Head teachers – Community of Learning workshop at Bangalore Urban DIET - ITfC Dec 2014

1. Bangalore South 3 Block
Head Teachers – Community of Learning
December 2014

2. Aims of TCOL
● Bring teachers of Bangalore South 3 block
together
– Use ICT for new creative methods of teaching
– Use ICT to get useful teaching-learning materials
– Students learning ICTs
– Learn together as a community
– Support one another and take help
– To bring ideas of STF into school level practices
● Initial HM orientation (June)
– Prioritise Maths and Kannada

3. Work done so far
● Mathematics
– Block level workshops - 4 workshops conducted so far
– School level work in Domlur and Immadahalli
– Resources for foundation learning + class X
● Kannada, Science, Social Science
– Block level workshops
– School level work in Domlur and Immadahalli
– Begur, Agara will begin Jan 2015
– Resources for foundation learning
● ICT lab
– All schools have minimum 5 working computers
– Students learning in Immadahalli lab, will begin in Begur
● All schools have own website for sharing information, plans
and achievements

4. Our learnings
● Status of learning of students at entry level (class
8) quite poor
● Bridge programme insufficient
● Need to work with basics with children
● Children at different levels of learning
● Conflict between 'covering syllabus' and 'self
paced learning' / CCE
● Teachers are supporting one another and learning
– Sharing ideas, materials, question papers
– Email with block level and state level teachers
– Whatsapp for quick sharing of information

5. Plans
● Continue COL for mathematics and Kannada
teachers
● School level intensive work
● Block level work
– Workshops for teachers, special focus on
Mathematics and Kannada
– Make all ICT Labs functional / working
– Student instruction
– Teacher use for creating and sharing resources
● School 'quality improvement plan' for 2015-16

6. Expectations?
● ICT lab in schools for student and teacher learning
● Strengthen school academic infrastructure for use in
teaching learning
– Library
– Science lab
● Support teachers learning
– New resources
– New methods
● Identify and address key challenges in school
● Block level community of learners
● Community linkages
● Improve/strengthen teaching-learning processes and
institutional capacities

7. Expectations?
● ICT lab in schools for student and teacher learning
● Strengthen school academic infrastructure for use in
teaching learning
– Library
– Science lab
● Support teachers learning
– New resources
– New methods
● Identify and address key challenges in school
● Block level community of learners
● Community linkages
● Improve/strengthen teaching-learning processes and
institutional capacities