Teaching Quality Improvement Program (TeaQIP)

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  • Today our school education system is seriously ailing as a result of students being subjected to an autocratic way of teaching-learning process where students have no say or any contributory role in their learning process. Even if a teacher is repeatedly committing mistakes like speaking too fast, not being audible enough, not clearing pupil’s doubts, teaching too fast, not using adequate teaching aids, not coming well prepared to take the class, being too strict and harsh, or even committing child abuse; students cannot dare to point these glaring mistakes of their teachers which hamper their learning upfront. Thus in the absence of any feedback from the students the teachers continue to deliver below par teaching day in and day out. On top of that we now command this poor child to show a sterling performance in the exams. It’s like throwing a boy into the pool to judge his swimming skills without teaching him how to swim!
  • This contradiction in the teaching – learning process, and muffling of the students’ voice creates all the mental stress, academic pressure, disinterest and apathy in children towards their school education. At times the stress and frustration becomes so unbearable that children are driven to even take the extreme step of committing suicide. As per newspaper reports in the last two years 15,000 children in India committed suicide due to academic or school related stress.
  • In view of the above it is very essential to have a system in place which not only gives voice to our school children but also involve them in the process of improving the way they are taught in their class. This urgently needed intervention is surely going to bring back the excitement of learning in our children, and also keep the teachers on the path of continuous improvement. TeaQIP is designed to exactly achieve the above mentioned purpose. It’s a process by which we can on a regular basis diagnose correctly the weaknesses and strengths of our teachers as perceived by their own pupils. Based on this diagnosis we can then coach them to improve upon their teaching skills.
  • TeaQIP is a very powerful tool in the hands of Teachers, Principals and School Management who want to achieve the highest level of teaching excellence and care for our children. It is for those education providers who are eager to make learning an exciting experience for their students. TeaQIP directly helps the teachers to teach better and students to learn better. It eliminates the stress out of students’ learning experience which they suffer day to day and from exam to exam. It gets professionalism in the classroom teaching environment and causes a big change in the overall attitude of teachers towards their pupils and profession. It is for those who are not only eager but brave enough to adopt this revolutionary concept in order to convert their educational institutions into true centers of excellence.
  • TeaQIP creates a win-win situation for all the stake holders – the students, the teachers, the parents, and the school management.

BRIEF OUTLINE OF TeaQIP

  • 1. AIM :
    Aim of TeaQIP is to improve the quality of Teaching-Learning Process of any Educational Institution so as to make the educational journey most satisfying and productive for students and teachers both
  • 2. GOALS :
  • To make learning a pleasant and rich experience for students.
  • Establish a secure and constructive communication between students and teachers
  • Achieve mutual accountability in the educational process among the teachers and their pupils.
  • Strengthen the educational relationship between the teachers and their pupils.
  • Keep teachers on the path of continuous improvement.
  • Provide periodic and timely feedback to the teachers.
  • Make learning a pleasant & rich experience.
  • Help Teachers to overcome their weaknesses and leverage their strengths.
  • Accurately diagnose the weaknesses and strengths in the teaching-learning process of any institution.
  • Improve the overall academic standard of the institution.
  • 3. COLLATERAL BENEFITS :
  • The Management/Principal get a clear cut picture of the situation in the classrooms right on to their laptops.
  • Focuses the attention of all teachers towards correct teaching practice.
  • Professional satisfaction of every teacher gets vastly enhanced.
  • Opens an honest communication between the student and their teachers
  • Lets the students voice their concerns, thus relieving them of all the stress and pressure.
  • Increases the confidence level of parents and students in the institution.
  • Students take ownership of their Teaching-Learning process.
  • 4. Stage I - Students’ Feedback Protocol :
  • Students from Class VI upwards fill a well designed & easy-to-fill Feedback Form covering all the aspects of a teachers’ classroom teaching.
  • Two feedbacks of each teacher are taken – one from the lowest and the other from the highest class they are teaching.
  • Students are briefed beforehand in detail regarding the purpose and the modus-operandi of this exercise.
  • Students are not allowed to write their name anywhere.
  • 5. Stage II – Data Input, Interpretation & Diagnosis :
  • Response to each parameter in the Feedback Form is quantified.
  • All the scores are entered in the Teacher Data Sheet.
  • All the data is collated and a Data picture of teacher is created.
  • Data-picture is analyzed and interpreted to generate a comprehensive Advisory Report on strengths and weaknesses of each teacher.
  • An overall report on the status of teaching – learning process of the Institution as a whole is also prepared with suggestions for improvement.
  • 6. Stage III – Counseling Of Teachers :
  • Advisory Report of each teacher is explained and discussed individually.
  • Each teacher is made aware of his/her strengths and weaknesses.
  • Ways to remove their weaknesses is discussed in a positive manner with every teacher and also given a copy of the Advisory Report for continuous reference.
  • 7. Stage IV – Teachers’ Training & Motivational Workshop : For Two Days
  • Aim :

    • To train the teachers to keep themselves abreast and alive in order to seek new frontiers of best teaching techniques which will further the cause of making our school children yearn for more knowledge beyond the realms of our classroom teaching.

  • Topics Covered :
  • Alignment of Attitude
  • Teachers’ Role and Importance
  • Some Truths about Learning
  • Educational Teamwork
  • Classroom Teaching Techniques
  • How to make your teaching interesting
  • Non-verbal Communication
  • Importance of Students’ Questions
  • Answering Students’ Questions
  • Student Feedback Mechanism
  • Monitoring Student Progress
  • Upgrading Student Performance
  • Student related non-academic issues
  • To be on the path of continuous improvement.
  • Case Studies - For Self-Discovery & Self- Realization.
  • Practical’s and Activities.
  • 8. Note :
  • Full report of TeaQIP would be sent to the school authorities after 10 days.
  • Minimum two cycles of is required to be done annually. First after one month of start of the session and the second one month after the mid-session. However, schools are free to go for quarterly or tri-annually.
  • Details of all preparatory requirements to be done by the school for TeaQIP deployment will be sent once the proposal is accepted by the concerned school.
  • 9. Cost Of TeaQIP Execution :
  • Cost of Travel and Hospitality to be borne by the concerned school.
  • Cost of Stage I to III – For School – Rs. 50/- to Rs.75/- per student.
  • For College – Rs 100/- to Rs. 150/- per student.
  • Cost of Teacher Training Sessions – Rs. 200/- per teacher per day.
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