doubts." , who will solve the teacher's confusion?" In being questioned, rebuked, and even denounced, teachers' professional sense of honor is completely exhausted.

3. System reform, accelerating the reshaping of the sense of professional honor in the education system

In several surveys some time ago, the education system reflected problems within the system, just like a No matter how hard you look at it, you can’t understand it. All you see are complaints, confusion, and various phenomena of the world’s leading education hovering at a low level. You can’t see problems, you can’t see direction, you can’t see hope. If we don’t look beyond education to look at education, we will be trapped in this vicious circle, which will deepen our sense of professional burnout. Where does the vitality of education come from? It comes from teachers’ creative teaching activities. As a government and as an education department, what we have to do is to start from education itself, do our best, create a good environment, let schools return to schools, act according to educational science; let teachers return to teachers, educate people according to the laws of education, and let teachers Regain the ideals and dignity of the profession.

(1) Optimize the school layout and build a platform for teacher growth. Judging from the research, it is imperative to adjust the school layout, and each school has also conducted in-depth thinking based on long-term development. The education authorities should treat optimizing the layout of urban and rural schools as a special topic, assign dedicated personnel, conduct careful research, and come up with a complete set of layout adjustment plans. They must abandon the practice of removing one school today and merging one tomorrow, and proceed steadily and orderly. First, we need front-line research. I have always emphasized the front-line work method to everyone. What exactly is the front-line? For education work, the front-line includes not only municipal schools, but also township central schools, village primary schools, and teaching points. We must really go deep into it and focus on "which schools can be adjusted after the layout is adjusted" The core issue of "conducive to the development of work" has been fully demonstrated. At the same time, we must listen extensively to the opinions and suggestions from all walks of life, especially parents, and accelerate the balanced development of urban and rural education based on the current situation and long-term perspective. Second, we must make overall plans. There is no way to consolidate teaching sites in mountainous areas. Children have to climb several hills to go to school, and they can’t climb them. How far can we go to school? Some teaching sites have more teachers than students, so overall consideration must be taken. The school layout adjustment plan must take into account both practicality and forward-looking, accurately grasp the population development trend, and conduct systematic thinking in conjunction with the education development plan, urban master plan, land use master plan, township plan, characteristic market town plan, and beautiful rural construction plan, etc. , scientifically calculate the demand for high-quality educational resources, and focus on leaving room to meet the needs of education and teaching development. In particular, the removal and merging of rural schools should be prioritized and concentrated in conjunction with more than 70 beautiful rural construction sites in the future. Third, we must stimulate vitality. In urban areas, it is necessary to expand the increment and optimize the layout through a combination of new construction, renovation and expansion, and solve the problem of insufficient educational facilities and shortage of academic degrees. In rural areas, teaching sites with fewer students and severely aging teachers should be removed from qualified towns and villages, and central schools with boarding conditions and complete functions should be built as needed to gather existing teachers and high-quality education and teaching resources to create a fist effect. , build regional brands, gradually enhance the attractiveness of rural schools, and then build a better platform for teachers to grow. At the same time, we can learn from good experiences and practices from other places and explore and implement university district management. For example, in Taihe, since last year, they have established 4 new central schools in the county and organized the 32 central schools in the county into 8 school districts. The school districts have integrated in terms of subject research, school management, teaching and research curriculum reform, etc. to form a benign competition mechanism.

(2) Reform the incentive mechanism and promote the professional growth of teachers. Management that only talks about dedication is pale. To solve teachers' confusion, we must first improve teachers' living conditions so that they can concentrate on teaching, and then stimulate teachers' subjective initiative to improve the quality of education and teaching. First, we must speed up the implementation of non-school registration management. In response to the post setting issues commonly reported by teachers, today's meeting issued preliminary opinions on the management of non-school registration. The purpose is to promptly adjust the staffing and post setting of compulsory education schools within the total number of compulsory education schools and the total number of professional title positions, and promote The teacher establishment and professional titles will flow with teacher exchanges, achieving an overall balance in the ratio of teacher positions in urban and rural schools within the county. However, this is only a principled opinion. Regarding the specific operation, education, human resources and social security departments and other departments are requested to further study it carefully and implement it as soon as possible to fundamentally eliminate teachers' worries. Second, performance-based pay should be paid flexibly. The Joint Conference on Education has studied that the next step is to pay performance-based wages on a semester-by-semester basis.

It is necessary to improve the basic standards and monitoring system for education quality evaluation as soon as possible. Teachers who have outstanding achievements in quality monitoring should be given preferential treatment in terms of performance-based salary payment, priority evaluation, annual assessment, etc., and a clear direction should be established through "combination punches". , stimulate teachers’ enthusiasm. Third, we must create a level playing field. Whether between schools or among teachers, if there is a sense of unfairness, emotional depression and resistance will occur, which will affect work enthusiasm. The creation of a fair environment should be reflected in all aspects: First, between schools. There are no irreconcilable conflicts between the two high schools. We cannot blindly say which school team members, including some teachers, do not support the work, nor do we mean that the education authorities "praise one over the other", but do not be emotional. If you want to solve this problem, That is, in the process of advancement, we must be out of public conscience, out of the overall situation, and out of long-term considerations. Recently, we are studying how to balance this year and reflect fairness while keeping the general direction unchanged. The two schools and the education authorities must look beyond contradictions to see contradictions and solve problems beyond problems. This matter is not a dead end and must be analyzed thoroughly and in place. Second, inside the school. Equity within the school is reflected in employment, policy formulation, merit evaluation, professional title evaluation, and student management, etc. Only when every teacher can feel fairness, can our entire education system be in harmony, and our teachers can calm down and concentrate on teaching; only when every student is treated equally, can children be healthy in an atmosphere of equality, respect, and harmony growing up. For naughty children, a word of praise can often change them a lot.

(3) Return to the origin of education and regain the professional identity of teachers. Teachers' professional identity comes from society, but also from the teachers themselves. Of course, during this period, the government and education authorities must create a good environment. The first is the level of social atmosphere. It is necessary to guide the masses to view education from a correct perspective, widely publicize changes in school software and hardware, publicize typical deeds of famous teachers, famous principals, and most beautiful teachers, etc., to improve the image of schools and teachers in the minds of the people; it is necessary to guide parents to adopt the correct attitude We should invest in education through TV, WeChat, teachers’ heart-to-heart talks, short programs and other forms to educate and entertain, and guide parents to participate in their children’s growth in the correct way; we must guide the society to participate in education from a correct standpoint, from We should start from the perspective of education itself, abandon the impetuous and eager for quick success, and do our best to create a good environment and suitable conditions for the growth of children. The second is the level of government guidance. When Lu You taught his son his poetry writing experience, he said: "If you want to learn poetry, the effort lies in poetry." It means that to write good poems, it is not enough to only know the format of poems and the techniques of writing poems. You must work hard on your experience. Similarly, if we want to improve the quality of education and teaching, it is difficult to achieve the desired results by going straight to the topic and fighting hand-to-hand. This is also the reason why we have put a lot of effort into teacher training, but the results are not good; we organize college entrance examination seminars every year and carefully formulate preparation strategies, but the college entrance examination results are still not satisfactory. Comrade Mao Zedong said that people must have some spirit. He always believed that spirit can turn into matter, and once converted into matter, its energy is huge. As a special social unit, the school's function is to educate people. If it wants to achieve great development, it must first create a positive and enterprising atmosphere and mobilize the enterprising spirit and inner drive of every teacher. This requires us to provide teachers with spiritual rewards, such as appreciation, recognition, honors, careers, etc., after meeting the primary needs of teachers such as performance and professional titles, giving teachers a higher level of respect and satisfying teachers' self-realization needs. The third is the level of teachers themselves. As a teacher, when you step onto the podium, your appearance and conversation, your temperament, and your state of mind, whether teaching is a profession or a career for you, whether you do it as a responsibility or as a hobby, students can clearly see it, and they have a feeling in their hearts. of this account. If he feels that you are an upright and noble teacher and loves them from the heart, he will admire you. If you say the same words, he will be willing to listen. If you teach the same lessons, he will be willing to learn. Only in this way can a strong educational power. In my report at the party school, I talked about the ultimate concern of grassroots cadres. For grassroots cadres, the ultimate concern is to obtain a good career that they have achieved through hard work and that others cannot take away. It does not matter how high their position or income is.

So for all the teachers here, what is our ultimate concern? When do teachers feel most proud? That is when a graduated student can come back to visit his teacher; when walking on the street, a graduated student Parents can take the initiative to come to you and talk about their children's development and learning problems. This is our sense of honor. This sense of honor of teachers cannot be experienced in other professions.

Finally, I would like to give you two words: Don’t forget your original intention and know the way with a calm mind; stick to your original intention and forge ahead. For the sake of Jieshou education and the future of Jieshou children, let us work together.

Thank you everyone!