Vinh University: Training 3,024 high school teachers on counseling and supporting students

This is the content of Module 5, training core general education teachers within the framework of the Program for developing pedagogical schools to improve the capacity of teachers and managers of general education institutions (ETEP) year 2021.

Teachers from public schools attend training courses via Viettel's SmartLMS system. Photo: Hoang Nam

Counseling and support for high school students is not new and has been implemented for many years. In particular, in 2017, the Ministry of Education and Training issued Circular 31/2017/TT-BGDDT regulating counseling and support for students on school psychology and schools have implemented it quite well in recent times; helping students prevent, support, and intervene in psychological difficulties and create a healthy and safe learning environment.

Dr. Tran Ba ​​Tien - Vice Principal, Head of ETEP Program Management Board, Vinh University said: The implementation of module 5 in the current conditions meets the extremely necessary requirements of general education innovation. Currently, under the pressure of the epidemic, the change in learning methods for students is very large; school violence and other issues related to student psychology need full support so that students have good health, good spirit and happiness.

Dr. Tran Ba ​​Tien - Vice Principal of Vinh University spoke at the opening ceremony of the training course. Photo: Hoang Nam

To implement the training activities, from October 14 to October 16, 2021, 87 key pedagogical lecturers of Vinh University attended the Workshop - Training on transferring documents of module 5 for training general education teachers.

In 2021, Vinh University trained core general education teachers in 3 modules: 4, 5 and 9. Core general education teachers are selected high school, middle school and primary school teachers from 3 provinces: Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh.

With a duration of 16 days, core general education teachers participate in training according to the process of ensuring the quality of training for teachers and managers of core general education institutions issued by the ETEP Program Management Board - Ministry of Education and Training, including: 7 days of self-study on the online learning system (LMS) with the support of key pedagogical lecturers before participating in direct training; 2 days of direct training via virtual classrooms on Viettel's SmartLMS system; 7 days of research and self-study to complete the module learning content.

Dr. Nguyen Lam Duc - Lecturer at the School of Education, Vinh University during class. Photo: Hoang Nam

During November 21-29, key primary school teachers have been participating in 2 days of direct training via virtual classrooms on Viettel's SmartLMS system. With direct guidance from key pedagogical lecturers of Vinh University, especially with experience from the 4th module training session, the key primary school teachers are very proactive and confident in participating in the training.

A Technology product by a group of high school teachers. Photo: Hoang Nam

After 2 days of direct training, teachers continued 7 days of research and self-study to complete the learning content of module 5 and prepare mentally to participate in training module 9:"Application of information technology, exploitation and use of technological equipment in teaching and educating primary/middle school/high school students".

Module 9 is the final module that directly trains core general teachers in the ETEP Program.