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• Making Classrooms a Positive Experience
  

  Making Classrooms a Positive Experience

  

  If you think that an “effective classroom” is one which is quiet, dull, rigid and sombre then you’re in for a surprise. A great classroom is one where ideas flow in a constructive stream, there’s healthy discussion, a room for learning and making mistakes while also ensuring discipline is maintained.

  And the art of making sure that a teacher’s expectations from the classroom and the students’ desires are met is effective classroom management.
  
  So, how can you do this?

  • Understanding what you expect from class as a teacher
  • Learning how to implement good behaviour in a classroom
  • Techniques to make sure each child engages
  • Reinforce classroom expectations with a range of strategies
  • Manage unwanted behaviour, different responses for different situations

  
  Why is learning these strategies important for teachers? Engaging with students to create a healthy atmosphere in a classroom that ensures that students want to follow rules rather than fear them is the objective. Once your students are motivated, they’ll be eager to learn, thrive academically, and also help you teach better!

  

  

  

  
• Teacher Training For Special Children
  

  Teacher Training For Special Children

  

  Storytelling bonds us as human beings; it is in the very core of our nature as social animals. In children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), storytelling can be used effectively to help childrenmaster language skills, improve their listening skills, develop their attention span and enhance nonverbal communication.

  
  Since children with ASD find it difficult to understand the nuances of language such as sarcasm or dry humour, it is recommended that the storyteller focus on their expressions, use repetition to help develop an understanding of words, body language and emotions.

  Do remember that one must take things slow as overloading the senses could be detrimental for the children.

  
  One could start with folk tales with a good message, using props to make things interesting. Children with ASD tend to get distracted. Thus one of the best ways to keep them engaged is let them participate as it gives them a sense of belonging, grounding them to the classroom they’re in.

• Developing Emotional Intelligence: Children and Teachers Workshop
  

  Developing Emotional Intelligence: Children and Teachers Workshop

  28th September 2019

  AKHNOOR, JAMMU

  

  As an educator, I strongly recommend the need for preparing children for life rather than fretting over one board exam or an admission to an elite college or university.

  Rather than teaching ABCs…let’s focus on teaching them the ABC of thinking, develoment of cognitive and flexible thinking, and helping children develop emotional intelligence is the need of the hour.

  The facets of higher emotional intelligence are self-motivation, self-awareness, emotional control, empathy, and relationship skills.

  I conducted 3-hour brainstorming sessions for 270 students of classes 11 and 12 and 250 teachers of APS Aknoor and five other branches on 27 and 28 September on handling emotions and becoming emotionally smart individuals.

  

  

  

  

  

  
• Stress Management For Class 12th Parents
  
• Counselling Session with Parents
  

  Gender Sensitisation and Breaking Stereotypes Workshop for Children

  30th November 2019

  NEW DELHI

  

  Priyanka Reddy’s brutal rape and murder is a dire reminder of the urgent need to reform how we raise our children.

  Capital punishment and a mob mentality for immediate vengeful justice are not the solution; teaching gender sensitivity, consent, and the need for gender equality are the only ways forward.

  On 30 November 2019, I conducted two such workshops for children—one for classes 6-8, the other for classes 9-12.

  The focus of the workshops was:

  1. Gender sensitisation

  2. Understanding and then breaking gender stereotypes

  3. Learning to look beyond traditional gender roles

  What’s sad to know is that upon being asked whether they’d ever had an honest conversation about sex and gender with any adult, the children’s response was a unanimous no.

  If we don’t normalise the conversation around these vital topics, we are failing our children and the many victims and survivors of sexual assaults.