School of Educators (SOE) is a premier centre working towards improving the quality of education by providing perfect education related resources to school Principals, teachers, parents, students, administrators, coordinators, researchers and to all other educational stakeholders. It has brought a revolution in teaching and learning practices and with the help of continuous mentoring from SOE, educators have gained an enriched knowledge on a variety of educational issues and practices. This has a direct implication for school improvement. The effort of SOE in providing rich contents on several educational activities has brought an excellence in school practices and has benefited a number of schools in the country and worldwide. SOE grapples with several educational links and provide effective tools and techniques for a successful implementation of innovative educational practices. It serves as a platform where educators can share their professional difficulties and can have a fruitful discussion with other educators for improving the educational practices. SOE promotes social networking among educators so that smooth communication can take place among educators on teaching-learning practices and thus, with a problem sharing and problem solving approach, overall educational practices can be improved.
About SOE Training Division
After
overwhelming response across the globe and over increasing demand of the
learning fraternity, SOE launched its SOE Training Division.
Aim: It aims to train school
principals, teachers, administrators, coordinators and even parents as it
believes that education is a social responsibility and that each educational
stakeholder must be trained on how to effectively dispense his/her best to
learners.Training Division
also works with an aim to prepare effective and committed cadres of educators
who can work effectively towards students’ overall development.
HOW?
SOE Training Division is imparting training in form of‘Train the Trainer’approach. It prepares master trainers
who disseminate the gained knowledge and expertise to their colleagues and
improve the capacity of their educational institutions. SOE Training Division
works towards imparting effective training on school practices
WHY?One
of the major facts that SOE Training Division has realized is that the School
Professionals run short of time due to increased burden of their demanding job.
WHAT? Keeping the WHY?fact in mind, SOE Training Division has introduced different diploma
programmes to be conducted in a distance/online mode, that can make
it convenient for school professionals as well as for other aspiring
applicants to undergo this training programme along with successfully managing
their current job.
NOTE: These diploma programmes are available both
in online mode as well as in postal mode.
SOE Training Division has introduced different diploma programmes to be conducted in a distance/online mode. These diploma programmes are available both in online mode as well as in postal mode.
SOE’s Initiative for Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) Training
The SOE’s (training division) has taken initiative for producing experts on CCE and introducing a diploma programme on CCE for the first time in the country to make an effort to translate the lofty goal of all round development of students into practice by an effective implementation of CCE in schools. Knowledge and training of CCE is a current need for all educational stakeholders especially for educators who have the responsibility of reforming teaching and learning process and introducing innovations on regular basis.
The effort of SOE to provide a leadership and pioneering training in form of diploma programme for promoting the effective implementation of CCE is a major breakthrough that attempts to elevate the status of the schools in assessing the attainment levels of the students and in diagnosing the improvement needs in teaching-learning process. Gaining an expertise on CCE would help in arriving at basic principles to guide teaching and learning practices in our schools. It is important for educators to know how the assessment of the child's learning be done in a whole range of situations and environments both in and out of the classroom. The assessment process needs to be part of the way of providing information and feedback on the extent to which the school and teachers have been successful in realizing the expected outcomes of education.
SOE’s Initiative for School Leadership (SL) Training
SOE Training Division has taken an initiative by introducing a diploma programme on School Leadership for aspiring and practicing Principals. It is a training programme that aims to prepare leaders in education. The Diploma Programme in School Leadership is India’s first transformative diploma programme that will inculcate leadership skills in school Principals so that they can exhibit excellent performance in managing and leading a school. The leadership qualities of principals will help in developing whole school processes and would help schools to become a 21st century model schools where innovations are made by principals and teachers and students undergo into a meaningful learning experiences. This training programme will deal with a number of professional difficulties experienced by school principals in leading a school and at the same time, it will make the trainees familiar with various problem-solving strategies and tools. The diploma programme is meant for the professional development of school principals. It will transform principals into successful leaders and mentors.
SOEs Initiative for Training on Multiple Intelligences and Blooms
Taxonomy
SOE Training Division has launched a diploma programme on Multiple
Intelligences in classroom and Blooms Taxonomy with an aim to prepare professionals that can
successfully apply multiple intelligences and blooms taxonomy in schools for
creating active learning environment. SOE believes that for creating active
learning environment in classroom, planning and progamme must achieve two
fundamental aims: it must nurture our students’ thinking skills and
simultaneously engage them through their preferred learning styles. Many
educators in schools are not aware of the use of multiple intelligences and
blooms taxonomy for effective learning and many of them who are aware do not
know how to apply it for effective teaching-learning process. The diploma course
on MI and BT will expose the trainees to the theoretical framework, activities,
tools and techniques on multiple intelligence and blooms taxonomy. The training
program is effective enough to train teachers in successfully introducing eight
different ways for children to be smart in learning through hands on activities . The diploma course will train the teachers in integrating multiple
intelligences and blooms taxonomy in classroom, using grid matrix for planning
curriculum based on MI and BT, assessing students’ learning on the basis of MI
and BT and using a range of thinking tools for different classroom activities.
SOE believes that for creating active learning environment in classroom,
planning and progamme must achieve two fundamental aims:
1. It must nurture our students’ thinking skills and
2. simultaneously engage them through their preferred
learning styles.
Nearly 60% of a school's impact on student achievement is attributable to principal and teacher effectiveness. These are the most important in-school factors driving school success, with principals accounting for 25% and teachers 33% of a school’s total impact on achievement.
