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Novice Teachers’ Professional Development Abstract With batch after batch of college students heading off to the west， The College Students’ Western China Volunteer Teaching Program has been vigorous and spectacular， and the work of volunteer teaching has been solid and steady. But do volunteer teachers achieve their professional development during a year’s teaching as novice teachers？ This paper adopts narrative inquiry， a widely valued research method in educational research， to inquire a volunteer teacher and a student， thus explore the changes of the volunteer teacher and the students have made after one-year teaching. Key words novice teacher； professional development； volunteer teacher； narrative inquiry 中图分类号：G451 文献标识码：A 1 Introduction The Western China University Graduates Volunteer Teaching Program （VTP） is a government-oriented social movement aimed at the advancement of social equity and the establishment of a harmonious society. University students， as the undertakers of volunteer teaching， serve as a vital part of this program. Passion surges in the hearts of college students， and it is flaming brightly in the western region. But what is the reality of the College Students’ Western China Volunteer Teaching Program？ On the background of New Curriculum Reform， novice teachers’ professional development is regarded as key to the success of reforming. Did these volunteer teachers achieve their professional development after one-year teaching？ After interviewing with a volunteer English teacher Miss Zhang and a student called Xiao Yan in Longzhou Middle School in Guangxi Province， the author uses the method of narrative inquiry to analyze the professional development Miss Zhang has achieved and the changes Xiao Yan has made. Miss Zhang： A postgraduate student majoring in English Pedagogy in Zhejiang Normal University. Xiao Yan： A middle school student in Longzhou Middle School in Guangxi Province. 2 Some scenes in one-year teaching 2.1 First Impression Miss