Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education Holds '2020 Education Policy Core Projects Workshop'

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education held the '2020 Jeonnam Education Policy Core Projects Workshop' at Jindo Sol Beach Resort. Photo by Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] The Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education announced on the 30th that it held the ‘2020 Jeonnam Education Policy Core Projects Workshop’ at Jindo Sol Beach Resort from the 28th to the 29th.

On this day, the workshop was attended by about 80 people including Superintendent Jang Seok-woong, headquarters executives, and team leaders, sharing evaluations of this year’s core projects and directions for next year’s projects under the theme of realizing Jeonnam education that opens the future through cool reflection and warm collaboration.

In particular, they discussed the promotion tasks of the comprehensive development plan for Jeonnam’s future education and had a meaningful time seeking to form a cooperative organizational culture through communication among executives at the team leader level or higher, who play a pivotal role in the Jeonnam Office of Education.

In the group discussions on core projects by each department, they shared the projects carried out by each department amid the ongoing COVID-19 situation and actively discussed problems and improvement measures.

They also presented various opinions such as preparing guidelines for improving school organizational culture, minimizing the burden on school sites during the audit process, revitalizing village education communities, and the need for collaboration to fully implement innovative schools.

The roundtable discussion on the comprehensive development plan for future education discussed step-by-step implementation methods including ▲realizing competency-centered education preparing for my life ▲implementing responsible education of fairness and inclusion ▲education-activity-centered administration and personnel innovation ▲building an educational ecosystem of autonomy and cooperation.

Superintendent Jang Seok-woong spent two days at the workshop and held a session for ‘Dialogue with the Superintendent,’ engaging in active discussions with team leaders.

Superintendent Jang said, “From now on, I will trust the staff centered on the directors and lead Jeonnam education,” and added, “I hope this workshop will contribute to forming a cooperative and horizontal organizational culture by moving away from formal and conventional evaluations and realizing healthy criticism and the synergy of collective intelligence.”

The discussion on this day mentioned ensuring that minority job series are not excluded from promotion and worksite assignments, guaranteeing opportunities for female managers to advance, considering workload when launching new projects, and supporting and expanding the expertise of teachers dedicated to basic academic skills.

The team leaders said in unison, “It was a meaningful time to understand each other while discussing the core projects promoted by each office and department at headquarters,” and “We were able to resolve misunderstandings that arose during the project promotion process between directors and departments, and agreed that discussion is essential to successfully promote policies.”

Kim Tae-moon, head of the Policy Planning Division, said, “We will actively support organizing the various opinions raised at this workshop well so that they can be reflected in the establishment and execution of Jeonnam education policies and the comprehensive development plan for Jeonnam’s future education currently being prepared.”

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