TEACHER TRAINING

CBSE WORKSHOP ON HAPPY CLASSROOMS 25^th October 2024

“In a very real sense, we have two minds – one that thinks and the other that feels.”

As part of the Offline Capacity Building Program, a workshop on ‘Happy Classroom’ was conducted for teachers by CBSE on 25^th October 2024 at Lt. Col. Mehar Little Angels Sr. Sec. School.

The workshop guided the teachers on how a happy environment can be created in the classroom, to make studies engaging for students. Dr. Sarita V. Singh, the Principal of Global Public School, Gurugram and Dr. Neeraj Vohra, the Principal of St. Froebel Sr. Sec. School. Paschim Vihar were the honourable resource persons deputed for the workshop. They shared their observations, experiences and facts with the teachers. To promote the emotional well-being of students and teachers, the workshop was based on ways of keeping children’s minds focused on the task at hand, teaching them to live harmoniously with family and society and develop a holistic outlook and perspective of life.

The self-exploratory session began with Dr. Neeraj Vohra, briefly discussing emotional awareness and the importance of healthy mind. The interactive workshop aimed to help teachers realise the pathways to happiness. According to the resource person, only a happy teacher can create a happy classroom. The teacher should leave all worries, anxiety and stress outside the classroom.

Through discussions based on various real-life incidents, it was concluded that a happy classroom can be created through affection, respect, trust, conceptual clarity, sensitization and practice to live in harmony with nature at large. One should understand the source of happiness and how to ensure its continuity. The teachers were told to lend an ear to every student and maintain effective communication and harmony in every relationship.

In the second session, Dr. Sarita V. Singh continued the workshop, focusing on Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Self-Regulation, dealing with Behavioural Issues and Functional Behavioural Analysis. She quoted Aristotle, “Anybody can become angry-that is easy, but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way- that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.” She explained the integral role of emotions in education, affecting student motivation, attention, social functioning and ethical decision-making.

With various interactive activities, she enabled the teachers to recognize how an emotional equilibrium can be maintained even when life becomes challenging. Through various examples, she explained the importance of reducing the communication gap among the student-teacher-parent to develop healthy and cordial relationship. Motivating the students with various incentives to maintain a conducive learning environment, identifying the root cause of the problem and not labelling a child were some of the key elements of the workshop.

Towards the end of the session, the participants were divided into groups and asked to demonstrate their understanding and their takeaways from the workshop. The workshop was indeed an inspiring reminder for all the participating educators to enthusiastically strive to create a happy classroom and make learning a fun-filled experience for students and teachers alike.

WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS

“If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society’s heroes.”

Teachers are the essential pillars of any educational institution and Lt. Col. Mehar Little Angels School has constantly ensured that its teachers’ skills are honed to perfection in order to enhance student achievements. In keeping with the recommendations of The National Education Policy 2020, a day long workshop was conducted for the teachers, in collaboration with CBSE, on 13th May 2024.

The main objective of this Workshop was to create awareness about the National Education Policy-2020 amongst teachers and to familiarize them with the skills to help them understand curriculum changes, the shift in pedagogical skills and its implementation for the holistic development of its stakeholders, the students.

The workshop was conducted in two sessions. These sessions were also graced with the presence of our esteemed Managing Director, Mrs. Jasmohinder Singh and revered Principal, Mrs. Manisha Sengar. The eminent resource person of the first session was Dr. Pallavi Sharma, the Principal of Mamta Modern School. She delivered her informative speech on NEP 2020 which talked about the major change that is the replacement of current 10+2 system by 5+3+3+4 curriculum structure corresponding to ages 3-8, 8-11, 11-14 and 14-18 years respectively. She further emphasised that the prescribed structure will help to cater the ability of the child at different stages of cognitive development as well as social and physical awareness. The fellow participants had a good interaction with the resource person.

The resource person of the second session was Dr. Suchittra Bhattacharya, the Principal of GD Goenka School. She stated that the NEP 2020 intends to build a self-reliant society on the foundations of the great ancient Indian wisdom. It is an attempt to make pedagogy more experimental, holistic, integrated, learner-centred, flexible and enjoyable. It is focused on character building, inculcating rational thinking and compassionate care, and ensuring employment through skill development. In order to make the session more interesting, the teachers were given different situations to depict various classroom situations through Role play activity. This session was highly appreciated by the fellow participants. She concluded the session by emphasizing on the challenges faced in New Education Policy – 2020.

26 August 2023, Saturday

Financial Literacy and Use of Digital Tools
Speaker: Mr. Tarun Saini
Financial education needs to become a part of our national curriculum and scoring systems so that it’s not just the rich kids who learn about money…..it’s all of us.

A ‘Training Session’ for school teachers was conducted by CBSE in the school auditorium on “Financial Literacy and Use of Digital Tools”. The workshop was conducted by Mr. Tarun Saini. Teachers from other schools were also invited to attend the workshop. The training session began with discussion on financial planning, uses of Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) and importance of savings. A detailed plan of investments through mutual funds, LIC, health insurance, National Pension Scheme (NPS) and retirement goals was discussed. Making Financial Literacy as a part of curriculum in higher classes has become need of the hour and students must learn to manage and save money in the early years of their lives. The attendees were made aware of the frauds related to investment schemes and cautioned against the same. The role of an expert advisor was discussed in reaping the benefits of investment schemes to the fullest. All the teachers had registered online for the workshop and shared their feedback on the same in an online form to get the certificates.