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“SHARING & LEARNING” (23rd Program)

4th to 6th February, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu

“An innovative approach to Learn & improve quality education, leadership & administrative practices and

implementing changes”

MM Sharing & Learning?

Mind Mingle Sharing & Learning is a movement initiated by Mind Mingle team for creating opportunities for school leaders to learn the best educational practices from the most creative & top schools in India & abroad through practical school visits and group discussions. Hundreds of schools have been benefitted from this initiative. The core of this educational initiative lies on sharing and learning. As we believe that every school/school leader follows some different excellent practices, some schools are good at ‘teacher retention’ some are good at ‘parent involvement’ some are do ing great in ‘academics’ where some are good at ‘co-curricular activities’ and so on. We believe that if every school starts to share its best practices with other schools, it will certainly bring an immense change and make every school equally good.

Objectives: To make school leaders experience the various innovative practices being followed by the most creative & top

schools of the country.

To create an environment where everybody shares and everybody learns. To help schools develop a good relationship with maximum schools for future educational collaborations

This three day program includes the following:

1. Visits to two different schools:

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2. Sessions with the Head of respective visiting schools

3. Workshop by Dr. G. Senthil Kumar on “Managing learning disabled children in mainstream”

4. Sharing of best Educational Practices: An opportunity to present a 10 minute paper on the best educational practice of your school

5. Local Sightseeing & mouth watering Traditional food

About the visiting Schools:

Yellow Train School: The Land of Free Human Being

Yellow Train is a progressive school inspired by the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner. The school is also influenced by the thinking of great Teachers like Shri Aurobindo and Rabindranath Tagore. The school is affiliated to ICSE and IGCSE from Edexcel ( London Board of Exams). However during the primary years Grade 1-5 the school follows an integrated program that combines the best of both the boards. At Grade 8, children can choose to appear for either the IGCSE or ICSE. The assessments are frequent and holistic where knowledge, application and skills are tested. There is an intense focus on the

fundamentals of academics through programs like YT Fundamentals.

Blue Mountain School, Ooty: A democratic School

The Blue Mountain School, Ooty was founded in 1961 by F.G. Pearce, a renowned educationist and pioneer of the Indian Public School Movement. Pearce was deeply influenced by the Teachings on Education of the philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti. He served as Principal of the Rishi Valley School for a decade from 1949. Following his resignation from the school, Pearce founded the Blue Mountains School at Ootacamund in 1961. The school was nurtured and its philosophy of creative education further developed by well-known educationists David Horsburgh, J.P.Gunawardane and Sardar Mohammed Malik. The Blue Mountain School is housed in an old English style residential building and estate. The school is affiliated with the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations and students write the class X ICSE and class XII ISC exams. Blue Mountain School is a democratic School. Democratic education is an educational ideal in which democracy is both a goal and a method of instruction.

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About Workshop on SLD (specific learning difficulties) Workshop Modules:

Understanding specific learning difficulties

Understanding the child’s growth and development

Functioning of brain

Informal assessment

Workshop facilitator: Dr. G. Senthil Kumar G. Senthilkumar is the Chairman of Helikx School. He rose himself from an ordinary business family to this height with strong attitude and hard work. Being a Social Worker, he had a great concern on humanity especially with the children. He strongly believes “Every Child Matters” and made those gifted children back to main stream He is a Management graduate, Post graduate in Social Work from PSG College of Arts and Science, Ph.D in MSW. He started his career as Counselor in SKS Hospital in 1998, started to teach with a single Dyslexic student in 2000, gradually developed Helikx Special Learning School under Helikx Trust over a decade with the motto “Leading people from Darkness to Light”. Sharing of best Educational practices of Participating Schools:

An opportunity to share your expertise with other participants and to know about the expertise of others: Since this is a gathering of educational practitioners, here group discussions are really meaningful.

Ten participating schools with some best/unique educational practices (chosen by Team Mind Mingle) will get opportunity

to present a 10 minute paper. Every school is unique with at least one educational practice; why not take an advantage to

learn from the people like yourself and to share what you are good at?

Accomodation:

Comfortable stay on Double sharing basis at luxury Hotel Vivanta By Taj-Surya, Coimbatore

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Travel:

Local travel by A/c buses: Visit to schools, Local sightseeing etc

Local sightseeing:

Program Dates: 4th – 6th February 2018

Number of Seats: 25 seats (First come basis)

Investment: INR 30000/- per person-with accommodation on double sharing basis* INR 8500/- extra in case participant needs non-sharing accommodation (*Double sharing rooms are limited and will be subjected to availability)

The Program fee includes the following:

Two night accommodation during the Program on twin sharing basis

Transport (A/C buses) for visiting the schools

Lunch, Dinner & Breakfast during the program

Stationary

Fee Doesn’t Include: Any expenses of personal nature such as tips, portage, telephone, beverages etc.

Airport transfer

Breakfast on 4th

Feb & Dinner on 6th

Feb (in case of early arrivals or late departure)

Any other item not included under the “Cost includes” column

Special NOTE:

Meant for School Principals, Owner Managers and administrators only.

Group Size: 25 ( First come basis)

Please study about the schools we are going to visit before confirming your participation.

Program includes 3 Hours of Road travel from Coimbatore to Ooty by bus & Return.

Cancellation:

In case of a cancellation 30 days before the commencement of the event 100% fee will be refunded

In case of a cancellation less than 30 days prior to the commencement of the event 50% of the total fee will be

refunded

In case of a cancellation less than 15 days prior to the commencement of the event, no fee will be refunded.

Registration: A scanned copy of a duly filled Registration form has to be E-mailed to farooq@mindmingle.org Once the dully filled registration form is received, the selected participants will receive a confirmation call in next 2 working days. After confirmation,

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Cheque/Demand Draft favoring “Mind Mingle Education” payable at New Delhi, should be sent to: “Mind Mingle, B-101, Lower Ground Floor, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi- 110017”. The participation will be confirmed once the duly filled registration form along with the cheque/demand draft is received by us.

Online Payment Details: Name: Mind Mingle Education Account Number: 038683800003204 Bank: YES Bank ,G.K II, Delhi. RTGS/NEFT/IFSC code: YESB0000386

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For Queries: Farooq Sharif: 9821467760/ 011-49059358

Email: farooq@mindmingle.org

Feedback from our previous Program: I wouldn’t call it study tour but an experience as we met those great personalities who we never thought of, but just heard of. We cancelled our Srilanka conference organized by Cambridge and attended the Mind Mingle program. But let me say it was worth missing that conference. Yes the schools and the people we met is by itself a good experience for a principal and management.- Dr. Archana Sanil- Director & Trustee, Chief Mentor – IRA Global School, Maharastra

Congratulations for initiating a program for school Principal's which in a subtle way cajoled the learner in each of us. It was a perfect blend of sharing best practices and engaging in problem resolution. Your personal touch to ensure constructivism is noteworthy. Naveen and Shakeel make a great team. Wishing you all success. Nirmala Krishnan- Principal, Mahindra World School, Chennai

Coming for this trip has been a great experience .From the onset, it was a very well conceived idea. Certainly conferences and seminars are not as inspiring as experiencing change, seeing innovation in practice. The schools you chose were very well picked and visits there were really thought inspiring. I complement you for so smoothly arranging for sessions with founders of the schools Above all your personal involvement, enthusiastic participation and personal care to each individual was wonderful. You have started with a BANG . Keep it up - Ritu Kohli- Principal, Eicher School, Faridabad There is a great saying that "Success is not counted by how high you have climbed but by how many people you brought with you - Will Rose". You have proved that it was a great success to all of us because of your "Mind Mingle Sharing & Learning". Personally, I am of the opinion that, though a few of us have already heard about "sharing and learning", it was quite a new experience for me. It was also a wonderful and memorable experience which enabled us to explore innovative methods in the field of Education. I am sure that this experience reinforces the learning in the listeners. The entire program was found to be very useful and I hope that as a team leader, we will adopt these best practices not only in academics but also in our individual career. Ms. Sripriya RS- Principal, Equitas Gurukul Matrikulation School, Karur, Tamilnadu MindMingle Program was a true learning experience. It reinforced certain facts that school is not about teaching but exploring content and where every type of learner should be catered to. I came back invigorated and had a meeting with my HOD's on Wednesday to rethink about our teaching strategies. Ms. Kavita Sanghvi, Principal, MET Rishikul Vidyalaya, Maharashtra The concept of 'Learning through Sharing' is commendable as it definitely provides a Plat form for educationists to learn and implement innovative practices prevalent in schools. The Program helped me to be connected to a group of passionate educationists. Mr. Abdul Salam, Director of Academics & HR ,NIMS Group of Schools,Kerala