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TEACHER TRAINING & UPSKILLING

Online and on-field training and practicing of key teacher competencies. Workshops are conducted in the school or institute’s premises and are designed after interacting with the school leaders to understand context and need.

FOR ONLINE LEARNING

ONLINE TEACHING BASICS

Designed for teachers who now teach online and need diverse instructional tools to engage learners. With the varying needs of the learners, this training helps teachers adapt to this new learning context.


Areas covered include  Mindset shifts necessary for online teaching, an overview of synchronous and asynchronous modes of instruction, organizing content, tools and communication strategies for effective online learning.


Intended for new and experienced teachers who are new to teaching online.

FACILITATION 101

Facilitating in-person and online are two vastly different experiences and require different strategies. Participants will learn and apply strategies for facilitating online and maximize effectiveness of the available resources.

Intended for  teachers, teacher trainers and facilitators.

BUILDING HIGH STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

We would love to have all our students engage thoroughly and enjoy learning. In the online context, this means that we need to be aware of what engages students, what it requires to tap their full potential and how to help students do most of the thinking during lessons. In this training, we explore different learning models and strategies towards this.


Areas covered are Explicit learning expectations, classroom climate, models of learning, thinking routines, strategies for high student engagement.


Intended for  teachers, teacher trainers and instructors.

ASSESSMENTS (ONLINE & IN-PERSON)

It is not how much is taught that makes learning effective, it is how much the learners have learnt. Assessments help us evaluate the effectiveness of learning, identify areas that need to be strengthened, and prepares students to apply learning independently.


Topics covered includeExplicit learning expectations, classroom climate, models of learning, thinking routines, strategies for high student engagement.


Intended for  teachers, instructors, trainers, academic leaders

HYBRID LEARNING MODELS

Hybrid learning brings together elements of classroom learning and online learning - with students engaging in learning in a mix online and offline methods. A well designed hybrid learning model can empower teachers to determine the amount of control, time, pace and place of learning concepts without having to compromise on quality of learning.


Areas we will focus on aretools and strategies, planning for lesson activities, feedback and review of student work, choosing the right modes of learning.


Intended for teachers, instructors and trainers.


FOR IN-CLASS / ON FIELD LEARNING

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

In a learner-centric classroom, the teacher’s prime responsibility lies in ensuring that they manage student learning, over managing student behavior. Participants will learn and apply setting expectations, impactful communication and routines to enable student learning.

Areas covered include  classroom organization, Classroom management strategies, effective routines and communication      classroom organization, Classroom management strategies, effective routines and communication      classroom organization, Classroom management strategies, effective routines and communication      classroom organization, Classroom management strategies, effective routines and communication     


Intended for new teachers and trainers.

21st CENTURY SKILLS

The focus is on developing in our students and learners the skills that are required to empower them to succeed in a 21st century world that is being transformed digitally and where ideas scale globally. Through this training, teachers can adopt routines to inculcate these skills in daily lessons.

Areas covered include  routines for skill based teaching, and techniques to build thinking skills.


Intended for  teachers.

BUILDING HIGH STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

We would love to have all our students engage thoroughly and enjoy learning. In the online context, this means that we need to be aware of what engages students, what it requires to tap their full potential and how to help students do most of the thinking during lessons. In this training, we explore different learning models and strategies towards this.


Areas covered are Explicit learning expectations, classroom climate, models of learning, thinking routines, strategies for high student engagement.


Intended for  teachers, teacher trainers and instructors.


PEDAGOGY PLANNING (CUSTOMIZABLE)

Explore key ingredients of lesson planning and develop a deeper understanding of promoting active learning. Ways to make learning relevant, purposeful, engaging and explicit. Constructivist approach, Behaviorist approach, Inquiry based learning, design thinking and Project based learning are the different pedagogical methods that you could pick from to build depth in the selected topic.


Intended for teachers, instructors and trainers.