Of the problem

The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized the requirements for the construction of a high-quality education system and a high-quality teacher team, and pointed out that the rapid growth of young teachers is crucial for the development of the national education cause. The "New Era Basic Education Strong Teacher Plan" proposes to focus on improving the quality of teachers and comprehensively enhance the quality of teacher training and development. The professional growth of teachers has phased characteristics, and novice teachers face practical challenges and teaching adaptation issues. Teacher professional development is a challenging exploration process that requires continuous accumulation of experience from daily teaching, peer classrooms, student feedback, and learning reflection, in order to form personal teaching characteristics.

Research background

By using narrative research method, key events were selected from over 200 teaching reflections and lesson plans, and in-depth exploration of teachers' professional growth was conducted through autobiographical narrative. The research subject is the author with 16 years of teaching experience, aiming to answer three questions that young teachers are concerned about: stimulating internal motivation, grasping teaching key points, and reflecting on growth in practice.

Key events in teacher professional development

Through the author's personal experience, this article explores the key events of teacher professional development and their promoting effect on the rapid growth of novice teachers. Firstly, the author realized through participating in the Municipal Teacher Skills Competition that teaching design needs to be comprehensively explored from multiple perspectives, including teaching objectives, teaching key and difficult points, teaching processes, etc. They proposed a "point line surface" teaching design framework, emphasizing the importance of incorporating lesson design into the overall design of the unit, analyzing teaching texts, and grasping learning situations. Secondly, the author shared their experience of self reflection in responding to student feedback, by adjusting the amount and type of homework and attempting to assign layered assignments to meet students' personalized learning needs. At the same time, the author emphasizes the importance of student feedback for teachers' professional growth, which can guide teachers to update their teaching concepts and improve their teaching level. Finally, the author introduced the way to achieve self-improvement by setting up a official account to record teaching experience and communicate with peers. The official account not only serves as a bridge between home and school, but also helps the author's professional growth. Through feedback and suggestions from netizens, the teaching method is constantly optimized. In short, teachers should continuously accumulate experience in daily classroom teaching, improve teaching effectiveness and professional competence through reflective writing and communication with others.

Inspiration from the Training Methods for Novice Teachers

Explored three key methods for novice teachers to grow into mature teachers: lesson grinding, student feedback, and reflective writing. Grinding classes help teachers organize experience, learn advanced concepts, and form personal teaching styles; Student feedback allows teachers to objectively understand their own performance and adjust teaching strategies; Reflective writing promotes the summary of teaching practice, accumulates experience, and inspires teaching inspiration. Novice teachers need to maintain a proactive attitude, absorb suggestions, and receive support from subject groups and schools, such as observing senior teachers' teaching, organizing teaching and research activities, implementing mentorship programs, etc., to jointly promote the professional growth of novice teachers.