From Being a Teacher to being a Guru
On September18, 2022 senior section of Ahlcon
International school organized workshop on the topic ‘From being a Teacher to
being a Guru’ for sensizinting the
teachers regarding the Socio-Emotional needs of the children. The session was
facilitated by Ms. Mohita Mehta Baijal, School Counselor and Career Guidance
Expert. The session was attended by all the teachers of senior section, few
teachers of middle and primary sections.
The purpose of the workshop was to equip the
teachers in understanding the dynamic psychological vulnerabilities of the
students, and how to help them during these transitional times. The
workshop started with innovative warm up activity. The activity was enjoyed by
all the teachers, Dr Ashok Pandey - Director Ahlcon Group of School and HM senior section Mr Puneet Duggal. The
workshop comprised of engaging activities like case study based role plays,
ice- breaker activities and insightful discussions. The workshop was graced
with the presence of honourable Director Ahlcon Group of Schools, Mr. Ashok
Pandey, respected Principal Mr. Sanjay
Yadav, and H.M Senior Section Mr. Puneet Duggal. The words of wisdom and
valuable suggestions by the visionary Principal Mr. Sanjay Yadav marked the
conclusion of the Workshop.
BE INTERNET AWESOME PROGRAMME REPORT
On 13th
September senior section of Ahlcon International School organized a training
programme on the topic ‘Be Internet Awesome’ for teachers of senior section, in
which Dr. Sumedha Sodhi, HOD Social Science, acquainted teachers with the
program details, implementation steps, and curriculum for sensitizing the
students to adopt digital citizenship skills. NEP 2020 declares of technology
as assisting teachers, bridging the language gap between teachers and students,
building digital libraries, popularizing language learning, and ensuring
greater educational access (specifically for differently-abled children). In
keeping this spirit alive, CBSE in partnership with Google India organized
training on ‘Be Internet Awesome, a program dedicated to safeguarding learners
and facilitators alike while exploring the online world. Post-pandemic online
learning has become an inseparable part of the teaching-learning scenario in
schools across the country and hence the need to navigate safely is paramount.
This program aims to empower users by educating them and providing them with
the right tools and information for their online safety. One critical aspect of
this commitment is also to ensure parents and students have the right tools
that they need to explore the internet confidently. Be Internet
Awesome focuses on five key lessons to help students navigate the online world
with confidence:
● Be Internet Smart: Share with care
● Be Internet Alert: Don’t fall for fake
● Be Internet Strong: Secure your secrets
● Be Internet Kind: It's cool to be kind
●
Be Internet
Brave: When in doubt, talk it out
The program resources were shared with the teachers which
included a range of specific lessons and activities for students, educators and
parents, so everyone has the tools they need to learn and participate in the
conversation. Overall, the session was extremely successful and all the
objectives were achieved.
COMPETENCY BASED EDUCATION AND REVAMPING
PEDAGOGY
Date and Day: 6th and 8th September
2022 (Tuesday and Thursday)
Venue: German Lab, Ahlcon International
School
Resource Persons’ : Mr Puneet Duggal (HM
Senior Section) and Ms. Anima Jain
The
Senior Section of Ahlcon International School conducted Continuous Professional
Development workshops on 6th and 8th September 2022
(Tuesday and Thursday). The resource persons’ for the workshops were Mr. Puneet
Duggal (Headmaster, Senior Section- Ahlcon International School) and Ms. Anima
Jain (PGT- Economics, Ahlcon International School). They discussed and
conducted numerous engaging activities on the theme ‘Competency based education
and Revamping Pedagogy’.
The
session 1 of the workshop gave an insight to the teachers into Competency Based
Education and how it can be introduced to the students. The participants were
given hands on experience in framing competency-based questions.
The
session 2 emphasised on the importance of revamping the teaching learning arena
in order to prepare the 21st century students for their college,
career and life. The participants prepared different pedagogy and instruction
sheets as per their subject domain.
The
session was thoroughly enjoyed by all the participants as it enlightened them
towards the need of bringing positive changes in the teaching learning
scenario.
WELL
BEING SESSIONS
(YOGA
FOR HAPPINESS AND FUN WITH ACTIVITIES)
“An
emotionally intelligent teacher can create a happy environment in the
classroom.”
Keeping this thought mind on 6th and 8th
September ‘WELL-BEING YOGA SESSIONS’ were held in the shooting range. Ms
Monika Shisodiya; faculty of sports department was the resource person and
conducted these sessions for the senior section teachers. The session
highlighted the importance of yoga in our day today life. Several breathing exercises
and few specific asana for teachers were shown. These yogic postures are
designed to encourage relaxation and reduce stress. Few acupressure points were
informed which helped teachers to relax their neck, eyes and body. All the
teachers thoroughly enjoyed these sessions and participated enthusiastically.
In well-being sessions ‘FUN WITH ACTIVITIES’ were conducted by the performing art
department. Mr Rakesh Dubey, Mr Rajib Roy, Mr Harimohan Sharma, Mr Dolan
Sarkar, Ms Nupur planned several joyful and engaging activities for the
teachers of senior section. Teachers selected different activities as per their
likings and enjoyed it thoroughly. It was a golden opportunity for all the
senior section teachers to re-experience their childhood. Under the abled
guidance of faculty of performing arts, all the teachers painted lovely
pictures, danced gracefully, made beautiful sculptures and sang joyful songs.
Principal Sanjay Yadav and HM senior section Puneet
Duggal appreciated this new initiative which caters to the mental and physical
wellbeing of teachers. As it is truly said, “Almost everything will work again
if you unplug it, including yourself.”
ADOBE EXPRESS PROGRAM
Ahlcon International School organized Adobe Express Training to around 34 teachers of senior and middle department teachers on 13th August 2022. As a life long learners, teachers create infographics and lesson plans. they were very excited. The Adobe resource person appreciated the tasks of teachers.
2020-2021
1. English Department
2. Hindi Department
3. Maths Department
4. Social Science department
5. Biology Department
6. Physics Department
7. Chemistry Department
8. Biotech Department
9. Computer Science Department
10. Business Studies Department
11. Accounts Department
12. Economics Department
13. Psychology Department
14. Political science Department
15. Sociology Department
16. Painting Department
17. Physical education Department
18. German Department
2019-2020
CBSE-Prospective Resource Person Program
Computer Science and
Informatics Practices
1.
DATE OF ATTENDING THE WORKSHOP :18th & 19th
February,2020
2.
TOPIC: Python Programming Language
3.
VENUE: ASN Sr. Sec. school, Mayur Vihar, Phase-1, Delhi-110091
4.
RESOURCE PERSON: Ms. Gurpreet Kaur
5. REPORT:
The workshop was an eye-opener, as it helped to overcome
various myths and assumptions. Ms. Gurpreet Kaur took up each sub-topic of
python and focused on various areas which needed special attention. It was
indeed a very enriching workshop.
CBSE Principal's Meet
‘Report
on Annual Training cum Orientation Programme for School Heads on Examination
2020’
Imparting
and gaining knowledge is like a well of water that quenches the innate thirst
of growing. Keeping the same essence, on 30th January,2020. Ahlcon International
School conducted ‘Annual Training
Cum Orientation Programme for school Heads on Examination 2020’ in the school
premises.
More
than 60 Principals and School Heads of various schools ,got an opportunity to
be acquainted with the nuances of Examination polices, rules and regulations
prescribed by CBSE for the classes 10th and 12th.
Dr
Ram Shankar , Joint Secretary (COE) and
Mr J. K. Yadav ,Regional Officer CBSE , were the chief guests of the
workshop. They guided the audience about the significance of this training
session. Principal , Ahlcon International School, Mr. Sunjay Yadav took the
baton of this training session by pouring light on the important points related
to board examination. Director –Ahlcon groups of school, Dr. Ashok Kumar Pandey
applauded the efforts put in for this session.
Report on Capacity Building Programme
"Teachers, the pioneers of
innovative education, are the pillars of this nation."
Ahlcon
International School has an indomitable approach towards the professional development
of teachers by providing a conducive environment where every teacher can kindle
the flame of inquisitiveness amongst her students. Keeping this purview in
mind, a CBSE Capacity Building Workshop was organised in the school premises,
on 19th October 2019, for the teachers in and outside Delhi. The empowerment of
the teachers took place under the learned guidance of the educational innovator, Mr.Prashant
Rana, State Co-ordinator, Sri Aurobindo Society, Rupantar.
Mr. Sanjay Yadav, Principal, Ahlcon
International School, began the educational edification with a propitious and
encouraging note that teachers need to empathize with the students in order to
improvise the teaching-learning experiences. He further added that the key to
success, in the educational arena, is to employ problem solving techniques and
make use of opportunities, thus proliferating a sustainable world.
Mr. Prashant Rana, took the session
to zenith as he expounded that the teachers are the torch bearers of colossal
glorious transformations. They are the think-tanks of ideas and the need of the hour is to
acquire zero investment teaching plans that germinate from the existing
resources in schools. The teachers were acquainted with the enquiry-led
self-learning environment that is capable of improving learning outcomes and
decrease learning gaps. He emphasized that for quality education, the teachers
should possess empathetic demeanor towards the students. He introduced the
teachers to the nation-wide education transformation programme, Zero Investment
Innovations for Education Initiatives (ZIIEI) under the aegis of Sri Aurobindo Society, as a part of nation-wide
education transformation programme- Rupantar. He reiterated that it is a
mass-scale teacher outreach initiative that aims to find the scattered,
isolated and unrecognized but effective solutions created by teachers and scale
them up to millions of government schools across the country.
He laid the foundation stone towards
building a significant relationship with the students. He emphasized that
teachers should be able to impart knowledge to students in an interesting and
effective way and thus catapult the quality of education. The teachers were
encouraged to introduce initiatives towards elevating the teaching practices
and empathy-based teacher enabled initiatives.
The workshop could efficaciously empower the teachers
as they are countrys biggest assets who can improve the quality and reach of
education. Through this workshop they could learn, adopt and create innovative
teaching and learning methods and thus tremendously transform the
teaching-learning process. It was an exemplary endeavor towards motivating the teachers to provide
unflinching and unwavering support to the students and bring forth a
magnanimous change in the education system.
Report on Swachhta Hi Sewa
campaign 2019
“The
environment is where we all meet; where we all have a mutual interest; it is
the one
thing
all of us share.”
-Lady Bird Johnson
Swachata Hi Sewa, the
Cleanliness Campaign was announced by Prime Minister Narendar Modi to emphasize
and enhance the importance of hygiene and proper sanitation among the public to
pave the way for national development. As a part of the campaign, Ahlcon
International School, conducted series of activities on 20th
September 2019 to sensitize the young ahlconites. A year long project is also
undertaken on the theme “Sustainable Innovations-Say not to Plastic” by classes
IX-XII. The school management, teachers and students participated in
the plethora of activities based on plastic waste management and reducing the
usage of single use plastic in our daily lives. The following activities/
projects were undertaken by the school across the sections:
Initiatives by Primary
section:
•
Earth saviors and valuing life: In
order to avoid usage of plastic bags, children were taught to make paper bags
and cloth bags and use them in their daily lives.
•
Swachh Bharat: A
campus walk was conducted to pick up litter on the way as one of the
initiatives towards ‘Swachhta Hi Sewa Abhiyaan’. Children were also encouraged
to talk to their family members and spread the message at their level.
•
Resolution of the
Department for the Anti-Plastic Campaign: Teachers also
contributed in the campaign by discontinuing usage of single use plastic
disposable glasses/plates/spoons.
Initiatives by Middle section:
·
Special
assembly on the theme ‘Reduce your
plastic foot prints’ was conducted focusing on
making the school campus a Plastic free with a positive,
investigative, action-packed vision for stopping
plastic pollution at source.
·
Street play on ‘Say no to Plastics’ was performed by the middle section
students in the campus to sensitized the young minds about the negative impacts of plastics on the
environment and human health. It emphasized the importance of sustainable living and the threats facing
the planet.
·
Students
took a pledge to reduce plastic pollution. The sustainable development goals set by the
UN related to conservation of Earth were also highlighted on the occasion.
Initiatives by the Senior Section:
·
Poster making on “Say No To Plastic”: Students designed poster that clearly
portray the harmful effects of plastic on our environment. They realized in the
course of making the posters that how carelessly and thoughtlessly plastics are
used in great amount in our daily routine.
·
Jute Bag Designing: Students were thrilled and excited with
an idea of designing their own bag that can be carried while going to the
market. During the group discussion after the activity, students discussed
various ways in which they can deal with this problem.
·
Questionnaire: Effective Disposal of the
Plastic Waste: A
questionnaire comprised of 7 questions based on concerns of excessive plastic
usage and effective disposal of plastics was answered by the students. The big
idea behind the conduction of the questionnaire was to make the students aware
about the need of effective disposal, reducing the use of plastics and
recycling the waste.
·
Online Survey on the usage of Plastic: An online survey on plastic usage was
conducted in partnership with a school in Germany as a part of ISA activity
“Sustainable Innovation: Say No To Plastic". The survey comprised of 10
questions based on concerns of excessive plastic usage and effective disposal
of plastics. The results of the survey clearly pointed the fact that plastic
are used only because of the fact that they are economical, easily available
and light in weight. But when they are associated as a major cause of
environmental degradation, people are ready to explore the substitutes and
reduce the consumption.
The day ended with the message to reduce
unnecessary single-use plastics in our daily lives and inspire the community to
make positive strategic steps in the same direction.
POCSO Workshop
POCSO Act awareness workshop for the teachers by Adv. Dr. Dakshita Sangwan held in the School Auditorium on 19th September,2019
PASCH German Youth Camp 2019
Birklehof Schule, Hinterzarten
PASCH German Youth Camp took place at Birklehof Schule,
Hinterzarten Germany from 11th
August to 31st August 2019. 5 German Learners from Ahlcon
International School - Kshemya , Arushi Kushal of class XI , along with Sia and
Sonvi of class X got the wonderful
opportunity to be a part of this course, as they had scored excellent marks in
the Internationally recognized Examination “FIT I & II” conducted by Goethe
Institute, Max Mueller Bhavan , New Delhi.
There were total 97 brilliant German
Learners from 15 different countries, who had brought their culture and tradition with them,
which led to humongous exchange of knowledge and perceptions amongst the
students.
A usual day at Birklehof included German classes, evening
activities like sport, art etc.,music at night, and conversations with the
housemates and counsellors. Exciting outings to places like Freiburg, Konstanz,
Titisee, Rhein and parties were the weekend attractions. The course enabled the
learners to improvise their German learning skills and prepared them for the different
German level Examinations , which was held at Goethe Institute, Freiburg. Sonvi
and Sia cleared A2 Level Exam and Kushal, Arushi and Kshemya cleared B1 Exam.
It was an amazing experience for all the students as they
made new friends across the world and gathered many unforgettable beautiful
memories!
Report on Students's Workshops
1) MATHEMATICS WORKSHOP FOR CLASS XII
An Interactive mathematics workshop was organized for Class XII
students on 2ndApril 2019.Professor Robert Garbary from Waterloo
University was invited to facilitate the session.
2) MATHEMATICS ENRICHMENT SESSION FOR
CLASS XII BY JINA EDUCATION
MR. KUNAL KUMAR an investment actuary and a finance expert
took a mathematics enrichment session for class XII students on 11th April
2019.
3) CAREER COUNSELLING SESSIONS FOR CLASS
IX- XII
A career session on the topic “Career Selection- What needs
to be your Groundwork” was organized for class IX & X. And a session on “A
Winning College admission plan” was conducted for Class XI & XII on 16th of
August 2019, by Ms. Charu Malhotra, expert career counsellor from Univariety.
4) UNIVERSITY FAIR BY LINDEN EDUCATION
GROUP
A University
Fair where 10 eminent US Universities interacted with the students and catered
their doubts about future their
prospects in US, was organized on 27th August 2019, by Linden
Education group.
Report on GCED Workshop
Digital Boards Presentations in February 2019
Digital Boards Presentation in March 2, 2019
Digital Boards Presentation in Mid March 2019
Digital Boards Presentation in April 2019
Digital Boards Presentation in April end 2019
21st CENTURY LEARNING
A workshop was conducted by Microsoft for fifteen teachers of Ahlcon International School on 25th April, 2016. The resource person, Mr. Pranshu Singhal, discussed the idea of
Design, Deploy and Transform Education.
ASL WORKSHOP
A 2-day workshop on ASL practices in CBSE conducted by Ms.
Moshumi Chatterjee was attended by Ms. Gunjan Tripathi in the premises of
Lovely Public School, Preet Vihar on the 26th and 27th of January.
It was an enriching workshop wherein important information
concerning the revision of test items was shared. Various methods to gear up
students for the ASL speaking and listening tests were discussed by way of
activities. The assessment criteria of the said exam was also dealt with in
detail.
ONLINE ELSQP SURGEY
An online ELSQP surgery was conducted by Beth Caldwell on the 8th
of March, 2016, which was attended by Ms. Gunjan Tripathi and Ms. Madhuri
Dhadhich.
The aim of the surgery was to provide a free platform to ask
questions related to the Quality Standards Framework and share ideas with
colleagues from other ELQSP Member schools.
The doubts concerning the Quality Standards Review were addressed
efficiently by the resource person. The platform also gave an opportunity for
an invigorating interaction with the English faculty of other schools facing
the ELSQP Review.
BRITISH COUNCIL WORKSHOP
A workshop on the Quality Standards Framework with special
emphasis on programme design was organized by the British Council with Beth
Caldwell as the resource person at Gurgaon on the 24th of February,
2016. The workshop was attended by Ms. Gunjan Tripathi, Ms. Madhuri Dhadhich
and Ms. Puja Raswant.
Further clarity was provided to the attendees about the all
alignment of course content to the Common European Framework of Reference.
Methodology to determine the language level of learners from A1-C2 was
discussed.
The teachers left the workshop enriched with new ideas about
framing syllabuses and course content.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
WORKSHOP
ON DIFFERENTIATED LEARNING
We
have all been there...sitting in the classroom of a professional development
workshop or in the audience at a conference, listening to someone talk
about engaged, student-centred, action-based, personalized, differentiated
(and several other descriptors!)
learning. It is a rare treat when we are actually thrown into such learning in
those experiences.
When
Nivritti and Vani walked in our midst on 9th April, little did we
imagine that they had plans for one such activity. It all began with a brief
video on climate change followed by a questionnaire to test our previous
knowledge. We were given 5 minutes to write answers which were used as a tool
to segregate us in different groups. One group was asked to write an essay on
climate change, whereas the second group had a team leader who was asked to
allot roles to the group members. The third group was actively supported by
Vani and was guided to form conclusions on the basis of an article on climate
change.
Finally,
the resource persons shared their differentiated model lesson to further
personalize the learning for everyone present there.
I think this way; we experienced it as a
learner and gain tools to use in our classrooms.
Microsoft
Innovative Showcase School
Ahlcon
International School joined Microsoft IT Academy in 2015. About 120 students
and 20 teachers of Ahlcon International School took part in E-Learning Courses
offered by a leading technology giant - Microsoft. The proud 40 Ahlconites
qualified and earned certification in Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS). Enthusiastic
teachers too earned certifications by appearing in online exams MOS (Microsoft
Office Specialist), MTA (Microsoft Technology Associate), MCE (Microsoft
Certified Educator), TWT (teaching with Technology) and WiC (Windows in
Classroom).
The
Programme Coordinator, Ms. Urvashi Singhal, HOD Computer Science, motivated and
guided both students and teachers about the programme. As an MIE, she worked on
the project “Chalkboards to Tablets – Digital Classrooms blended with BIOS and
1:1 Environment”. She guided other four teachers – Mr. Mayank Dugar for his
project “Environment and Pollution”, Ms. Leena Narang on project “Cyber
Bullying”, Ms. Garima on project “Social Networking sites” and Ms. Shweta for
her project “Digital Literacy”. She also motivated our two student ambassadors
– Karan Sharma (XI D) and Tanishq Manuja (XI C) to attend Microsoft Student
Ambassador and Educators Meet in Dec 2015 and work for the project “Tech for
those at the Margins”.
Almost
all teachers and students are using various Microsoft tools like sway, yammer,
onenote, word, excel, powerpoint, publisher, autocollage, movie maker, access,
etc. in day-to-day teaching learning activities. The Principal, Mr. Ashok K.
Pandey, appreciated the efforts of students and teachers and acknowledged their
Microsoft skills and their edge over technology. The school also earned the coveted
title of being “Microsoft Innovative
School” and “Microsoft Showcase
School”.