Have you ever heard the sound of life joining? I've heard it. It is a sound that makes people obsessed, attached, and admired. It is a sound full of vitality, like a peacock spreading its wings and a phoenix spreading its wings!

Some time ago, I received the book "Toward a First-Class Student" (published by Shanghai Education Press) from Xu Weibing, the principal of Haian County Experimental Primary School in Jiangsu Province. After reading it carefully, I felt nothing but admiration. , more of a shock.

In 1999, a reporter from the "China Education News" made a special trip to Hai'an County Experimental Primary School because "from the large number of manuscripts compiled and distributed daily, it was found that among the best works, there are often manuscripts from teachers from the same school." conducted interviews and published special reports. By the time the curriculum reform was launched in 2002, the school already had 3 Jiangsu Province special teachers and more than 50 city and county primary school subject leaders and key teachers, accounting for nearly one-third of the county's total. What does a county-level experimental primary school rely on to achieve such brilliant results?

We can easily find the answer from the article "Bringing a scholarly atmosphere to the campus" written by Mr. Jin Sha, the former principal of the school and a special teacher. Mr. Jin wrote that in the 1960s, the school had a famous saying that has been passed down to this day: "Jiangsu Education will tell whether you have the ability or not."

At that time, reading, teaching, research, and writing became popular in the school. When Mr. Jin "brought a scholarly atmosphere to the campus", the atmosphere of reading and discussion in the school became even stronger. Mr. Jin once told his teachers that when reading, one should seek "qi" (bookishness) rather than "tools" (utility). The Qi and rhyme will have their own tools. He also required each teacher to collect more than 500 books. At the same time, he also said to teachers: "Buying books does not mean to be useful, collecting books does not mean to read them all, and reading does not mean to understand them all." Under his leadership, teachers' enthusiasm for reading and writing increased. At the end of the last century, the school achieved the miracle of publishing more than 30 articles in 23 consecutive issues of "Jiangsu Education". The morale of teachers was greatly boosted, and the magazine editor was also quite surprised. At the beginning of this century, teachers such as Hua Yinglong, Zhai Shulie, and Jiao Shunhua of the school were successively rated as special teachers in Jiangsu Province. Several teachers, including Ben Youlin, Zhong Jianfeng, and Chu Dongsheng, won first prizes in national teaching observation competitions. The school was praised by experts from the Central Institute of Education as the cradle of scholarly teachers!

Reading "Toward a First-Class Student", I clearly heard the joint voice of teachers in Haian's primary school's educational life. Dewey once said that "education is growth." This view expresses the original meaning of education in a concise and comprehensive manner. In other words, the main purpose of education is growth, and there is no other purpose other than growth. We believe that while schools pay attention to the healthy growth of students, they should also attach great importance to the growth of teachers.

Under the guidance of the expert principal, the teachers of the Experimental Primary School in Haian County, Jiangsu Province have steadily and rapidly embarked on the path of professional growth. But in our country, there are many school teachers who are still in a state of ignorance, confused and muddle along. In the final analysis, this is just wasting and suffering one's life and youth. This is so different from the teachers of Hai'an County Experimental Primary School!

When a school puts the professional growth of teachers in an important position, and tries its best to provide conditions and set up a stage for teachers' growth, so that the space for teacher growth is infinitely increased, it will inevitably promote the health of students. develop. Every teacher should also consciously and diligently promote his or her professional growth, thereby promoting the sustainable development of the school. We are looking forward to the wonderful voices of teachers, principals and students joining their lives.