Assessment of Teachers' Ability to Build an Educational Environment


Education towards the comprehensive development of children, suitable for practical conditions" (CBQL= 2.15; GV=2.26); "Participate in developing the school education program; support colleagues in developing plans for comprehensive care and education of children, suitable for practical conditions" (CBQL= 2.25; GV=2.52) are only assessed at the "satisfactory" level. In addition to ensuring compliance with the preschool education program and practical conditions, developing a plan for nurturing, caring for and educating children requires teachers to be proactive and creative in terms of content, form and propose measures for caring for and educating children suitable for the developmental needs of children in groups and classes, suitable for practical conditions of schools, classes and local culture. In addition, in the process of implementing the plan, teachers can proactively adjust and update new content, suitable for the reality of educating children. Always share and support colleagues in building children's education plans. This result is an important suggestion for schools in encouraging and creating conditions for teachers to be proactive and creative in building and implementing children's education plans.

* Child care and health care : According to the preschool education program, child care and health care activities are carried out with 4 contents: (1) Child health care and safety; (2) Child hygiene care; (3) Child sleep care; (4) Child nutrition care. The assessment results show that the index "Implementing the child care and health care plan for groups and classes... according to the preschool education program" is assessed at the "fair" level (CBQL=2.95; GV=3.06). To effectively carry out child care and health care activities, it is necessary that the child care and health care plan clearly shows the goals, content, requirements, and methods of child care and health care for children in groups and classes, ensuring the living regime, nutrition, hygiene, safety, and disease prevention for children according to the preschool education program approved by the professional group/professional team/school board. However, the assessment results show that teachers are not bold and proactive in innovating the content, form, and methods of child care and nurturing, and are not ready to share and discuss with colleagues about initiatives and experiences in child care for colleagues. Therefore, the two indicators "Proactively and flexibly in innovating child care and health care activities suitable to practical conditions"


of the school, class" (CBQL=2.30; GV=2.18) and "Sharing experiences, supporting colleagues in implementing child care and nurturing activities" (CBQL=2.20; GV=2.18) were only rated at "satisfactory". Caring for and nurturing preschool children will encounter many difficulties because children are in a complex stage of psychological development, in addition to the expectations of parents for the safety and development of children. Therefore, teachers need to proactively update and adjust content and methods suitable for each class and group of children to ensure the comprehensive development of children.

* Comprehensive education for children: Comprehensive education for children is conducted with the following contents: Physical development education, cognitive development education, language development education, emotional development education, social skills and aesthetics. The results show that teachers have implemented the plan according to each educational content, this index is rated at "quite good" (CBQL=2.80; GV=3.56). Regarding proactively innovating educational forms and methods to suit the reality of the school, the development characteristics of children and supporting colleagues in educational activities to improve the quality of comprehensive development of children, it is only rated at "satisfactory". The standard deviation in this criterion is quite low, ranging from 0.299 to 0.497, which partly shows that the assessments converge around the average value, the average score shows that the assessments mainly fluctuate at the "satisfactory" level. The ANOVA comparison results showed that the sig value <0.05 allowed the conclusion that there was a significant difference in the average assessment scores of managers and teachers, the overall average score showed a fairly large difference (Manager = 2.33; Teacher = 2.57).

* Observing and assessing children's development: The purpose of assessing children's development is to monitor children's progress and development daily, by stage, by age; thereby identifying difficulties and specific causes in children's development as a basis for preschool teachers to make appropriate educational impacts on children, promptly adjusting daily child care and education plans. The assessment results show that teachers know how to use methods to observe and assess children, this index is assessed at the "fair" level (CBQL = 2.90; GV = 2.70). Knowing how to use a variety of methods in assessing children such as: observation, conversation, analysis of activity products, multiple choice tests... helps teachers to comprehensively assess children's development. However, for the index "Proactive, flexible application of


The index of "methods, forms, and tools for objectively assessing children's development" was only rated at "satisfactory" (CBQL= 2.15; GV=2.40), showing that GVMN has not flexibly applied assessment forms and methods. Therefore, the index related to sharing and supporting colleagues in assessment and participating in external assessment activities was only rated at "satisfactory" with a very low GPA (CBQL= 1.90; GV=1.90), which we think is reasonable. To effectively carry out assessment activities, teachers must have a deep understanding of knowledge about the preschool education program, assessment techniques and tools. This assessment result is an important suggestion for schools to strengthen activities to foster the ability to observe and assess children in preschool education. The ANOVA comparison results show the differences between the indexes, with 2 indexes showing differences in the assessment of CBQL and GV. While the index related to sharing and supporting colleagues in the assessment had no difference, the sig value>0.05, the average score of the two subjects was the same (CBQL= 1.90; GV=1.90).

* Group and class management: The assessment results for this criterion show a difference in the average score (GPA), while managers rate it as "satisfactory" (GPA=2.31), teachers rate it at a higher level of "fair" (GPA=2.72). The assessment results for each indicator show that the indicator "Correctly implementing the requirements for child management, facilities and records of groups and classes according to regulations" is rated at "fairly good" (Managers=2.85; Teachers=3.42). Thus, teachers have done a good job of managing and operating the classroom as well as the resources serving the classroom. However, the assessment results show that teachers are not creative and flexible in managing groups and classes to suit the psychological characteristics of children, and do not have many initiatives in innovating classroom management and handling problems arising during the management process. At the same time, teachers have not boldly shared issues and experiences in classroom management in professional meetings, conferences, and seminars. These two indicators are only rated at the "satisfactory" level. The standard deviation of the indicators shows very low scores, from 0.433 to 0.499. This shows that the assessments are concentrated around the average value, mainly at the "satisfactory" level. The comprehensive assessment of 6 criteria in the professional development standards of primary school teachers shows that only the criterion on personal professional development is rated at the "satisfactory" level (CBQL= 2.63; GV= 2.90). Criterion 8 on "Group and class management"


There is a difference in assessment, managers rate it as "satisfactory" (average score = 2.31), teachers rate it as "fair" (average score = 2.72). The remaining criteria are only rated at "satisfactory".

Figure 2.1. General assessment chart of professional development standards

The analysis results show that the professional capacity of preschool teachers in the Central region currently only meets the "satisfactory" level compared to CNN, and has not reached the higher levels of "fair" and "good" compared to CNN. The interview results with a number of preschool managers and teachers all have the same opinion about the limitations in the professional development capacity of preschool teachers according to CNN: Teachers have not boldly applied active teaching methods, experiential activities in the direction of focusing on children ( Manager 13 ); Teachers have not focused on updating professional knowledge according to the requirements of modern education, have not boldly researched, created and innovated methods and forms of organizing child care and education ( Manager 14, Teacher 2 ); Teachers have not boldly contributed to the development of the school's educational program, so they have not created a vibrant professional atmosphere ( Manager 16, Teacher 2 ); Some teachers have limited creativity in their expertise and pedagogical skills; they are not really flexible in planning and organizing child care and education activities; they are not really effective in developing a set of child assessment tools; some teachers do not have good supervision of children; they are not careful in managing facilities and records of the group... ( CBQL 17, 18, GV1 )... Therefore, in the quality management of the preschool teacher team, the management levels


Education (Departments, Divisions, Kindergartens) need to pay special attention to recruitment, as well as training and fostering to improve professional capacity for teachers.

2.3.3. Building an educational environment

The educational environment includes the necessary physical environment and psychological-social environment, affecting the activities of caring for and educating children. The assessment of the capacity to build the educational environment of preschool teachers is carried out with 2 criteria: Building a safe, healthy, friendly educational environment and implementing democratic rights in schools. The results are shown in Table 2.7.

Table 2.7. Assessment of GVMN's capacity to build an educational environment


Status

Content

CBQL

Teacher

Sig

Average

DLC

TH

Average

DLC

TH

1

Building an educational environment

safe, healthy, friendly

2.35



3.10





1.1

Implement environmental regulations

safe, healthy, non-violent education for children


3.00


,000


1


3.66


,474


1


,000


1.2

Proactively detect, promptly report, propose and implement measures to prevent risks of insecurity, and prevent and combat

school violence…


2.25


,433


2


3.10


,299


2


,000


1.3

Share and support colleagues in the organization to build a safe and healthy environment.

child friendly


1.80


,400


3


2.56


,497


3


,000

2

exercise democracy in

school

2.46



3.12




2.1

Implementing regulations on children's rights

children; democratic rights

3.05

,218

1

3.64

,480

1

,000

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… according to the democratic regulations in

school









2.2

Propose measures to protect children's rights; promptly handle violations of civil regulations.

master in school


2.20


,400


2


2.96


,195


2


,000


2.3

Guidance, support and coordination

with colleagues in implementing regulations on children's rights


2.15


,574


3


2.76


,427


3


,000

GPA

2.40

3.11


Table 2.7 shows the difference in the assessment of managers and teachers on the level of achievement of standard 3 of GVMN, managers assessed it at the level of "achieved" (average score = 2.40), teachers assessed it at the higher level of "fair" (average score = 3.11). Analysis of each criterion is as follows:

* Building a safe, healthy, and friendly educational environment : The assessment results are at the level of "fairly good" in the index "Strictly implementing regulations on a safe, healthy, and non-violent educational environment for children" (CBQL = 3.00; GV = 3.66). In caring for and educating children, teachers need to always love children like their own children, be skillful and satisfy their basic needs such as eating, playing, and studying. To do so, in the educational process, teachers need to create a warm atmosphere like in a family, pay attention to meeting children's basic needs in a timely and appropriate manner, creating conditions for children to develop smoothly (Cu Thi Thuy, 2018). In addition, teachers must be the ones to arrange and design facilities, equipment, and learning environments in a scientific, neat, and aesthetic manner to both create safety, prevent accidents and diseases for children, and create a stimulating and exciting atmosphere for children. The assessment shows that teachers have performed very well in this index. However, in the two indexes of "Proactively detecting, promptly reflecting, proposing and implementing measures to prevent risks of causing unsafety to children, preventing and combating school violence..." (CBQL= 2.25; GV=3.10) and "Sharing and supporting colleagues in building an educational environment" (CBQL= 1.80; GV=2.56), there is a difference in assessment, CBQL assessed at the level of "satisfactory", while teachers assessed themselves at the level of "fair". Analysis results


Independent T-Test also shows the difference in the assessment of two subjects about the mean value when the sig value <0.05.

* Implementing democratic rights in schools: Implementing democratic rights and building a democratic environment is when teachers demonstrate a scientific style, a culture of sharing, cooperating with colleagues to support each other for mutual development. Showing confidence in presenting their views and opinions, and being willing to contribute opinions to create the necessary information for managers to make decisions, towards implementing a clean and healthy school culture. The evaluation results in this criterion also have differences between managers and teachers. For the index "Implementing regulations on children's rights; regulations on democratic rights... according to the democratic regulations in schools (Managers = 3.05; Teachers = 3.64), it is assessed as "fair". However, 02 indexes related to "Proposing measures to protect children's rights; measures to promptly handle violations of democratic regulations in schools" (CBQL= 2.20; GV=2.96) and the index "Guidance, support and coordination with colleagues in implementing democratic regulations (CBQL= 2.15; GV=2.76) have differences in assessment when CBQL rates at the "satisfactory" level, GV rates at the "fair" level. The results of the Independent T-Test analysis also show differences in the assessment of the two subjects in terms of mean value when the sig value <0.05.

The results of interviews with a number of managers and teachers of preschools about the limitations in standard 3 of GVMN all have the same assessment: Some teachers are not creative in building an educational environment for children to participate in; do not know how to make the most of the available educational environment to plan and organize learning and playing activities for children at preschools, but still apply according to instructions, do not do a good job of advising and making recommendations to the school in building an educational environment (Manager 13); some teachers have not proactively proposed measures to protect children's rights, in coordination between the school, family and community to protect children's rights, have not participated in proposing measures to build the school's educational program to improve the results of child care and education (Teacher 2, Teacher 5).


Thus, in general assessment of standard 3, GVMN has implemented regulations on building an educational environment and exercising democratic rights in preschools, however, the initiative in implementing and proposing measures is still limited, not reaching the level of fair and good.

2.3.4. Developing relationships between school, family and community

This standard aims to assess the level of participation in organizing and implementing the building and development of cooperative relationships with parents or guardians of children and the community to improve the quality of child care, education and protection of children's rights. The results are shown in Table 2.8.

Table 2.8. Assessment of the capacity of the GVMN team to develop relationships between school, family and community

Status

Content

CBQL

Teacher

Sig

Average

DLC

TH

Average

DLC

TH


1

Coordinate with parents and community

Copper to improve the quality of child care, education and training


2.45




2.67





1.1

Build close relationships,

respect and cooperate with parents and community


2.95


,383


1


3.32


,467


1


,000


1.2

Coordinate promptly with parents and the community to improve the quality of ND-CS-GD activities.

comprehensive development for children


2.45


,498


2


2.56


,497


2


,003


1.3

Share and support knowledge and skills on child care and education for families and communities. Propose solutions to enhance coordination between schools and families.

community


1.95


,218


3


2.14


,346


3


,000

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