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 HABIB SCHOOL TRUSTS

SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

 

Intermediate English Language Proficiency Course (IELPC)

Schedule

Friday August 8 – Saturday October 25, 2008

  

S. no.

Days/ Dates

 

Timings

Venue

1.      

Friday August 8, 2008

 

 

 

 

      1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

 

 

 

    Junior Section

2.      

Friday August 15, 2008

 

3.      

Friday August 22, 2008

 

4.      

Friday August 29, 2008

 

5.      

Wednesday September 3, 2008

 

 

 

     12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

 

 

SDC

6.      

Wednesday September 10, 2008

 

7.      

Wednesday September 17, 2008

 

8.      

Friday October 10, 2008

 

 

 

 

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

 

 

 

Junior Section

9.      

Friday October 17, 2008

 

10.  

Friday October 24, 2008

 

11.  

Saturday October 25, 2008

 

9:00 am – 1:00 pm

 

Note: The Post test of the Intermediate English Language Proficiency Course will be held on Friday, October 31, 2008 at 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm (sharp).

 

 

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Summer Professional Development Programme 2008

 

 Monday July 21- Thursday 31, 2008

The ‘Intermediate English Language Proficiency Course’ will be held from Monday July 21- Thursday 31, 2008.

 

Monday July 21- Friday 25, 2008

The course ‘Teaching Mathematics Effectively’ will be held from Monday July 21 - Friday July 25, 2008.

 

 Thursday July 24, 2008

The session ‘Corrective Measures for Addressing Reading Disability’ will be held on Thursday July 24, 2008.

 

 Saturday July 26, 2008

The session ‘Moral Values Development in children’ will be held on Saturday July 26, 2008.

 

Monday July 28 & Tuesday July 29, 2008

The session ‘Selecting & Developing Teaching and Learning Material’ will be held on Monday July 28 & Tuesday July 29, 2008.

 

Tuesday July 29, 2008

The session ‘Common Errors in English’ will be held on Tuesday July 29, 2008.

 

Wednesday July 30, 2008

The session ‘Study Skills’ will be held on Wednesday July 30, 2008.

 

Thursday July 31, 2008

The session ‘Grade Wise Creative Writing Activities in English Language’ will be held on Thursday July 31, 2008.

 

Wednesday July 30 & Thursday July 31, 2008

The session ‘Rules & Regulation for Pronunciation of Urdu Words’ will be held on Wednesday July 30 & Thursday July 31, 2008. 

School Development Centre is organizing the Summer Professional Development Programme 2008. The details of the programme are given below.

Sr. No.

Date / Timings

Title of session / course

Aim / Description

Duration

Resource Person/s

Who will attend?

1.

Monday July 21 – 25, 2008

 

9:00 am – 1:30 pm

Teaching Mathematics Effectively

Focusing on Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement; Geometry and Spatial Sense; Patterning and Algebra; Data Management and Probability. Problem solving is stressed throughout the course. Emphases are placed on doing mathematics and explaining mathematics.

25 hrs / 5 days

Sadia Abdul Qadir,

Zahida Zafar

Farah Huma

Mathematics teachers of grade 3 - 8

2.

 

July 21 – December 19, 2008

 

( a - July 21-31, 2008

b - Every Friday from August till December 2008)

 

Intermediate English Language Proficiency Course

The aim of this course is to provide the teachers with an opportunity to refresh language structures and update vocabulary.

 

60 hours

2 hrs. / session

 

Anjum Saeed,

Fariha Imran,

Nelofer Saleem,

Saima Haider

Farah Huma

Teachers who are fluent but need accuracy in English Language.

3.

Thursday July 24, 2008

Corrective Measures for addressing Reading Disability

-To understand the reading process.

- To recognize that intelligent children may have reading disability.

- To identify the types of reading disability e.g. dyslexia.

- To realize that teachers’ own positive attitude may help the children overcome reading disability.

4 ½ hrs.

Mahnaz Zuberi

All teachers

4.

 

 

Saturday July 26, 2008

 

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

 

Moral Values Development in Children

The session will focus on the various moral values that should be taught to children at school level.

1 hour

Salman Turrabi

All teachers

5.

 

 

Monday July 28 & Tuesday 29, 2008

 

9:00 am – 1:30 pm

 

Selecting and developing Teaching and Learning Material

Focus will be on ‘how to choose the best material for instruction, how to make supplementary materials for the class, and how to adapt materials’.

9 hrs.

Farah Huma

All teachers

6.

 

 

Tuesday July 29, 2008

9:00 am – 11:00 am

 

Common Errors in English

Focus will be on commonly made errors in English Language.

2 hrs.

Naheed Siddique

All teachers

7.

 

Wednesday July 30, 2008

 

9:00 am – 11:00 am

 

Study Skills

The focus will be on understanding techniques to organize and present information, and produce summarizing skills.

4 ½ hrs.

Mahnaz  Zuberi

All teachers

8.

 

 

 

Thursday July 31, 2008

 

9:00 am – 1:30 pm

 

Grade-wise Creative Writing Activities in English Language.

Design for teachers of grade I – V. The focus will be on developing creative writing activities for grade I – V.

4 ½ hrs.

Aalia Pervez

English Language Teachers of grade I to V.

9

 

July 30 & 31, 2008

 

9:00 am - 1:30 pm on

 

‘Rules & Regulation for Pronunciation of Urdu Words’

The focus will be on practicing the rules and regulations in pronunciation of Urdu words.

9 hours

Nazim Khan Matalvi

Urdu teachers

 April 15, 2008

School Development Centre, Habib School Trusts is pleased to invite you for a course ‘Strategies and Skills in Social Studies’. The aim of the course is to equip the social studies teachers with necessary strategies and skills required for teaching social studies effectively. The details are as follows:

 

Structure of the course

The course consists of three sessions.

 

Session 1: Teaching Map Reading Skills’

Objectives: By the end of the session the participants will be able to:

 

  • Identify key standards of teaching map skills in geography and compare the standards with their own syllabus and teaching.

 

  • Design a lesson plan to teach students map skills (to orient a map, note directions, locate places, use scale and compute distances, interpret maps and symbols, compare maps and make inferences).

 

Session 2: ‘Teaching History as Inquiry’

Objectives: By the end of the session the participants will be able to:

 

  • Recognize the benefits of teaching history through inquiry and history as interpretations and identify the process of historical inquiry.

 

  • Design lesson plans on historical inquiry (teaching skills such as comparing historical primary and secondary sources, analyzing the evidence, summarizing and concluding).

 

 

 Medium of Instruction

English

 

 Timings

1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

  

Duration

9 hours

  

Dates

May 16, May 23 & June 6, 2008.

  

Who should attend?

All social studies teachers

  

Venue

School Development Centre, Habib School Trusts, Habib Public School, Maulvi Tameez-ud-din Khan Road, Karachi.

 

Note: Certificates will not be issued to late arrivals.

Session 3: Teaching Controversial issues     through Mystification Strategy’

 Objectives: By the end of the session the participants will be able to:

 

  • Identify key benefits of teaching controversial issues and controversies.

 

  • List some strategies to teach controversial issues. 

 

  • Discuss controversial issues through demystification strategy and design a lesson on teaching a controversial issue from their syllabus through this strategy.

 

Workshop Facilitator

Rahat Joldoshalieva

Rahat Joldoshalieva is a Senior Instructor at Aga Khan University-Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED). She teaches ‘Social Studies course’ and ‘Educational Change’ in the M.Ed. Programme. She also worked in the area of promoting Citizenship Education in 2004. In 2006, she has co-authored a book ‘Creating a Better World: Education for Citizenship and Human Rights’. In 2007, another book ‘Youth in Elections’ was co-authored by her. She also has written several book chapters and research articles nationally and internationally.

Registration fee

Rs. 600

 

 

Last date for registration

April 29, 2008

 

 

Contact for registration

 

Phone no. 5861434, 5652434-5 – Ext: 218

Email : farah.huma@habibschools.edu.pk

            saima.haider@habibschools.edu.pk

 

 Course Title: ‘Essential Teaching Skills’

November 30, 2007 – April 11, 2008

Venue: SDC

Course Schedule

  

S. No.

Days / Dates

Time

Session Title

 

1.

Friday November 30, 2007

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Lesson Planning

  • Students’ Learning Objectives.

(Cognitive Domain)

 2.

Friday December 7, 2007

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Classroom Management

3.

Friday December 14, 2007

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Setting of a Classroom

  • Use of Black boards

  • Use of Soft Boards

  • Arranging Corners

4.

Friday February 1, 2008

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Lesson Planning

  • Students’ Learning Objectives (Affective & Psychomotor   Domain)

5.

Friday February 8, 2008

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Lesson Planning

  • Stages of a lesson plan

6.

Friday February 22, 2008

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Lesson Planning

  • Stages of a lesson plan

6.

Friday February 29, 2008

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Material Development

  • Activity Sheets

  • Flash Cards

  • Strips

7.

Friday March 7, 2008

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Material Development

  • Worksheets

  • Desk Cards

  • Charts

8.

Friday March 14, 2008

 

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

 

Classroom Assessment Methods

9.

Friday March 21, 2008

10.

Friday March 28, 2008

11.

Friday April 4, 2008

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Teaching & Learning Time in Classroom

12.

Friday April 11, 2008

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Questioning Technique

13.

Friday April 18, 2008

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Examination Paper Setting

14.

Friday April 25, 2008

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

1.Reporting to

  • Management

  • Parents

  • Colleagues

2.Parents Teachers’ Meeting

15.

Friday May 2, 2008

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Performance Appraisal I

16.

Friday May 9, 2008

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Performance Appraisal II

 

                   Habib School Trusts, School Development Centre, is offering a course “Essential Teaching Skills”. The details are as follows

Content

  1. Lesson Planning

  2. Setting of classroom

(Use of blackboards, soft boards and corners of classrooms)

  1. Material development (Activity sheets, worksheets, strips, flashcards & posters)

  2. Teaching and learning time in a classroom

  3. Classroom Management

  4. Assessment for learning

-         On-going assessment of students

(Feedback on students’ day to day work, Correction tips)

  1. Assessment of learning

-         Questioning

-         Paper setting

  1. Reporting to management, parents & colleagues

  2. Parents teacher meeting

  3. Performance Appraisal

 

Duration

30  hours

Time  

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

 

Dates

Friday November 30, 2007

Thursday December 6, 2007

Friday December 14, 2007

Friday January 25, 2008

Friday February 1, 2008

Friday February 8, 2008

Friday February 15, 2008

Friday February 22, 2008

Friday February 29, 2008

Friday March 7, 2008

Friday March 14, 2008

Friday March 21, 2008

Friday March 28, 2008

Friday April 4, 2008

Friday April 11, 2008

 

Who should attend?

New / Novice Teachers.

Schools can send maximum 7 nominations.

Workshop Facilitators

  • Alia Pervaiz

  • Farah Huma

  • Mahnaz Zuberi

  • Nadira Batool

  • Nargis Alavi

  • Qazi Mohammad Saleem

  • Rubina Merchant

  • Seema Talat

  • Sheema Mehdi

venue

SDC

contact for Registration

Phone #: 5861434

Email : saima.haider@habibschool.edu.pk

 

Last date for Registration

Please send us your nominations by Tuesday November 27, 2007

 

Note: Certificates will not be issued to late arrivals.

 

 

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 und