Educational administration enforcement measures

Raising in infancy is cultivated through family-based relationships between children as they grow up and interaction with various people. As a regional child-rearing support center, this center provides information on places for interaction and child-rearing, consultations by public health nurses and nutritionists, and advice so that parents and children can face each other firmly and raise children abundantly during this period. We will support the healthy growth of children.
In addition, we will enhance the contents such as temporary childcare, holiday childcare, lectures useful for childcare and lectures that parents can refresh, create an environment that is easy for parents and children to gather, and provide a place where parents and children can easily gather and have fun and peace of mind. I will.
In order to improve early childhood education and childcare, and child-rearing support, we will establish a system to respond in a unified manner to child-rearing policies, such as support for families raising children, after-school childcare, after-school children's classes, and the operation of early Yoji Centre.
 

Infancy is an important time for cultivating the foundations for lifelong personality development. At Yoji Centre which provides both early childhood education and childcare, we aim to foster motor skills, emotional and intellectual development, and social skills, so that we can encourage a lot of learning and development through play and daily life. We also provide childcare that values the environment and places where children can play freely outdoors and in nature, and work as a community school to promote cooperation with families and the local community. In addition, we continue to hold in-house training by external lecturers to improve the qualifications and abilities of our staff, striving to further enhance education and childcare.
In addition, valuing the appearance that we want you to grow up by the end of early childhood, we will strive to develop children, connect to elementary schools, promote and enhance cooperation and exchanges with junior high schools / high schools, universities, etc., and exchange between children and faculty and staff. To proceed.
 

We will endeavor to foster the rich mind and humanity of children during school age. In addition to establishing the mutual aid philosophy left by Takeo Arishima, we will promote efforts to cultivate a spirit of compassion for others by respecting a peaceful and democratic society, human rights, and diversity.
At elementary and junior high schools, we will endeavor to enhance moral education and health education. In addition, we will improve the school health system, provide dietary education guidance by nutrition teachers, support sports club activities, and conduct health examinations for children and students based on laws and regulations.
 

Regarding school lunches, in order to deepen the understanding of local food production and food culture, we will endeavor to provide lunches that utilize local products and pay attention to the hygiene management of facilities and deliveries, and strive for safe and secure lunch management. I will. In addition, through school lunches, we will promote dietary education guidance that fosters the establishment of desirable eating habits and lifestyles and the importance of food.
Regarding school lunch costs, food prices are on the rise, but in consideration of reducing the burden on parents, we have devised menus and cooperated with producers, suppliers, etc., and this year we will also have an exemption system for the third child and beyond. We will continue to curb price increases due to public expenditure.
In addition, in order to respond to the increase in the number of students and classes in the future, we will systematically improve the facilities of the school lunch center. Regarding allergy treatment, we will cooperate with parents, students, and schools to deal with allergies individually, and we will continue to consider future allergy treatment.
 

Improving the educational ability and harmony in the home are indispensable for the healthy growth of children.
Through home education classes in collaboration with home and school, we will deepen the common understanding among parents who have anxiety and worries about child-rearing, and support efforts to lead a bright and enjoyable family life.
 

In order to cultivate children's social skills as members of the local community, in addition to children's council activities based on the Basic Community Development Ordinance, we will further promote initiatives such as experiential learning mainly at schools. COVID-19 We will work with community schools to provide learning opportunities and learning support that will lead to children's participation in society, including work experience and career education through on-site training that addresses prevention, and special classes given by outside personnel.
 

The "Niseko Style Education" is based on educational policies and goals that envision a continuum of education over the nine years of elementary and junior high school. It also takes into account the continuity of education with Yoji Centre and Niseko High School, regarding the four school types as one continuous academy, and provides a continuous education according to the developmental stage.
Under the new curriculum guidelines, foreign language classes and foreign language activities will be implemented in elementary schools from 2020, and English classes will be implemented in junior high schools from 2021 In order to implement these, Niseko Town has formulated and is working on the "Niseko Town English Education Promotion Plan." As we enter a new stage this year, we will review this plan and aim to promote and enhance English education.
In addition, Niseko Town, with an emphasis on sharing the activities of each school and continuing to learn organically. We value "Niseko studies" to learn basic knowledge such as the history, traditional culture, and scenic spots of Niseko Town, which is the basis of this, and work on "Niseko studies test" according to the developmental stage to improve children's motivation. I will try.
 

We aim to improve the learning environment and the leadership of faculty and staff in order to support the learning of children and students who need special educational support. In addition to proper management of special support classes, information sharing and reflection in guidance at the Education Support Committee, parental counseling and public awareness, etc., and school staff working together to provide systematic and effective guidance. I will.
In addition, special support instructors will be assigned to each elementary and junior high school to enhance learning support in regular classes and continue to provide support for class guidance to the "Language and Manabi Classroom."
 

Schools, families, and communities share issues and goals, continue to develop community school activities aimed at creating a school that is in harmony with the community, and use abundant educational resources such as Honmachi's natural environment, human resources, and community development efforts to create individuality. We will work to enhance education to bring up children who are rich, love Niseko, and take pride in Niseko.
Four years have passed since the activities of the community school committee, and as knowledge has been accumulated, the target projects and issues have become clear. Based on these facts, we will review the committee organization and ensure effective and sustainable activities. In addition, the operation of school support volunteers by the Community School Committee has begun. We will expand this initiative to provide specific support for educational activities and implement projects in collaboration with the local community.
 

At Niseko High School, as a municipal high school, we aim to foster industrial people who integrate agriculture and tourism in close cooperation with the local community, effectively utilize local resources, and learn "inquiry" in collaboration with related parties. Will be enriched.
Niseko High School also implemented ICT improvements in 2020 which resulted in the establishment of a Wi-Fi environment within the school and the provision of PC terminals for all students. From 2021 we will take advantage of this environment and promote its use in each subject. We will also continue to encourage student-initiated activities such as agricultural clubs and school projects.
In preparation for the implementation of the new curriculum guidelines from 2022, we will review the curriculum to ensure a smooth transition, and we will also proceed with the allocation of English teachers to expand English education.
In addition, regarding securing enrolled students, we will continue to strengthen recruitment activities and cooperation with junior high schools inside and outside the town, and promote further efforts such as improving the learning environment and improving dormitories.
 

In order to deal with various problems surrounding children such as bullying and school refusal, we will support school efforts related to educational counseling and student guidance in cooperation with external organizations by utilizing external human resources such as school counselors and school coordinators. ..
In addition, we will endeavor to detect and respond to bullying at an early stage based on the "Bullying Prevention Basic Policy" and prevent it, and also strive to "create an educational soil that does not cause bullying" centered on the independent activities of students. In addition, we will continue our efforts to protect students from troubles and crimes on mobile phones and the Internet in conjunction with the activities of community schools.
 

Since faculty and staff are in a position to take charge of not only education and guidance for students but also efforts to realize the educational form that Honmachi aims for, we will promote and enhance training aimed at improving the qualities and abilities of each individual. I will. As a place to share the educational policy of Honmachi, we will hold "Niseko Style Education Day" where the people involved in education in the town gather together to strengthen the cooperation of each school as "one school body".
In terms of military service management, "Niseko Town" working styles reform in standing school "action plan" and "Niseko Town based on the policy on the conduct of extracurricular activities in the standing school", will work in the development of work environment.
 

In order to ensure the safety of children inside and outside the school, based on protecting their own safety, schools, homes, communities and related organizations cooperate to provide education related to ensuring safety such as traffic safety, crime prevention and disaster prevention. I will proceed. In addition to safety guidance such as traffic safety classes and school road inspections, we also provide crime prevention training for "Kodomo 110th House" as a measure against suspicious persons. In addition to conducting disaster prevention drills, we will strive to establish a crisis management system that responds promptly to meteorological disasters.
School bus operations tend to be complicated and difficult to adjust routes and vehicles due to the increase in the number of students and residents in the suburbs. We will continue to strive for safety-first operation and work to shorten operating hours by setting appropriate routes.
 

Regarding COVID-19 that has been ongoing since last year, we will implement infection prevention measures based on the "Hygiene Management Manual for COVID-19 in Schools - New Lifestyle at Schools" created by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. In addition, if an infection occurs, we will take the utmost care to ensure that the infected person does not become the target of slander.

We will work to maintain an environment where students can learn with peace of mind, and to properly manage and maintain school facilities and equipment. At Kondo Elementary School, we will renovate the school building due to the shortage of classrooms due to the increase in the number of children.
We will also repair the west side wall of the aging Niseko High School building to ensure safety.
In addition, we will start updating the school affairs support system used in elementary and junior high schools to enhance the new school ICT environment and improve the working environment for faculty and staff.
 
 

We will endeavor to ensure sustainable stability and enhance the content of our activities regarding the operation of the Board of Education, which is based on the collegial system and the Rayman control system. In recent years, the number of children in the town has increased, and the number of issues surrounding education has increased, including unique issues associated with it. The ability of the Board of Education to steadily respond to and respond to various issues through visits to schools and educational facilities by the Board of Education, participation in educational events, deliberation at the Board of Education, training of the Board of Education, and strengthening of the secretariat organizational structure. We will strive to improve.
In addition, we will continue to provide school support fees and pre-enrollment payments such as school supplies for new students and students, and strive for proper management.
 

Based on the 7th Medium-Term Social Education Plan (2020: second year of a five-year plan), we will strengthen cooperation between the town and the Board of Education, schools, families, the community, and related institutions and organizations, and continue to promote various policies based on four pillars: improving child-rearing support systems, enhancing opportunities for multicultural exchange, enhancing opportunities to learn about the community, and promoting the health of the elderly.
In order to provide a safe and secure place for children to learn and play, we will continue to open after-school children's classrooms to foster children's independence, cooperation, and creativity.

To enhance opportunities for multicultural exchange, we will provide opportunities for sports, arts and cultural activities that will be a place for multicultural understanding from an international perspective, as well as implementation and support of projects that anyone can work on regardless of occupation, age group, or nationality. I will try to devise to do it.
We will endeavor to provide opportunities to foster local love by deepening our understanding of Niseko's blessed natural environment and its conservation and history.
Regarding the health of the elderly, we will make efforts to improve knowledge and education and lead a healthy, bright and cultural life through study sessions and exchange meetings at Kotobuki University.

In addition, we will spread learning opportunities and achievements to many people, such as holding sports classes in collaboration with Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and former and active athletes, presenting entertainment and works at cultural festivals, and exhibiting works by students. We will endeavor to provide a place.
In order to develop an attractive boy education business, Niseko Mirai Lab aims to allow children in Niseko to "gather, learn, play and feel" by touching familiar educational resources such as people, culture and nature in their hometowns. Will continue to be established to enhance and develop the content of the course.
 

Since sports contribute to the formation of a bright, prosperous and vibrant society and the healthy development of each individual's mind and body, we will continue to work to enhance sports activities that make use of Niseko's nature and educational resources such as human resources.

In the business for infants and children, we will lend children's skis, hold a children's ski festival and a whole town children's ski competition, and hold ski classes and night skiing and snowboarding classes for beginners.
As a support to get closer to these winter sports, we will carry out a ski lift ticket subsidy project with the cooperation of the ski offices in the town block.
In addition, for the lower grades of elementary school, the Sports Promotion Committee will continue to hold the "Evening Sports Club", which provides an opportunity to find a sport that suits you and your interest in sports while experiencing various sports.

In addition, we will continue the townspeople radio exercises during the summer vacation.
In addition to continuing to hold sports festivals such as the sports park opening sports day and the Fureai Townspeople Sports Day, which have been established for the purpose of promoting the health and friendship of the townspeople, the Mayor's Cup Sports Tournament sponsored by various organizations to promote sports competitions. We support the holding of.
For the 39th Niseko Marathon Festival, we will continue to support the management of the executive committee this year while giving consideration to ensuring safety and improving management.
Supporting the activities of sports organizations and sports boys' groups belonging to the sports association, which plays a central role in the fields of youth sports, health sports, and competitive sports in the town, promoting community-based sports activities and instructors We will endeavor to nurture and secure.

In addition, in collaboration with universities, we will consider creating opportunities to learn and experience specialized knowledge and skills related to sports and health.
As a town, through cooperation in the winter Hokkaido / Sapporo Olympics / Paralympics bid activities that we are currently working on, we will nurture children's dreams and hopes with a future-oriented "winter sports culture" and "Olympic legacy". , Aim for activities that lead to the development of the town.
 

We believe that a long-term maintenance plan is necessary for each facility under its jurisdiction in order to make it a safe, comfortable, and easy-to-use lifelong learning, culture, and sports facility.
At the Learning Exchange Center (Asobuku), we will consider the number and contents of the collection, enhance the library function, and strive to improve the environment by appropriate maintenance of the facility.
Arishima Takeo Memorial Museum has become an issue of aging over time, so we will strive for systematic renovation and appropriate maintenance and management based on the long-term management policy of the facility.
In addition, we will continue to consider the utilization of facilities such as the Arishima Memorial Park, while maintaining an environment suitable for cultural and artistic facilities.
At the gymnasium, we will carry out a diagnostic survey to examine the specific maintenance of the general gymnasium, which has been 40 years old, and will endeavor to properly maintain and repair all the gymnasiums in a timely manner.
 

Since culture and art contribute to the formation of a rich society, we will develop cultural and artistic measures such as holding concerts for townspeople sponsored by the Cultural Association while sharing and collaborating with related organizations and governments. In order to cultivate children's rich creativity and thinking ability, we will hold a youth art appreciation event and an exhibition of children's works for elementary, junior high and high school students.
In addition, we will strive to secure opportunities to experience art such as listening to music by utilizing facilities such as Niseko Town Center, the learning exchange center “Asobuk”, and Arishima Takeo Memorial Museum.

The central warehouses located in the central district, old railway vehicles such as SL9643 and Niseko Express, and the area around JR Niseko Station were preserved as the historical cultural property of Honmachi "Niseko Railway Heritage Group", laying the foundation for Japan's railway business. We will hand down the achievements of people who are related to Honmachi, such as Takeshi Arishima and Yujun Soga.
In developing this project in a developmental manner, based on the Niseko Railway Heritage Group Development Plan, Niseko Town Railway Cultural Association, the awareness of the railway cultural heritage that exists in Honmachi will be disseminated inside and outside the town, and understanding and attachment. As an initiative to deepen the situation, we will hold events to open railway vehicles, strengthen public relations activities, and sell original products.
In addition, when storing and exhibiting railway cultural heritage, we will give due consideration to safety management and environmental improvement.
In addition, regarding local materials, in addition to the collection and exhibition of valuable historical cultural properties related to Niseko Town, we are promoting the enhancement of storage and conservation such as the installation of storage facilities and the Arishima Takeo Memorial Museum of materials. We will work on enhancing the function as a museum.
 

Based on the Second Children's Reading Promotion Plan (2022), we will provide support to the designated manager, NPO Asobook Association, which uses the Learning and Exchange Center Asobook as its base of operations, to create an environment where children can enjoy reading and feel close to them on a daily basis.
In addition, as a promotion of reading activities for children and students through the school, we will assign a school library supporter with the cooperation of the Asobukukai to work on improving the environment of the school library, making effective use of it, and enhancing the selection of books.
 

Arishima Takeo Memorial Museum is a facility that introduces and passes down the literature of Takeo Arishima, a writer representing the Taisho era, and the trajectory of farm liberation. The number of visitors to Arishima Takeo Memorial Museum is on the rise due to the holding of promotional projects such as concerts and gallery talks, as well as special exhibitions on literature, local history, and works of art. , We will hold special exhibitions introducing Arishima himself and Honmachi in cooperation with sister and friendship affiliated halls.
In addition, we will hold a special exhibition that makes effective use of the works donated by Hideyuki Fujikura, a paper-cutting artist.
In order to further increase the recognition of Arishima Takeo Memorial Museum, we believe that it is necessary to further improve the curatorial level of the museum and to plan and execute new projects quickly. In order to review the current management system and gain the trust and reputation of the museum as a museum of literature, art, and history, we will appoint a full-time curator as a full-time curator.
 

Many people from Japan and abroad have migrated to Honmachi, and their values are diversifying. Niseko Town In order to create a multicultural society as set forth in the Basic Plan for Education Promotion, it is necessary to recognize differences in culture and customs, understand and respect each other well, and help each other in their lives. Therefore, from this point of view, we will implement and support cultural and sports projects that all townspeople can participate in and interact with.

From the perspective of multicultural understanding, in order to make English conversation more familiar, from children to the elderly, such as English conversation exchanges in after-school children's classrooms for elementary school students by international exchange staff and Kotobuki University study sessions for the elderly We provide opportunities for people of all ages to experience multiculturalism.
In addition to cooperation with projects such as English conversation classes and cultural events held by the town's International Exchange Promotion Council, we will consider places for exchange such as contact with children at Hokkaido International School Niseko School.
From the perspective of securing diverse exchange opportunities, we will continue to provide opportunities for children to "look back and understand their own town" from new discoveries by broadening their horizons by coming into contact with the culture and communication of different towns.
This year, we will carry out boy exchange projects such as a visit to Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima Prefecture, "Boy's Wings Seminar" and acceptance of children and students from Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture.
 





In 2021, we intend to continue to proactively address various issues surrounding education while further improving the management of the Board of Education.
We ask for the understanding and support of the townspeople and members of the town council for their educational administration.