Abstract: In the light of the standards and requirements of education of normal university students, a number of problems in the training mode in local universities have been identified, such as lack of clearly defined and well-aimed objectives, homogeneous and one-sided training plans, short-sighted and utilitarian teaching practice, and rigid and inflexible education mechanism. In response to requirement of the time for high-quality development, the Elite Teacher Plan is formulated to train “four-have” teachers with whom both the Party and the people are satisfied and who will work in areas most needed by the country and the people after graduation. The local universities should, therefore, take initiative to promote teacher training mode reform so as to construct the Elite Teacher Plan training mode in compliance with needs of the time according to the new normal university student education requirements of the Elite Teacher Plan.

Key words: local university, Elite Teacher Plan, Training mode