The "Children's Creative Teaching Talent Training and Employment Program" of the South Taiwan University of Science and Technology Department has achieved outstanding performance. It has been implementing the "Employment Program" of the Labor Development Department, the Ministry of Labor, for eight consecutive years. This year, the judges unanimously affirmed the outstanding performance of the project. It stood out among the many participating schools and won the honor of “National Excellent Program” for the second time. It affirmed the program-oriented curriculum that has coached students to successfully integrate the performance of the workplace.

【"Children's Creative Teaching Talent Training and Employment Program" by the Department of Child Care, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, has achieved outstanding performance for the second time and won the "National Excellent Academic Program." Deng-Maw Lu, President of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology (fourth from the left in the back row), and Ming-Tsai Lai, Academic Vice President (the fifth from the back row) took a photo with the teachers and students of the employment program.】

Workforce Development Agency of the Ministry of Labor launched its “Achievement Competition for College and Universities Employment Implementation Project” is a reward for school units and teachers who participated in the employment program, which assisted the participants in their efforts to integrate with the workplace. Establishing a model of learning and strengthening the overall training quality, the competition subsidized colleges and universities to apply for employment programs, in which only 20 plans were selected from the 262 plans of 74 colleges as national excellent programs.

【The performance by the Department of Child Care, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology Department in a kindergarten】

South Taiwan University of Science and Technology won the "National Excellent Program" for "Children's Creative Teaching Talents Training and Employment Program.” Prof. Jia-Bin Gao, Prof. Shin-Yi Wei, and Prof. Mei-Fang Zhuo worked together drafting the teaching plan, which provided students with rich learning resources. The program is based on the development of games, picture books, and music. It combines well-known children's industry organizations across the country, including Knightstown International Business Co., Ltd., He Jiaren International Kindergarten, Charlotte International Baby Care, 3C3Q Creative Enterprise, Happy Bird Theatre, Global Parent-Children Co., Ltd., and Penguin Entertainment Art Enterprise Co., Ltd. There were professionals and lecturers to form a good connection between study and employment. Not only did participants learn the professional knowledge and ethics that the industry needs, they but also received advice and communication from industry teachers. Students became familiar with the culture and the needs of the company. The students who participated in the "Children's Creative Teaching Talent Training and Employment Program" have been successfully employed, and the salary income is much higher than the average salary of the same grade students. It shows that the talents trained in this employment program have obtained the preschool education. The considerable recognition and support of industrial institutions have indirectly improved the confidence of the students in their employment.

【Department of Child Care, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, was having its teaching practice for balloon art activities.】

Deng-Maw Lu, President of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, said that cultivating students' practical skills have always been a very important teaching direction of the university. This is in line with the direction given by the Ministry of Labor's practical orientation of the tertiary employment program. Participants have gained more opportunities to interact with the industry and have enabled students to effectively shorten the gap between learning and use, improve the competitiveness of the workplace, and smoothly integrate with the workplace.

【Department of Child Care, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, was implementing its Youth Care Program for children's building blocks game practice teaching.】

【[President Deng-Maw Lu of Southern University of Science and Technology (fourth from left), Academic Vice President Ming-Tsai Lai (fifth from left) and teachers of the Employment Program.】