Early childhood education is so important, why do kindergartens recruit young people?

Judging from the reality, it is also a common phenomenon for elderly teachers to make mistakes in kindergartens. So, do the elderly teachers in kindergartens really have no "place to live"? What caused the fault of this team in kindergarten?

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The old teacher is seriously behind the times.

In the view of Dai, the director of Dongsiwutiao Kindergarten, there is no doubt that the elderly teachers are an indispensable part of the preschool education teachers. "Preschool teachers are required to have the qualities of' noble morality, excellent business and reasonable structure'. Among them,' reasonable structure' mainly refers to the age structure and knowledge structure. Dai 198 1 year joined the work, engaged in teacher work for 35 years and worked as a supervisor for 20 years. He was awarded the titles of "Excellent Director of Beijing" and "Excellent Principal of Dongcheng District". By summing up his own teaching and management experience, Dai believes that young teachers, middle-aged teachers and elderly teachers keep the ratio of 3: 4: 3 the most in the preschool education team. In Dai's definition, "young teachers" teach teachers with less than five years of age, "old teachers" refer to teachers over 45 years old, and middle-aged teachers are in between.

So, what is the reality?

Dai said that from the current situation in most parks, the old teacher is a broken file. Take Dongsiwutiao Kindergarten as an example. Of the more than 60 front-line teachers in kindergartens, only two or three are over 45 years old, and more than 65% are under 30 years old. "This ratio is actually quite terrible. There are several classes of teachers in our park who are young teachers. "

Dai recalled that when she first became the principal of this school, the situation was very different. It was in the 1990s, and the average age of teaching staff was 465,438+0 years old. At that time, the phenomenon of' aging' in kindergartens was particularly obvious. In recent years, by constantly importing new people and constantly adjusting the age structure, we finally found that there are no old people. "

Reason: great mental pressure and great temptation to quit.

So, why is the brain drain of old kindergarten teachers so serious? Where have they all gone?

Dai bluntly said that from the source, the output of teachers is the main problem; From the policy point of view, kindergarten teachers can enter the intermediate title after graduating from college for eight years. In the following 20 years of preschool education, there is no chance of promotion. Teachers lose their goals and have no motivation.

From the management, some kindergartens pay more attention to the cultivation of young teachers and the cultivation of middle-aged teachers. For example, many activities in kindergartens are organized with age restrictions, mainly for young and middle-aged teachers. "If a teacher is over 40 years old and has not achieved anything, it is easy to be ignored."

Of course, objective reasons can not be ignored. Some teachers are not flexible enough in age and weight; Children are good at thinking in concrete images and require teachers to have rich body language expressions. In this respect, the career development of old teachers will also be affected to some extent.

In addition, in the face of trivial and heavy work and strong psychological pressure challenges, old teachers have great hopes for changing jobs. For kindergartens, many people also transfer to second-line posts such as logistics. Dai cited an example. There was once an excellent front-line teacher in kindergarten who had glomerulonephritis. Every time he attended the observation class, his body sounded an alarm, and the data of various abnormal indicators soared. Later, the kindergarten had to transfer the teacher to the logistics post. "Logistics work is also a food stall, but the mental stress is much smaller. When you are busy, at least you will have free time. "

At the same time, Dai believes that the current age structure of "younger age" in kindergartens is not unrelated to a large number of recruitment every year. "In the early years, only one or two graduates were recruited each year. In recent years, sometimes I can recruit more than a dozen people a year. " With the increasing pressure of conservation, the scale of kindergartens is expanding and the number of young teachers is expanding, which leads to the imbalance of age structure in kindergartens.

Way out: Honor and treatment are two levers.

In Dai's view, "honor" and "treatment" are two effective levers to solve the problem of old kindergarten teachers. Fortunately, the adjustment of policies in recent years has expanded the proportion of senior professional titles. Dai said that in the past, the proportion of senior titles was very small, and they were not front-line teachers. Now, after the adjustment of the proportion, the enthusiasm of teachers to declare has been greatly mobilized. Old teachers can see hope and work harder.

At the same time, Dai believes that kindergartens should also provide more development platforms and experience exchange space for elderly teachers. For example, Dongsiwutiao Kindergarten has set up "workshops" for elderly teachers with special skills, giving full play to their "mentoring" role.

In the arrangement of work content, kindergartens should also make more reasonable arrangements according to the characteristics of elderly teachers. "When organizing children's games, the 50-year-old teacher is really no longer suitable for imitating' I am a big apple', but it doesn't mean that the old teacher has no place to play. In the process of playing games with children, the role of teachers should also change with the growth of age, from' mother' to' grandmother', from performing games such as music to picture books, science and art games. Dai believes that special subjects such as fine arts and science and technology often require teachers to master the characteristics of three age groups. At this time, the advantages of old teachers will be more obvious. Therefore, kindergartens will also be inclined to the old teachers in the distribution of special post teachers.

Story: Age is the accumulation of credibility.

Teacher Jiao Jie of Dongsiwutiao Kindergarten is an old teacher with 26 years' teaching experience. More than 30 of her classmates formed a WeChat group. Now there are only a few people left in the first-line posts in kindergarten, and Jiao Jie is one of them.

MengMeng in the class doesn't like to drink milk. Teacher Jiao Jie held up the milk and patiently persuaded, "The cow mother has milk, but not for the calf, but for the child. Should I thank the cow mother? " In order to thank the hardworking cow mother, MengMeng picked up the milk and gulped it down.

The children in the class always forget to drink water. Jiao Jie picked up the glass and coughed a few times. "Oh, my throat is very dry. Who else has a dry throat? " Let's drink water together. "The children in the class listened and picked up the cup.

Xiao Lu in the class doesn't know why she is crying again. Sister Jiao took a piece of candy from her pocket and successfully diverted the child's attention. ...

To the envy of many young teachers, in the face of various problems and emergencies in this class, Jiao Jie seems to be able to put forward a coup to solve the problem at any time without thinking about anything. In Jiao Jie's view, all this is due to experience. When he first started teaching, Jiao Jie met a traumatized child and was at a loss. Now, once a boy in the class has a febrile convulsion during outdoor activities, Jiao Jie can calmly ask the class teacher to organize other children, and at the same time bring the child back to the class with experience and put a small spoon in the child's mouth with a clean towel to prevent danger.

Rich work experience not only enables Jiao Jie to have more flexible working methods when dealing with problems, but also enables her to develop standardized words and deeds. When Sister Jiao was young, she was deeply influenced by Master. To this day, she still stands at the door of the classroom every morning, smiling and taking the initiative to bow and say hello to the children and parents who come to class. Jiao Jie believes that standardized words and deeds have an important influence on children's growth. Jiao Jie said that she never put her hands in her pockets when she was outdoors. "Because children are good at imitation, once children imitate my hands in my pockets, they are more likely to get hurt in the event of an accident."

For Jiao Jie, being old is not always a problem. Being a mother makes her more patient with her parents, often put herself in other's shoes, be able to consider things from their parents' point of view, have more ways of communication and have more empathy. "Many times, parents find new children before their children enter the park, so rich experience is also the accumulation of honor and credibility for us."

In Dai's words, "Young teachers are deeply loved by children, while older teachers can win the trust of parents". Therefore, kindergarten teachers have never been and should not be a bowl of youth rice.