What are the latest criteria for assessing the professional standards of lower secondary school teachers in Vietnam in 2024?

What are the latest criteria for assessing the professional standards of lower secondary school teachers in Vietnam in 2024?

Currently, the professional standards for lower secondary school teachers are regulated by Circular 20/2018/TT-BGDDT promulgated to establish the standards for teachers in general educational institutions. To implement an effective, practical, and positively impactful assessment of lower secondary school teachers' standards, the Ministry of Education and Training issued Official Dispatch 4530/BGDDT-NGCBQLGD in 2018 on October 1, 2018, guiding the implementation of Circular 20.

For lower secondary school teachers

According to Circular 20/2018/TT-BGDDT, the assessment criteria for lower secondary school teachers are clearly stated as follows:

Lower secondary school teachers are currently assessed on 15 criteria, including:

15 Assessment Criteria:

Criterion 1. Teacher's Ethics

Criterion 2. Teacher's Style

Criterion 3. Personal Professional Development

Criterion 4. Planning Teaching and Educational Activities towards developing students' qualities and abilities

Criterion 5. Using Teaching and Educational Methods towards developing students' qualities and abilities

Criterion 6. Assessment and Evaluation towards developing students' qualities and abilities

Criterion 7. Advising and Supporting Students

Criterion 8. Building School Culture

Criterion 9. Exercising Democratic Rights in Schools

Criterion 10. Implementing and Building a Safe School, Preventing School Violence

Criterion 11. Establishing Cooperative Relationships with Parents or Guardians and Relevant Parties

Criterion 12. Coordinating between School, Family, and Society in Teaching Activities

Criterion 13. Coordinating between School, Family, and Society in Moral and Lifestyle Education for Students

Criterion 14. Using Foreign Languages or Ethnic Languages

Criterion 15. Applying Information Technology, Exploiting, and Using Technological Devices in Teaching and Education

Assessment Levels:

Satisfactory Level, Quite Good Level, Good Level

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What are the assessment requirements and procedures according to the professional standards for lower secondary school teachers in Vietnam?

According to Chapter 3 of the Professional Standards for Teachers in General Educational Institutions, promulgated together with Circular 20/2018/TT-BGDDT, as follows:

* Regarding assessment requirements according to professional standards for teachers, the following principles must be adhered to:

- Objective, comprehensive, fair, and democratic.

- Based on the teacher's qualities, abilities, and work process in specific conditions of the school and locality.

- Based on the levels of each criterion achieved in Chapter II of this Regulation with verifiable and appropriate evidence.

* Regarding assessment procedures and classification of assessment results according to professional standards for lower secondary school teachers, it will be carried out as follows:

- Assessment Process

+ Teachers self-assess according to professional standards for teachers;

+ General educational institutions collect opinions from colleagues in the specialized group for the teacher being assessed according to professional standards for teachers;

+ The head of the general educational institution conducts the assessment and informs the teacher of the assessment results based on the teacher's self-assessment, colleagues' opinions, and the practical performance of the teacher through verifiable and appropriate evidence.

- Classification of Assessment Results

+ Meeting professional standards at a good level: All criteria are at least at the fairly good level, with at least 2/3 of the criteria at the good level, including criteria in Article 5 of this Regulation at the good level;

+ Meeting professional standards at a fairly good level: All criteria are at least at the satisfactory level, with at least 2/3 of the criteria at the fairly good level, including criteria in Article 5 of the Professional Standards for Teachers in General Educational Institutions, promulgated together with Circular 20/2018/TT-BGDDT at the fairly good level;

+ Meeting professional standards at a satisfactory level: All criteria are at least at the satisfactory level;

+ Not meeting professional standards: One or more criteria are assessed as not meeting the standard (a criterion is assessed as not meeting the standard if it does not meet the requirements for that criterion's satisfactory level).

Additionally, the assessment according to the professional standards for lower secondary school teachers will be carried out on the following assessment cycle:

- Teachers self-assess annually at the end of the school year.

- The head of the general educational institution organizes the assessment of teachers biannually at the end of the school year.

- In special cases, with the approval of the higher management authority, the school can shorten the teacher assessment cycle.

What are the detailed guidelines and suggested evidence for assessing the professional standards of lower secondary school teachers in Vietnam in 2024?

For lower secondary school teachers

According to Annex 1 of the Example of Evidence Used in the Assessment by Professional Standards for Teachers in General Educational Institutions, promulgated together with Official Dispatch 4530/BGDDT-NGCBQLGD in 2018, as follows:

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*Note: The examples of evidence for assessing professional standards provided above are only suggestions. The selection and use of evidence in the assessment process should be consistent with the school's and locality's reality, ensuring compliance with Circular 20/2018/TT-BGDDT.