Xiehe Education | [SUIS QingPu] Meeting students in a better way ——Professional guidance promotes teaching development

Despite a very hot summer, welcoming our teachers back to the Qingpu Campus made the climate feel cozy and comfortable.On the morning of August 29, all middle school mathematics teachers attended a teaching seminar having the theme of, “Implementing the new curriculum plan and standards for 2022”. Guided by researchers, lecturers and research students, and through a professional, responsible and high-quality approach, we aim to collaborate in an effective manner as we prepare for the new semester.

New Teaching Challenges

Faced with our collective aims and goals for Semester 1, and guided by this year’s key terms of “commitment, connections, and innovation”, teachers collaborated with each other, carefully reviewed the textbooks and practiced allocating curriculum standards during the Teaching Research Conference. They also focused on quality, consensus and responsibility. An emphasis was made on team building and common development.

The mathematics group expressed in unity its continued desire to build the subject group through the implementation of a standardized professional growth path for teachers through “teachers’ independent learning, hierarchical development, team research, demonstration classes, and the following of regulations”. These initiatives are used to support the overall development of the school and create a high-quality mathematics team.

Additionally, the mathematics group teaching will provide standardized cases for curriculum development and the implementation of comprehensive science and engineering learning through exploration and practice as well as components such as the “curriculum system, teaching mode, schedule, student activities and test paper preparation”.

Subject teaching

In combination with the framework, the basic requirements of the compulsory education curriculum scheme, the mathematics curriculum standards (2022 Edition) and the group’s curriculum guide, we will also be introducing interdisciplinary subjects (project-based learning). We will expand and explore curriculum types to increase the richness, diversity and selectivity of the curriculum. To construct a characteristic curriculum framework map for mathematics in our school, we plan to promote classroom teaching reform, and we will also work to cultivate students’ key abilities along with self-management, cooperative and innovative skills.

Discipline group construction

This semester’s mathematics teaching and research is aimed at developing students’ core mathematical literacy. The goal of practicing the new curriculum standards and striving to improve the professional level of all our teachers is of utmost importance for this semester.

In August, the mathematics teaching and research group specially invited Mrs. Jingxian Sun, Director of the Teaching and Research Office of Minhang District. Mrs. Sun provided special training for all mathematics teachers on “The New Middle School Examination”, “New Curriculum Standards”, “The New Classroom”, and “Guidance for Middle School Mathematics Teaching Methods”. Coordinator Mr. Kevin Li from SUIS Qingpu’s Teacher Development Academy (TDA) also participated in the meeting.

During the meeting, Mrs. Sun inspired and guided us from teaching reform to teaching research transformation, from core quality to comprehensive development, from daily work to life education. Mrs. Sun also presented on effectiveness and efficiency skills, providing additional guidance on delivering interesting, orderly and effective teaching. Her lecture was sharp, sincere and worthwhile to all.

In planning for the new academic year, middle school mathematics teachers have made intensive preparations to meet our students in a better way this sememster.

31/08/2022 SUIS Qingpu