School leadership program for BBMP HMs 2017

A program for sharing and learning about school leadership and development, with the HMs of 13 BBMP schools in Bengaluru.

The program will comprise 7 workshops (first Friday of each Month), with interactions between workshops over virtual phone communities. Readings will be assigned and presented to facilitate discussions.

Session 1 - July 2017 - School leadership in context / ಅಧಿವೇಶನ 1 - ಸನ್ನಿವೇಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಶಾಲಾ ನಾಯಕತ್ವ

 * 1) Fill up Participant information form
 * 2) Introductions -   Basic information about myself and my school
 * 3) Introduction to Community of Learning and school leadership - "Presentation and discussions - Why is a Community of Learning useful – school, teachers, parents as "learning community"
 * 4) Presentation of the overall program
 * 5) Understanding our context - reading ಪ್ರಭಾವ ವಲಯ ಕಾಳಜಿ ವಲಯ ಪರಿಕಲ್ಪನಾ ಪತ್ರ  ("COI COC), presentation + discussions. Documenting discussions in a concept map
 * 6) Assign reading - ಶಿಕ್ಷಣದ ಗುರಿಗಳು (Aims of Education - NCF 2005 Position paper excerpt)
 * 7) Home work - Identify ONE incident / event in which you had both  ಪ್ರಭಾವ ವಲಯ ಕಾಳಜಿ ವಲಯ
 * 8) Read the slides for  ಪ್ರಭಾವ ವಲಯ ಕಾಳಜಿ ವಲಯ ಪರಿಕಲ್ಪನಾ ಪತ್ರ
 * 9) Buy a smart phone - RedMi, Micromax and get Interne t - 100 Rupees per month for data

Session 2 - August 2017 - Aims of education / ಅಧಿವೇಶನ 2 - ಶಿಕ್ಷಣದ ಗುರಿಗಳು

 * 1) Sharing about ourselves, Getting to know ourselves in a community
 * 2) Complete discussions on  ಪ್ರಭಾವ ವಲಯ ಕಾಳಜಿ ವಲಯ
 * 3) ಶಿಕ್ಷಣದ ಗುರಿಗಳು  Aims of education - presentation and discussions
 * 4) Tux typing and text editing - Becoming familiar with editing text resources
 * 5) Connecting for learning - using Computer and Internet to access open educational resources in Kannada and English.
 * 6) Browsing internet with web browser Firefox.
 * 7) Searching information with Google Search engine
 * 8) Identifying useful sites. Surfing on your phone.
 * 9) Reading Diva Swapna chapter 1
 * 10) Assign reading - School vision - Kai Ming Cheng, ‘Vision building among school leaders’ - ಕೈ ಮಿಂಗ್ ಸ್ಕೂಲ್ ವಿಷನ್ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ
 * 11) Assign -  Collate information on how the students, teachers and community perceives the school. Identify one area where you want to build your understanding and implement a small project. Help required from other HMs/schools, program and other stakeholders to be identified

Session 3 - September 2017 - Vision for school development /  ಅಧಿವೇಶನ - 3 - ಶಾಲಾ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗಾಗಿನ ದೂರದೃಷ್ಟಿ

 * 1) Present and discuss School vision - Kai ming cheng -  ಕೈ ಮಿಂಗ್ ಸ್ಕೂಲ್ ವಿಷನ್ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ
 * 2) Time management - Second Quadrant
 * 3) School physical infrastructure - needs, challenges and possibilities
 * 4) Preparing your school development plan
 * 5) Reading Divaswapna chapter(s) - ಕನ್ನಡ - English - हिन्दी
 * 6) Assign reading - School as a learning community. Peter Senge. Harris Alma 2002 "School Improvement in Context"

Session 4 - October 2017 - Aims of education - ಶಿಕ್ಷಣದ ಗುರಿಗಳು

 * 1) ಶಿಕ್ಷಣದ ಗುರಿಗಳು  Aims of education - presentation and discussions
 * 2) Identification of school development project by HMs
 * 3) Geogebra demonstration - Addition of integers on number line
 * 4) Assign reading - school development- ಶಾಲೆಯನ್ನು ಉತ್ತಮವಾಗಿ ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುವುದು ಹೇಗೆ?

Session 5 - School development project - planning and implementation November 2017 - ಪ್ರಕಲ್ಪ ಯೋಜನೆ, ಅನುಷ್ಠಾನ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತಿ
Viewing TCOL video - school development as a conscious and planned process - through discrete projects

Concept of project - time bound set of activities, for achieving a specific aim(s)

- review and discussions

Identification of school development project by each HM

Session 6 - School Development - January 2018
Sharing / presenting of school development projects planned and implemented by HMs

Input session - Time Management for School leaders - The 2nd Quadrant,

Distinguishing between 'urgent' and 'important'

Session 7 - Putting it together, and taking it forward - February 2018/ ಅಧಿವೇಶನ 7 - ಇವುಗಳನ್ನು ಒಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಸೇರಿಸುವುದು ಮತ್ತು ಮುನ್ನಡೆಸುವುದು

 * 1) Reading Divaswapna chapter(s)
 * 2) How do we take our learning and our school leadership and development forward?
 * 3) How do we continue learning as a virtual community?
 * 4) Can each school be a resource centre in one area for other schools?
 * 5) What can we offer to the community on an ongoing basis
 * 6) How can we be part of the Bengaluru schools community (government and aided schools)?

School support to Teacher Professional Development / ಅಧಿವೇಶನ 5 - ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೃತ್ತಿಪರ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಶಾಲಾ ಬೆಂಬಲ

 * 1) School psycho-social environment -  ಶಾಲಾ ಮತ್ತು ತರಗತಿ ವಾತಾವರಣ ಪರಿಕಲ್ಪನಾ ಪತ್ರ
 * 2) ಪ್ರಕಲ್ಪ ಯೋಜನೆ, ಅನುಷ್ಠಾನ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತಿ - ಒಂದು ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿ
 * 3) Building your teachers as a learning community
 * 4) Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) - discussion.
 * 5) Demonstration. How ICT can enrich content and pedagogy - demonstrate in maths, science, language, SS
 * 6) Brief hands-on on the educational applications
 * 7) NCF Position papers in different subjects translated into Kannada, useful for your school teachers
 * 8) NCF 2005 ಗಣಿತ ಪೊಷೀಷನ್ ಪೇಪರ್
 * 9) NCF 2005 ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಪೊಷೀಷನ್ ಪೇಪರ್
 * 10) NCF 2005 ಸಮಾಜ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಪೊಷೀಷನ್ ಪೇಪರ್
 * 11) NCF 2005 ಭಾರತೀಯ ಭಾಷಾ ಬೋಧನೆ ಪೊಷೀಷನ್ ಪೇಪರ್
 * 12) NCF 2005 ಪರೀಕ್ಷಾ ನಿಯಮಗಳು ಪೊಷೀಷನ್ ಪೇಪರ್
 * 13) NCF 2005 ಆಂಗ್ಲ ಭಾಷೆ ಪೊಷೀಷನ್ ಪೇಪರ್
 * 14) Reading Divaswapna chapter(s)
 * 15) Assign reading - school support to TPD    Rosemary Webb - ‘Leading teaching and learning in the primary school’.
 * 16) Assign reading - school and community. Social equity - case study ಪ್ರಕರಣ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ . Namma Shaale

Session - School as a learning organization - school identity and culture /  ಅಧಿವೇಶನ 4 - ಕಲಿಕೆಯ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯಾಗಿ ಶಾಲೆ - ಶಾಲಾ ಗುರುತಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವಿಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ

Session - School and community + Seminar / ಅಧಿವೇಶನ 6 - ಶಾಲೆ ಮತ್ತು ಸಮುದಾಯ + ವಿಚಾರ ಸಂಕಿರಣ

 * 1) School and community of parents.  Presentation and discussion on reading
 * 2) ಭಾಗೀದಾರರ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸುವಿಕೆ ಪರಿಕಲ್ಪನಾ ಪತ್ರ
 * 3) Demonstration of IVRS
 * 4) Reading Divaswapna chapter(s)
 * 5) Presentation on 'what I learnt and implemented'. Each HM presents the project they have developed and implemented. Can this idea be useful to other schools?