By Sonam Mahalwal | Manager
Greetings from Adharshila! Our last report introduced you to our young and dynamic management team which is dedicated to ensuring quality education. To attain the objective, one of the prerequisites is the quality of teachers and thus we laid special emphasis on capacity building of our teachers in this quarter.
As shared with you earlier, a dedicated teacher educator has joined our team and she is devoted to identifying training needs of the teachers. She started with developing an understanding of the professional need of the teachers. Detailed observation of teachers was done in order to understand their pedagogy and content needs. This was followed by individual discussion with teachers. The interaction reflected that teachers need specific support in area of language education, especially English. Given the need, a weeklong capacity building workshop was organized in March, 2016. The major aim of this workshop was to help teachers understand how children learn; the basic premise behind language and mathematics education; and effective use of resources. This discourse was utilized to redesign school's yearly curriculum to provide teachers an opportunity to engage with the content they will be teaching, both content-wise and pedagogically. The workshop was a success in terms of opening up a platform to discuss their challenges and concerns.
One of our young teachers, Jyoti said “I never knew learning and teaching English is so easy”. Another teacher, Girraj really liked the workshop as he got an opportunity to discuss the challenges he faces in the classroom. “I got to learn a number of new activities for teaching language, these will definitely prove effective in teaching language to the students” says Girraj. This willingness to learn and try new things is the strength of Adharshila teachers.
Moving on to some great news - The Annual Interschool Cricket Tournament of Adharshila, the Sitara Cup, 7th in a row marked a milestone. This year, breaking all odds, girls also landed in the field to be a part of the tournament. This was the first time that a girl’s team played in such a tournament in the region. We are hoping that this will set an example and next year we’ll see more girls joining Sitara Cup.
Adharshila is thankful for all your support. We’d like to know about your views, so please write to us. And for all those who wish to engage with us through online medium, the platform is open. You can engage with our students and teachers, sharing experiences of both sides will prove a great means of learning. Write to us and keep visiting our page for another set of cheerful news.
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By Asmita Kabra | President
By Asmita Kabra | President
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