The professional standards for primary teachers in Vietnam according to Circular 20/2018/TT-BGDDT include 5 standards and 15 criteria as stipulated below.
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Professional standards for primary teachers in Vietnam according to Circular 20/2018/TT-BGDDT (Internet image)
Standard 1. Quality
Comply with regulations and practice teacher’s ethics; share experience, support colleagues in practice of ethics and making of virtues
- Criterion 1. Ethics
+ Qualified: The teacher complies with regulations on ethics
+ Good: The teacher has the spirit of self-study, self-training and attempts to improve moral qualities;
+ Excellent: The teacher is a role model in terms of ethics, shares experience, support colleagues in practice of ethics
- Criterion 2. Virtue
+ Qualified: The teacher has manner and method of working in conformity with works;
+ Good: The teacher has awareness of self-training to create an exemplary virtue; great influence on students;
+ Excellent: The teacher is a role model in terms of virtues, has great influence and support colleagues in making of virtues.
Standard 2. Development of professional skills
Acquire knowledge and master skills; regularly update and improve capacity for professional skills in order to meet requirements for educational innovation.
- Criterion 3. Development of personal knowledge
+ Qualified: The teacher satisfies standards in training and complete all courses on training, refresher training in professional knowledge according to regulations; has the plan for regular study and refresher training in development of personal development;
+ Good: The teacher actively researches and promptly updates requirements for innovation on professional knowledge; creatively and appropriately applies different forms and methods and selects contents for learning, carries out refresher training and improve professional capacity;
+ Excellent: The teacher guides, supports colleagues and shares experience in the development of personal knowledge in order to meet requirements for educational innovation.
- Criterion 4. Development of the plans for teaching and education towards development of qualities and capacity of students
+ Qualified: The teacher makes the plans for teaching and education;
+ Good: The teacher actively adjusts the plans for teaching and education in accordance with the actual conditions of the school and the local area;
+ Excellent: The teacher guides and supports colleagues in development of the plans for teaching and education.
- Criterion 5. Use of methods of teaching and education towards development of qualities and capacity of students
+ Qualified: The teacher applies methods of teaching and education to development of qualities and capacity of students;
+ Good: The teacher actively updates, flexibly and effectively applies methods of teaching and education in order to meet the requirements for innovation and actual conditions;
+ Excellent: The teacher guides and supports colleagues in knowledge, skills and experience in application of methods of teaching and education towards development of qualities and capacity of students.
- Criterion 6. Inspection and evaluation towards the qualities and capacity of students
+ Qualified: The teacher uses methods of inspection and assessment of the learning outcomes and progress of students;
+ Good: The teacher actively updates and creatively applies forms, methods and tools of inspection and assessment towards development of the qualities and capacity of students;
+ Excellent: The teacher guides and supports colleagues in experience in effective implementation of the inspection and assessment of the learning outcomes and progress of students.
- Criterion 7. Counseling and support for students
+ Qualified: The teacher understands students and masters regulations on counsel and support for students; integrates the counseling and support for students into teaching and education
+ Good: The teacher effectively implements appropriate measures for counselling and support for each student in teaching and education;
+ Excellent: The teacher guides and supports colleagues in experience in effective implementation of counseling and support for students in teaching and education.
Standard 3. Development of educational environment
Develop an educational environment that is safe, healthy and democratic; anti-bullying and anti-violence
- Criterion 8. Building of school culture
+ Qualified: The teacher complies with the school's rules and codes of conduct according to regulations;
+ Good: The teacher proposes measures to effectively implement the school's rules and codes of conduct in accordance with regulations; has solutions for prompt and effective handling of violations against the rules and codes of conduct in the classroom and school within the scope of their charge (if any);
+ Excellent: The teacher is a role model; shares experience in building of healthy culture environment in school.
- Criterion 9. Democratic rights in school
+ Qualified: The teacher complies with regulations on democratic rights in school, organizes students to exercise democratic rights in schools; organizes students' execution of democracy rights in school;
+ Good: The teacher proposes measures to promote democratic rights of students, teachers, students' parents or guardians and colleagues in school; promptly detects, reflects, prevents and handles violations against the student's democratic regulations (if any);
+ Excellent: The teacher guides and assists colleagues in exercising and promoting democratic rights of students, teachers, students' parents or guardians and colleagues.
- Criterion 10. Development and maintenance of safety, anti-bullying and anti-violence in school.
+ Qualified: The teacher complies with regulations on safety, anti-bullying and anti-violence in school.
+ Good: The teacher proposes measures to develop the safety, anti-bullying and anti-violence in school; promptly detects, reflects, prevents and handles violations against regulations on safety, anti-bullying and anti-violence in school (if any);
+ Excellent: The teacher is an advanced example of development and maintenance of the safety, anti-bullying and anti-violence in school, shares experience in development and maintenance of the safety, anti-bullying and anti-violence in school
Standard 4. Development of family-school-community partnerships
Organize and implement activities in order to develop the family-school-community partnerships in teaching, moral education and lifestyle for students
- Criterion 11. Development of cooperation with students' parents or guardians and relevant parties
+ Qualified: The teacher complies with applicable regulations applied to students' parents and or guardians and relevant parties;
+ Good: The teacher develops healthy and close relationship with students' parents and or guardians and relevant parties;
+ Excellent: The teacher recommends measures to the school for enhancement of close cooperation with students’ parents or guardians and relevant parties.
- Criterion 12. Family-school-community partnerships in education for students
+ Qualified: The teacher adequately and promptly provides information on the learning and practice of students in class; information on programs, syllabuses and educational activities for students’ parents or guardians of relevant parties; receives information from the student's parents or guardians and relevant parties about the learning and practice of students;
+ Good: The teacher actively cooperates with colleagues, students’ parents or guardians and relevant parties in implementing measures to guide, support and motivate students to study, implement programs and syllabuses and educational activities;
+ Excellent: The teacher promptly responds to feedback from students’ parents or guardians and relevant parties about the process of learning, practice and implementation of the programs, syllabuses and educational activities of the students.
- Criterion 13. Family-school-community partnerships in education about ethics and lifestyle for students
+ Qualified: The teacher organizes and provides information about the school's rules and codes of conduct for students’ parents or guardians and relevant parties; receives information from the student's parents or guardians and relevant parties about the ethics and lifestyle of students;
+ Good: The teacher actively cooperates with colleagues, students’ parents or guardians and relevant parties in education about ethics and lifestyle of students;
+ Excellent: The teacher promptly responds to feedback from students’ parents or guardians and relevant parties about education about ethics and lifestyle of students.
Standard 5. Use of foreign languages or ethnic languages, application of information technology, operation and use of technological equipment for teaching and education.
Use foreign languagesor ethnic languages, apply information technology, operate and use technological equipment for teaching and education.
- Criterion 14. Use of foreign languages or ethnic languages
+ Qualified: The teacher can use simple words for communication of a foreign language (especially, English) or a second foreign language (for foreign language teachers) or an ethnic language for job positions that require the ethnic language.
+ Good: The teacher can exchange information on simple and familiar topics regarding daily life or simple and familiar topics regarding teaching and educational activities by a foreign language (especially, English) or a second foreign language (for foreign language teachers) or an ethnic language for job positions that require the ethnic language.
+ Excellent: The teacher can write simple paragraphs about familiar topics regarding educational activities by a foreign language (especially, English) or a second foreign language (for foreign language teachers) or an ethnic language for job positions that require the ethnic language.
- Criterion 15. Application of information technology, operation and use of technological equipment for teaching and education.
+ Qualified: The teacher is able to use basic application software, technological equipment for teaching, education and management of students according to regulations; completes training and refresher training courses, operates and applies information technology and technological equipment to teaching and education according to regulations;
+ Good: The teacher applies information technology and digital learning materials to teaching and education; effectively updates and uses the software; operates and uses technological equipment for teaching and education
+ Excellent: The teacher guides and supports colleagues in improvement of capacity for application of information technology; operates and uses technological equipment for teaching and education;
Thus, each criterion of the professional standards for primary teachers in Vietnam.
Learning is evaluated according to 3 levels (Qualified, Good, Excellent). Thus, teachers in Vietnam shall evaluate themselves periodically once a year at the end of the school year. The head of a general education institution shall organize teacher evaluation every two years at the end of the school year. In special cases, with the consent of the superior management agency, the school may shorten the teacher evaluation cycle.
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