Bangalore South 3 BlockHead Teachers – Community of Learning

December 2014

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

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

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

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

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

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