School initiative, social participation, teacher voluntary, student voluntary, public welfare inclusive, and many government departments have organized——
The regular version of "Summer Nursery School" has started
This summer, when the off-campus training institution is cold, the regular version of "Summer Nursery" service is launched, and the problem of "Towa" for dual-employee families is expected to be solved.
What to do and how to manage summer custody?
Experts said that the basic requirements of school initiative, social participation, teacher volunteerism, student volunteerism, and public welfare inclusiveness should be followed.
In fact, the summer nursery school is only a supplement to family education, not a substitute for family education.
Parents should let their children learn to make plans, cultivate their self-management capabilities, and achieve personalized growth.
The summer vacation is here and the "sacred beasts" are out, and many dual-employee parents have to worry about where their children will go during the summer vacation.
During the holidays of previous years, off-campus training institutions became the first choice for parents "Towa", but under the pressure of layers of supervision this year, the off-campus training institutions became cold, and it was difficult to reproduce the "spectacle" of the year.
The "Tova" of a dual-income family has become an urgent problem that needs to be solved.
To this end, many local governments have launched the "Summer Nursery School" service.
On July 2, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Education issued an announcement that it will launch a caretaker service for primary school students in grades one to five during the summer, organized by the district education committees and undertaken by schools.
Previously, Shanghai, Wuhan and many other places have launched summer vacation custody services.
How to "entrust" summer custody, who will do it, and how?
Where do teachers come from? Will they infringe on teachers' right to rest?
How to arrange children's activities in school, and can they be attractive to children and parents?
Judging from recent hot topics in public opinion, the custody class has already taken the first step, and how it will develop in the future requires further consideration.
Who will run the trusteeship class?
The Ministry of Education held a press conference on July 13 and stated that summer custody services should follow the basic requirements of school initiative, social participation, teacher volunteers, student volunteers, and public welfare.
It is necessary to coordinate and rationally arrange the time for teachers to volunteer to participate in the trusteeship service, and to protect the rights and interests of teachers in accordance with the law. It is necessary to ensure the necessary rest time for teachers during the summer vacation, and also allow time for teachers to participate in summer teaching, research and training.
Judging from the current summer custody classes announced in various places, the main subjects of the program are government agencies, education departments (schools), and communities.
Beijing plans to use subdistricts, towns and villages as units to determine the trusteeship service to undertake schools, provide learning places, open libraries, reading rooms, organize sports activities, etc., and students will participate in trusteeship services on the principle of being nearby.
Wuhan has launched a summer community custody class. Since July 5, 193 municipal summer community custody rooms and 82 district-level summer community custody rooms have been officially opened.
The governments of Henan Luohe, Zhumadian and other places take the lead in organizing public welfare summer custody classes, and some areas will be fully subsidized by the government.
The Shanghai level has uniformly distributed the five major categories of courses in morality, intelligence, physical education, art and labor. Nearly 20 social organizations will provide summer nursery classes with more than 2,000 public welfare courses. The relevant departments will also distribute environmental protection public welfare and sports training courses.
Chu Zhaohui, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Educational Sciences, believes that the establishment of summer trust classes should follow the scientific laws of education and teaching. “Summer vacation should be different from the semester and cannot be the'third semester'. Now children’s learning pressure is high. Improper arrangements will hurt children's learning autonomy." Vacations should create opportunities for children to get close to nature and the society as much as possible, and give them different experiences and gains.
Winter and summer vacations are the rest time for teachers as stipulated by law.
"We have calculated that the average working time of teachers is 50 hours per week during the semester, or even longer. The labor law stipulates that the average weekly working time is no more than 44 hours. Winter and summer vacations actually make up for the daily rest time occupied by teachers." Chu Zhaohui said that public summer nursery services may have a certain impact on teachers' vacation training and rest adjustments, which will affect the overall quality of education and teaching. In the long run, teachers may have a sense of job burnout and affect the enthusiasm of outstanding talents to enter the education field.
Summer custody services cannot simply require the participation of all teachers, and should not be simply linked to the evaluation of first-class qualifications, professional title evaluation, etc., but to protect teachers' basic right to rest.
More social forces need to be mobilized to participate, such as hiring external teachers and purchasing third-party services.
Can't "sing it up"
Judging from the current registration situation of the Beijing Summer Custody Class, this initiative has been welcomed and supported by most parents.
Some parents also said that the summer vacation is a rare time for children to take a break, and they plan to send their children back to their hometown to "freeze the body and mind"; some parents of students who are facing a "little promotion" said that the summer vacation will continue to let their children go to academic tutoring classes or hire one-on-one tutors. .
Experts believe that summer care classes are just a kind of bottom-up service, which is more from the perspective of ensuring the safety of children, and is mainly suitable for children who are at a young age and lack self-protection and self-management capabilities.
Older and more independent children should still use the vacation to get close to nature and learn more about society, rather than putting them in a nursing class.
Regarding the question of whether parents choose off-campus training or summer custody classes, many experts said that it is necessary to have a clearer understanding of reducing the burden on primary and secondary school students.
“As long as the demand exists, off-campus training cannot be completely'cool'. Only by reforming the education evaluation system can the burden of students be truly reduced.” Chu Zhaohui said, “In the supervision department, the strict control of small class teaching and one-to-one teaching qualification review Under the control, the parents of students with just-needed needs may pay more money.” Without reforming the single score evaluation system, all students will be included in an educational environment of running track competition, through the rectification of off-campus training institutions and the implementation of after-school services and trusteeship. Services can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.
In addition, some education experts said that the summer nursery school is only a supplement to family education and cannot replace family education.
Parents should allow their children to participate in housework during the summer vacation, so that children learn to make plans, cultivate their self-management capabilities, and achieve personalized growth.
Give parents and children more choices
For children, the vacation itself should be distinguished from school.
Vacation is another way of life, it is a kind of adjustment to the child's physical and psychological function.
Keeping children in school is not in line with the basic laws of education. During the holidays, children should be allowed to do what they like.
Summer care should start from the needs of parents, but the goal should be the healthy growth of the child.
Schools should try their best to improve the effectiveness of teaching work in the normal semester. Only high performance can bring high quality.
At the same time, schools have their specific functions, and the boundaries of responsibilities must be clear. If the boundaries continue to expand, it will inevitably lead to a decline in the quality of normal teaching. This is something that neither party wants to see.
Judging from the summer custody classes that have been opened, they basically adopt a symbolic fee and free approach.
The Beijing summer care service charges parents appropriately, generally 30 yuan per day, which is free for students with difficulties in their families.
In principle, all teaching centers in Shanghai charge students at a standard of 600 yuan per person per term (3 weeks). For students with family difficulties, relevant fees can be appropriately reduced.
The summer community custody class in Wuhan adheres to the principle of "public welfare and voluntary" and provides free custody services for elementary school students.
Experts said that education should be the participation of the whole society. Allowing social institutions to join may help the custody service to further improve the efficiency. The mobilization ability of social institutions will also bring more choices to parents and students.