EI believes in maximizing the potential of Principals, Teachers and Learners in schools. The programmes focus on helping schools change their classroom practices, which in turn enhances student achievement. One of our guiding principles is to transform the teacher into a ‘reflective practitioner’ who is herself a ‘thinker’ and ‘learner’. EI sees Teacher Training as the best way of synergistic experience sharing between its own team of professionals and schoolteachers. For detailed information contact Ms. Urmila Thaker Head (Training) at urmila@ei-india.com or Cal her on 9328203070 Read the rest of this article »

The Teacher Effectiveness and Improvement Programme is an organized study of teachers in action in the classrooms, based on subject knowledge, classroom transactions and professionalism, thereby providing them a profitable period for learning and development. The focus is on teacher growth. They will cooperatively engage in a systematic evaluation of their performance in curriculum delivery. This in turn will help schools identify teacher potentials, staff development needs and the identification of other contributory factors for school improvement. Read the rest of this article »

Educational Initiatives (EI), Ahmedabad and TVS group of schools, Madurai have come together on a project which aims at improving the quality of learning for the students.

As part of the TVS project, the EI team helped the teachers redesign the curriculum of class 6 into a skill-based one in TVS Lakshmi Matriculation Higher Secondary School, in the subjects of English, Maths, Science and Social Studies. The process involved identification of skills in each subject, development of worksheets, activities to be used in class, and skill based evaluation. The lesson planning was done within the framework of ‘Understanding by Design’, a concept that aims to develop ‘real understanding’ as opposed to ‘apparent understanding’. Read the rest of this article »