George Edison, vice-principal, with teachers and students at the valedictory function of the Special Engagement Programme at the Birla Public School
Birla Public School will reopen today after a brief recess.
Even though classes from 1 to 10 will reopen today in Abu Hamour, Kindergarten (KG) 1 in the Nuaija Campus, KG 2 and class XI will begin only on April 10.
In the wake of this teachers had a rigorous training on differentiated instruction, followed by orientation section-wise and department –wise. They also had a three day ‘heartfulness meditation’ workshop. They also had wise sessions on ‘team building’ ‘creating a personal vision statement for life’, stress management, ‘banking –time’ “It is important that you work as a team. As a team you can achieve greater things which individual persons might fail to achieve’ Michelle Motha, Student Counsellor, the resource person at these sessions, told the teachers.
Teachers in their workshop got to learn to be children again and she taught them ways to de- stress in the midst of life through laughter’.
Kindergarten teachers were introduced to a technique called ‘Banking Time’, which is used to help teachers to deal with children having behavioural issues in the classroom. The importance of having a personal and professional vision statement was discussed along with an introspection activity to help teacher develop their own personal vision statement.
The ‘heartfulness meditation’ session for three days was resourced by Padmini Sundar. R Sundar, Hemachandran and Bhaskara Rao, were present at the workshop.
Teachers learnt to discover how to feel the lightness and joy of our true nature and to experience it in our hearts. “When we listen to the heart and capture the inspiration that comes from within, we can master our life,” said the resource people.
A 6-day workshop on ‘Differentiating Instruction’ was conducted from March 18 to 23. Teachers participated very actively in the workshop conducted by Ajit Moorkoth, Assistant Professor of Special Education from India. The workshop was organized by the Compassionate Alliance, Doha.
Teachers received certificates on completion of Differentiating Instruction workshop.
The workshop used differentiation procedures so that participating teachers received first-hand experience in differentiated instruction for all their students in classroom. The workshop engaged teachers in practical work on differentiated lesson content, teaching strategies, and demonstration of learning outcomes in all children.
Teachers discussed the principles of Universal Designs for Learning and creation of brain-compatible classrooms, finally rearranging a classroom based on these principles. Teachers were also introduced to co-operative learning structures, techniques for actively engaging students, and revised Howard Gardner’s theory of ‘Multiple Intelligence’
Kindergarten teachers and grade 1 and 2 teachers received training on implementing ‘jollyphonics’, a reading and spelling program, at the Kids Valley campus. Freda Baksh was the resource person.
