Asha Chennai- Project Right Start- A Teacher Empowerment Initiative

Academic Year June 2004-May 2005 

Refer www.ashanet.org/chennai for details 

Objective of this Initiative-

To provide opportunities for teachers in Asha projects and in other schools (who want to participate), Asha volunteers who wish to be involved with helping children learn 

  • To get acquainted with the developmental aspects of children and relate their teaching strategies to them,
  • To share their classroom experiences,
  • To create/locate new learning teaching materials to make learning a increasingly student centred process
  • To evolve meaningful ways of assessment- non threatening, creative, child friendly and suited to helping the teachers themselves to decide on areas for re-teaching and remediation

and to learn the above through interactions facilitated  from experts and experienced  teachers (the practioners).

 

Past experiences-

  1. The first programme was held from Sept 27th to Oct 3rd 2003. Twenty nine teachers from 12 schools and one NFE center benefited from the programme.
  2. A 3 day  programme was organized for some 30 NSS volunteers of IIT Chennai who were directly involved in after school classes in a couple of schools.

Both programmes were very well received.

  1. As a follow up of this programme experienced teachers are working closely with Asha projects providing support with making materials on an ongoing fortnightly basis and creating assessment tools.

 

Plans for the Year 2004-2005 

  1. Programme I-  Right Start Level II programme for the teacher participants of 2003-2004 for sharing of experiences, evolving techniques of evaluation and hands on experience with creation of materials and a course on story telling as a teacher tool for enhancing learning- Scheduled for September/December 2004 - 6/ 7 days at Chennai.
  1. Programme II-  RightStart Level I programme as in Sept 2003. Details are in www.ashanet.org/chennai Events/meetings. This will be for the teachers who have not participated in the workshop last year. Scheduled for September/ December2004- 6/7 days in Chennai.
  1. Programme III-  RightStart On Site teacher support programme for the schools/NFEs that ask for this sort of support- a one day a month programme  at the project Site starting September 2004.

Note- Level I and II can go happen concurrently so that new teachers and last year trained teachers from the same schools can participate at the same time. Also these courses are to be scheduled during the vacations.

 

Budget Estimates  

For Programme I & II in September/December 2004
RightStart Level & II

 

Rightstart  Teacher Training 1 &2   Sept /Dec/ 2004 and April- May2005

 

Budget for June 2004--May 2005= $  2400 ~ Rs 105500

 Sept /Oct2003

Actuals

 Sept /Dec 2004 and April- May 2005

Estimates

 

Heads of expenses

Details

Amounts in Rs.

Amounts in Rs 

1

Food for 7 days for

Breakfast for all participants, lunch for participants, resource persons and facilitators, dinner for the participants who stayed at T58A, Tea at break time everyday at the venue

 21,801.25

(for an average of 30 participants

Rs 32000 for an (average of 40participants in both programmes)

2

Resource persons Honorarium

  • Poornima-1 session
  • P. Saraswathi - 2 sessions
  • L.S.Saraswathi -2 sessions
  • Balakkrishnan V. @ Rs300 per session

1800

 Rs 4000

(2 programmes)

3

Conveyance to Resource persons and facilitators

Shanthi Badri for I whole day- Rs200 + Rs500 for 10 teachers of Olcott School @ Rs50 per person for demonstrating the use of Resource room activities and AV room facilities on 1st Oct

650

 Rs1500

(2 programmes)

4

Facilitators remuneration

1 teacher from OMHS @Rs150 per day for 7 days= Rs1050 &        1 more teacher for 5 days  @ Rs 100 per day= Rs 500

1550

 Rs2000

(2 programmes

5

Wages for helpers at the venue

1 person at the rate of Rs60 per day for seven days, 3 persons at the rate of Rs 50 per day for 7days

1,260

 Rs 1500

6

Photography

Pictures taken on all 7 days

1,587

 Rs 1500

7

Outing for the participants

To Gandhi Mandapam, Children's park and shopping

2,500+40=2,540

Rs40 for parking the vehicle.

Rs 5000 ( more participants and increased transport costs)

8

Travel expenses of participants from Rishiyur

Train tickets for 7 teachers to and fro +   Local transportation from station to T58 and back + Tea Trust teachers return fare

 

1,890+550+200=   2,640

at the rate of Rs 181 per person from Rishiyur and

Rs80 for internet booking+

Rs200 for the TEA Trust teachers to return

Rs 4000 (expecting more outstation participation)

9

Materials for the participants to take home

Cards for making flash card and games, teachers kits, cassettes of songs, blackboard drawing book and photo copies of teacher training material

 

5,122.55

learning materials and photocopies of teacher training materials.

 Rs 8000

More variety and more participants

10

Transportation costs

For getting material and stuff to T58 A, venue of workshop ….

380.4

 Rs 1000

(depends on venue)

11

Maintenance

Utilities

1,049

 Rs 1000

12

Rent for venue and accommodation

 

Nil

 Rs 5000

 

Total Amount

 

40,380.40

 Rs66500 ~  $1500

Programme III- RightStart On Site

The costs for this is budgeted with the budget for the specific project. For instance Purna Vidya, Tea Trust and Project Dream already have budget for the travel/remuneration for resource persons. Therefore the budget for this is not included here.