The 8X principal and her love for the kindergarten in Cao Bang

(Dan Tri) - With 15 years of dedication, Ms. Hoang Thi Huyen Trang has contributed to making Binh Duong school a bright spot in preschooleducation in Cao Bang province.

When she first started working at Binh Duong Kindergarten (Hoa An District, Cao Bang Province), Ms. Hoang Thi Huyen Trang (born in 1987) was surprised to see that the school lacked facilities and equipment. In 2009, Binh Duong School was a school with 3 levels: kindergarten, primary school, and secondary school. Ms. Huyen Trang taught a class of 29 children, aged 2 to 5 years old, by herself. "It was the first time I witnessed a school with 3 levels. For kindergarten, there was only one class but it included many age groups," she recalled.

Love for the profession and children has helped Ms. Hoang Thi Huyen Trang stick with the preschool education industry for more than 15 years (Photo: NVCC).

In the new phase of Binh Duong Kindergarten, Ms. Huyen Trang always researched many creative lessons to diversify the lessons for the preschool children. She said: "Although the teaching environment is still lacking, our classroom is still warm and full of love. When the new day just begins, I just look forward to seeing the children". In the mountainous areas of Cao Bang , Binh Duong Kindergarten struggled with many difficulties because most of the preschool children were lacking essential nutrients. However, with her love for the profession and perseverance, teacher Huyen Trang worked hard to nurture and help a young student win second prize in the district-level Healthy and Good Children contest. "The school saw my determination and efforts in my educational methods. This made me very happy. At that time, this achievement was also a springboard for me to implement many initiatives that brought efficiency to the school", Ms. Trang shared.

Not considering the shortages at her workplace as difficulties, Ms. Hoang Thi Huyen Trang considers this as her second home (Photo: NVCC).

Understanding that her workplace is located in an economically disadvantaged area and lacks many facilities, Ms. Huyen Trang and the school have carried out many socialization activities. In 2015, Ms. Trang proactively consulted with competent authorities and, together with her colleagues, mobilized parents, businesses, districts, and provinces to support the school in building yards, fences, spacious classrooms, embankments, etc. With that effort, by 2019, Binh Duong Kindergarten was honored to win second prize in the district-level "Building a child-centered educational environment" competition. In 2020, Ms. Huyen Trang was awarded a certificate of merit by the Cao Bang Department of Education and Training for her excellent performance in the topic "Building a child-centered kindergarten in the period 2015-2020". Although she was born and raised in Thai Nguyen, where there are many teaching opportunities after graduation, Ms. Huyen Trang still chose Cao Bang as her workplace. Over the years, the sincere and simple hearts of the people here have kept her going, making her reluctant to leave this land. "Because Hoa An district still has many shortages. But the affection of the students and the local people is always full," said Ms. Trang.

Ms. Hoang Thi Huyen Trang (in red ao dai) with students in the performance (Photo: NVCC).

Initiative to calculate food rations for preschool children While working at the school, she actively advised the commune leaders and village chiefs, and mobilized children under 5 years old to go to preschool classes. Going to each house to mobilize was not enough, Ms. Huyen Trang also organized competitions and extracurricular activities for children to participate in to create excitement for them when going to school. In 2012, when Binh Duong preschool first organized boarding school, Ms. Trang realized that the methods of calculating food rations for children still had many shortcomings: "The work of preschool teachers is very hard. Because they have to look after and manage children's activities, most of the teachers have little time to manage and calculate the data in the food rations. If there is just a small error in the data table, I have to manually re-enter it from the beginning". To solve the above problem, Ms. Trang conducted research and applied information technology to create an Excel table. By 2019, Ms. Trang completed the initiative and started piloting it in many preschools. "Based on the difficulties in implementing boarding work, I implemented this initiative at that time with the hope that children's food rations would be guaranteed and calculated according to the requirements of the Ministry of Education. In addition, this calculation table can also be done without an internet connection and does not cost anything," Ms. Huyen Trang shared. Ms. Trang's initiative to improve the method of calculating food rations for preschool children to improve the effectiveness of boarding management has been highly appreciated for its effectiveness and has been applied in many preschools at the provincial level.

Ms. Hoang Thi Huyen Trang received a certificate of merit for outstanding teacher in 2024 (Photo: NVCC).

Stepping out of the comfort zone after more than a decade of attachment After about 15 years of attachment to Binh Duong Kindergarten, Ms. Huyen Trang transferred to work as principal of Be Trieu Kindergarten (Hoa An district, Cao Bang province). Sharing the reason for this decision, Ms. Trang confided: "Binh Duong Kindergarten is not just a workplace, but the school is also my youth and passion. I have been attached to this school since the first days of my career. However, my aspiration always urged me to go beyond my comfort zone. Can I shine in a larger environment, manage a large team, and still maintain my creativity? It was those concerns that led me to this decision". On the day of parting, she remembered that many students were attached to her and could not bear to leave her. "For me, that is the success of a teacher", she recalled. Sharing about her colleague, Ms. Trieu Thi Hieu said: "Ms. Hoang Thi Huyen Trang is a manager with a simple, friendly and sincere lifestyle. Ms. Trang is always the leading flag for young teachers to strive to follow and contribute to improving the quality of Be Trieu Kindergarten."

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