She is the Chinese leader of Dingwen Kindergarten. Although her home is in Hangzhou, she often stays in the school dormitory because she works too late. With the enthusiasm of contributing to the development of international education in her hometown, she resolutely returned to Hangzhou to invest in the construction of Dingwen Kindergarten from 0 to 1. Years have brought her, in addition to the silver thread quietly climbing the temples, there is also a deep accumulation of international early childhood education.
Her serious attitude towards her work is reflected in every detail. Whether it's teaching AIDS or furniture, she asks to dock with the manufacturer in person and strictly control it. Even the details such as the color and placement of toys should be checked in person. Colleagues said that every time I saw her professionally and patiently answering parents' questions, I deeply felt her professional light.
△ Yao Yuan shared in Dingwen Open Day
Her name is Vagrancy, and she is currently the Chinese director of Dingwen Kindergarten. She holds a master's degree in English Studies from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a postgraduate diploma in early education from the University of Hong Kong. After studying and working in Hong Kong for eight years, she deeply understood the core concepts of international education and laid a solid foundation for her future education. The background of science and business studies in Zhejiang University also injected rationality and logic into his education and management career. She was trained in the International Course of School Leadership in the College of Education, University of London, UK, and successively obtained the Montessori Association Certificate for Children, the IB Primary School Project Principal Certificate and the registered director of the Hong Kong Education Bureau. She served as the kindergarten director and a member of the core senior management team in Harrow School, an internationally renowned K12 institution, and participated in the founding work of many schools as a core management member. During his 15 years of preschool education, Yao Yuan has turned his educational ideas into practical actions with his profound professional knowledge and rich practical experience, and has been committed to the development of preschool education.
As a native of Hangzhou, Yao Yuan has deep feelings for the city of Hangzhou and the local cultural environment. Nowadays, the field of international education in Hangzhou is developing vigorously, attracting many outstanding talents, and parents' acceptance of international courses is gradually increasing, forming a complete ecosystem.
With the appearance of Hangzhou Dingwen School, Yaoyuan saw a perfect meeting point to realize his career and his wish of "returning home". She was attracted by the school's concept of "rooting in China, being competent for the whole world and loving the world", which she thought was a perfect fit with her educational practice in the past ten years. Therefore, when the school extended an olive branch to her, she accepted the invitation without hesitation and formally joined the Dingwen team.
△ 2024 Dingwen Annual Meeting
01 Let every child grow up in love and embrace the world.
In Dingwen Kindergarten, we attach great importance to the education of children's love and the cultivation of their ability to love. Dingwen Kindergarten will strive to build a multicultural community so that all teachers, children, parents and other members can feel and pass on love. Yao Yuan believes that this kind of love education will stimulate children's goodwill, desire to explore and creativity in the world. She hopes that every child who graduates from Dingwen Kindergarten in the future can spread love to all corners of society and the world.
In addition to the education of love, it is very important to guide children to correctly look at their differences with others, understand the diversity of evaluation methods, appreciate themselves, accept others, and have empathy.
Kindergarten is not only an educational place, but also an important platform for promoting cultural exchange and dissemination. By leading and shaping the surrounding cultural atmosphere, kindergartens can inject vitality into the community, promote its sustainable development, and then build a good educational ecosystem. Dingwen Kindergarten adheres to the core concept of Dingwen and attaches great importance to the inheritance of culture. Yao Yuan emphasized that China's rich history and humanistic environment provide precious growth resources for young children. Based on this, Dingwen Kindergarten is committed to cultivating the next generation with cultural self-confidence and international vision through its unique educational concept and curriculum. The school offers special courses such as nature education to guide children to explore and experience the world and fully stimulate their desire to explore and curiosity. In addition, we will actively integrate other aesthetic education elements, cultivate children's creativity and artistic aesthetics, nourish their hearts and shape their excellent character.
"We expect every child who grows up in Dingwen Kindergarten to have light in his eyes and love in his heart. Under the influence of these multi-cultures, they will have the ability of cross-cultural communication and international vision, have the courage to understand and accept the differences between different cultures, people and countries, and have the ability to break the inherent pattern, transcend boundaries and look at the world with a bigger pattern. In the end, they will be able to serve the world and contribute to society. "
02 Create a positive and safe growth environment for children.
In the establishment and development stage of Dingwen Kindergarten, we need talents with innovative spirit, courage to try and enterprising quality. We pay attention to the selection of teachers, pay attention to their professional quality, growth experience and bilingual ability, and whether their teaching philosophy is in line with Dingwen Kindergarten's school-running philosophy. In order to better promote curriculum diversification and curriculum development, we expect teachers to have rich knowledge reserves, interests and specialties. At the same time, we also pay attention to teachers' personal qualities and professional ethics to ensure that they can provide caring, patient and professional education for children.
"In terms of staff training and parental support, as management, we will take various regulatory measures to reduce the risk of accidents."
Dingwen Kindergarten has a perfect security system. The school not only strictly controls the hardware facilities, but also pays attention to the training of teaching staff. Our teachers not only pay attention to the physical safety of children, but also devote themselves to promoting children's mental health and personal, social and emotional development.
Parents are important partners in children's growth. We will keep close contact with parents through various channels to let them know about their children's situation and performance at school. At the same time, we will also pay attention to parents' educational methods and interaction with their children to ensure that they can provide a safe and healthy family environment for their children. Through the joint efforts of kindergartens, parents and communities, we will jointly create a positive growth environment for young children.
03 The education of children is also the education of parents.
"Early childhood education is not just about children, but about the process of parents and schools participating together. We expect parents to have growth-oriented thinking and an open mind, clarify their own educational direction, agree with Ding Wen's educational philosophy, and are willing to explore the growth path of children with us. "
0-6 years old is a critical period to build children's character and character development. To clarify the core issues of early childhood education, we must first think about what kind of talents we need in the future and in which direction we want our children to develop. These factors will directly affect the direction and strategy of early childhood education.
Therefore, in the initial stage of children's growth, we pay more attention to parents' educational ideas. We know that parents' participation, support and willingness to accompany their children have a great influence on their growth. In order to strengthen communication with parents, we will carefully plan a variety of exchange activities, including parents' development activities, learning platforms, cultural activities, and sharing of teaching experiences and achievements. We encourage parents to actively participate in their children's education process and gain a deeper understanding of the school's operation mode and their learning environment. At the same time, we also welcome parents to share their experiences and resources, and jointly create more learning and growth opportunities for their children.
"We provide a good school for parents and choose an opportunity for further study for parents."
As time goes by, parents will gradually discover the advantages of international schools, and realize that there is no perfect education in the world, only the education that is most suitable for their children. Therefore, we need to constantly improve the education system and improve the quality of teaching.
In Dingwen Kindergarten, we give priority to open teaching AIDS and garden facilities to stimulate children's creativity and participation. We always keep an open attitude and welcome different voices and opinions. Yao Yuan firmly believes that social emotion and spiritual perception are irreplaceable by future technology, and the deep emotional connection between people is a precious wealth of mankind. In the education of Dingwen Kindergarten, these precious characteristics will not be ignored, but will be strengthened and cultivated.
On that afternoon many years ago, she was reading Reggio's One Hundred Languages of Children in the school library. The seed she inadvertently planted about early childhood education has now grown into a towering tree. With her love and persistence in education, she constantly explores on the stage of international education, and strives to convey the infinite fun and creativity contained in early childhood education to more teachers, parents and children, so that these seeds can also take root in their hearts and bloom colorful flowers.