As children study and live at home for longer and longer, a new occupation has quietly emerged under the epidemic. The new occupation of family education instructor has made many parents eager to try.

  However, emerging occupations have also spawned some training chaos, and some institutions are eager for quick success, exaggerating the gold content and demand for family education instructors.

  news noun

  family education instructor

  It can be regarded as a "psychological consultant" in the field of family education, by understanding the living conditions and confusion of parents and children, and guiding and helping parents to solve problems.

Therefore, it will involve knowledge in some professional fields: pedagogy, applied psychology, social family studies, etc. To become a qualified family education instructor, not only need to have a certain accumulation in parent-child relationship, child psychology, etc., but also need to gradually consolidate psychology Comprehensive knowledge of science, education, family sociology, etc.

  Phenomenon

  Family education instructors are on fire, and related training courses are very popular

  "Have you heard? Parents also have to 'work with a certificate'." my country's first legislation on family education, the "Family Education Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China", was officially implemented. Ms. Wu forwarded this news feed to Baoma, where she lives. in the group.

Under the epidemic, the family education discussion that mothers are very concerned about has risen again, "I also want to learn a family education instructor to facilitate the education of children"...

  Ms. Wu's daughter is now in kindergarten. She used to learn family education knowledge through some parenting books, but now she hopes to get more professional family education guidance.

"What should I do if my child is too timid? How should I guide me if I don't want to communicate with children? As my child grows older, I also realize that helping children solve these problems requires more professional knowledge of child psychology and child behavior."

  A customer service staff of an education consulting agency told reporters that inquiries about parent-child family education are very common, and 25% to 30% of orders in the entire store are inquiries about this type of issue.

And from the perspective of the needs of the guests, parents who inquire about such issues often call on the family education instructor to provide services.

  Not only family education instructors, but also related education and training courses are very popular, and training and verification institutions have also sprung up.

The reporter typed "family education instructor" into the search engine and saw that among the first 7 related links on the home page, 5 of them were for family education instructor certificate application training.

  After the reporter consulted an institution in Chaoyang District for the content of the family education instructor course, the staff told the reporter that the price of this online class is 999 yuan, including 94 recorded and broadcast classes, 5 live broadcast classes, etc. It is mainly aimed at children aged 0 to 12 years old. The course is 16 weeks long, and includes six aspects, including positive discipline and parenting methods, children's psychological development laws, children's typical problems and coping, adolescent psychological development laws, and parent-child communication patterns.

  The staff of another psychological counselor training institution also said that their online class for family education instructors has been launched for the fifth period, and has accumulated more than 30,000 students so far.

  investigation

  Confused mothers go to sign up to learn skills to help babies grow up fast

  The reporter found that mothers not only hope to obtain the guidance of family education instructors, but many parents are eager to try and become family education instructors through training.

  Mr. Liu, a planner of a training institution, told reporters that 60% of the students who signed up for family education instructors were from parents, and the other 40% were confinement maids, kindergarten teachers and other groups for direct employment.

A reporter got a similar answer at another training institution.

"The parents who took this course have the most students, followed by teachers and psychological counselors." The staff said that the confusion encountered by parents who came to sign up has a lot in common, such as children being too naughty or inattentive in study.

  For many parents who sign up for classes, they expect that this new vocational skill will allow them to better educate their children.

Ms. Ge used to work in an international school and is now taking care of her less than 1-year-old daughter at home. When her child was 6 months old, she signed up for an online course with a duration of 3 months and a tuition fee of 1,000 yuan. Educational Instructor's Certificate.

  "Learning the course of family education instructor is mainly because I want to give her a better education after giving birth. Of course, I can also learn a skill, and I can also do some part-time family education consultation in the future." Ms. Ge told reporters , The course content she has studied includes the psychological characteristics of children at various stages of growth, the methods of cultivating children's quality and learning ability, the way of scientific communication with children, in addition to the impact of gender relations on children, intergenerational parenting issues and strategies, etc. content.

  Now, Ms. Ge noticed that her daughter has gradually become self-aware, so she will not directly criticize her after her child does something wrong, but tell her what is right.

"Sometimes the child will put her legs on the chair. At this time, you should tell her that the chair is for sitting and what the correct sitting posture should be, instead of directly reprimanding her not to put her legs." Ms. Ge said that through learning , She has accumulated a lot of parenting knowledge. This course can indeed avoid some wrong education methods and help children grow up better.

  Advocating an hourly salary of up to 2,000 yuan and unilaterally emphasizing that the employment threshold is low

  chaos

  Obtaining correct and scientific parenting methods is the original intention of some parents who are eager to apply for family education instructors.

However, some training institutions that are eager for quick success are blindly advocating the employment "money" scene and low employment threshold of this new occupation, which makes the training sour.

  "Family education instructors are the most fashionable high-paying industry at the moment. The hourly salary can be 100 to 400 yuan after the certificate, and the highest hourly salary can reach 2,000 yuan." Facing the reporter's consultation, Ahao, a salesperson of a training institution, got straight to the point with " High salary" as the biggest selling point of the research.

  A Hong, a salesperson of another agency, gave a more "clear" employment prospect: after graduation, she will directly recommend employment.

A Hong also promised that if the test certificate is passed, a "secret training paper" will be issued before the test. "The exam in September this year is very simple. There are only choice and judgment questions. The 'secret training paper' will give you a real question of 90 points. , you can choose and judge, and you can get a certificate with a score of 60 out of 100."

  Not only that, some training institutions also unilaterally emphasize the low threshold for employment, deliberately blurring the difference between "online learning certificate" and "vocational qualification certificate".

  Ahao said that originally, family education instructors were limited by academic qualifications and majors, and at least a college degree was required, but he could help with the supplementary registration of student status, and directly record the applicant's undergraduate degree, so that even a junior high school degree can be directly registered. .

In order to prove that what he said was true, Ahao sent the reporter 4 screenshots of the registration form.

One of them fills in "custom-made sofa cover" in the "professional" column, and "I often persuade others" in the "do you have experience" column.

  "The qualification for this industry is to have a training certificate, and you only need to be 18 years old." A Hong said that the advantage of family education instructors for employment is that the threshold is low, regardless of academic qualifications.

"Certification is for employment. If you go back to apply for a job, you don't need to write a degree, just write a certificate."

  However, the reporter saw on the recruitment website that a company in Beijing clearly stated in the recruitment requirements for family education instructors that they must have a bachelor's degree and major in psychology or education, and must have "positive management instructor certification".

  In fact, in January of this year, China National Personnel Training Network has clearly stated that "family education instructors" are not included in the national occupation classification ceremony, and the relevant training belongs to professional technical skills training, not vocational qualifications and skills evaluation training. .

  Reviews

  The actual training effect is not good, a good family environment is more important

  Parents sign up for the training of home education instructors with good wishes, however, the actual training effect may be far less than expected.

  Baoma Li Xue (pseudonym) spent 2,880 yuan to register for the examination in the Chinese Teaching Music School. The test organizer is the Central Electronic Education Center, a public institution directly under the Ministry of Education. After paying the money, it was found that both courses were recorded and broadcast online. 300 class hours, valid for two years.

"The head teacher said that as long as you turn on the computer for 60 hours, you can take the exam and get the certificate, and the remaining knowledge and skills can be learned slowly after getting the certificate."

  What disappointed Li Xue even more was that the professional skills that the salesman had promised her to learn were actually very limited.

For example, the problems and solutions for children aged 6 to 12, the practical application course only discusses 20 quiz questions such as "Should a daughter be spoiled as a 'princess'?" .

"Even if I don't sign up for this class, I can give the same answer as a professional training teacher." Li Xue said.

  The staff of the Central Electronic Education Center told reporters that its subordinate second-level units did organize online training for family education instructors, but they never publicized that it could be linked to vocational qualifications or employment, and only issued online learning certificates, not It is excluded that illegal training institutions use the name of the unit for illegal publicity.

"If it costs three to five thousand at any time, there must be a problem, and the public is welcome to contact us to directly verify the information."

  Who is suitable to be a home education instructor?

Chu Zhaohui, a researcher at the Central Institute of Educational Sciences, told reporters that family education guidance does require professional talents, and relevant employment and assessment standards also need to be clarified. At present, relevant departments are actively formulating relevant standards.

He said that this new occupation requires a professional foundation in education, and future practitioners will mainly be community professionals or primary and secondary school teachers.

"The training certificate issued by the training institution is completely different from the qualification certificate required by the industry in the future. Making profits under the guise of family education is not only wrong, but also irresponsible to parents."

  As for whether ordinary parents must apply for family guidance trainers in order to guide their children scientifically, Chu Zhaohui said that parents do not have to apply for this new occupation. Each family member communicates with each other on an equal footing and actively participates. "Let children know how to overcome difficulties, sharpen their will, and take the initiative to take responsibility, rather than simply ordering children to accomplish something that parents think is important." Reporter Yuan Lu Lu Yang