▲ Superintendent An Min-suk
The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education's dedicated teachers' rights officers, designed to provide one-on-one, integrated support for teachers who have suffered violations of their educational activities from the occurrence of an incident to its resolution, officially launched on August 22.
The provincial office of education held the launching ceremony for the Teachers' Rights Protection Unit and its dedicated officers, which operate directly under the superintendent, at the grand auditorium of the Jowon Office building in Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, this morning.
The dedicated teachers' rights officers are one of the teacher protection policies pursued by Superintendent An Min-suk immediately after taking office. It is a system that integrates teachers' rights protection functions that were previously scattered across various departments and organizations to provide one-stop support for affected teachers.
Through document screening and interview procedures, the provincial office of education selected 300 dedicated officers, including experts such as doctors, lawyers, and police officers, as well as counselors, conflict resolution experts, and educators.
At the time of recruitment, the competition rate reached 36 to 1, drawing significant interest in the dedicated teachers' rights officers.
The finally selected dedicated officers completed competency-building training on the 13th and 18th of this month, and will be deployed to the field starting on the 24th under the Teachers' Rights Protection Unit, headed directly by the superintendent.
The dedicated officers will provide one-on-one, dedicated support from the early stages to the conclusion of cases for teachers experiencing difficulties due to being reported for child abuse, serious violations of educational activities, or malicious civil complaints.
Specifically, they plan to provide integrated support ranging from verifying violations of educational activities to legal consultation, psychological counseling and recovery, and post-management.
Superintendent An stated at the launching ceremony, "Today, I declare a total war against malicious civil complaints," adding, "The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education will take groundbreaking measures to relieve teachers of administrative burdens as much as possible so they can focus exclusively on teaching."
He continued, "To all of you, the true heroes of this era serving as dedicated teachers' rights officers, I will grant all practical authority related to the superintendent's teachers' rights protection activities," and said, "I deeply thank you for making this decisive choice together and holding the line firmly."
(Photo provided by Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, Yonhap News)
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