Teachers’ Corner 2020-21

Webinar for Cyber- Safety for IPHS staff and teachers on 28^th October 2020 by Mr. Arun Mohan, Senior System Specialist in Information  & Security & BCP Division with Electronic Government Authority, Ras Al Khaimah.

Virtual Workshop on Internet Safety for teachers and Parent Council members was conducted on 3^rd October 2020. Resource Person was Ms.Carol Mathias, Psychologist (CDA Licensed), Student Counselor and Senior Lecturer, RAKMHSU.

Virtual Teachers’ Day and Ethnic Day conducted on 5^th September 2020.

Certified Covid 19 Awareness Training and Pediatrics First Aid training was conducted by the Green Crescent Safety Consultancy, Dubai on 20^th August 2020 for staff.  Internal COVID 19 training awareness sessions for IPHS staff were scheduled and conducted on 23^rd August 2020, 29^th August 2020 and 5th September 2020.

Awareness on the MOE guidelines on school reopening was conducted on 7^th August 2020 for KG teachers, 8^th August 2020 & 9th August 2020 for Primary, Middle, and Senior Section, 15^th August 2020 for all Caretakers.

Webinar on Competency Building for Pre- Primary Teachers (Multiple Intelligences and Phonics) held on Tuesday, 7^th July 2020 at ZOOM app organized by Full Marks Pvt Ltd Delhi. The resource person to the webinar was Dr. Richa Sood, CBSE National Awardee and Anjan Ganguly, Phonics Expert.

Teaching Strateies for Children with Special Educational Needs was conducted on 5^th July 2020 for KG, Primary and Middle Section teachers by Ms. Carol Mathias, Senior Lecturer and Student Counselor, RAKMHSU.

Chit Chat Café organized for IPHS Staff in the month of June-July as a part of Mental Health well-being. It was a platform for all teaching and non-teaching staff to relieve their stress and showcase their talent.

A virtual workshop on the influence of teacher’s attitude towards student discipline during online and campus learning was conducted on 27^th June 2020.  Dr. Babu Rangarajan, Clinical Psychologist was the resource person.

The main areas discussed during the session are:

• Psychology of students
• Emotions and its 5 kinds, How emotions have an impact on behavior
• How to be the best teacher
• Behavior of the teacher in the classroom
• Ability to handle stress

It was an informative session.

Conduct Management (Classroom Discipline)-Consequences and Rewards was conducted on 17^th June, 2020.

A  Webinar on “Understanding and Implementation of Competency Based Education as per the latest CBSE circular for Mathematics teachers” was organized on 9th June, 2020 at U.A.E Time 02:30 PM- 04:00 PM. The resource person was Dr. Vishal Mohandas Panicker, Subject Specialist.

The aim is to help our educators understand how to incorporate Competency Based Education in Mathematics teaching-learning process effectively.

Cyber Safety, Mental Health & Well – being was conducted by School Counsellor, Mrs. Bitty Devasia for the classes IV to XII in the month of May.

On 28^th May 2020 CBSE, Delhi conducted a session on Stress Management.

ASSET POST Session was conducted on 30th May 2020. Ms. Priya Shiva Kumar Head – Academics & Training, Sage Educational Consultants, conducted the post ASSET session for senior leadership team

Agenda: ASSET Result (2019-20 Analysis)

An online workshop (through Zoom App) was conducted for the teaching staff of IPHS on 26^th and 27^th, May, 2020(5pm -6pm). The session was led by Dr.Lakshmi Menon, Clinical Psychologist, Sunny Speciality Center, Sharjah.

Topic: Well-Being and 9 Piece Well-being Jigsaw.

The key aspects of this program are as follows:-

• Positive thinking

• Movement
• Diet
• Laughter/ happiness
• Self esteem
• Effective communication
• Conflict management
• Work ethic
• Stress audit/ Mindfulness

This workshop basically worked on teacher’s mindset, their belief level and their entire perception towards mental and physical health. Indeed the session was very informative.

Antakshari was organized for the IPHS Staff on 34^th IPHS Birthday as a part of mental health well-being.