Teachers' training - session 1

So imagine this class: 17 students whose phones ring constantly, worse still they leave your lesson to answer them. Spitting on the floor is a perfectly normal activity and talking over people is commonplace. This class was actually the teachers of KCS, and our mission was to inspire them to think, plan and deliver effective lessons. Trust me, if you know India, you'll know this to be a massive task!

I was actually quite nervous about the job in hand. Having only just completed a year of training myself I'm far from rolling in experience. However, with more of an idea than our willing audience, and with some serious motivation Giles and I gave it a good go... And good it was! We delivered the session as if it was a lesson, introducing activities to stimulate and make them think. They all went away as experts in cell biology (my chosen subject), but significantly they left smiling, and with a range of ideas to apply to their own subjects.

We've all been on training sessions before and I'm sure you'll agree that it's easy to walk away feeling uplifted and motivated, only to lose the enthusiasm after a night's sleep. So imagine our delight at several of the teachers asking for help and mirroring our techniques just one day later... Brilliant!

With teacher training looking set to become a weekly event... Perhaps we are winning after all!

Below: pics of the teachers in action!