Heads owns the responsibility of following constructivist approach of Lesson Planning,to develop in students the skills of (reference, research, analysis,

•Heads owns the responsibility of following constructivist approach of Lesson Planning ,to develop in students the skills of (reference, research, analysis, synthesis, independent learning and thinking) and qualities of ( leadership, communication , team-work etc.)(Think It Over Project, direct outcome of PISA Study)•The heads along with School Teacher Trainer and team of all categories of teachers continuously follow-up the processes in the classrooms. •He/she Submits grade-wise results of all teachers of term examinations to check change in learning level of students.•Heads take their own initiatives to make their institution the best in terms of establishing school standards in terms of pedagogy, self assessment and school leadership and management through internal planning.

Strengthening of Heads

•Making schools techno-friendly through portals(a web-page) giving link to

1.Learning Indicators notified by govt. of H.P.2.Lesson-plans evolved after piloting in 136 schools under ‘Think It Over3.Question Banks4.Interactive State Resource Group giving immediate solution to problems faced in schools.5.Board question papers6.E-Books7.NEROER8.O-LABS

Techno Friendly Schools(Portals)

Eco-System Management

Self Reliant Schools (Roles)

Heads & School

Teacher Trainer

with Team

Teachers Students

Catalyst of Change

•Execution of in school training.•Follow-up and Feedback of school Standards in pedagogy,and learning,assessment,school leadership.•Accountable system)

Designing Constructivist Lesson

Plan on ‘Think It Over’ Pattern

1.Concept clarity (lesson plan).2.Application of Concept(making things interdisciplinary and contextual)3.Strengthening of concept ( Questions on different Levels of learning and Projects)

Over all personality Development

through lesson plan

•Developing skills (research,reference,analysis,sysnthesis Independent, learning and thinking.•Quality development (leadership,communication,pear-group learning

Portals&State

Resource Group

Links on Portals

1.Learning Indicators2.Lesson Plans3.Question Bank4.Interactive State Resource group to solve in –school Problems5. question papers etc

In-School Training and meetings by Heads and School Teacher Trainer

Attitudinal ChangeSelf-reliant schools and teachers

Professional Enrichment in terms of knowledge & skills in subject matter, Pedagogy & classroom management and practical –instructional Problems through mutual discussion during fortnight meeting in the schools. The presumption is that every teacher is master of her/his subject and we only need to plan and channelize their efforts to become Self- reliant

• Think it Over Project•Leadership• Time Management• Motivation

Possible explorations areas for the teachers (Think it Over Project) • Power Point Presentation• Learning Indicators• Whole to part ( Gestalt Psychology )•Active Learning• Simple to Complex• Known to unknown• Mind Mapping• Learning by doing• Diagnostic Teaching

Professional development of Heads, STTs and Teachers•1)Learning Indicators for 9th and 10th (already notified by Govt. of H.P.)•(2) Lesson Plan (Soft copies prepared by groups of Teachers during Training

programme through Lesson Study method)•(a)Objectives of the Lesson• Learning Levels to be achieved after transaction of Lesson(b)Previous Knowledge Testing and Presentation: Building-up of Knowledge through questions/activity/Examples:-Concept Building (how ,why, where, what, when, logic / reason) Learners create their own knowledge.They are actively engaged in building new knowledge.They base new knowledge on their experiences and prior knowledge.On the basis of experience and previous knowledge objects and events are interpreted•Mind Mapping•Whole to part ( Gestalt Psychology) ,Active Learning, Simple to Complex, Known to unknown, Learning by doing

(c)Group activity (Strengthening of concept) detailed learning by students in groups and by individual students also. (d)Diagnostic Teaching Learning indicators are to be ensured. Through classroom assessment.•(3)Question Bank(application of concept) on different level of learning(memory, understanding, application, analysis, synthesis, creative)and Projects to correlate students to environment.

History and Problems noticed in teacher trainings• It has been noticed that during the course of last 10 years

for which the SSA has been operational several problems/flaws have been noticed regarding teacher’s training. The important ones of these are;

• The teachers have to remain out of schools and classes for long time which leads to criticism amongst the community and also obstructs the learning of children.

• The teachers may not implement the training content they have learnt during training for various reasons and may not take additional initiatives other than the content they have learnt during training.

• The moral of teachers may not remain high, as personal initiative/leadership does not become apparent in the present training exercise.

• Trainings do not always support monitoring even though that is crucial for any project.

Why teacher training in the school in which they are teaching?

• It has been estimated that the teacher trainings every year involves lot of cost in terms of time and other resources.

• Due to prolonged absence of teachers many a times the studies suffer because of lack of continuity and focus and public criticism is also there .

• Trainings are also not at times conducted properly rather there is emphasis on completion of targeted mandays instead of quality.

• The trainings do not give adequate importance to the personal initiative and drive of the teachers and thus goes against the principle of leadership and motivation in the long run.

• There is no reporting in change in learning Level of schools.

Project• It is intended to make every school a self contained entity where the

training needs of every teacher can be taken care, the required support if any is provided and at the same time there is proper convergence with various resource levels of the state.

• The philosophy of Think it over(where teachers sit together to prepare Lesson Plans on designed format) project is still to continue but with a slight change in as much as the teachers of different schools will not get together every time to sort out various learning related issues, rather in every school there will be one School Teacher Trainer cum master trainer who will take care of the training needs of teachers of that school. S/he will provide the necessary support to the school head in establishing proper teaching-learning process, self evaluation and monitoring.

• Every school head will hold, with all category of teachers teachers, in the schools a fortnightly meeting regarding the lesson plans which are going to be imparted in the coming fortnight focussing mainly on objectives, presentations, students tasks, question banks ,based on different learning level such as memory, application, analysis and creative level as per Think It Over strategy. All will work in team to get best learning outcome of all students irrespective of any classes.

‘SWAYAMSIDHAM’, a Project for keeping the teachers within the school for trainings, feedback

• For this meeting the head will be assisted by the one teacher of the school of him/her choice (School Teacher Trainer) ,who will coordinate the meeting.

• In the meeting the lesson plans prepared by the teachers for transaction during coming fortnight will be discussed and analyzed and improvements if any required will be done in the group . Learning attainment of students would be analysed. Remedial classes may be taken in hard areas of learning in any subjects by all the categories of teachers.

Filtration of the problems• In these fortnightly meetings the problems

contained in the above mentioned meetings will be sorted out by the teachers from concerned school themselves in a group method.

• The head with the active help of the School Teacher Trainer will separate out those problems the solutions for which could not be made at the local level. Those problems will be uploaded at the portal

• Resource groups at the state level has been developed ,on the basis of past performance and training, to provide the required support and guidance on the portal http://rmsahimachal.nic.in

A portal for the teachers for problem solving, sharing their innovations and for regular support and monitoring • The Portal has been designed in the following

manner:

• Each of the school trainer and the members of SRG has been assigned a unique ID and password.

• Through this ID and password, the heads shall login the portal and submit the information regarding problem/questions at the school level.

• The potal is dynamic.The SRG would provide the solution.

Portal contd

• This portal has been designed in such a way that all the members of SRG and ICT-equipped schools and all Edu.Deptt. employees can see the contents in the portal and through their log-in-tab are able to insert their suggestions or solutions.

• There is facility of likes and dislikes of the answers.

AS A FOLLOW UP 5 DAYS TRAINING,THE HEADS AND SCHOOL TEACHERS OF ICT EQUIPPED SCHOOLS, WERE ASKED TO SUBMIT A REPORT CONTAINING CLASS WISE, SUBJECT WISE, GRADE WISE LEARNING LEVELS OF 9TH AND 10TH CLASSES AS PER FIRST TERM (BEFORE TRAINING) AND SECOND TERM EXAMS (AFTER TRAINING) CONDUCTED BY SCHOOL.

RESEARCH –CUM-TRAINING WORKSHOP OF HEADS AND SCHOOL

TEACHER TRAINER UNDER SWAYAMSIDHAM PROJECT IN 628

ICTSHOOLS

Performa circulated to all ICT enabled schools (to be sent to DIETs in both Signed Image copy & soft ms-excel copy. DIETs further

consolidate the data and ensure the delivery of signed copies of the each school performa)

District Average No. of Students

80-100%A-Grade

65 -79 % B-Grade

50-64%C-Grade

35-49%D-Grade

0-34% E-Grade

T-1 T-2 T-1 T-2 T-1 T-2 T-1 T-2 T-1 T-2

Kangra 15933 2.25 2.77 4.60 6.66 9.58 12.29 20.34 23.52 62.83 54.18

Sirmour 5008 1.83 2.33 4.85 6.31 9.40 11.70 18.98 18.93 64.93 56.10Mandi 11159 2.38 3.16 5.39 6.21 11.24 11.79 22.31 23.72 58.69 55.09

Solan 5516 1.50 1.85 4.02 5.78 8.79 11.13 19.21 23.54 66.48 57.70

Una 7000 2.51 3.57 6.17 6.92 12.25 11.86 20.24 22.65 58.75 54.71

kullu 11126 2.38 3.16 5.39 6.21 11.24 11.79 22.31 23.72 58.69 55.09

55742 2.14 2.81 5.07 6.35 10.42 11.76 20.57 22.68 61.73 55.48

Over all Average Achievement of Students Performance in Test-1 and Test-2 (5 districts)

Advantages:• No movement of the teachers outside the school would

help in avoiding public criticism due to long absence of teachers in connection with teachings.

• Teachers will themselves take initiative in problem solving and develop leadership skill for praising good quality instructions to the students . They will become techno-friendly also

• Involvement of head/SRG/Dy. Directors/DPO’s and higher authority in whole exercise will help the training the shift towards quality. The responsibility of the administrators for quality can be fixed.

• As the teachers will try to solve their problems through group approach the same will develop their capacities through inquiry and analyses.

OUTCOMES

•Onsite support to teachers •Effective use of ICT•Enhancement of Teacher’s capacity for academic planning•Effective implementation of Learning Indicators•It is to establish the pedagogical ,learning,assessment and school leadership management standards by in school planning•Online support of SRG to teachers and students through web portal•Capacity building of Resource group through continuous engagement with teachers in the classroom.•All the learning resources are now available in the school in the form of learning indicators , Lesson Plans, Big Question banks based on different levels of learning ,onsite continuous support by SRG, web portal,• It is a site developed excusively by the teachers and for the teachers to enhance their creativity and innovation to adopt the methods to get best learning outcome in the schools.