Meet talented and dedicated teachers in Nghe An

Always consider school as home

Up to now, teacher Pham Thi Nga (born in 1967) - Principal of Yen Khe Kindergarten (Con Cuong) has worked for 31 years, most of which were in remote areas. She started as a childcare teacher at Bai Phu Farm (in 1988), then transferred to Yen Khe Kindergarten.

In 2002, from Yen Khe, Ms. Pham Thi Nga crossed Bu Ong slope to Muong Qua to become Vice Principal, then Principal of Luc Da Kindergarten, Principal of Mon Son 2 Kindergarten. At the beginning of this school year, she was transferred back to Yen Khe after 17 years with many journeys in the border area.

Ms. Pham Thi Nga received a Certificate of Merit at the Award Ceremony of the "Developing Educational Talents" Fund. Photo: Duc Anh

Working in educational management in difficult areas, Ms. Pham Thi Nga always focuses on directing innovation in teaching methods towards promoting the positivity of individual children, applying information technology in management and in child care and education to improve the actual quality.

In particular, special attention is paid to child care and nurturing, children are guaranteed absolute safety, regular health check-ups, malnutrition rate always decreases by 1-2% compared to the beginning of the year. Every year, competitions for Excellent Teachers; Children with Natural Environment; Children's Painting Exhibition; Healthy - Smart - Quick-witted Children; Competitions for Making Toys and Tools are well organized to encourage and motivate teachers to promote creativity and love for the profession and children.

In addition to her management work, Ms. Pham Thi Nga is also passionate about researching and writing about innovative experiences. Up to now, she has owned many level 3 innovative experiences and 2 level 4 innovative experiences. Her innovative experiences mainly focus on child-centered teaching; improving the physical condition and creativity of children in disadvantaged areas.

Ms. Pham Thi Nga. Photo: Duc Anh

For Ms. Nga, the most memorable time is still the years working at Mon Son 2 Kindergarten, one of the most difficult areas in the district with a separate school in Khe Bung and Co Phat villages at the headwaters of Khe Khang, more than 20 km away. There, the Dan Lai people's lives were still poor, and they did not have the means to care for their children's education.

Grasping the actual situation, especially the difficulties in the infrastructure system, Ms. Pham Thi Nga advised her superiors to merge the separate schools to concentrate the investment funds for building schools. Her advice was directed to be implemented, initially 12 villages with 12 schools, later merging to 5 schools, helping the locality to concentrate resources and build a solid school system.

From many difficulties, Ms. Nga has contributed step by step to help Mon Son 2 Kindergarten rise and reach national standards level 1. To achieve this result, the female principal really "rolled around", staying close to the schools every day, following each class, always thinking of ways to innovate and improve quality.

"I consider the school my home, and dedicate all my responsibility and capacity to the education sector," said Ms. Nga.

Constantly innovating methods

Born and raised in the "rice hometown" of Yen Thanh, since childhood, Mr. Ho Van Chien (born in 1984) always dreamed of becoming an IT teacher to help children here have access to science and technology, develop their creativity to escape poverty. The dream came true 12 years ago, when Mr. Chien was assigned to work at Phan Dang Luu High School - a school with a long tradition in Yen Thanh.

Mr. Ho Van Chien received a Certificate of Merit at the Award Ceremony of the "Developing Educational Talents" Fund. Photo: Duc Anh

Becoming a teacher, Mr. Chien always has the awareness to improve his expertise and profession, constantly researching and learning to have effective and quality teaching hours. That dedication and progress have created prestige when he was selected by the Board of Directors to participate in training knowledge and skills for the school's excellent student competition team.

Not letting down the trust, from the 2014-2015 school year up to now, Mr. Ho Van Chien has contributed his efforts and intelligence with his colleagues to train 3 students to win Third Prize and many students to win Encouragement Prize in the provincial excellent student competition and the Nghe An Youth Informatics Competition. At the same time, he guided students to do science and technology projects to win Second Prize at the provincial level. "My colleagues and I always innovate teaching methods, helping students to be interested and grasp knowledge more easily" - Mr. Chien shared his experience.

Teacher Ho Van Chien. Photo: Duc Anh

Mr. Chien himself actively and enthusiastically participated in competitions for teachers and achieved proud results. Typically, in the 2014 Creative Teacher Competition with Information Technology, his entry was selected to the final round of the national competition.

What he has accumulated during his teaching career, Mr. Chien has systematized into experience initiatives to share with his colleagues about methods and skills in teaching Information Technology. Currently, he has two provincial-level experience initiatives, focusing on the issue of innovation in teaching methods, helping students easily and conveniently access knowledge and skills in science and technology.

Affirming his ability through training excellent students, guiding the implementation of scientific and technical topics and writing experience initiatives, Mr. Chien was also invited to be a judge in provincial-level IT competitions. Typically, the Science and Technology Competition and the E-Learning lecture competition in the 2016-2017 school year; participating in judging industry-level SKKN in 2018-2019...

History is not only in books

Teacher Truong Thi Quynh (born in 1978), is currently a History teacher at Tuong Son Secondary School (Anh Son). Talking about her, her colleagues all have the same comment that she is a dedicated person, passionate about her work, has pedagogical ability and attractive teaching methods, helping students become interested in History. Ms. Quynh's lessons are always awaited by students, who listen attentively and actively exchange and discuss.

With her inherent ability and enthusiasm, Ms. Truong Thi Quynh is always chosen to nurture excellent students at all levels and has achieved encouraging results. In the 2014-2015 school year, she was the teacher with the best students ranked first in the district with 3 students winning provincial prizes and 1 student winning third prize nationwide in the "I love Vietnamese history" contest.

Ms. Truong Thi Quynh received a Certificate of Merit at the Award Ceremony of the "Developing Educational Talents" Fund. Photo: Duc Anh

In the 2018-2019 school year, he directly guided students to participate in the Science and Technology competition and had 2 students win third prize at the provincial level, the overall quality was also among the top in the district.

Constantly striving in her profession, improving quality and innovating teaching methods, in the provincial competition for excellent teachers in the 2016-2017 school year, Ms. Quynh won third prize. At the same time, she has many provincial-level initiatives and experiences such as: "Experience in organizing extracurricular activities with high results in secondary schools", Third prize at the provincial level of the Interdisciplinary Lesson Plan Competition with the theme "Lam Son Uprising”.

Ms. Truong Thi Quynh. Photo: Duc Anh

For a long time, the media has been full of alarming opinions about the situation of students not liking to study History, leading to the risk of forgetting their roots because this subject is dry and rigid. Ms. Truong Thi Quynh is constantly struggling to find ways to create interest and help students love and stick with the subject of History.

Ms. Quynh shared: “In addition to history books, I also take students to visit historical sites so that they can learn more about their ancestors and ethnic origins, bringing excitement and liveliness to the lessons.”