The particularity of a teacher's work lies in the fact that his work object is the student. This is a collective with thoughts, emotions, curiosity, and excitement. As the direct organizer and manager of the class, the head teacher manages the students by respecting their individuality and highlighting the "people-oriented" philosophy.
1. Class management should implement democratic management.
In traditional educational views, what is advocated is "a night for life, a lifetime as a daughter," and the management system implemented has strong feudal characteristics known as the "young master system." The teacher's words are like mountains, and students can only obey conditionally. Such management often makes students subjective and speculative when dealing with matters, harming the feelings of students and leading to the head teacher's work being half as effective. However, implementing democratic management can effectively solve these problems.
- Implementing democratic management must fully respect students, highlight the students' subject status, and make decisions after democratic discussions. This will make students feel the teacher's trust and respect for them. Thus, under the guidance of the teacher, they can make wise and fair decisions about matters, even very tricky issues can be easily resolved. This not only cultivates students' ability to handle matters but also perfects their personalities.
- Implementing democratic management, the class committee is elected through competition. A class committee solely organized by the teacher may lack fairness. A class committee formed through elections has authority and capability, allowing capable students to leverage their strengths, gaining the support of the students, and aiding the head teacher's work. Because it is competitive selection, members of the class committee will definitely perform their duties and take the initiative to work, avoiding empty titles without responsibilities, reducing the workload pressure on the head teacher significantly.
- Implementing democratic management, the duty of class monitor rotates. Each student gets the opportunity to serve as class monitor, which enhances their participation awareness, awakens their sense of responsibility, and thereby truly achieves self-management of students, comprehensively improving their qualities, reaching our educational goals. To implement democratic governance, there must be tolerance and understanding towards students. This involves emotional exchange.
2. Strengthening emotional exchange, an important feature of people-oriented management
For a long time, in the minds of teachers, there has been a high-and-mighty, self-important mindset. Students are treated as subordinates, or even as dolls that can only talk, making them absolutely obey themselves. In reality, this is impossible and unnecessary. Such management leads to simple, crude educational methods, with obvious results. Therefore, teachers should change their mindset, treating students as friends, interacting with them on equal terms. This way, when they make mistakes, teachers won't lose their temper. Because anger easily leads to impulsive reactions, causing adverse effects.
Although treating students as friends, one must also realize that they are just big kids. For their mistakes, they cannot be indulged; criticism must be courageous, and education must be skillful. "Honest advice" doesn't have to be "harsh," and "good medicine" doesn't have to be "bitter." During the process of criticism, teachers need to protect their self-esteem. Any behavior that stimulates, injures, or tramples on their self-esteem will not only fail to make them strive or repent but instead lead them to give up and lose integrity. Imagine, a student who doesn't care about anything, would he still care about "progress"? Would he still have the motivation to progress?
3. Implement institutional management
"No rules, no standards," regulations and systems are our behavioral principles. Democracy must be implemented under the guarantee of rule of law. Therefore, formulating strict class rules in class management does not contradict democratic management.
Class rules should conform to the actual situation of the class, ensuring they are strict but not harsh. When implementing them, ensure "words must be credible, actions must follow accordingly." Only then can the authority and effectiveness of the class rules be guaranteed. It should also achieve "emotional decision-making, rational implementation," using emotion as the key, motivating students, and showing humanity.
If our management can be people-oriented, fully stimulating the enthusiasm of students in learning, then our educational goals will certainly be achieved.