Forty years ago, with the opening of the Han-Dan, Jiao-Zhi and Xiang-Yu railways, Xiangfan Tieyi Middle School, the largest school for children of enterprises in northwest Hubei, was born to serve the railway transportation production. In the second half of 2004, the school began to be placed under the management of Xiangfan City by railway enterprises and became a middle school directly under Xiangfan City. In March 2005, Cao Jinglan, deputy mayor of Xiangfan City, and Jewel Lee, director of Xiangfan Education Bureau, personally unveiled Zhiyuan Middle School. At this point, Zhiyuan Middle School ushered in a new starting point for development opportunities.
There are 42 classes in the school, with staff 19 1 person, including 2 special-grade teachers and 86 senior teachers. All senior high school teachers have reached bachelor degree or above, including 4 graduate students.
Although the history of Zhiyuan Middle School has had one brilliant aura after another, Zhiyuan people have not been carried away by honor. Zhiyuan's leading group clearly realized that if the brand wants to survive, it is necessary to do this article well. The school adheres to the concept of "all-round development of moral education", faces all students, creates a quality education atmosphere with all-round development of personality and ability, realizes the education mode of giving full play to talents, and has delivered a large number of high-quality talents for colleges and universities, railway transportation production and local economic construction. Many people have knocked on the doors of Tsinghua and Peking University in history. In Xiangfan City, Zhiyuan Middle School was the first to send students to the prestigious juvenile class of the University of Science and Technology of China. The first student who rushed into Beijing Sport University, Beijing Broadcasting Institute and Beijing Film Academy was also in Zhiyuan. Many times, it has trained the top candidates in Xiangfan college entrance examination in science, liberal arts, foreign languages, fine arts and physical education. What makes Zhiyuan people proud is that we have always adhered to the educational principle of "low entry and high exit". As we all know, in the case of many imperfect mechanisms, Zhiyuan students often have a very low starting point. It is the pursuit of Zhiyuan to cultivate students with low starting point into high-quality talents. Isn't this the true meaning of education? In the words of Zhang Zhiyuan, a graduate of Zhiyuan, only Zhiyuan can turn my ugly duckling in the senior high school entrance examination into a white swan with a score of 67 1 point in the college entrance examination.
Zhiyuan dares to be the first in the world. After three years of polishing, most students who entered high school with average grades have qualitatively improved their learning quality and learning ability. Zhiyuan people also have a belief that it is our bounden duty to train children for the common people, and it is our duty to build a ladder for the disadvantaged families to change their destiny. Under the guidance of this belief, Zhiyuan people never give up, and achieved a comprehensive harvest in the college entrance examination in 2006: Jin Meng scored 623 points and got the highest score in science in urban key high schools. The number of first-class students in science has doubled compared with last year, the number of first-class students in liberal arts has reached a record high, and the double-span rate of art undergraduates has reached 90. Yang Yujun, Yu Yun, Jiang Zhihao, Liu Rongting, Zhang Xiaoyue and other students all scored below 520 points when they entered school, and some only scored more than 400 points. Because they could not choose a school, they were forced to stay in Tieyi Middle School, but the educational environment of Zhiyuan Middle School did not disappoint them. In 2006, they all successfully crossed the first-level line. Yang Yujun was admitted to the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China with a high score of 598. Zhang Xiaoyue was admitted to Huazhong University of Science and Technology with a high score of 582, Jiang Zhi was admitted to the national defense students of Wuda University with a score of 579, and a number of "ugly ducklings" such as Liu Rongting entered the national first-class universities. Qin Hanyu, Kang and other tutors only scored more than 400 points in the first year of the college entrance examination, but the last three books were very difficult. They resolutely chose Zhiyuan Middle School for tutoring. Qin Hanyu scored 586 points for tutorial, and Kang Wenke scored 5 1 point. There are many similar students, and their parents finally got out of the sadness of the first year. They regretted not choosing Zhiyuan Middle School from the first year of high school. When wangtong entered school, he got only 398 points in the senior high school entrance examination. In 2006, he was successfully admitted as a civil aviation pilot by Beihang University. Wangtong is a single-parent family. His mother was laid off and took him to live alone. She burst into tears when she learned that her son had been admitted to Beihang University. She sincerely thanked Zhiyuan Middle School for bringing a turn for the better to her family.
In 2005 10, the award ceremony of the national putonghua contest was held in the auditorium of Beijing CPPCC. When the host announced the winners of the first prize, colleagues were surprised: compared with the capital, Xiangfan in northwest Hubei is located in a remote place; In terms of popularity, Xiangfan Zhiyuan Middle School was renamed from the original Xiangfan Tieyi Middle School less than a year ago, but this school won two seats in the six first prizes in this competition and lost the first place. What school is this? Cultivating students' verbal expression ability is just a bunch of flowers in Zhiyuan Middle School's garden of improving school-running ability and implementing quality education. In 2007, in the independent enrollment selection of national key universities, Xiangfan Zhiyuan Middle School once again attracted the attention of universities attracting high-quality students. At present, 18 students have been admitted or pre-admitted by famous schools such as Wuhan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Beijing Jiaotong University, Sun Yat-sen University, China Forestry University, Wuhan University of Technology and Zhongnan University of Economics and Law.
After several generations of efforts, the hardware environment of Xiangfan Zhiyuan Middle School has developed by leaps and bounds. Nowadays, it is lush and colorful, and the silver-white metal sculptures show the elegance of teachers and students. The red granite "school motto monument" is engraved with Zhiyuan's school-running characteristics. The teaching building has a unique shape and extraordinary momentum; The library is elegant and spacious, and the ink is fluttering; The experimental building and comprehensive building are magnificent and have first-class facilities; The student apartment is spacious and comfortable and well managed; The playground is lush and functional. The whole school computer networking and teaching monitoring system have realized the sharing of teaching resources and the modernization and efficiency of teaching methods. At present, another largest single student apartment building in Xiangfan, which can accommodate 1500 students, has been completed. Based on the people-oriented concept, Zhiyuan Middle School raised nearly one million yuan to install intensive solar water heaters for three student apartment buildings, which is unique in Xiangfan City.
Teaching is a life of conscience. Without a spirit of love and dedication, no matter how high the academic qualifications and level, no good students can be taught. The consciousness of love and hard work is not imposed by administrative orders, but a quality. The hardware of running a school has gone up, and more importantly, it is necessary to mobilize the enthusiasm of every faculty member. It is impossible to improve the quality of every faculty member who loves their jobs and is dedicated to their work overnight. We must rely on learning, propaganda, education, typicality and subtle influence. The school influences everyone by running newspapers, giving speeches, evaluating the top ten, and learning advanced. Love and dedication have become a common practice, and faculty members spontaneously talk about how to establish the brand of Zhiyuan Middle School under the unfavorable situation of shrinking students. How to give full play to our advantages to attract students? They reached a * * * understanding: parents give their children to us, and they all have the right to become talents, otherwise they are lazy for the teacher! This is the quality of teachers in Zhiyuan Middle School. Zhiyuan Middle School strictly limits the class size to 50-60 students according to national standards, and the regular management of teachers' teaching is standardized and meticulous. For example, they ask teachers to correct all the students' homework in batches, and students with problems should correct it in person. The Academic Affairs Office should check the homework two or three times each semester. For example, there are strict management systems for teaching plans, teaching research and reform topics, education and teaching papers, and students' evaluation of teaching. In terms of student management, the school has strengthened education guidance and management in view of some unhealthy phenomena, and introduced a series of programmatic measures to make the learning atmosphere and learning environment on campus in an unprecedented good state. Zhiyuan Middle School continues to deepen the reform of the employment system and distribution system in terms of mechanism, allowing the able to go up and the mediocre to go down. In the distribution system, the mechanism of wage sealing, post salary fixing and linked assessment is implemented. The perfection and scientificity of the mechanism have greatly enhanced the internal vitality and mobilized the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of the faculty to the maximum extent. Management leads to quality and benefit. The good management mechanism of Zhiyuan Middle School has laid a solid foundation for the development of the school.
In Xiangfan Zhiyuan Middle School, new teachers grow fastest, and mentoring activities create conditions for their rapid growth. After one or two years of training, most of them can shoulder the heavy responsibility of education and teaching. Schools start with improving teachers' professional ability and create conditions to meet personal development. For teachers who participate in high-level academic education, the school guarantees time and gives financial help. Teachers all hope to have the opportunity to show their personal talents, embody their personal values and realize their personal ideals. The leaders of Xiangfan Zhiyuan Middle School are good at creating such opportunities. Over the past three years, the school has sent more than 100 people to participate in national, provincial and municipal academic exchanges, providing opportunities to display teaching ideas and educational reform achievements. Knowing people and being good at their duties, he has successively promoted and appointed two young teachers to the teaching management, and arranged them to be head teachers, grade leaders, teaching and research leaders and lesson preparation groups, most of whom are young and middle-aged teachers.
The democratic management of Xiangfan Zhiyuan Middle School is not empty talk. As long as it involves school work, everyone has the right to speak and everyone can speak freely. School leaders are not condescending, but loyal. Take things related to personal interests, such as housing allocation, promotion, evaluation and professional titles, which are difficult for many schools. However, in Xiangfan Zhiyuan Middle School, which has nearly 200 teaching and administrative staff, no one left his sleeves, put down his baggage, made a fuss, petitioned and complained, and the campus was as calm as clear water. School leaders delegate power to faculty and staff, allowing trade unions to make plans, examine certificates, verify scores and determine the order, which will be passed by teachers' congresses and supervised by schools, party committees and trade unions. The school affairs are open, and the workers are masters of their own affairs. What they do in Zhiyuan Middle School is real and tangible.
The school has five symposiums every year, which is a way for the school to open its mind. These five symposiums are respectively "March 8th" women workers' symposium, "May 1st" advanced teachers' symposium, "May 4th" young teachers' symposium, Teachers' Day backbone teachers' symposium and Double Ninth Festival retired old teachers' symposium. At the symposium, the activity of "I make suggestions for the school" was carried out. Teachers and staff speak enthusiastically, and school leaders are open-minded and easy to cultivate. The two sides communicate with each other and discuss good strategies for the development of the school. Although the symposium only had a cup of tea, it was full of warmth and a very harmonious atmosphere.
In Zhiyuan Middle School, if quality is the lifeline, then characteristics are the climax of his life.
Foreign language teaching has always been a characteristic subject of Zhiyuan School. After entering colleges and universities, Zhiyuan graduates have a significantly higher level of foreign language listening and speaking, and most of them can get Grade 4 in their freshmen and sophomores. Zhiyuan Middle School takes the lead in hiring foreign teachers in Xiangfan City, so that students can experience the charm of language in an authentic language environment. Zhiyuan Middle School holds English speech contest, special performance of English programs and drama exhibition week of English textbooks every year to build a platform for students to feel success, happiness and charm. In the national English proficiency competition in the past three years, Zhiyuan Middle School has blossomed and the Zhiyuan English Teaching Park has been opened. In 2007, Wu Yisu, a senior three student, was admitted to Wuhan University in advance with excellent results.
Zhiyuan Middle School takes hierarchical teaching as a platform, and does not ignore every student, so that every individual can give full play to his personality, improve his personality, establish self-confidence and become a person with development and multi-potential.
Zhiyuan's graduates have always been welcomed by major universities because of their outstanding performance in thinking ability, organizational ability, practical ability and communication ability. The harmonious blend of railway multiculturalism and regional culture is a rare treasure in Zhiyuan education resources, which adds a colorful course to the growth of students.
Today's Xiangfan Zhiyuan Middle School has a leadership team that is United and pragmatic, takes the lead in setting an example, is pioneering and enterprising, and does not seek fame and fortune; There is a team of teachers with complete disciplines, enthusiastic education, rigorous scholarship and innovation; There is a scientific, orderly, democratic, open and clear management mechanism. In the face of this rare opportunity that the railway is handed over to the local government for management, the wind is raising the sails of Zhiyuan to meet new challenges!