Promoting effective coordination between schools and communities to care for children during the Covid epidemic

On the morning of March 30, in Do Luong district, the Department of Education and Training organized a workshop on the model of "coordination between family, school and community in caring for and educating children at educational institutions".preschool”.

The plan to implement the model "Coordination between families, schools and communities in caring for and educating children at preschools in the period of 2020-2025" began to be implemented from 2021 in the context of the Covid-19 epidemic greatly affecting the activities of preschools in the whole province.

The workshop was attended by many leaders and teachers from many kindergartens across the province. Photo: MH

Overcoming difficulties, the implementation of the model has brought many practical results, especially in building facilities and environments for children to operate, boarding work, ensuring children's safety, educating life skills, enhancing Vietnamese language for children in ethnic minority areas and caring for malnourished children.

In particular, the coordinated implementation has contributed to helping preschools complete their professional tasks when the epidemic broke out and many schools had students unable to go to school.

Teachers at Xuan Lam Kindergarten (Nam Dan) created a video to guide students during the school break. Photo: MH

Specifically, during the time when children cannot go to school, many teachers have been creative in coordinating to guide parents to use available materials, tools, and toys in the house or around the house to play with their children. In addition, they have made videos organizing child care and education activities and shared with parents instructions to do at home through information technology applications: zalo, viber...

Thanks to that, the rate of parents participating in interacting and responding with clips for children to perform at home is about 60-70%; 100% of preschools have coordinated with health stations and children's families to examine their health, monitor their health charts and do a good job of coordinating with parents and the community in disease prevention, and instructing parents on how to take care of their children at home.

Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training Nguyen Van Khoa spoke at the workshop. Photo: MH

In addition, preschools have actively advised Party committees and authorities at all levels to mobilize organizations and individuals to participate in sponsoring and coordinating the construction of facilities and educational environments for children to participate in school and community activities.

Within the framework of the workshop, the units also had many presentations sharing experiences in implementing the coordination model between family, school and community in caring for and educating children at preschools.

Focusing on contents such as coordination in implementing preschool education programs, promoting the role of organizations, building facilities, creating an environment for children to participate in activities, children's experiential activities during festivals, coordinating with parents to implement preschool education programs during the time children are at home to preventCovid-19 epidemic, supporting children in the transition from preschool to primary school in the context of the pandemic...

Speaking at the workshop, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training Nguyen Van Khoa affirmed that the coordination model between family, school and community in caring for and educating children at preschools is extremely important to improve the quality of teaching and learning in schools and is suitable for the current context.

However, in order for the model to be widely replicated and have the participation and coordination of departments, sectors and organizations, schools must do a good job of developing plans that are close to the actual situation of the locality and the school. In addition, it is necessary to do a good job of mobilizing and propagating so that parents and the community clearly understand the purpose, meaning, role and responsibility of the family and the community in caring for, nurturing and educating children.

Delegates attending the workshop visited the model of coordination between organizations and schools in building environmental landscapes at Hien Son Kindergarten (Do Luong). Photo: MH

In the coming time, to strengthen coordination, localities and schools need to promptly commend organizations, individuals and families with effective contributions; at the same time, replicate good models and creative ways of doing things. In addition, it is necessary to look directly at difficulties and propose recommendations to jointly resolve and find more effective solutions in the coming time.