Teachers Community of Learning Bangalore South Block 3

Teachers Communities of Learning (TCOL)

The TCOL program attempts to demonstrate how technology can support the improvement of educational outcomes at a school level through a community of learning approach. The program attempts to build communities at multiple levels - within the school, across different subject teachers, and across the schools in the Bengaluru South 3 block.

This is the third phase of the program, working with government aided schools in Bengaluru South 3 block. The program attempts to expand and deepen the work done in the second phase TCOL from 2014-17 which had focused on government high schools.

Objectives of the program in Phase 3

Support teachers to interact with one another, for peer learning and mentoring, within a 'community of learning '
Support schools and teachers to learn and adopt ICTs in a variety of ways, for both their own development as well as for use in their teaching-learning processes
Demonstrate a model of ICT integration in teaching-learning
Identify possibilities for systemic reforms and policy
Integrate the above into the curricular and pedagogical processes of the education system.

The project will have two strands of work:

Teacher training workshops for a structured course around ICT integration for two identified subjects (to be identified in discussion with the schools and the school administration)
School-based intensive work to demonstrate and train in ICT integration in teaching-learning and administrative processes

Program strategies

Working with identified, interested schools for demonstrating school level technology integration. This will include the following:
1. Working with identified subjects to demonstrate techno-pedagogies
2. Supporting technology integration for school management and administration
3. Digital literacy classes for the students in line with NCERT National ICT Curriculum, 2013
4. Support the development and maintenance of ICT labs
5. Communicate with parents using IVRS system
6. Helping interested schools develop a web page for their communication
Block level workshops for head masters, subject teachers. These workshops will be subject wise only, and will be conducted on an identified day each month. Teachers from the schools where ICT is being integrated for subject teaching will also present their work to support peer learning in these workshops
Creating and uploading digital resources in Kannada and in English; resources will be uploaded on the Karnataka Open Educational Resources portal, for use by all teachers.

Program with Government High Schools in Phase 2

During the three academic years 2014-17, the prograsm worked with the 16 Government High Schools of Bengaluru South 3 Block. The two components of the program were the block level community building workshops and the school level support for academic improvement

South 3 Block Workshops

The block level work attempts to bring together the teachers and head teachers across all the South 3 schools through workshops and digitally enabled methods to discuss/ learn on the following:

Better teaching-learning practices
Creating a relevant, safe learning space in the school for students
Connecting with the community and focusing on better learning outcomes, adolescent issues and making the school a safe space for the children
Creation of a model block, enabled by ICT integration in classroom and school processes
Bringing together the block as a collective on issues of school development, curricular changes and sharing best practices

Block-level work in 2014-15

Workshops were conducted in Mathematics, Science, Social Science and Kannada. Teachers from the schools were also connected to the state/ district groups for sharing resources and ideas.

May 28, 2014	Head Masters Orientation
June 19, 2014	Mathematics workshop - I
June 23, 2014	Social Science workshop - I
June 26, 2014	Science workshop - I
August 1, 2014	Mathematics workshop - II
August 4-5, 2014	Kannada workshop - I
September 22, 2014	Mathematics workshop - III
December 22,29, 2014	Head Teachers workshop - II

Block-level work in 2015-16

The year started with a head masters' workshop on May 18, 2015. During this workshop, the details of the programme last year were discussed and head masters also shared their ideas for work this year.

For this year, from July - November, the following workshops are planned and the details are below.

Workshops were planned and conducted for Kannada, Science and Mathematics. Head Masters also met periodically.

In addition the block-level Science events for students and teachers was held at GHS Jayanagara 9th Block.

Block-level work in 2016-17

The year started with a head masters' workshop in June 2016. During this workshop, the details of the programme last year were discussed and head masters also shared their ideas for work this year.

For this year, from July - November, the following workshops are planned and the details are below.

Workshops have been planned for Kannada, Science and Mathematics. Head Masters will also meet periodically.

In addition the following block level workshops/ events will also be planned.

Workshop/orientation on adolescent issues
Block-level events for students and teachers

Details of workshops

Details of workshops can be found on the following pages by subject.

Bengaluru South 3 Government High School Web pages

Computer labs in South 3 Block Schools