BCF is exploring some areas which are critical to rural children but are usually neglected. Our investigation suggests that teachers and students in rural areas and migrant labors' children's schools have some psychological problems. Some factors are contributing to it: evaluation pressure, teaching pressure, regulatory measure, lack of communication with outside world, dull life and curriculum changes.

It is clear that different schools are dealing with different problems and pressures. For rural schools, they don't have adequate facilities, don't have co-operation from parents, teachers don't have access to information from outside world, don't have career development track; urban schools are struggling with teaching, evaluation and other activities, parents have too high expectations to schools and students, teachers are stressed and don't have time and proper opportunities to upgrade themselves and are tired of their jobs. 。

Development goal

To develop support models for psychological health of rural teachers and students, and find out entry point for addressing their psychological problem and help them to learn self-control methods and skill, these will improve their teaching skills and self-development skills. Training course will be developed, training modules will be developed to define BCF's role in psychology education.

Development strategy

（ 1 ） target population

Teachers and students in rural areas and migrant labors' children schools

（ 2 ） implementation strategy

Survey will be conducted to collect data; implement various project interventions; evaluate effectiveness, understand status quo, analyze project model, improve training course; analysis areas of intervention, formulate development direction and strategy

（ 3 ） gradually explore development area

First, identify pilot area in a few provinces, after experience is built up, it will be replicated to other area.

（ 4 ） combine practice and research

2007 Work plan for 2007

（ 1 ） Project direction and priorities

Have a complete understanding of psychology of teachers and students in rural area and migrant labors' children's school, carry out case studies; explore ways of improving psychological well being of teachers and students in different areas and by different institutes.

（ 2 ） Activities undertaken:

•  Professor Fan Fumin, Education Institute of Qinghua University: examine psychology education modules for teachers and students in rural area and appropriate education modules for them, develop psychology education manual for rural teachers and students. Implementation period of time: from March of 2007 and February of 2008.

•  Volunteer Association of Eastern District of Pan Zhihua: organize local counselors and educators to explore ways of improving psychology of rural teachers and students by local resources. ； examine sustainable modules for psychological training; implementation period of time: March of 2007 to February of 2008.

•  Student Psychology Association of Qinghua University: provide group counseling service to 8 classes in 3 migrant labors' children's schools in Beijing; work out a program for confidence building for students in these schools; produce a implementation manual for dissemination; implementation period of time: March of 2007 to February of 2008. 。

（ 3 ） Project analysis

The target population of three projects overlaps and compliment each other; the three executive agencies can examine different ways and build up experience.

During project implementation, attention is given to build capacity of project management and monitoring of partners and outreach of concepts.

Contacts

Phone ：（ 010 ） 65101327