Project
Right Start
Teacher Training for Balwadi and Primary School Teachers- PhaseIAsha Chennai Proposal – New Project- Year 200317th
April 2003
Background:
This project proposal is retrospective in that
Asha-Chennai already received US $1000 toward training of teachers
associated with Seva Chakra. However because of several problems that
money was not utilized towards that purpose. This project proposal is
towards using that US $1000 for teacher training towards other
Asha-Chennai projects. Several new Asha-Chennai projects are planned to
start with the 2003-2004 academic year. Most of the projects involve
schools where the teachers require training. The teachers are often
qualified from an educational standpoint. However they lack in terms of
knowledge of good education methods specifically targeted towards young
children. Instead of having different training sessions, one
for each project, it would make sense to combine these into couple of
training sessions, one for Balwadi teachers and another for Primary School
teachers. Besides lowering the cost of running these sessions, combining
these would also bring in interaction between teachers spread across
several districts of Tamilnadu. This would help them and us to understand
the complexities that exist at the ground in the different areas of the
state. The education training for Primary school teachers
would be for one week (i.e. 6 days) and would include the following
sessions: (1session will be ˝ day) ·
1
Introductory session – a ppt with discussions on 0bjectives
of the training programme, expected outcomes in terms of skills and
attitude development for the participants, time and materials management,
teaching aids, pacing of the curriculum,
- Lakshmi Suryanarayanan + Vishnupriya ·
3
sessions-Primary curriculum- objectives, evaluation tools, multigrade
classrooms, importance of reading, choosing right reading material for the
children. - Dr. Saraswati , Mrs P. Saraswathi,
Vishnupriya ·
1
session- role of story telling and singing in primary classrooms- Shobha
Viswanath from Karadi Tales/ resource person from Chathnath Trust/
resource person from State Resource Centre/ Lalitha from Madras Choir
Group ·
4
sessions of Practical work and discussion- How to create “a child
friendly environment for child centred learning” - on what to use as
teaching aids, to actually help creating child friendly learning-teaching
material from inexpensive materials (these to be taken back by the
participants), on how to use these materials, how to involve children in
the making and use of l-t materials- Shanthi Badrinarayanan , Lakshmi B,
Rajarajeswari, (teachers of Omhs), Vishnupriya ·
1
discussion session on the “Rights of the Child” - Kamala Devi,
Poornima (Omhs) , Vishnupriya ·
2
Final session- mock /real classroom presentations by teachers using their
own material and feedback- observation and evaluation - Lakshmi, Shanthi,
Vishnupriya, representatives of participant projects The education training for the Balwadi teachers would
be for one week (i.e. 5 days) and would include the following sessions: ·
1
Introductory session – 0bjectives
of the training programme, expected outcomes in terms of skills and
attitude development for the participants, materials management, role of
nutrition in child development
- Lakshmi Suryanarayanan + Vishnupriya ·
2
session-visit to preschool centers with child friendly practices ·
4
sessions of Practical work and discussion- How to create “a child
friendly environment for child centred learning” - to actually help
creating child friendly learning-teaching material from inexpensive
materials (these to be taken back by the participants), on how to use
these materials, how to involve children in the making and use of l-t
materials- Shanthi Badrinarayanan , Chitra Mani Vishnupriya ·
1
session- role of story telling and singing in primary classrooms- Shobha
Viswanath from Karadi Tales/ resource person from Chathnath Trust/
resource person from State Resource Centre/ Lalitha from Madras Choir
Group ·
1
discussion session on the “Rights of the Child” - Kamala Devi,
Poornima (Omhs) , Vishnupriya ·
1
Final session- mock /real classroom presentations by teachers using their
own material and feedback- observation and evaluation - Lakshmi, Shanthi,
Vishnupriya, representatives of participant projects Note the sessions would most likely remain as stated
above. However the teachers taking the session may change depending on the
availability of the concerned individuals. We intend to cover the following teachers in these
programs, 1.
2 teachers from the TEA trust supported Balwadis. 2.
1 teacher from the Urur Kuppam (Elliot’s Beach) Balwadi. 3.
2 teachers for the Urur Kuppam (Elliot’s Beach) Balwadi.
(can choose one) 4.
3 teachers from Rishiyur and Vilakudi Balwadis. 5.
Possibly 1 teacher from Balwadi SWC of the Theosophical Society 6.
6 teachers for the TEA trust Primary schools.( can choose 4) 7.
4 teachers from Rishiyur Primary school. 8.
Possibly upto 3 more teachers from Rishiyur and Vilakudi primary
schools. 9.
Possibly upto 2 teachers from Urur Kuppam school 10.
Possibly upto 2 teachers from Seva Chakra Project Goals: Note this project is not working in isolation. While
the training in itself would have value, it true value is fully realized
with the execution of the full project the affected teachers are a part
of. For instance at the Urur Kuppam Balwadi, we would be training one
Government teacher and one teacher we hope to hire for the project.
However the salary for the teacher we hire at this Balwadi is clearly not
part of the fund requirement for this project. That would be part of the
Elliot Beach Balwadi Improvement project. The project would impact the teachers identified
earlier and through them impact the students from these various projects.
We hope to see the following qualitative improvements in the teachers due
to this project,
Project
Details and Estimates
Note - Resource persons who are Asha Volunteers from the core team will not take the payment for the sessions. They will be reimbursed actual conveyance charges incurred. Asha facilitators involved will be entitled to actual travel expenses, as per guidelines for facilitators.
Fund Requirement/Schedule SummaryNote this is a proposal for
utilizing funds that have already been earmarked for teacher training
program. The project intends to group together expenses that have
currently been requested for other projects of Asha-Chennai and would
consequently lower the estimates for these projects. Total Funding required
for Teacher Training in May = Rs 46,500 = US $1000. This is money is
required by May of 2003. However since the money is already in transit,
Asha-Chennai would allocate the money for this project from its funds and
replenish the funds when the $1000 clears. * Further phases of training can happen if the participant projects have been approved and from the funds allocated for the purpose of teacher training under these projects.
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