Teacher Education Programme

Teacher education
Programme

OBJECTIVES

To offer capacity enhancement workshops for both government and private school teachers in teaching language and creating vibrant libraries.

OUR aPPROACH

We design and implement capacity enhancement programmes for teachers and employees of grassroot educators through:

Workshops: We offer workshops on teaching language: (i) Teaching English in a multilingual classroom, (ii) Teaching Assamese language at foundational stage, (iii)Teaching English at Elementary Level and (iv) Creating vibrant libraries.
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Exposure Visits: We arrange exposure visits to our library to give educators a glimpse of the processes and functioning of a vibrant library.
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Mentorship Programme: We provide mentorship support after conducting workshops in the form of onsite support visits and online monthly meetings.
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IMPLEMENTATION

WORKSHOPS:

1.Teaching English in a Multilingual Classroom: The purpose of this course is to develop the foundational skills of speaking, reading and writing in English which will bridge the English learning gap of the learners. The course will help teachers and educators to teach children who have low exposure to English but have learnt to read and write in their mother tongue.

Till now we have conducted 5 workshops on teaching English in a mulit-lingual classroom with a total of 155 participants from 15 NGOs along with 19 Private and 60 Government school teachers who were present in these workshops.

2.Teaching Assamese language at Foundational Level: The course provides a theoretical framework around effective Assamese language teaching and learning along with a structured view on how to teach Assamese at Foundational Level. Till now we have conducted 2 workshops on Teaching Assamese language at Foundational Level with 44 participants. Participants from 7 organisations and 20 government teachers were present in the workshops.

3. Teaching English at Elementary Level: The course provides a theoretical framework around effective English language teaching and learning along with a structured view on how to teach English in Elementary Level. Till now we have conducted 2 workshops on Teaching English at Elementary Level with 42 participants. Participants from a NGO and 42 government teachers were present in the workshops.

4. Creating Vibrant Libraries: The course develops participants’ understanding of quality children’s literature and builds their capacity for curating an interesting, age and context appropriate collection. So far we have conducted 4 workshops on creating Vibrant Libraries with 87 participants. A total of 31 participants from 9 government and 22 private school teachers participated in these workshops.

EXPOSURE VISIT

Team members from numerous organisations like- Ecosystem Protection Trust (ESPT), Pratham books, Sishu Sarothi, IDeA the ant, NCHD & IT, Snehajori, Pathikrit visit NEET’s Community Library to observe our work with children and teachers.

MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME

Through onsite visits and online meetings we provide mentorship support to 17 teachers from 5 organisations in developing contextual TLM and worksheets.

Refresher English Bridge Course: We conducted 2 Refresher English Bridge Course with team Pathikrit and team ESPT.
Need Assessment Visit: Our team visited AsHA, Injot and SEDO to build an understanding on the specific needs of each organisation to provide support tailored to each organisation’s area of interest.
Refresher workshops on teaching English in a Multilingual Classroom: 2 workshops conducted so far with 5 team members of SEDO and 8 team members of AsHA. In both the workshops we demonstrated specific pedagogies and observed the challenges they faced while implementing course’s learning with the children of their project areas.