Ignite Education

"Education is not indoctrination but ignition." In the view of Xu Ying, the chief principal of Huatai Primary School Group in Yinzhou District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, there is a light in everyone's heart, and the art of education is to give this heart light with the energy of love so that it can release more light and heat. After coming to Huatai Elementary School, Xu Ying, together with the teachers, put forward the school-running concept of "lighting the lamp in every child's heart" based on the original school motto of "Containing Ying and Zuihua, Sven and Fangtai". The concept of "heart" is used to forge the brand of "heartfelt education" of Huatai Primary School.

"Heart-centered" management, promoting symbiotic growth of teachers

"Teachers and students are living organisms, and the mood of education lies in using wisdom to tap into teachers' craftsmanship and stimulate students' desire to learn." Principal Xu Ying said.

The Huatai Primary School Education Group has developed a "resonant and integrated" model of school operation, from pyramidal management to flat governance. More teachers are involved. The school achieves the modern management goal of high performance through "organization online", with the principal's office communicating online, the centers collaborating online, and the grade sections interconnecting online to achieve cross-school, efficient, and closed-loop online management.

Under the leadership of the symbiotic "Heart Research and Training", the school has formed a team of mentors with "famous principals, classroom teachers, and teachers" as the core, and selected promising mid-levels in the school to carry out "daily routine punch cards, pre-game In addition, the school has also implemented such training measures as "daily routine punching, pre-game training exercises, and guidance from experts inside and outside the school" to build a three-dimensional quality of education, and the teacher team has shown a good trend of group growth and symbiotic development.

In the era of "Internet+", Mr. Sun Xingxu, who is devoted to research and development of information technology, has pushed smart construction into all the school's work. The Department of Curriculum and Instruction has injected intelligent elements into the curriculum reform and started the A-plait curriculum with Chinese localization; the Department of Moral Development has launched a live webcast of "Heart Dream Stage"; the Department of School Services has introduced intelligent light control, air farm, and other advanced equipment. A series of intelligent offices have made the school awarded as the city's smart campus.

Mr. Zhang Jiangbo, a teacher who came to the school for exchange, grew to be a well-known teacher of the school's Wisdom Club and ignited a confidence and enthusiasm he never had before; Mr. Zhu Qilin, a physical education teacher, led his tennis players to win many battles and became a legendary gold medal coach; Mr. Wen Liuyi, an art teacher, led the children to create silk threads with socks piecing patterns and bottle cap fluctuations. At Huatai Elementary School, innovative teachers are emerging, and the genuine love for innovative education is getting stronger.

The "Bright Heart" program uses art to ignite the "brightness" and "energy" of teachers and students. "

Huatai Elementary School has built an engraved heart curriculum system of "love to inspire the heart, virtue to correct the heart, wisdom to the heart, beauty to please the heart, art to embellish the heart, physical fitness, and labor to nourish the heart" to ignite the "brightness" and "energy" of every teacher and student. The "Aesthetic Education" system is designed to ignite the "brightness" and "energy" of each teacher and student.

Using "aesthetic education" to nourish the hearts of teachers and students is a feature of Huatai Primary School. The school's two campuses have nearly 80 art clubs combined, aiming to let each child find his or her interests through art education and give them more opportunities to shine.

Principal Xu Ying has been pondering a question: "Is there an art form that allows all children to participate, where everyone takes their strengths and collaborates? "After comprehensive study, since 2014, Huatai Elementary School has been conducting a comprehensive study on the practice of microfilm teaching. This microfilm curriculum, which integrates photography, literature, acting, and network technology, has been popular among students from the very beginning. Students brought their IPads and other equipment, took scenes on campus, and wrote and directed their own short films on various topics. Xiaoge, who is usually a silent student, showed class microfilm looking back on six years at the graduation ceremony, impressing teachers and classmates.

Among the more than 80 art clubs, there are four non-heritage courses, namely gold and silver embroidery, Yong Opera, Yue Opera, and Ningbo Walking Script. Ningbo walking book was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage as early as 2008, and Huatai Primary School invited Wan Guochun, an intangible heritage-bearer of Ningbo walking book, to hold classes at the school to teach the children about this traditional culture which is about to be lost. Wang Yuming is recognized as the best singing student in the club, talking about the original intention of learning this traditional culture, the young boy said his heart, "because this is non-heritage, we have the responsibility to inherit and carry forward."

Over the past few years, the art and culture atmosphere at Huatai Elementary School has become stronger and stronger. The three principals of Huatai Primary School, Xu Ying, Liu Yaoliang, and Sha Leibin, have each achieved excellent results in art, music, and physical education, using art to build a diverse stage for the children. The school also hopes to have more teachers who not only impart knowledge to students, but also become leaders in art, using art to light up the way for students to move forward.

"Heartfelt" evaluation to unleash the potential of each child

Huatai Elementary School has set the school's goal as "curiosity, confidence, and responsibility". To this end, the school actively explores the evaluation system that is compatible with children's physical and mental development, and has formed three "I am the master": "Subject Carnival" - my subject "I am the master", "seven hearts evaluation method" - my face value "I am the master". The "Weekly Heartwarming List" - I am in charge of my beauty.

The "Carnival of Subjects" mainly takes into account the unique physical and mental characteristics of students in the lower grades, and carries out an activity-based, participatory assessment model that integrates subject knowledge, ability development, and interest development, making the rigid assessment tasty and making education "silent". The "Seven Hearts Assessment Method" is a method of assessment that is based on the participation of students.

The "Seven Hearts Evaluation Method" is based on the comprehensive quality levels and personality characteristics that students of different age groups should achieve in seven aspects: moral quality, civic qualities, learning ability, communication and cooperation, sports and health, aesthetics and performance, and practice and operation, and the annual "six-month growth sequence" and six-year "30-year growth sequence" are formulated by year group. The "6 Months Growth Sequence" and the 6-year "30 I will" student growth outline - heart seed growth sequence, and use the "red, orange, green, green, blue, purple" seven "At the end of the semester, students are selected as "Seven Hearts Students" through the "Face Value" point system to cultivate and improve their core qualities.

To make up for the limitations of the "Seven Hearts Evaluation Method", which is summarized once a semester and evaluated within the classroom, the school introduced the "Weekly Heart Children List". Each week, the teacher on duty looks for the week's "beauty spots" in the school and posts the weekly list, which serves as another bridge for the school to evaluate children's learning and living habits.

"Education is about awakening students' inner energy and ideals with wisdom and emotion, liberating their potential, developing their wisdom and inspiring them to create life." Xu Ying said that by implementing a "heartfelt" evaluation, the school will provide motivation for each child's development so that each child can be a successful person.