Raising Children in Onmaeul! ...Recruiting Village Instructors in Seongdong-gu

Recruitment of Village Instructors and Educational Institutions for Seongdong Innovation Education District Project from March 15 to April 2... This Year’s Focus on Strengthening Instructor Competencies through Training and Research Clubs

Last year, a village instructor was transplanting succulents with eight elementary school students. Photo by Seongdong Onmaeul After-School Program, Fragrant Job Experience

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Seongdong-gu (Mayor Jeong Won-oh) is recruiting village instructors and village educational institutions to participate in the Seongdong Innovation Education District project from March 15 to April 2.

The district will officially start the 2021 innovation education project through this village instructor recruitment.

As part of the Seoul-type innovation education project, the district is promoting the Seongdong Innovation Education District through village instructors and village educational institutions, linking excellent human and material resources in the village to schools and village learning centers.

Village instructors are a group of resident instructors who have been active to realize the village education community by becoming teachers with various personal competencies such as literature and physical education, based on the concept of "raising children in the whole village" since Seongdong-gu was designated as an innovation education district in 2016.

Last year, the district focused on strengthening the capabilities of village instructors by providing online video production training, including video shooting and program usage, to 44 village instructors of the Seongdong Innovation Education District.

This year’s recruitment fields include culture and arts, sports, career aptitude, and all areas capable of operating experiential activity programs for children and youth at schools and in the village.

Eligibility requires residence in Seongdong-gu or affiliation with educational institutions or organizations located in Seongdong-gu. Applicants must be majors related to the program or certificate holders; however, operators of private academies and tutoring centers are excluded.

Information about village instructors will be registered on the innovation education online platform and provided to schools, which will be able to request classes from instructors online through the platform.

For the recruited village instructors, education (basic and advanced) will be provided to equip them with the qualifications necessary for school-village linked education, and considering individual activity limitations, support by clubs will be provided to strengthen the capabilities of village instructors.

Additionally, the recruited village instructors will be utilized in the innovation education school choice project, operation of Seongdong On Village After-school Program, and promotion of the village education resource fair.

Jeong Won-oh, Mayor of Seongdong-gu, said, “Village instructors are at the core of the educational community between the village and schools, which is the core of the innovation education district project,” adding, “We will continue to make multifaceted efforts such as strengthening the capabilities of village instructors and discovering new projects so that children can grow up together with the village.”

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