The development history of Wenhua Middle School in Suining County

With the sound of the 21st century bell and the promulgation of the Private Education Law, private education, a new thing, emerged under the spring breeze of reform and opening up. Education reform is imperative, and private education is imperative. But for Suining, who lives in a poor area in northern Jiangsu, it is not easy to establish a truly private school. Competition in the 21st century is a competition for talents. The era of knowledge economy calls for education to cultivate "four talents" for modernization. The people in Suining area are poor and want to change, and their desire for their children to receive high-quality education is getting higher and higher. Naturally, they have set their sights on the county town. At that time, there were only two high schools in Suining County, Suining County Middle School and Chengbei Middle School. Due to their small area and rapid population increase in the county, they were far from being able to meet the needs of high school education. Many students in the city went to other places to study. At that time, the county government's financial resources were relatively weak. Under this situation, Principal Zhang Minghua [former deputy director of education at Chengbei Middle School], as a veteran educator, was determined to run a school that the poor people could trust and afford, so that their children could enjoy high-quality education, so he mustered up the courage to do so. I reported the matter to Comrade Guo Xizhong, then Secretary of the County Party Committee, and immediately received support and encouragement from Secretary Guo. He said that first, there is a policy basis to allow private schools to be run; second, there is teacher support. The county party committee and county government have issued policies that allow public teachers to teach in private schools, retaining their public status and allowing them to come and go freely; third, there are site selection, land acquisition, etc. for running schools. The government will help with the relevant procedures. So, he mortgaged the house used for his son's wedding as a loan, and together with several shareholders raised more than 2 million yuan, and finally prepared to build the first private high school in Suining County on a piece of rice land at the end of 2000.

After the news of the establishment of the school spread, it immediately attracted widespread attention from the people of the county. Some people supported it, some opposed it, and there were endless rumors. His wife said: "You are almost 60 years old. What do you want to do to run a school? It is difficult to build a house for your children after teaching for a lifetime. If the school cannot be built and the house is gone, what will happen then?" My son also said: "You are so old, this step is too big and too risky." Relatives and friends also said: "Can you recruit students? Can you recruit teachers? You are asking for trouble!" Principal Zhang At that time, I was not very clear about the prospects of running a private school, but the news of the school's recruitment had already appeared in the newspapers. I didn't look back. Thinking of the party's policies, the support of leaders and the people, I strengthened my determination to run a school. He said: "I am not afraid of hardship and fatigue in my life. If I want to do something, I have to do something big and do it well. If I can't run the school, I will be sorry for the society and my family. I will jump off the fifth floor to thank the world." "During the construction of the school, Principal Zhang's family lived in a work shed for four years and suffered from severe heat and cold, as well as mosquito bites. However, he saw the completed teaching buildings and dormitories rising from the ground, and he felt like a dragon and a tiger. Have fun doing it. At the three-star establishment work report meeting, he said: "At that time, my whole family had good jobs, and we had no worries about food and clothing. I did not run the school to make money, but for the education of the people of Suining, for the government and for The people do a real thing. Without the party and the government, my family would not be what it is today. I am determined to use all my hard work and sweat in my lifetime to repay the party and the government for their years of training. I will repay the society with practical actions. Over the past year, I have been overworked, especially in the past two months, working day and night, and lost more than 20 pounds. The child said: "Dad, you are going to collapse. As a private school principal, who will recognize you?" Although I am not a member of the Communist Party, I am absolutely loyal to the party and I will devote myself to it till death. '" At the beginning of the new century, under the spring breeze of reform and opening up, Wenhua Middle School was born in the fertile soil of Suining. . Success in the first round of college entrance examination in 2001! In order to adapt to the development direction of education in the new century and the high standards of talent training, how to make use of existing educational resources and embark on a sustainable development path of educational innovation, Wenhua people analyze the current situation based on reality, face the future, and conduct extensive demonstrations And absorb the opinions of education experts to formulate a ten-year development plan for the school.

The plan clarifies the school's educational philosophy and training goals, namely "realizing educational ideals with ideal education", "cultivating civilized, modern and successful people", "people-oriented", facing modernization and facing The world, facing the future, lays the foundation for students' all-round development and lifelong development.

The first stage (2001-2004): basically complete the construction of school infrastructure with high standards and high quality, expand the scale of school operation, improve the quality of admission, expand social influence, and prepare for the construction of hardware and software for the acceptance of two-star high schools Work. Hardware construction: 1. Acquisition of 150 acres of land; 2. Construction of 3 teaching buildings, comprehensive laboratory buildings, and 1 lecture theater; 3. Construction of 3 student apartments, 4 student canteens, and men's and women's bathrooms; 4. Construction of sports fields and supporting sports facilities. ; 5. 3 physics laboratories, 3 chemistry laboratories, 2 biology laboratories, 3 computer rooms, libraries and reading rooms have been built. 6. Carry out road paving, river reconstruction, garden construction, corridors, sculptures, and pavilions on campus. Software construction: 1. Comprehensively promote quality education, improve teaching quality, expand school scale, train the first class of high school graduates, strive to have more than 200 undergraduate students, become the second largest student in our county for further education, and lay a solid foundation for the establishment of a key middle school in Xuzhou City; 2. Create a strong educational atmosphere, form a scientific management model, establish a strong awareness of excellence, and create a beautiful campus environment; 3. Achieve good rankings in various subject competitions and cultural and sports competitions at the county level, and establish a cultural and cultural reputation. The new image of Hua Middle School.

The second stage (2004-2007): Implement the development strategy of "creation guides development, creation improves quality, and innovation forms characteristics" to achieve the goal of "promoting construction through creation, promoting reform through innovation, and promoting innovation through creation." "New" goal, Xuzhou Green School and Xuzhou Garden Unit were established in 2006, and Xuzhou Key Middle School was completed in 2007 to comprehensively promote the development of various tasks. Hardware construction: 1. Acquisition of 30 acres of land to build a faculty apartment building; 2. Expansion of 4 basketball courts; 3. Construction of 50 acres of green forest; 4. 20 pieces of strange stones added to the campus; 5. Adding a library, computer room, and sports equipment room and other internal facilities. Software construction: 1. Strengthen the construction of the teaching team and focus on training young teachers. Through apprenticeship pairing, inviting in, going out, and the use of modern teaching methods, we will cultivate subject leaders and young teacher experts, and comprehensively improve the quality of the teaching team; 2. The college entrance examination results will continue to lead the county, in terms of task completion rate and textbook It ranks among the top three in the county in terms of occupancy rate, undergraduate enrollment rate and subject average. 3. Further improve the school management mechanism, and gradually realize the institutionalization, scientificization and standardization of all work.

The third stage (2007-2009): With the establishment of a key middle school in Jiangsu Province as the core, the school will comprehensively promote the development of various tasks in accordance with standards, and complete the goal of creating a provincial key middle school in 2009. Hardware construction: 1. Add 3 physics laboratories, 2 chemistry laboratories, 3 biology laboratories, and 2 computer rooms; 2. Purchase 73,000 new paper books and 310,000 electronic books; 3. Expand the library , reading room of 230 square meters, music and art activity rooms with 12 seats. Software construction: 1. Concentrate on management to ensure scientific and standardized school management. Continue to improve various rules and regulations, ensure organizational construction, focus on process management, fine management and ultimate goal management, and comprehensively promote quality education. 2. Pay attention to the construction of three winds. Strengthen the construction of teachers' ethics, establish a new trend in education, shape the image of teachers, comprehensively improve the quality of all teachers, cultivate students' good study habits, and improve the quality of education and teaching. 3. Accelerate the process of new curriculum reform, strengthen education and teaching research and development, and improve the level of teaching modernization.

The fourth stage (2009-2011): further expand and strengthen the construction of school software and hardware, take teaching and scientific research as the guide, extensively absorb and draw on advanced experience in education reform and development at home and abroad, and creatively use it Based on educational practice, it will form a higher scientific research strength, enhance the school's reputation, and produce "famous teachers", "masters" and "management experts". Carry out extensive social cooperation, strengthen the research and development and exchange of domestic and foreign education and teaching theories, form a development pattern with high scientific research strength and extensive cooperation with society, and lay a solid foundation for the establishment of national-level model high schools. 1. Constructing a "people-oriented" management system

In order to obtain maximum benefits from the school's education and teaching, it is particularly important to pay close attention to the management of the school's teaching staff. It is necessary to ensure that the team of teaching staff is strong and stable, and the work quality is efficient. In view of the characteristics of private schools with high turnover of teachers and poor stability, in line with the management idea of ??"regulating people with systems, mobilizing people with emotions, and motivating people with mechanisms", we strive to make school work gradually embark on a scientific, standardized and modern path .

2. Establish a united and enterprising educational team

In the construction of the team and the construction of the teaching staff, the purpose is to cast the soul of the teacher, accumulate the foundation, and develop the potential, and adhere to the " The idea of ????showing individuality, optimizing the whole, stimulating vitality and pursuing development”.

1. Establish a leadership group with strong decision-making and control capabilities, unity, cooperation and dedication.

Require all members of the leadership team to establish the idea of ??serving teachers and students, strengthen political and business studies, constantly broaden their horizons, broaden their minds, broaden their minds, be good at uniting comrades, take the overall situation into consideration, and cultivate the ability to tolerate people and things. He must have magnanimity and mind, be moral and self-cultivation, and truly become a leader who understands education and management. Strengthen service awareness, change work functions, and change management functions into service functions that integrate management and service to ensure that measures are in place and responsibilities are in place. Take the lead in talking about politics, righteousness, learning, dedication, integrity, discipline, efficiency and service. Leading cadres are required to learn management in management, and in management, they must establish a sense of unity and cooperation, a sense of running the school according to law, a sense of pioneering and innovation, and a sense of quality and efficiency.

2. Establish a team of teachers who are excellent in business, love teaching and caring for students, and are dedicated to their work.

Strengthen the construction of all teachers' ethics, educational theory, teaching ability, scientific research ability, etc., and focus on the construction of the "Blue Project". First of all, we should carry out educational activities to "establish a new trend in education and shape the image of teachers" among teachers, enhance the sense of responsibility and mission of teachers in teaching and educating people, and focus on "providing integrity education, conscience education, responsibility education, emotional education and serving people" Secondly, support teachers to participate in various training courses, improve teachers’ professional theoretical level, and master modern teaching methods, teaching models and teaching methods; thirdly, carry out basic skills competitions for young teachers, Key teachers set examples, young teachers learn standardized teaching activities, pay attention to the political progress and life concerns of young teachers, and ensure that young teachers can work with peace of mind. Special attention is paid to the training of young cadres, giving them more care, guidance and encouragement.

3. Construct a strict moral education management system

"Educating people is the first, moral education is the first". The school has established "improving the moral education network, optimizing the educational environment, strengthening the awareness of self-improvement, The moral education work idea of ??"cultivating innovative talents". Efforts should be made to build an all-round and three-dimensional moral education network system to improve the effectiveness and pertinence of moral education.

1. Give full play to the role of the network. Moral education management must first have rules to follow, laws to abide by, and things to be done according to the rules; the school implements the principal-political and educational office-grade group-class teacher, party branch-CYL committee (student union)-CYL branch (class cadres), Academic Affairs Office- The three-line moral education work line responsibility system of teaching and research team leader-lesson preparation team leader-subject teacher enables every faculty member to become a moral educator, forming an all-round education environment of teaching and education, management education, service education, and environment education. ; Give full play to the synergy of schools, families and society, strengthen the connection between schools and parents through "Home-School Connection", give full play to the trinity of moral education functions of school, family and society to ensure the healthy growth of students.

2. Adopt diversified forms of moral education, including infiltrating moral education into subject teaching, quality education in regular activities such as flag-raising ceremonies, entertainment performances, sports games, and campus cultural festivals. Please come in, go out, hold legal report meetings, and visit Various exhibitions, participating in community social practice activities, conducting social surveys, making full use of on-campus cultural and off-campus moral education resources, and forming a diversified form of moral education.

4. Improve the scientific management and evaluation system

Teaching is the center of the school's work, and teaching quality is the lifeline of the school. Teaching work is carried out in line with the teaching ideas of "paying attention to classroom teaching, paying close attention to teaching routines, promoting improvement through teaching and research, and seeking development through teaching reform".

1. Pay attention to the classroom, grasp routines, and promote standards. Comprehensively implement the education policies of the party and the state. Strictly implement the teaching plans issued by the national, provincial and municipal education departments, and provide full courses to all students. Strengthen the management and inspection of teaching routines to institutionalize and standardize them. Pay close attention to the reform and innovation of classroom teaching, pay attention to the requirements of the classroom teaching process, constantly optimize classroom teaching methods, methods, and means to improve classroom effectiveness.

2. Emphasize teaching and research, focus on collaboration, and promote improvement. Strengthen teaching and research and pay close attention to quality. Adhere to regular teaching and research activities, use teaching and research to pave the way, and promote the improvement of teaching quality.

Each teaching and research group has teaching and research topics, and "dual evaluation" activities centered on "classroom standard assessment and quality course selection" are carried out every semester. Experience exchange meetings are held regularly, education experts are invited to give lectures at the school, and teachers are organized to visit famous schools in the province.

Adhere to the collective lesson preparation system. Adhere to the steps of preparing teaching materials, preparing difficult points, preparing key points, preparing teaching methods, and preparing learning methods to improve teachers' ability to understand, grasp and process teaching materials, and improve the effectiveness and pertinence of classroom teaching. Pay attention to the training and use of information technology to ensure that all teachers are proficient in mastering and using multimedia teaching technology to meet new challenges.

3. Pay attention to the classroom, tap potential, and seek development. Reform classroom teaching, fully mobilize students' curiosity and initiative, and fully embody the spirit of teacher-led and student-centered curriculum reform. Pay attention to the second classroom and promote quality education. Extracurricular interest groups are set up in each subject to achieve fixed times, fixed locations, fixed objects, fixed contents, and fixed teachers; grades and classes hold reading exchange meetings, speech contests, etc. from time to time. The school holds sports meets and cultural festivals every year to enhance physical fitness and cultivate students' Innovative spirit and practical ability.

5. Give full play to advantages and highlight characteristics

1. Pay attention to the construction of campus environment and campus culture, constantly improve teachers and students’ awareness of caring for and beautifying the environment, regularly carry out green environmental protection actions, and give full play to Environmental education function, constantly broadening ideas, and striving to achieve greater breakthroughs in the creation of green schools.

2. Encourage and guide students to actively participate in research-based and exploratory learning, establish a correct attitude towards life and a positive worldview, let students get closer to life, understand society, and improve their ability to distinguish right from wrong and identify authenticity. ability.

3. Based on the school conditions, adhere to a high starting point and high standards, rely on network technology, rely on educational software and resources, and aim to realize modern education and management, and build a school with educational teaching and educational research. , teaching management and other functional systems to realize a digital intelligent campus. The construction of a networked education and teaching environment provides a means of sharing resources for education and teaching, provides an information space for teachers and students to communicate, explore, and learn, promotes the integration of information technology and other courses, and promotes the realization and modernization of school education. The quality of education and teaching has improved rapidly.

The most important thing about the ten-year plan is its implementation. Wenhua people are sincerely united and work together to continuously enrich the connotation of running a school and create great achievements and bright prospects for running a school one after another with the innovative spirit of "pursuing excellence, surpassing oneself, pioneering and scientific development". Enrollment began in 2001, and the college entrance examination was successful in 2002. Successful results in various competitions at all levels were reported frequently. In 2003 and 2004, the number of students in the college entrance examination exceeded 200. In 2005 and 2006, it achieved greater success and became the second largest student in the county after Suizhong. In 2006, it was rated as "Xuzhou City Green School" and "Xuzhou City Garden Style Unit". At the end of 2007, it was rated as "Jiangsu Province Two-Star High School" and "Xuzhou City Key Middle School". At the same time, the school has also been employed as the "Western China Education Consulting Unit", "Jiangsu Science and Technology Student Resource Base", "Jiangsu Federation of Literary and Art Circles Calligraphy and Painting Examination Training Base", and "China Vocational and Technical International Education Cooperation School". At this point, Wenhua Middle School has truly become It has become a private school with comprehensive influence in Xuzhou City and even the northern Jiangsu region. In December 2007, the school passed the Jiangsu Province two-star high school acceptance test and achieved the second-stage goals set out in the Ten-Year Development Plan.

With the continuous deepening of educational reform, in order to further improve the level of educational modernization in our school and achieve the school’s leap-forward development and the goal of the third stage, all teachers and students jointly learn the scientific concept of development and understand It is an inevitable choice for Wenhua Middle School to establish a three-star high school. Only through the establishment of a three-star high school can we promote the development of the school and improve the level of school running! In the current general trend, we must seize new opportunities and meet new challenges. To survive and develop, we must unswervingly, concentrate, concentrate, and wholeheartedly devote ourselves to the construction of three-star high schools. To create a three-star school, the school mainly takes the following measures:

1. Mobilize all employees to form a *** consciousness. Through publicity and mobilization, studying documents, clarifying the meaning, and comprehensively eliminating the idea of ??"the ship arrives at the dock and the car arrives at the station", school cadres and teacher representatives were organized to visit and study in more than ten schools including Pizhou, Xuzhou, Suqian, and Huai'an, and firmly established the establishment of the Three The determination and confidence of Star High School.

2. Research standards, identify gaps, formulate plans, and implement measures to implement the creation work.

To this end, the school has established a creation work leading group headed by Principal Zhang Minghua, which arranges the creation schedule, compares standards, analyzes gaps, clarifies key points, formulates step-by-step implementation plans, and holds regular meetings to check progress, ensuring that the creation work is tight Carry out in an orderly manner.

3. Adopt an accountability system, self-examination and self-correction, and make rectifications within a time limit. This application is the school’s second application. After the school received feedback from the Provincial Evaluation Institute in April this year, they were not discouraged, but sat down to find their weak links. He also visited Jiawang No. 7 Middle School, Wangzhong Middle School, and Hongxiang Middle School in Sihong. After returning, I seriously reflected and solicited opinions from teachers and students. I realized that in order to improve the conditions for running schools, we must increase investment and strengthen management. Wenhua people are brave and brave, so they immediately demolished the original toilets, moved the school wall 20 meters south, built the original 300-meter runway into a 400-meter plastic runway, and built a new two-story flush toilet. Hua Academy. Principal Zhang and his staff worked hard for 35 days to build a 400-meter plastic track sports ground and a double-layer modern toilet without a day off during the entire summer vacation. They braved the scorching sun and sweltering heat. The 2,000-square-meter academy was basically completed, and four buildings were renovated at the same time. A student canteen, three student dormitories, and facilities such as telecommunications and mobile company network cables and roads have been renovated.

Throughout the entire creation process, Wenhua worked together to overcome the difficulties. When the school's funds were tight, the faculty and staff generously provided help to solve the school's urgent needs, which reflected the great cohesion and centripetal force of Wenhua Middle School. Leading cadres lead by example, teachers are dedicated to their jobs, and students study diligently, forming a good education and teaching work and learning atmosphere where everyone is chasing after each other, everyone strives to be the first, and is full of vitality and prosperity. 1. Conditions have improved and the environment has become beautiful.

The original small ditch in the rice field has now turned into a small bridge with crystal clear water. Fish are roaming in the water, and weeping willows on the shore are dancing in the wind. Roads are crisscrossed, lined with green trees, and green vines set off the scenery. The corridor below is beautiful in shape. The garden paths paved with cobblestones are "diligence is a path" and "hard work is a boat". The four characters "Only Goodness Presents Harmony" are integrated into the four characters. Taihu stone, Kunshan stone, Lingbi stone, etc., which create a landscape with one stone, have become a path on the campus. Beautiful scenery. The finely crafted Mushroom Pavilion, Hexagonal Pavilion, Curved Bridge, and Sifang Pavilion attract visitors from all over the world...

2. The construction of "Three Styles" has been strengthened, and teachers and students have been refreshed.

The school adheres to the party’s education policy, comprehensively implements quality education, strengthens the construction of three styles, and has formed a good school spirit of “seeking truth and being pragmatic, pioneering and self-reliant”, “loving teaching and caring for students, caring for people and being virtuous, "Be diligent, practice hard, seek truth and pioneer new things" has become the guideline for faculty and staff to serve as role models and model behavior, and "diligence, good thinking, erudition, and enterprising" have become the magic weapon for all students to love, learn, and be happy to learn. The school insists on seeking quality from management and efficiency from classrooms. Relying on the dedication of teachers and the hard work of students, the school has achieved remarkable results and achievements, and has won the widespread trust and support of the county's cadres and masses.

The third and fifth major projects have been launched, distinctive education has been highlighted and the quality has been improved.

In the past few years, the school has promoted quality education through creation, focused on launching and building five major projects, and gradually formed the concept of "developing as a whole, seeking talents as an individual, and tapping potential as a subject; focusing on students as a whole, teaching on all subjects, and focusing on quality." "Comprehensive" basic model of school quality education.

The first is the moral education project. The school has established a moral education leadership group, established a school, family, and society committee, established a moral education base and a social practice base, and conducted nurturance education, self-confidence education, gratitude education, safety and legal education for students based on the "Daily Behavior Standards for Middle School Students" , and carry out various forms of moral education activities in conjunction with major domestic and international events, important festivals and the specific realities of the school. For example, in 2008, three series of activities centered on "Wenchuan, we are with you", "Olympic Games, we are with you", and "Environmental protection, we are with you" have strengthened the political and ideological education of students; Taking the national-level project "Research on Strengthening Self-study Education and Building a Harmonious Campus" as the starting point to integrate moral education into classroom teaching; regarding students and parents as God, the school magazine "Home-School Connection" was founded to communicate with parents through multiple channels. Educating students in a hierarchical and all-round way has achieved good educational results.

The second is quality engineering.

The first is to focus on all students, so that no student is left behind; the second is to focus on all subjects, in addition to the compulsory courses required by the state, we also strive to develop school-based courses, elective courses, and carry out research-based learning activities, focusing on teachers, students, and courses. Reform the evaluation system, carry out research, put it into practice, and comprehensively carry out new curriculum reform work; the third is to focus on all aspects, develop students' thinking, cultivate students' specialties, and strive to make everyone become a talent, from all aspects of moral, intellectual, physical, and aesthetic aspects. success. Strictly implement the "Five Stricts", "Ten Prohibitions" and "Ten Prohibitions" proposed by the provincial, municipal and county education departments, strive to reduce the burden on students without reducing quality, and strive to create a "burden reduction and efficiency increase" classroom, through classroom teaching methods The reform should reflect the wholeness in the teaching objects, the comprehensiveness in the teaching content, the subjectivity of students in the teaching process, the flexibility in the teaching methods, the scientificity in the classroom structure, comprehensively promote quality education, and provide students with lifelong development. Lay a solid foundation.

The third is the famous teacher project. The purpose of the famous teacher project in schools is to train young and middle-aged teachers in education and teaching to become the backbone of teaching and experts in educating people. Cultivate young backbone teachers through methods such as going out, inviting in, pairing new and old teachers, classroom standard assessment and quality course selection. A large cycle has basically been formed in teaching, with special emphasis on allowing young and middle-aged teachers to take the lead, creating and discovering famous teachers through external courses, paper evaluations, etc., and rewarding those who have made outstanding achievements in education and teaching.

The fourth is the campus cultural project. The construction of campus culture is to make the school a place with cultural taste and spiritual appeal. Our school mainly enhances the cultural awareness of managers, teachers, and students, works hard on the formulation of school systems, school-based research, development planning, classes, and campus culture construction, and strives to optimize the educational environment and give full play to the function of environmental education so that Students realize the sublimation of their thoughts in a subtle, relaxed and pleasant atmosphere.

The fifth is characteristic education. The school has always insisted on carrying out green environmental protection education for teachers and students, focusing on enhancing teachers and students' awareness of environmental protection, and enhancing teachers and students' conscious awareness of caring for the earth, loving green, and cherishing life. Green represents hope, brightness, and youth. Green environmental protection education not only requires teachers and students to plant, love, and protect green, but also deepen and expand its rich connotations, truly transforming the creation of a green life, a sunny life, and a healthy and progressive life into Conscious behavior of all teachers and students. To this end, the school participated in the national-level project "Research on Letting Green Education Lay the Foundation for Green Life". In 2006, the school was rated as "Xuzhou City Green School", in 2007 as "Xuzhou City Garden Unit", in 2008 as "Jiangsu Province Green School", and in 2009 as national-level "Society Satisfactory Characteristic School". .