Child Protection China Project #49089

SEL Curriculum for Rural Children in China

by Rici Foundation

Project Report | Nov 7, 2024
In October,40,000+ students received the handbook

By Rici Team | Rici Team

Thank you for your continuous attention and support to the public welfare projects of the "SEL Curriculum for Rural Children in China" project.With your support, the Rici team has achieved outstanding milestones over the past few months. We are thrilled to share our progress with you.

1. Personal teacher application data Because in October, the project team still had some manuals for teachers to apply for inventory, and some new teachers showed great enthusiasm for applying. After information confirmation, the project team reached a consensus to open the application channel again in mid-October, complete the application of fall teacher recruitment for the 2024-2025 school year at noon on 22nd, and determine the final list of teachers for the 2024-2025 school year project cooperation. The final data is summarized as follows: There are 644 individual teachers and 42,663 students served. Among the 644 individual teachers who will participate in teaching this academic year, a total of 26 provincial administrative regions (except Beijing, Shanghai, Qinghai, Xizang, Heilongjiang, Macao, Hong Kong, Taiwan) are distributed, and the provinces with the largest number of participating teachers are mainly distributed in Hunan, Yunnan, Henan, Shanxi, Gansu and other provinces.

In October, the project staff continued to follow up the progress of teacher signing, and by October 31, the signing rate of individual teacher activity manual reached 92.86%. Many teachers also recorded the happy reactions of the children after receiving the activity book. Let's experience the scene with the children!

In addition, our project teachers are also actively teaching according to their own plan and pace, and the following teachers are selected as a share. s:

In class today, I came to class early to get ready for class: open courseware, blackboard topic, item preparation, sorting process and so on. I waited with great anticipation for the students to return to the classroom. After the teachers and students returned to class, we determined the class agreement of this class: sit upright, focus, listen carefully, and actively participate. Then I started with the topic: "Students, are you curious about the topic?" Maybe the students are nervous, or maybe the sixth grade does not like to express, and they did not raise their hands after several times of inspiration. I again led the students who were finally seated at the lecture table to speak. "I wonder what kind of seed?" I affirmed, "Very good! I'm just as curious as you are about what kind of seed it is!" Then the boy behind the fourth group raised his hand and said, "How can I protect my seed?" "How do I protect my seed? I'm surprised you think so deeply! Thumbs up for you!" The first boy in the first group also spoke: "I wonder what the seeds will be like when they germinate?" Upon hearing his answer, I could not help but give him a thumbs-up and said, "Your thinking is very good!" I'm blown away by you!" As I summarize the students' responses, I introduce a new lesson.

Teaching reflection: In this class, I focused on students' thinking generation, so I did not have time to show and communicate in the later sowing time. I think after this class, I will first play warm-up games, then introduce topics to inspire students to think, then tell the story of my daughter's planting, and watch videos to arouse students' interest in class. Set the stage for sowing seeds later!

2. Feedback collection of individual teacher recruitment collaborators

During the month of October, we collected questions and suggestions for improvement from the telephone interviews and community questions. In the telephone interview, the teachers mainly encountered the following problems: mainly concentrated on the applicants can not contact; Due to the back-to-school season in September, teachers are busy and have conflicting communication time. In view of the problems in the interview process, the teachers also put forward the following suggestions: applicants take the initiative to add wechat, if not, will not pass; Secondly, the telephone interview can be predicted in advance through multiple channels; In addition, teachers who intend to register can enter the group first, clarify the specific requirements, answer questions in a unified manner, and then docking, so that teachers can understand the implementation requirements more easily; Finally, the telephone interview could not fully tell the teacher's determination to complete the next project. For new teachers, some questionnaires can be set to see their attitude. Community Q&A collaborator teacher proposed: can timely summary of high-frequency problems; After recruiting volunteers, you can hold some common questions online; And beautify the document, adjust the font of the document, make it more in line with reading habits.

3. Preparation for project site visit In October, the staff asked the teachers who were familiar with the project and the new teachers in this school year about their willingness to visit, communicated with the visiting matters, and synchronized with the relevant staff to reach a preliminary consensus on the visit. A total of eight staff members will conduct visits in November.

Once again, thank you for your generous support. Your contributions enable us to sustain our charitable initiatives and empower more rural children to build resilience against adversity.

Warm regards, We deeply appreciate your kindness and belief in our cause.

If you have any questions or would like more information about our work, please do not hesitate to reach out. Your feedback is valued, and we would be delighted to share further details about our ongoing efforts.Our website:http: // www.ricifoundation.org/

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Oct 29, 2024
In September, children received new handbooks

By Rici Team | Rici Team

1. Implementation progress

The main work of this month's project is to apply for the activity manual from Autumn semester 24 to Spring semester 25 and deal with related matters. The main matters are as follows:

1) Recruitment officially begins on September 1

On September 1, the application for the Mental literacy course for the Fall semester of 2024 was officially launched. Through the combination of tweeting, previous community publicity, enterprise & wechat circle of friends communication, inviting excellent teachers and other public welfare organizations to help promote, the communication effect is remarkable.

2) Community formation in early September

Establish a 24-25 school year Rici activity manual application group for teachers who apply for the first time, and publish relevant application links, application notes, and follow-up notices in the group. During the application period, continue to answer questions and provide assistance to teachers in the group; The approved teachers can enter the 24-25 school year Rici teacher communication group, in which they will share electronic teaching resources with teachers, including PPT online links, video/picture download links, and guide teachers to conduct a series of operations such as express check, signing slip upload, course feedback, so as to help teachers better carry out the new school year curriculum.

3) Teacher audit from September 2 to now

The teacher audit task began on September 2. Different screening schemes were developed for different applicants. Applicants are teachers who have successfully completed the course in the past, and can pass the review directly by filling in the application form; The teacher who applies for the first time needs to go through the process of adding Xiaoci enterprise wechat, entering the community to obtain the application link, the application form review, and the telephone review. In this process, the staff judges the teacher's confidence in starting the class, whether the amount of class hours is sufficient, and whether the class closing standards can be reached, so as to confirm the list. In the telephone review of individual teachers, we invited the support of 18 outstanding teachers in the past, who participated as collaborators to promote the review progress, which greatly improved the efficiency of the review of individual teacher recruitment.

· As for the recruitment of individual teachers, as of September 26, 600+ valid application forms have been received, 530+ individual teachers have passed the review, and 26,000 + students have been enrolled in total.

· Regarding the recruitment of county teachers, the communication between the partners has been completed, and the registration of county teachers is also being carried out one after another in September.

4) Preparation of teaching materials in early September

In August, determined the suppliers of teaching production and curriculum packaging, and prefabricated the teaching package in advance; In mid-September, according to the registration situation, the course will be printed to the publishing house; contact the person in charge of Beijing World Hengrun for course package and material packaging;

5) The activity brochure will be mailed from September 20 to now

On September 20, the course package and material package have been sent out one after another; On September 25, the list of teachers who passed the review was publicized, and some questions related to mailing and signing were answered during the mailing period, such as wrong pieces, missing pieces, reissue pieces, distribution methods, etc. As of 6 PM on the 26th, about 80% of the individual teacher activity manual packages have been distributed. In the process of continuing to receive the course package, the project is also replenishing the wrong delivery and missing delivery in time, supporting the teachers to get the course package and start the class for the children smoothly.

Let's take a look at the teachers' signing photos

Feedback from Teacher Cheng in Songxian County, Henan Province:

When the teacher entered the classroom wearing a magic hat, the children were overjoyed. Although excited, I was very focused. The first time to teach the first grade, for the classroom rules to discuss the way to solve, especially useful. What was quite impressive was that when the children were given a choice between an encourage command and a quiet command, everyone raised their little hands high to express what they really liked. The children were very happy when they introduced themselves and their hobbies.

Feedback from Teacher Nie, Nanchang County, Jiangxi Province:

"I am a small master of attention" Today's "grass and trees" game let the opening into the climax! The children are highly focused, and today they have a new understanding of "listening with the body, listening with the eyes, listening with the small head"! Attention can be trained in this way!

Feedback from Teacher Wang, Shanglin County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region:

After the book was distributed, the students were stressed to take good care of books. The children who got the new book were very happy! There are some differences between the teacher's manual and the student's manual. The second level is listening in the student's manual and listening in the teacher's manual. The third level student handbook has been changed to "Smile at others, do not laugh at others."

The challenge of restoring sentences was a little difficult, and students could not complete the one-minute limit level, and only a few students could write it if the time was extended to three minutes, so tips were added in subsequent classes. The good sentences of the student group have "thinking to be positive, activities to be invested", "you have to raise your hand to speak", etc., it is not impossible, I said that there is no absolute right or wrong in the psychological class, and encourage students to have their own thinking. Some students use the modified symbols learned in grade three to write the answers on the courseware, which is very cute.

The quiet command is set before the lecture and the students are used to it. The command is to imitate the teacher's high five rhythmically and then sit down. I hope that I can use the password with "no hostile determination" and repeat it again and again patiently to form a tacit understanding with the students. Encourage password set to (student name)you are so good Both the complimented and the complimented students are a little shy, so I tried a few times in this class, complimenting some students on their ability to look at others while complimenting them, and encouraging others to do the same.

"New Semester Crossing" does not show the teacher's demonstration in the courseware, afraid of limiting the students' thinking, but simply lists a lot of possible content, prompting students to write sentences as specific as possible, so that the teacher can ask "if the change really happens, what can you do for yourself now?"

Thanks Rici!!

Once again, thank you for your generous support. Your contributions enable us to sustain our charitable initiatives and empower more rural children to build resilience against adversity.

Warm regards,

We deeply appreciate your kindness and belief in our cause.

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Sep 24, 2024
2,000+ children experienced Rici's summer camp

By Rici Team | Rici Team

As of August 2024with the conclusion of the theme camp team, 21 teams with a total of more than 300 volunteers participated in the Heart's Gain Project summer camp, and about 2,000 children experienced the Xinyi Project mental literacy theme camp with the help of Rici. Visiting work is also nearing the end, all the visiting volunteers successfully completed the visit work and returned safely, in this visit work, a total of 6 volunteers, 3 staff members to participate in the visit work, visiting volunteers to go to Shangqiu City, Henan Province, Zhoukou City, Xinxiang City, Shaanxi Province, Xianyang City, Fujian Province, Longyan City, Bozhou City, Anhui Province, Eddanyang County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Chongzuo City of the project sites, cumulative visits to 19 teams. We visited 19 teams. The visits provided an opportunity for the Heart's Gain Project to gain a deeper understanding of the operation mode of the teams, and at the same time brought new experiences and lessons to the volunteers who visited the teams.

Let's take a look at the journey of the volunteers who participated in the Xinyi Project theme camp.

From Qufu Normal University - Full Star Public Welfare Association Visiting Volunteers' Journeys

My Insights on Teacher-Student Relationships after Completion of the Teaching Trip

"The experience of teaching is often an unforgettable time, which is not only a responsibility and mission, but also a profound life experience. In the process, the relationship established between the teaching teacher and the students transcends the traditional teacher-student relationship; it is more like a profound spiritual connection and emotional intermingling. During the days of teaching, teachers often take on several roles, not only as the transmitter of knowledge, but also as the students' emotional support and guide to life. In remote and impoverished areas, children are eager for knowledge and full of curiosity about the unknown world. Teachers are not only the key to unlock the door of wisdom, but also the guide to lead them to understand the world. In such an environment, the relationship between teachers and students tends to be closer, they learn together, live together, and face difficulties and challenges together.

After it was over, although the teacher and the student were physically thousands of miles apart, that special bond was not weakened. On the contrary, it was like a seed that had been deeply implanted in each other's hearts, taking root and sprouting with the passage of time. Teachers returned to their familiar living environment, but their hearts would often be filled with the innocent smiling faces of the children, and they would miss those innocent greetings and the desire for knowledge. For the students, the departure of the supporting teachers may be a great emotional test. They have lost a source of knowledge and an emotional support. However, this experience also makes them learn to cherish and know how to be grateful, knowing that on the road of life, there will be many people like the missionary teachers who will appear in their lives and give them help and enlightenment ......

Teaching is not only a teaching experience, but also a spiritual journey, which allows teachers and students to build a bridge between the heart, even if the physical space is far away, but the distance between the heart is always so close to such a teacher-student relationship, not only has a profound impact on the individual, but also for the whole society to inject positive energy. It demonstrates the true meaning of education - not just the imparting of knowledge, but also the communication of hearts and emotions. In such a relationship, everyone can grow into a better version of themselves, which is the best aspect of education."

Once again, thank you for your generous support. Your contributions enable us to sustain our charitable initiatives and empower more rural children to build resilience against adversity.

Warm regards,

We deeply appreciate your kindness and belief in our cause.

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