The position and role of teachers

What is the position and function of teachers? Teachers are engineers of the human soul, and the teaching profession is the most glorious profession in the world. These two sentences are well-known comments on teachers, and many normal students are proud of them. What exactly is a teacher's profession? ? First of all, talk about the concept of teachers. Broadly speaking, teachers and educators are the same word. Teachers in a narrow sense refer to the full-time staff of the school, which is a special profession. In this sense, teachers are professionals entrusted by society to exert specific influence on students' body and mind in educational institutions. ? The status and role of teachers are ultimately reflected through their professional roles and specific labor. Let's first understand the specific labor characteristics and roles of teachers. Teachers are engaged in complex mental work, which is different from both material production labor and general spiritual production labor. Because the object of teachers' labor is students, the means of labor is their own knowledge, talent, morality and wisdom, which is completed in the activities in which teachers and workers participate together. Therefore, teachers play the roles of learning guides, role models, spiritual cultivators, friends of students and educational researchers. ? Teachers' roles and specific work reflect their status and role. The social function of teachers' profession refers to the actual influence of teachers' profession on social development and is the objective basis of teachers' social status. Generally speaking, the social influence of a profession is positively related to its social status. Firstly, teachers are the transmitters of human cultural knowledge, and in the process of transmitting human cultural knowledge, they reproduce and enrich cultural knowledge; Secondly, teachers are the creators of social spiritual wealth, and directly participate in the construction of spiritual civilization through theoretical construction, knowledge activation and innovation, moral demonstration and consultation; Thirdly, teachers are the main undertakers of talent production, shoulder the heavy responsibility of cultivating the younger generation and play a guiding role in the development of students. The social status of teachers is reflected in four aspects: economic status, political status, professional status and professional reputation.

( 1)? Economic status? The economic status of teachers refers to the material rewards that teachers get from their work, including wages, bonuses, medical care, insurance and pension benefits. It is the most direct and basic indicator of teachers' social status. Including two aspects: ① get paid in full and on time. Teachers have the right to be paid in full and on time. The growth of financial allocation for education by people's governments at all levels should be higher than the growth of recurrent fiscal revenue, and the average educational funds according to the number of students in school should be gradually increased to ensure the gradual increase of teachers' salaries and public funds per student. The average salary level of teachers should not be lower than or higher than that of national civil servants, and gradually improve, and establish a normal promotion and salary increase system. ? (2) enjoy the welfare benefits stipulated by the state. Teachers enjoy the welfare benefits stipulated by the state. The specific performance is: paid vacation in winter and summer vacation. Enjoy seniority allowance and other allowances prescribed by law. Local people's governments at all levels shall subsidize teachers engaged in education and teaching in ethnic minority areas and remote and poor areas. Local people's governments at all levels and relevant departments of the State Council give priority and preferential treatment to the construction, lease and sale of urban teachers' housing. The people's governments at the county and township levels shall provide convenience for rural primary and secondary school teachers to solve the housing problem. Teachers enjoy the same treatment as local civil servants in medical treatment. Regular physical examination of teachers, arrange teachers to rest according to local conditions. Medical institutions should provide guidance for the medical treatment of local teachers. After retirement or resignation, teachers shall enjoy the retirement or resignation treatment stipulated by the state. Local people's governments at or above the county level may appropriately increase the pension ratio of retired primary and secondary school teachers who have been engaged in education and teaching for a long time. ? Since ancient times, the economic benefits of ordinary teachers in China have been low. As the saying goes, "A family with a bucket of grain should not be called a prince." Although modern society attaches importance to education, there are still three different types of teachers' economic status in different countries, that is, their salary is higher, equal and lower than other occupations. China belongs to a lower type, ranking last in the national economy 12 major industries, and has slightly improved at present. ? (2)? Political status? The political status of teachers refers to the position and role of teachers' profession in the political life of the country, which is manifested in the acquisition of teachers' political identity, the establishment of autonomous organizations, political participation and political influence. Article 3 of the Teachers Law clearly stipulates that teachers are "professionals who perform their educational and teaching duties". This regulation essentially establishes the political status of teachers in the country and distinguishes teachers from traditional freelancers and national civil servants.