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HABIB
SCHOOL TRUSTS
SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT
CENTRE
Summer Professional Development Programme
June 1 – 12, 2010
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Sr. No. |
Programme Title |
Objectives / Content |
Resource Person |
Dates / Timings |
Who can attend? |
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1. |
Introducing and Using Inquiry
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By the end of the session the participants will be able to:
- Realize the importance of inquiry for testing ideas and making new knowledge.
- Develop inquiry skills through activities.
- Plan and conduct an inquiry in groups.
- Plan students' inquiry assignments for the academic session 2010-2011. |
Farah Huma, Head, SDC |
Monday April 26,
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Tuesday May 25,
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
& Monday June 7,
2010
11:00 am – 1:00 pm |
Social Studies & Science Teachers of grade 4 - 8 |
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2. |
Teaching Primary Children to Think |
By the end of the session the participants will be able to:
- Discuss the importance of teaching thinking to primary children.
- Explore the ways of engaging children in meaningful discussions to develop their thinking and learning.
- Plan a grade-level appropriate activity to develop children's thinking. |
Farah Huma, Head, SDC |
Tuesday June 1, 2010
9:00 am – 1:00 pm |
Primary Teachers (Grade 1 – 5) |
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3. |
‘The Six Trait writing model' |
The 6-trait writing model is a way to assess and teach writing. This model focuses on 6 qualities seen in outstanding written works. The six traits include:
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Ideas 2. Organization
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Word choice 4. Sentence fluency
5.
Conventions 6. Voice |
Qamar Safdar, Assistant Professor, AKU-IED |
Wednesday June 2 & Thursday June 3, 2010
9:00 am – 1:00 pm |
Primary & Secondary Language teachers |
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4. |
Hands-on Learning in Science |
By the end of the session the participants will be able to:
- Realize the importance of hands-on activities in developing children's scientific concepts.
- Explore science activities which give children an opportunity to work directly with materials and manipulate physical objects to physically engage in experiencing science phenomena. |
Unaeza Alvi, Senior Instructor, AKU-IED |
Thursday June 3, 2010
9:00 am – 1:00 pm |
Science Teachers |
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5. |
Movies: A tool for Learning (Movie Discussion Session 1 - Freedom Writers) |
The focus of movie ‘Freedom writers' is on the innovative teaching approaches of a newly inducted teacher for delinquent students of the school. The motivational tactics, the strong determination, the patience and the effective teaching skills used by the teacher develop confidence and positive attitude in the students alongwith aspirations for higher learning. |
Shahida Ibrahim,
Senior faculty, SDC |
Thursday June 3, 2010
9:00 am – 12:30 pm
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All Teachers |
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6. |
Using Library Resources for Learning |
By the end of the session the participants will be able to:
- Discuss the ways of utilizing library resources effectively.
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Raheela Waqar, Principal, Usman Public School, O-Level Branch |
Friday June 4, 2010
9:00 am – 12:00 pm |
Primary & Secondary Teachers |
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7. |
Developing Children as Creative Thinkers |
By the end of the session the participants will be able to:
- Discuss the importance of creative thinking for success in learning and success in life.
- Explore classroom activities that promote creativity.
- Identify a topic and plan an activity in which children generate ideas, show imagination and originality, and can judge the value of what they have done. |
Farah Huma, Head, SDC |
Saturday June 5, 2010
9:00 am – 1:00 pm |
Primary & Secondary Teachers |
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8. |
Environmental Issues
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By the end of the session the participants will be able to:
- Realize environmental problems are caused directly or indirectly by the human activity.
- Discuss the impact of environmental problems on our lives.
- Recognize the importance of the role of teachers in shaping the attitude and values, commitment and skills of children needed to preserve and protect the environment. |
SUPARCO |
Monday June 7, 2010
9:00 am – 11:00 am |
Primary & Secondary Teachers |
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9. |
Climatic Change & Global Warming |
Tuesday June 8, 2010
9:00 am – 11:00 am |
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10. |
Mentoring & Peer Coaching: A Form of Professional Development |
By the end of the session the participants will be able to:
- Brainstorm the term ‘Mentoring' and ‘Peer Coaching'.
- Recognize Mentoring and Peer Coaching are processes which help individuals and institutions to learn and develop.
- Recognize individuals may best learn through observing, doing, commenting and questioning, rather than simply listening.
- Discuss the learning outcomes resulting from different coaching and mentoring relationships. |
Qamar Safdar, Assistant Professor AKU-IED and ex-Principal of Al-Murtaza School |
Tuesday June 8
&
Wednesday June 9, 2010
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
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Primary & Secondary Teachers |
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11. |
Space Technologies for Human Welfare |
By the end of the session the participants will be able to:
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Identify the space technologies.
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Discuss the role space technologies play in serving humanity. |
SUPARCO |
Wednesday June 9, 2010
9:00 am – 11:00 am |
Primary & Secondary Teachers |
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12. |
A Visit to SUPARCO's Search and Rescue, Environmental and Atmospheric Data Processing Laboratories. |
Thursday June 10, 2010 |
S. Studies & Science Teachers |
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13. |
Picture Comprehension |
By the end of the session the participants will be able to:
- Explore various types of vocabulary building and picture comprehension activities.
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Shahida Ibrahim,
Senior faculty, SDC |
Thursday June 10, 2010
9:00 am – 11:00 am |
Primary Teachers |
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14. |
Vocabulary Building activities |
Thursday June 10, 2010
11:15 am – 1:00 pm |
Primary Teachers |
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15. |
Script Checking: Feed back on Students' Written Work |
By the end of the session the participants will be able to:
-Discuss the role of script checking in enhancing students' learning.
- Brainstorm the types of mistakes students make in written work.
- Explore the basic approaches to correcting written work.
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Farah Huma, Head, SDC |
Friday June 11, 2010
9:00 am – 12:30 pm |
Primary & Secondary Teachers |
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English Language Enhancement Programme for Habib Girls’ School
S. no. |
Day/ Date |
Timings / Duration |
Activity |
Group 1
(Pre-Primary) |
Group 2
(Primary) |
1 |
Saturday
December 5, 2009 |
Saturday
December 5, 2009 |
9:00am – 11:00 am
2 hours |
Movie discussion: Movie ‘Freedom Writers’ will be shown. Followed up by a discussion. |
2 |
Thursday
December 17, 2009 |
Friday
December 11, 2009 |
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
2 hours
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Retelling a story: A short story will be shown with highlighted phrases on a screen and participants have to retell the story in a correct sequence in their own words using the maximum number of same phrases. Each participant will be given a new story. |
3 |
Saturday January 9, 2010 |
9:00am – 11:00 am
(P. Primary)
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
(Primary)
2 hours |
Guess who m I: Each participant will be given a personality to present hidden from the rest of the group. Group has to guess the personality by asking specific and relevant questions with ‘yes or no’ answers only. |
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Friday
January 22, 2010 |
Friday
January 29, 2010 |
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
2 hours |
Accident anecdotes: Each participant will think of an anecdote involving an accident or an unfortunate mishap. They will be asked to think of something that isn’t too serious and is perhaps a little humorous. |
5 |
Saturday
March 13, 2010 |
Saturday
February 20, 2010 |
9:00 am – 11:00 am
2 hours |
Discussion on ‘Creating a new society’: A large area of the country has been set aside by the current government for the development of a new nation. This area will include an invited international community of 20,000 men and women. Imagine that your group has to decide the laws of this new country. |
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Saturday March 6, 2010 |
9:00am – 12:00 pm
3 hours |
Movie discussion: A movie will be shown. Followed up by a discussion. |
7 |
Friday
March 19, 2010 |
Friday
March 12, 2010 |
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
2 hours |
Create a story: It is a whole group activity. Group will be sitting in a circle. A story will be created using a round robin structure. |
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Saturday
April 3, 2010 |
Saturday
April 10, 2010 |
9:00am – 11:00 am
(P. Primary)
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
(Primary)
2 hours |
Hot seat: Each participant will take present a famous character and interviewed by the group. |
9 |
Friday
April 16, 2010 |
Friday
April 23, 2010 |
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
2 hours |
Assessment (Retelling a story): A short story will be shown with highlighted phrases on a screen and participants have to retell the story in a correct sequence in their own words using the maximum number of same phrases. Each participant will be given a new story. |
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School Development Centre, Habib School Trusts is pleased to invite you for a session
‘Motivational Activity’.
The details are as follows:
Objectives
By the end of the session the participants will be able to:
- Discuss the importance and purpose of motivational activity in a lesson plan.
- Develop at least five motivational activities.
Note: (All participants should bring at least 5 lesson plans.)
Session Facilitator
Ms. Shahida Ibrahim is currently working as faculty, School Development Centre. Worked with reputed educational institutions since 27 years namely the City School, Fatmiyah Girls’ School and Habib Girls’ School. She is also working as a resource person in different areas of teaching and learning.
Date
Thursday October 8, 2009
Time
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Duration
2 hours
Note: Certificates will not be issued to the late arrivals. |
Content
- Motivational activity and its importance
- Link with other elements of a lesson plan
- Types of motivational activity
Who will attend?
All teachers
Medium of Instruction
English
Venue
School Development Centre, Habib School Trusts
No. of seats available
10
Last Date for Registration
Tuesday October 6, 2009
Contact for Registration
Phone no. 5861434, 5652434-5 – Ext: 218
Email : farah.huma@habibschools.edu.pk
saima.haider@habibschools.edu.pk
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Schedule
June 1 - 11, 2009 |
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S. no. |
Day/Date/Time |
Session Title |
Content/ Objectives |
Resource person |
Who should attend |
1 |
Monday June 1 & Tuesday June 2, 2009
(9:00 am – 1: 00 pm) |
How Children Grow, Think and Learn: Implications for Curriculum and Instruction |
- Learning and the factors that influence learning
- Learning Styles and its relationship with teaching styles
- Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum (DAC) and Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP)
- Theoretical views on how children learn
- Multiple Intelligences
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Atiya Zahra Hussain
Ex- Faculty AKU-IED |
Pre-primary & primary teachers |
2 |
Wednesday June 3 & Friday June 5, 2009
(9:00 am – 1:00 pm) |
Reading Comprehension |
- Issues in reading and why they arise.
- The 3 steps in reading – pre, while, and post – and their role in comprehension.
- Formal and informal evaluation techniques.
- The role of factual and inference questions in comprehension.
- Involvement of teachers in development of lesson plans based on the textbooks used in the school.
- Presentation, analysis, and critique of lesson plans.
- Myths and realities related to reading.
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Fatima Shahabuddin
English Consultant |
All English language teachers (Grade 1–8) |
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Thursday June 4, 2009
(9:00 am – 1: 00 pm) |
How to become a Health Promoting School? |
- Define Health broadly.
- Understand the concept of Health Promoting Schools.
- Explore SEHAT 1-5 a curriculum for health promotion in schools.
- Generate ideas for health promotion in their own schools using the SEHAT 1-5
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Dr. Shabnam Ahmed
Faculty, AKU-IED |
All teachers |
4 |
Thursday June 4, 2009
(9:00 am–11:00 am) |
Communication Skills (Part of Orientation Programme) |
- The skills of communication
- Types of communication in a school setting
- Issues in effective communication and ways to address them.
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Tahir Hussain
CEO, Committee for Monitoring & Improvement of Schools (CMIS), City District, Government, Karachi (CDGK) |
New / Novice teachers |
5 |
Friday June 5, 2009
(9:00 am – 11:00 am) |
Managing your Time Effectively
(Part of Orientation Programme) |
- Time management & its importance
- Time wasters
- Time management skills & practices
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Tahir Hussain
CEO, CMIS, CDGK |
New / Novice teachers |
6 |
Saturday June 6, 2009
(9:30 am – 11: 30 am) |
Readers as Leaders (Vision) |
Getting your reading done in a media saturated world. |
Abbas Hussain
Director, Teacher Development Centre |
Language teachers
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Saturday June 6, 2009
(12:00 pm – 1: 00 pm) |
Teachers as Role Models |
- To make teachers aware of their mission and status—prophets were teachers too
- To make them aware of their influence on students—it can affect them positively as well as negatively
- To make teachers aware of their responsibility in this regard
- Teachers as role models of principled and benign behaviour—being consistent
- Teachers as surrogate parents
- Examples from real life
- Lincoln’s letter to his son’s teacher
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Batool Ali
Oxford University Press |
All teachers |
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Monday June 8, 2009
(9:00 am – 11:00 am) |
Making Effective Presentations |
- Purpose of presentation
- Types of presentations.
- Elements of a good presentation
- Do’s & don’ts
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Tahir Hussain
CEO, CMIS, CDGK |
All teachers |
10 |
Monday June 8, 2009
(9:00 am – 11:00 am) |
Lesson Planning |
- Importance & benefits of lesson planning.
- Lesson planning and preparation
- Evaluation of lesson plan
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Shahida Ibrahim |
New / Novice teachers |
11 |
Tuesday June 9, 2009
(9:00 am – 11:00 am) |
Art of Teaching Peacefully |
- To help teachers develop attitude techniques, and procedures to raise self-esteem of students.
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Shahida Ibrahim |
New / Novice teachers |
12 |
Tuesday June 9, 2009
(11:00 am – 1: 00 pm) |
Making the Most of Parent-Teachers Conferences |
- Need and importance
- Parent-Teachers Conferencing Tips
- Issues, challenges, and solutions
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Farah Huma |
All teachers |
14 |
Wednesday June 10, 2009
(9:00 am – 11:00 am) |
Providing Constructive Feedback in Notebooks (grades I-VI) |
- Make the teachers understand the importance of the feedback in the note books to improve ss performance and raising standards.
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Shahida Ibrahim |
Teachers from grades I-VI |
15 |
Wednesday June 10, 2009
(9:00 am – 1: 00 am) |
Role of Laboratory in Hands-on Science Teaching |
- Recognize the importance of laboratory in developing students’ conceptual understanding of science phenomena.
- Experience the science laboratory activities that allow students to handle and manipulate physical objects to physically engage in experiencing science phenomena.
- Discuss the ways of organizing science laboratory activities for students.
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Unaeza Alavi
Faculty, AKU-IED |
All Science Teachers |
16 |
Thursday June 11, 2009
(9:00 am – 11:00 am) |
Facets of Discipline |
- Discipline and its aspects
- Education is a Discipline
- Discipline brings Freedom
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Farah Huma |
All teachers |
17 |
Thursday June 11, 2009
(9:00 am – 11:00 am) |
Providing Constructive Feedback in Students’ Notebooks (grades 7 – 10 including O-Levels) |
Make the teachers understand the importance of the feedback in the note books to improve students’ performance and raising standards.
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Shahida Ibrahim |
Teachers from grades 7 – 10 including O-Levels |
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PROGRAMMES
The School
Development Centre (SDC) offers teachers of all levels the opportunity for
personal and professional development through a commitment to programmes from
initial professional preparation to continuing professional development.
Continuing professional development is relevant to all teachers. It is about
making progress in the teaching profession — increasing teachers' skills,
knowledge and understanding.
1.
‘Once Upon a Time: Telling Stories in the Classroom’
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School Development Centre is organizing a session on “Once
Upon a Time: Telling Stories in the Classroom”. During the session the
participants will listen to stories, and learn how to tell stories too.
They will consider where to find good stories, and how to use them in the
curriculum. It will open new pathways of learning, creativity, and
wisdom for their students and themselves. The workshop will be facilitated
by Ms. Ann Nagy, a Canadian teacher, who retired from a career in special
education at both elementary and secondary levels. She obtained her
B.A. at the
University
of
Toronto
, and M.Ed. at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She has given
workshops on Storytelling and Music for various professional teachers’
associations and several
Karachi
schools during this visit and her previous visit in 2005. She has
also offered enrichment classes in the Pre-Semester Intensive English
Language Course and the Academic Support Unit for MEd students at IED.
The first session will be held at 2:00 pm. – 5:00 pm. on
Wednesday April 25, 2007 for the Pre-Primary & Primary English
Language Teachers of HGS & GAS. The venue is HGS. |
The second
session will be held at 1:00 pm. – 3:30 pm. on Wednesday May 2, 2007 for the
Primary English Language Teachers of HPS, Green Shield School & GAS. The venue
is HPS.
2. Performance Appraisals
An effective
performance appraisal system motivates employees by informing them what is
expected of them, how they’re doing, and how they can do better. It also helps
the management in making equitable promotion decisions. The session aims to
enable the participants to understand that how do performance appraisals fit
into the institution’s perspectives and what are the appropriate methods of
doing appraisals. It is a three hour session which will be held from 12:30 pm to
3:30 pm on Friday April 6, 2007 at SDC.
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3. Pedagogical Leadership Practices: Team Building
Pedagogical leadership is a more effective alternative to bureaucratic,
visionary and entrepreneurial leadership in improving schools. It develops human capital
by helping schools become caring, focused and inquiring communities
within which teachers work together as a team. The session aims
to look at the
various methods of team building. It is a two hour session which will be held
from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm on Thursday April 5, 2007 at SDC.
‘Feedback on students’ written work’
Second session on ‘Feedback on students’ written work’ will be held for the
teachers of grade IV and V of HPS from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm on Tuesday April 3,
2007 at SDC. The focus of the session will be to examine the current practices
of providing feedback on students’ written work, script checking and script
marking, and identify methods of making the learning experience of the students
meaningful for them by providing constructive feedback to them. |
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