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What are the qualities required for preschool teachers in Vietnam?

The standards for a teacher’s qualities are the first requirements for preschool teachers.

According to Clause 1, Article 3 of the Regulations on Professional Standards for Preschool Teachers, issued together with Circular 26/2018/TT-BGDDT:

Definitions

In these Regulations, the following terms are understood as follows:

1. Qualities refer to the teacher's ideology, ethics, and working style in performing work and duties.

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Under the legal regulations, "Qualities refer to the teacher's ideology, ethics, and working style in performing work and duties."

Therefore, under Article 4 of the Regulations on Professional Standards for Preschool Teachers, issued together with Circular 26/2018/TT-BGDDT, the first standard in assessing preschool teacher standards is specified by the following criteria:

Standards 1.

Comply with regulations and training in teacher ethics; sharing experiences, supporting colleagues in ethical training, and building a teacher’s working style.

- Criterion 1. Teacher Ethics

+ Qualified: Strictly adhere to regulations on teacher ethics;

+ Good: Have a sense of self-study, self-discipline, and strive to enhance teacher ethics;

+ Excellent: Be a role model in teacher ethics; share experiences, support colleagues in ethical training.

- Criterion 2. Working Style

+ Qualified: Have appropriate demeanor and working methods suitable for preschool teachers;

+ Good: Have a sense of self-discipline, create a scientific working style, and respect and be close to children and parents;

+ Excellent: Be a role model in scientific working style, respect, and closeness to children and parents; positively influence and support colleagues in developing a teacher’s working style.

Furthermore, preschool teachers must meet several other standards such as:

Standard 2: Preschool teachers must develop professional skills and knowledge.

Standard 3: Create a safe, healthy, and friendly educational environment.

Standard 4: Strengthen relationships between the school, family, and community.

Standard 5: Use foreign languages (or ethnic languages), apply information technology, and demonstrate artistic abilities in nurturing, caring for, and educating children. All are stipulated in Chapter 2 of Circular 26/2018/TT-BGDDT.

Additionally, terms like "Criteria" or "Levels of Criteria" are explained in detail in Clauses 5 and 6, Article 3 of the Regulations on Professional Standards for Preschool Teachers, issued together with Circular 26/2018/TT-BGDDT as follows:

- Criterion is the requirement for qualities and the component competencies of the standard.

- Levels of criteria refer to the degrees achieved in the development of qualities and competencies for each criterion. Each criterion has three levels in increasing order: satisfactory, good, and excellent; a higher level includes the requirements of the immediately lower one.

+ Qualified: Exhibit qualities and competencies needed to perform assigned tasks in nurturing, caring for, and educating preschool children according to regulations;

+ Good: Possess qualities and competencies to actively innovate in performing tasks and educational objectives of the preschool education institution;

+ Excellent: Exhibit creative qualities and competencies in nurturing, caring for, and educating children; have a positive influence on children, colleagues, parents, or guardians of children; share knowledge, skills, and experience in nurturing, caring for, educating children, and enforcing children's rights.

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What is the purpose of developing professional standards for preschool teachers in Vietnam?

According to Article 2 of the Regulations on Professional Standards for Preschool Teachers, issued together with Circular 26/2018/TT-BGDDT, professional standards for preschool teachers are developed for the following purposes:

(1) Serve as a basis for preschool teachers to self-assess their qualities and competencies; develop and implement plans for training qualities and enhancing professional and vocational competencies to meet the needs of educational reform.

(2) Serve as a basis for preschool educational institutions to assess the qualities, professional, and vocational competencies of preschool teachers; develop and implement plans to train and develop teachers' professional competencies to meet the educational goals of the preschool institution, locality, and the Education sector.

(3) Serve as a basis for state management agencies to research, develop, and implement policies for developing the team of preschool teachers; select and utilize key preschool teachers.

(4) Serve as a basis for training and fostering institutions to build and develop programs and organize training and fostering for developing professional qualities and competencies of preschool teachers.

What is the self-assessment note template for preschool teachers in Vietnam?

The self-assessment note template for preschool teachers is stipulated in Form 1, Appendix 2, issued together with Official Dispatch 5569/BGDDT-NGCBQLGD in 2018.

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