A total of 1257 Assistant Teachers (Primary) have
been appointed in the current Academic Session 2019-20. In order to make them
aware of all the initiatives in Primary Education and to bring about a
qualitative change in teaching pedagogy of various subjects, a Two-Day
Orientation Workshop was organized at RPVV Civil Lines (1207113) and S.V
Shamnath Marg (1207107) for these newly appointed Assistant Teachers (Primary)
from 02.01.2020 to 07.01.2020.
Salient features of Orientation Workshop
Ø Initiatives
in Primary: Since 2017, a lot of initiatives have
been introduced to bring qualitative changes in Primary education. Innovative
practices such as Circle Time, show and Tell have been mandatory every day as
classroom practices. Learning outcomes as notified by SCERT are being meticulously
mentioned for each child in every subject which will then be part of cumulative
record of child’s progress over the next years at least. For the first time,
the Assistant Teachers (Primary) of all Sarvodaya Vidyalayas participated in the
exhibition across 85 venues for sharing their best practices in two phases i.e
on 30/11/2019 & 31/12/2019.
Ø Maths
Intervention: The trainees were oriented about the
basic concepts of the intervention in Mathematics based on Jodo Gyan Methodology.
It included experiential training.
Ø Making
of TLMs: The trainees received a hands-on training in making
of low cost Teaching Learning Materials.
Ø Classroom
Library Management: One of the disciplines taken up discussed in
the Workshop in detail was Classroom
Library Management.
The Key points for this session were:
·
Procurement of Books
· Accessioning of Procured Books
·
Issue of Books
·
Stock verification
·
Condemnation Process:
·
Library Activities
Ø Story
Telling: The trainees were oriented about the basic
techniques of storytelling at Primary Level. Thorough use of props, objects,
activities to create a funny and interactive atmosphere while telling a story.
Use of Storytelling for effective teaching was also demonstrated.