The Wipro Project in Bangalore
is into its 3rd year and 26 schools
and 400 teachers have been
participating. 110 teachers have completed the certified training
as well as the follow-up support year. Another 120 teachers
are undergoing the follow-up support into the second academic
year and 165 teachers are currently undertaking the 3rd phase
of the project.
The Focus
of TTF’s Wipro Applying Thought In Schools Teacher Development
Program:
Is to enhance the teaching-learning process in the classroom
and actively encourage collaborative learning and creative thinking
abilities among students.
To bring about this change in the teaching learning process
TTF focuses on developing in teachers a mix of three distinct
types of skills:
- Occupational Skills
– subject expertise, teaching methods
- Personal Skills and Attitudes
– ability to get on with people
- Managerial Skills –
Planning & organizing, communicating, motivating, evaluating
Framework of the Training
Overall structure
- 9 Workshop Modules (14 Days)
– which are carefully sequenced, interactive, process-
oriented, while providing some theoretical basis.
The emphasis is on building new skills and enhancing personal
attitudes of the participating teachers.
- 14 Days of School-Based Support
– which include Facilitator Observation and Feedback,
Peer Observation, Student Feedback, Self-Assessment, Demo
classes and the Teacher Portfolio
Getting To Know The Workshop Modules:
Module 1- Teachers’
Personal Development – 1 Day
Content:
- Exploring One’s
Personal Values
- Exploring One’s Personal Vision
- Understanding Our Self Esteem
- The Need for Personal Renewal – Physical, Emotional, Cognitive,
Creative & Spiritual.
Module 2- Time Management –
½ Day
Content:
- Maximizing teachers’ time at school, especially
the 40 mins. in the classroom – Using the Time Management
Matrix for personal and professional benefit, Classroom
Planning & Management
Module 3 – Reflecting On
Teaching – 1 ½ Days
Content:
- Selected Readings About
Education
- Critiquing Classroom Practices using video clippings
- Exploring Mental Models & Beliefs About Teaching
- Identifying Successful Learning Characteristics
- Understanding Learning Styles
- Confronting Personal Beliefs
- Understanding Teacher Competencies & Teacher Strategies
Module 4 – Connect : Communication
Skills in the Classroom – 2 Days
Content:
- Human Relations –
Checklist
- What is Interpersonal Communication?
- Factors that affect or distort personal interactions
- Active Listening Skills – Body Posture/ Language,
Questioning, Reflection Of Content, Expression Of Feeling,
Reflection Of Feeling
- Confrontation & Handling Conflicts.
- Carl Rogers’ conditions for positive interactions
- Communication Styles
- Role Play
Module 5 – GrouPower : Group
Work & Collaborative Learning – 1 ½ days
Content:
- Why Collaboration?
- What is Group Work & Collaborative Learning in the
Classroom? Understanding Group Work
- Stages in Group Work and Skills for Group Work
- Roles & functions In Group Work
- Planning for Curriculum Based Group Work
- Assessment Of Group Work
Module 6 – Subject Enrichment
– 3 Days
Content:
- Big Ideas of the Subject
- The purpose of teaching the Subject – looking at
international Learning Standards in the subject
- Teaching Methodology specific for the concerned subject
- Evaluating current textbooks
- Effective Use of IT
- Learning Resources
Module 7 – The Learning Environment
– 1 Day
Content:
- Practical, creative
ideas to make their own low cost subject related teaching
aids
- The Versatile Over Head Projector
- Newspaper – The Living Textbook
- Mobiles & Bulletin Boards to brighten & add movement
to the classroom, Corridors & Common spaces
Module 8– Teaching For Active
Learning - 2 Days
Content:
- Understanding Active
Learning –What , Why & The Importance.
- Understanding Multiple Intelligences
- The Dimensions Of Learning Model – a practical framework
for active learning that provides a range of teaching/learning
strategies
- Lesson Planning using a specially designed TTF lesson
plan template
Module 9– What Can they Do
with What they Know: towards better Assessment strategies –
1½ days
Content:
- Understanding Assessment
– Formative Vs. Summative
- Types of Multiple Intelligences & Assessment Strategies
- Need for Performance Criteria
- What are Rubrics? Role of Rubrics in Assessment
- Bloom’s Taxonomy for developing and assessing Thinking
skills
- Exploring Alternative Assessment Methods/ Strategies
B. School-based Support – the
unique feature of the Wipro-TTF Project
Objectives of School Based
Support:
- Helping teachers transfer
learnings from the workshops into effective practice in
the classroom
- The sessions are designed to employ a range of learning
strategies from the workshops
Structure:
- 14 days of School Based Support per school
- Facilitator Observations spread across the year; Student
Feedback. Peer Observations; ‘Requests for support’–
in lesson planning, handling difficult children etc.; the
Teacher Portfolio
The Teacher Foundation,
1st Floor, 17/13 Ali Asker Cross Road, Off Cunningham Road,
Bangalore 560052
Ph.: 080-2350163, 2358336
Email: teacherfoundation@vsnl.net
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