BGIS Teacher Training 2022
Published On: 2022-07-19
Being competent and well-performing teacher is one of the most important resources in any educational institution. The teacher is considered the professional agent and the most directly responsible person in the process of learning; he is the one in charge of making/helping students learn and benefit or suffer from the quality of his teaching. Given this, the teacher and the quality of his teaching are always under discussion and receive prevalent importance in education.
Teachers training program is an evaluation procedures in a way to provide assurance in the teaching/learning processes. There is a need to shift from traditional-based teaching that is largely based on theoretical educational processes to a research-theory-based teaching that informs and inspires teaching practices. This is claimed to have a deep implication in education reflecting the fact that teachers should be in constant contact with research for possible future teaching innovations and incorporating new research findings in their teaching practices to improve leaning and assure high-quality teaching.
We were fortunate enough to have HG Madhumati Mataji in our campus for teachers training program this year.
The very first thing Mataji has discussed in the training program is,teachers must get their needs met. In order to teach and influence a student, teachers should not be shy or negligent about demanding from thr students those ingredients he truly needs to survive while doing his service. If a teacher cannot get hid own needs met, regardless of his educational philosophy, he will not be able to teach and his students will not be able to learn.
To ensure that one's Krsna consciousness is strong enough to minimize the stress in teaching, one should check the foundation of his own krishna consciousness by question to oneself about his/her quality of sadhana.
There was a vivid discussion about how teachers how group meetings play an important role, and also how observing an expert and skilled teacher is always inspiring. Inexperienced teachers should especially focus on the interaction between an experienced teacher and his students.
Their was also a session about empowering teachers through emotional well ness. Teachers had an activity session about Five senses worksheet. The goal of this exercise is to practice being aware in the present moment throughout the day whenever formal mindfulness practise such as meditation or a body scan might not be practical.
The most important part of the teaching session was learning about the SMART Principles-Adapted from The Art of teaching by HG Bhurijan Das. The best part of the teachers training was to understand the mood of adolescents. The most challenging part which generally all teachers face to tackle. Teachers were trained to carefully balance between being a parent/guardian/teacher and a friend. Also to be flexible about petty issues and put foot down for the serious ones.
