an huixia, a national model of teaching and educating people: do one thing in early childhood education for the rest of your life
2024-10-07
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from a newly graduated novice kindergarten teacher, to the city's youngest famous principal training target, to the first bold attempt to run a public kindergarten group in the province, the chief principal, the 2024 national teaching and education model, shanxi province an huixia, general director of xinghua preschool education group in wanbolin district, taiyuan city, has been involved in early childhood education for 33 years. what she often says is: "because you like it, you choose it; because you love it, you persist."
just like many years ago, 52-year-old an huixia has a warm smile and is a loving "principal mother" in the eyes of her children. an huixia told reporters that after graduating from taiyuan preschool normal school in 1991, she faced the life choice of teaching in a public primary school or staying to engage in early childhood education. with her mother's encouragement, she loved being with her children and chose to be an early childhood teacher, planting the seeds in her heart of "choosing a career for the rest of her life".
at that time, as a novice teacher, an huixia was serious and responsible in teaching, worked hard to improve, and cared about every child like a mother. she would bring children whose parents could not pick them up on time to her home and cook delicious food for them; she would give comforting hugs to children whose parents had divorced when they were sad. in 1998, taiyuan city held the first basic skills competition for preschool teachers, and an huixia won first place in seven individual competitions. on teacher's day 2002, she was officially appointed as the principal of xinghua etiquette kindergarten.
in 2005, an huixia went to hangzhou, zhejiang province to participate in training as a local famous garden director. when she saw the successful case of group-run kindergartens in shanshui kindergarten in xihu district, hangzhou, she thought of the situation in taiyuan where there were few public kindergartens, expensive private kindergartens, and difficulty for school-age children to enter high-quality inclusive kindergartens. she was determined to learn from hangzhou's advanced experience and apply it to taiyuan. .
however, it is not easy to run a public park group school in taiyuan due to lack of people and money. an huixia and her team rose to the challenge. in 2006, an huixia took the lead in opening datang kindergarten in a large community in taiyuan city. she designed the kindergarten environment from a child's perspective and selected outstanding teachers from the main kindergarten to teach. six months later, six classes all 200 places for young children have been filled, which strengthens her confidence in continuing to promote group-based school running.
in the following ten years, an huixia continued to take over and renovate new kindergartens, many of which were campuses in villages in the city and villages near the city. someone asked her: "why do you care about a kindergarten so far away?" her answer was: "having been engaged in early childhood education for so many years, i know deeply that education should not be divided into regions, let alone big or small. children in mountains, rivers and ravines we are needed more.”
in the eyes of preschool education colleagues, an huixia's profound educational sentiments and personality charm are very infectious, and she is like a "power bank".
yan linlin, director of the yanhu district preschool teaching and research center in yuncheng city, shanxi province, met an huixia during a training. his first impression of her was that she was "very sincere, refreshing and very intelligent." in 2020, yan linlin took on a new task. frustrated by the challenges and pressures she faced, she mustered up the courage to call an huixia for advice. unexpectedly, the chat lasted three hours.
"from work planning to core tasks, from one garden to the entire region, she told me to have a high position and a big picture. managers should achieve and lift more people. from then on, she was by my side it has become my habit to "look to sister an when i have a problem" or "look to sister an when my morale is low".
zhang mei, secretary of the party branch of xinghua preschool education group, believes that an huixia has the ideals and beliefs to serve the country sincerely and "has a big heart."
zhang mei remembers that one day in july 2021, an huixia and her team set off from taiyuan at 5 a.m., went through transfers, chartered cars, and traveled through mountain roads, and finally arrived at a kindergarten in the nujiang grand canyon at 9 p.m. when an huixia went deep into the kindergarten and learned that many teachers there had never been outside the mountains, she actively created employment opportunities to help them broaden their horizons in education. "everyone who has met principal huixia said that she has a 'big heart' and can bring the hearts of preschool educators together to provide suggestions for building a preschool education community. in the past two years, she has completed nearly a hundred lectures, using passion and love it inspires early childhood educators to walk on the path of actively practicing the educator’s spirit.”
qian junli, secretary of the party branch of fukang city kindergarten, changji hui autonomous prefecture, xinjiang uygur autonomous region, met an huixia for the first time in taiyuan in 2019. "you came to shanxi from xinjiang thousands of miles away. we are one family. if you need anything, i will fully support you." an huixia's opening remarks made qian junli feel particularly cordial. qian junli said: "she seems to be born with a kind of 'harmony' aura; she always responds to everyone's inquiries and questions."
at the end of 2023, qian junli's team took over a new kindergarten built with assistance from shanxi province, and was confused about the kindergarten's philosophy and future planning. after an huixia heard about it, she immediately organized the backbone of the team to brainstorm online with qian junli's team. it was the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. qian junli was very moved by an huixia's patient sorting, planning, and prospects.
"principal an huixia has always insisted on 'aiding a group of talents in xinjiang and bringing out a group of talents', turning 'blood transfusion' into 'blood production', realizing the transformation from talent recruitment to talent help, and creating a team for fukang city kindergarten a team of excellent local teachers that cannot be taken away,” qian junli said.
now, an huixia's studio has two maps, covered with small red flags, which are the places an huixia and her team have walked. an huixia said: "the appearance of children today must be the appearance of china in the future. perhaps we preschool educators cannot predict the future of children, but we can shape their present and achieve a beautiful and happy childhood."
china youth daily·china youth daily reporter wei qimeng source: china youth daily
(source: china youth daily)
