Profile: Xia Liwei, an alumnus of Chemistry Department of our school 1979. He is currently the principal of Zhuzhou Southern Middle School, the chairman of Southern Middle School Education Group, a special teacher, a representative of the 13th People's Congress of Zhuzhou City, a representative of the 2nd CPPCC and 3rd People's Congress of Lusong District, a member of the professional committee of principals of key middle schools in Hunan Province, a member of the high school education professional committee of China Education Association, and a director of the education management branch of China Education Association. He has successively won the honorary titles of "President of National Excellent Foreign Language Experimental School", "Model President of National School Management Innovation", "Advanced Individual of National Basic Education and Scientific Research", "Top 100 Outstanding Person of National Education Management", "National Excellent President" and "Young Pioneers" in Zhuzhou City, and was selected as the president of China.
A fragrant tea, reflecting a full face of smile; A sonorous person shows an open-minded spirit. This young student who has been out of Hunan Normal University for thirty years, based on the front line of education, strives for perfection; Thirteen years of leadership responsibility, passion remains the same. He, Xia Liwei, chairman of Southern Education Group and principal of Southern Middle School, has become a well-known figure in Hunan education.
head off a disaster
At the end of last century, the benefit of Southern Company declined and it was difficult to change production, which directly shook the foundation of its children's school-Southern Middle School. Excellent teachers have flown to the southeast, and the quality of education has shown a "great decline", reaching the lowest point at 1999, and the school has reached a critical moment of life and death. In the deep winter of 2000, Xia Liwei was ordered to take the helm of Southern Middle School, holding the belief that "everything is waiting for death" and ready to give it a try. Sensitive to his parents' demands for different levels of education, he borrowed 400,000 yuan to set up two private schools, Zhuzhou Foreign Language School and Zhuzhou Phoenix High School, and formed the first education group in Zhuzhou, pushing the boat of Southern Middle School into the wave of market economy. Finally, after improving the structure of students and revitalizing teaching resources, the school's survival crisis was alleviated and it began to develop rapidly.
Xia Liwei has a pair of keen eyes. When he sees the development of a school, he must have what others have. With the advent of knowledge economy and globalization, the advantages of English education will be favored by many parents. When he put forward the idea that "the school should recruit foreign teachers and gradually connect with the international standards", it immediately caused fierce controversy inside and outside the school, and various views were tit for tat. Some people say that he is an idiot, and some people try their best to obstruct him. However, what Xia Liwei lacks most is the tenacity and tenacity of not giving up until he reaches his goal. He and the young players used all the social resources that could be mobilized to go back and forth between Changsha and Zhuzhou, full of twists and turns. In the end, they obtained the qualification to hire foreign teachers in the province, successfully seized the opportunity and became the first middle school in Zhuzhou to hire foreign teachers. This caused a great sensation in Zhuzhou basic education industry at that time. Faced with the strong proof of excellent teaching results, the school began to follow suit.
"Internationalization of education" has been a resounding signboard of southern middle schools for many years. Up to now, Southern Middle School has hired more than 0/00 foreign teachers/kloc, and gradually established a characteristic teaching based on English teaching. The school sends all English teachers to study in Britain in batches, and employs full-time foreign teachers from Harvard World Teaching Organization to take charge of students' oral and listening training. The school has also set up an English corner and an English learning corridor for the personal experience of every "southerner". Organized English textbook drama, speech contest, handwritten newspaper and wall newspaper contest, English evening party, English radio and television program and English drama club, to create an all-round English learning stage. In addition, the school also implements open teaching, holds summer camps every year, and conducts overseas study tours, and has established friendly relations with many foreign middle schools. At present, 48 students have been admitted to study abroad in Singapore at public expense, and every year, students break into the national finals of CCTV Hope Star English Style Competition. Not long ago, we completed the first cooperation with the famous Sabah University in Malaysia, and sent 53 students to study in Malaysia in two batches.
After years of reform and development, Xia Liwei has completely changed the hollowing-out state of the school caused by the loss of teachers, and the school is developing day by day. Despite the fierce competition in the external environment, it has achieved impressive teaching results: the results of college entrance examination are among the best in Zhuzhou, creating an impressive teaching performance of the first place in the province in the academic level examination. Today, Southern Education Group has become an out-and-out "educational carrier", including Southern Middle School, Phoenix Middle School, Zhuzhou Foreign Language School, No.1 Primary School affiliated to Foreign Language School and Shifeng Branch of Foreign Language School. At the same time, entrusted to manage Songnan Middle School. The group has more than 600 faculty members and more than 8,000 students. "People-oriented, advocating pragmatism, quality first and pursuing Excellence", Southern Middle School Education Group is striding forward with a vigorous attitude.
New ideas for management are limitless.
Xia Liwei worked in Southern Middle School for 30 years after graduating from university and being assigned to it. Along the way, I have worked as a chemistry teacher, class teacher, secretary of the Youth League Committee, deputy section chief of the Student Affairs Office, section chief of the Student Affairs Office, office director, assistant principal, vice principal and principal. What remains unchanged is the true nature of "doer". His innovative management methods and educational ideas are also a powerful driving force for the rapid development of Southern Education Group.
Xia Liwei, who has been immersed in corporate culture for a long time, effectively absorbed the essence of corporate culture of Southern Company in the process of running a school and integrated it into school management and cultural construction. The process of the school gradually getting on the right track is also the witness of Xia Liwei's drastic reform-implementing the target responsibility system at all levels, personally improving the assessment plan, adjusting the internal management system, and adopting the share-based fund-raising system ... School management is extremely complicated, and sometimes even affects the whole body. It is not without difficulties, and there are often temporary setbacks, but Xia Liwei's years of experience in running a school tells him that all the ups and downs are worthwhile. Thirteen years of persistence has brought a unique school culture. When you enter South Middle School, you will feel a completely different atmosphere from other schools: rigorous, efficient, meticulous and disciplined. The post crisis of "always trembling and always walking on thin ice" has also become the personal experience of every "southerner".
The teaching staff is related to the quality of teaching and also determines the life and death of the school. Xia Liwei spared no effort to introduce a large number of talents. In 2008 alone, the school introduced four special-grade teachers at one time, with excellent treatment. At the same time, support a group of cadres and backbone teachers to learn from the scriptures in Beijing and Shanghai, or go abroad to study and further their studies in the United States, Britain, Japan, Singapore, Hongkong, Taiwan Province Province and other countries and regions with advanced education. While "sending out", he often "invites in" famous artists. Over the past few years, he personally invited Cui Donghong, Wang, Xiao Chuan, Kong and other experts and scholars at home and abroad 100 to give lectures, which greatly broadened the horizons of teachers and greatly improved the overall quality of school teachers. In the 20 1 1 Zhuzhou discipline base project selection, five golden flowers from nine disciplines, namely, Chinese, foreign languages, geography, biology and politics, fell in the south, which is a full affirmation of the discipline team in the south middle school and the crystallization of the cooperation and mutual learning of all teachers and students, Qi Xin.
Under the leadership of our alumnus, Vice President Ye Xin, we strolled in the beautiful campuses of Southern Middle School, Foreign Language School and Foreign Language Primary School. Clean environment, excellent teaching equipment, let us greatly sigh. There are no health workers on campus, but there are no scraps of paper and sundries. The cheerful figures of the students jumped among the green trees. In the boarding department attached to the primary school, every spacious room is warmly decorated, the bedding on the bed is neatly folded, and the special security personnel also ensure the safety of the children. Life and study are also smoother. Teaching building, gymnasium, standard plastic venue, gymnasium, tennis court, etc. Both. What is more distinctive is the multimedia microteaching classroom for English teaching, the scientific and technological equipment for reading books with light and shadow, the shock cabin for simulating earthquakes, the volcano model with thick smoke, the railway trunk line model running through east, west, north and south, and the well-equipped geography and biology laboratory. We are not only surprised by the high-tech equipment that is difficult to see in ordinary demonstration middle schools, but also admire the designers' advanced thinking.
Xia Liwei's school-running characteristics don't stop there. He likes to walk among students and listen to their voices. At the student representative meeting held regularly every semester, he had face-to-face communication with the student representatives to keep abreast of the students' ideological state. He also took the lead in setting up an assistant to the student principal in the city. Under his active advocacy and supervision, the school has successively established seven schools, namely, Youth League School, Youth Party School, Youth Military Academy, Art School, Youth Sports School and Science and Technology Innovation School, and this year, Confucius School was established.
The alma mater is in deep water.
In a blink of an eye, Xia Liwei has left Normal University for nearly 30 years, but he still remembers the friendship of his alma mater. Magnolia, as fragrant as ever; Peach Lake, sparkling. Four years of college life and friendship between teachers and friends have always been cherished in his heart, which also prompted him to give back to his alma mater in his own way. He never left the front line of education. It seems that since he was assigned to Southern Middle School after graduation, he has formed an indissoluble bond with this school. He devoted all his knowledge, experience and youth gained in college to the rebirth and establishment of a school and a group, and he was conscientious and satisfied in his work. Normal University is extremely proud of having such alumni.
As the vice president of Zhuzhou Alumni Association Branch, Xia Liwei played an important role in the management and liaison work of the branch, and gathered the normal college students working in Zhuzhou closely around the Alumni Association. At the 20 12 annual meeting of Zhuzhou Alumni Branch of our school held in May this year, many alumni gathered together to talk about teachers and students' feelings and unforgettable memories. Xia Liwei also sponsored alumni activities throughout the process. The outstanding performance of alumni in their posts is to add luster to Normal University, Zhuzhou and the people. No matter how time goes by, the most unforgettable person is my mother, the most unforgettable place is my alma mater, and the most unforgettable emotion is my teacher and friend.
Alumni work is just Xia Liwei's "sideline", and his education group and Southern Middle School have also benefited his alma mater in employment. Under the unprecedented severe employment pressure, a group of outstanding students who graduated from normal universities are absorbed into the "educational carrier" of Southern Middle School Group every year, which opens up a valuable employment channel for our students. These Xia Liwei's younger brothers and sisters can also tap their potential on an excellent platform, improve themselves and make contributions to the progress of southern middle schools. During his visit to the campus, Vice President Ye also introduced us to many alumni of Normal University who worked in Southern Middle School Education Group. Challenging work, generous guarantee and diverse opportunities for further study enable them to fulfill their vocation as educators here with peace of mind.