Workshops

Meeting the needs of diverse students is critical for creating an effective learning environment. Inclusive education values diversity and appreciates the unique contributions each student makes to the  classroom. In an inclusive environment all children with and without learning disabilities thrive. This workshop lays the foundation for working with children who have different needs and developmental level.

Displays play an important role in supporting learning in the classroom and provide a visual dimension to a concept. This workshop will highlight techniques for designing effective displays and ways to use them for promoting active learning.

This workshop will explore how media literacy is an integral part of being literate in today’s world. We will be looking at ways to integrate media literacy in the curriculum, helping students, parents and teachers become critical thinkers and mindful consumers of traditional and new media. The workshop will offer practical activities and teaching strategies for media literacy at different grade-levels.

This workshop will address the importance of parents as stakeholders and teammates, and how best to communicate with them. Issues in dealing with parents at different levels of schooling from both teachers and administrators perspectives will be discussed and solutions identified through collaborative learning techniques.

Teamwork is a part of everyday life. Great teams are energizing and productive. In an effective team, everyone understands how to contribute in ways that support team outcomes that go above and beyond what any individual could accomplish alone. This workshop will highlight stages of team growth.

Inquiry-based Learning implies involvement that leads to understanding. Furthermore, involvement in learning implies possessing skills and attitudes that permit children to seek answers to questions while they construct new knowledge. This workshop will explore ways to enhance children’s understanding and their thinking skills.

Each learner must be enabled to make meaning of what teachers seek to teach. The process of making sense of new knowledge is influenced by the students’ prior understanding, interests, beliefs and how they learn best. Learning takes place effectively in a classroom where knowledge is clearly and purposefully organized and students are actively involved in the learning process. This workshop will address strategies to make this possible.

The participants will understand the concept of a School Curriculum. They will explore the vital elements and different stages in developing an effective primary school curriculum. This short course has been designed for novice and in-service primary level teachers with one or two years of teaching experience.

This workshop will highlight strategies to teach Urdu Phonics to Pre-primary and Primary students.

This Workshop has been rescheduled

For a growing number of educators, the role that schools play in encouraging or stifling the search for understanding is far more important than questions regarding achievement as measured by test scores. This workshop will focus on ways that will enable teachers to empower children to ask their own questions, seek their own answers and challenge them to understand the complex world around them.