A Presentation of Learning Experiences of Arizona State University, USA

Akhtar SayeedDIET, Araria

BIHAR

New Learnings:

Learning from new

situation

Build up capacity

Ready for

change

implementation

Change happens

Ground Realities:

Teacher Students

Classroom

Factors of low achievement level:

transaction

• Ineffective• Boring

knowledge

• Content• Curriculum

skill• Pedagogy• Classroom

Management

Self Appraisal ………

Performance level

Identification of Strengths/weakness

Removing weaknesses

Knowing the non-existence of

weaknessesFurther action

Objectives:

•Professional development of teachers•Making teachers reflective•Creation of learning atmosphere and love for learning•Making the students confident

and…Improvement of learning level.

Domains of Self-Appraisal

Domains

Classorganization

objectives

Activities

Assignments

Evaluation &

Feedback

Love for learning

Classroom organization:Indicators:

• Seating arrangement of students• Movement of teacher in

classroom • Eye contact with the students• Giving clear instruction to the

students about their class-work and home-works.• Using appropriate TLMs• Managing students’ behavior• Learner centered teaching

Strategies:• Seating arrangement of the students are

fixed or changed time to time to help and support them.

• Teacher calls the students by their name.• Teacher is always directed towards the

students.• Students are clear about their role in the

particular assignments.• TLMs are need based and supportive.• Teacher is watchful to the activities of the

students.• Teacher is treating the students as the

active participants not the passive listeners

Project Evaluation:

Pre-observation of classrooms before

intervention

Post-observation of classroom

after intervention

Video recording of classroom

for self-appraisalPositive feedback

Evaluationplan

Outcomes:

•Teachers become sensitized•Become good thinkers and planners•Reflective on their performance•Building confidence among the teachers•Feeling of success and satisfaction among the teachers•Development of Professionalism

Benefits:

•Beneficial for designing monitoring and support service plan by DIET •Helpful to design In-service teacher training strategies• Teachers to plan for their own strategies for learning of

children•Builds an environment of trust•Helpful for monitoring by CRCCs on agreed indicators•Development of leadership and management skills

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