Recently, Xiamen University announced the winners of the 15th teaching competition. Xie Hao, a teacher selected by International College, won the first prize in the English Teaching Competition. A total of 95 teachers from 37 colleges, departments and affiliated units participated in the competition. The excellent results in the competition not only show the strength and elegant demeanor of teachers in International College, but also reflect the wisdom and strength of our teaching team, which is another great achievement in the construction of our teaching team.

Teacher Xie Hao at the Competition

The Xiamen University Teaching Competition is jointly organized by the Teacher Development Center, the University Trade Union, the Academic Affairs Office, the Teacher Work Department, and the Personnel Office, which is an important platform for testing the teaching level of young teachers and cultivating the strength of the new generation. In recent years, our school has sent many outstanding young teachers to participate in the competition, all of which have achieved good results. Statistics on teachers’ awards from the International College in recent years:

It is a fine tradition of International College to attach importance to the construction of teachers' teaching ability. Professor Tao Tao, Dean of International College, said that as a teaching- oriented college, the quality of teaching is a strong guarantee for the development of the college. The college attaches great importance to the professional development of young teachers, and has introduced a series of incentive and safeguard measures to promote the development and construction of high-quality international teachers.

1. Encourage full participation, attach importance to selection and incentive within the college.

Before participating in the school level teaching skills competition, the college organized a teaching skill competition within the scope of the college, and encourage all teachers to participate without age limit. At the same time, the college provides supporting funds to reward the teachers who won the prize in the competition in the college according to the school level competition standard 1:1, so as to improve the enthusiasm of teachers in the competition.

2. Build a platform for exchanges between Chinese and foreign teachers to improve teaching.

In the college competition, the college invited foreign teachers to participate in the grading to help the participating teachers correct grammatical errors and polish the courseware. In daily teaching, in addition to the teachers sent to the college by foreign cooperative colleges and universities, the college widely invites world-renowned professors and scholars to give lectures for teachers and students. Professors and scholars from Cornell University, Southampton University and other world-class universities have come to our college to give lectures. The college arranges young teachers as teaching assistants to deeply participate in lesson preparation and classroom teaching, which has achieved remarkable results in the rapid learning and growth of young teachers. At the same time, teachers are sent to study abroad to reform teaching methods and improve teaching standards.

3. Invite experts and the previous award-winning teachers to share their experience.

During the competition, the trade union of International College held a series of "teaching and training activities", invited experienced experts to hold special lectures to share teaching experience, and arranged senior teachers of the college to guide the contestants, so as to help teachers improve their teaching skills. In addition, the college organizes teacher exchange meetings and class evaluation activities, so that the participating teachers can have teaching exchanges with previous award-winning teachers, and give the participating teachers the greatest guidance and help.

4. Actively listen to the needs of teachers and help the development of young teachers.

In view of the reality of running across campuses this year, Dean Tao has gone deep into the frontline of teaching many times, held discussions with teachers, and listened to their voices and needs. According to teachers' feedback, adjust teachers' attendance and working time, which provides guarantee for teachers to participate in training and competitions, scientific research exchanges, and improve the teaching level.

Pursue dream with ingenuity, live up to the youth. International College strengthens the multi-channel, all-round and whole process training and support for young teachers, creates excellent development environment, more development opportunities and broader development platform for teachers, strives to build an international teaching team that can help promote the "double first-class" construction of our school, and strives to achieve the "two centenary" strategic goal.