"The Teacher's Academy" by Learning Forward India is a Global Innovation recognised by the World Bank Education Group. It promotes building professional learning communities through social media and open-source resources, using the hashtag #HappyTeachers.
Dr Anupam Sibal highlights the role of values in education and how the life skills program prepares educators and young people for the world.
The World Ready Professional Learning Program of Learning Forward India explores the Values that help every individual prepare for life. This program inspires you by using examples of where values are already being used by children and adults in real life and shares practical tools to stimulate discussion and philosophical debate. #WorldReady
You can buy a copy of the book "Is Your Child Ready To Face The World?
1. Humility; 2. Beating The Odds; 3. It's Never Too Late; 4. Courage; 5. Handling Pressure; 6. Making Mistakes Accepting Flaws; 7. Be A Dreamer; 8. Finding Your Calling; 9. Compassion; 10. Making Others Happy; 11, Never Give Up Hope; 12. Determination; 13. Giving; 14. Be The Change; 15. Gratitude; 16. Goals; 17. Honesty; and 18. Forgiveness.
As a child, I respected my teachers — no matter the grade level. Even when they bored or infuriated me, which was most of the time, I recognized that they were necessary for my personal growth. They were part of life. We just had to deal with them.
A few of them even inspired me. We all have that experience — the handful of teachers whose names we remember decades later. The teachers motivated us and altered the trajectory of our life.
In my twenties, I developed a new appreciation for all my teachers. I came to understand that they were instrumental in making me the person I had become. Even the boring and annoying ones.
And I didn’t have to think too long when I was offered the opportunity to become one myself.
You don’t hear it often but being a teacher — in my case a college professor — was my dream job. The opportunity to inspire the next generation and give back to society.
The salary wasn’t the most important thing. It was a calling and soon it had become larger than life to me. The opportunity to help change how young people see the world. The freedom to make the job yours, and to bring a little bit of your own personality to the role.
But now, the world has caught up with me. The “dream job” has become a distant memory.
And this frightens me. Because it is happening at precisely the moment that we need to be doubling down on education and encouraging the real teachers.
A teacher is nothing more than a poorly paid administrator.
The teacher’s freedom is now curtailed. More and more time is spent on managing paperwork and navigating more and more policies, rules, and regulations. Everything is about teaching taxonomies and philosophies, learning objectives, evaluations (lots of them), writing reports, and more and more pointless meetings to discuss these meaningless issues.
Of course, we need some structure in education. But right now, it’s out of control. Everything is about standardization and homogenization.
Mind-numbing is the experience of being a teacher today. We have gone beyond spoon-feeding the students. Today’s teachers must find their way through a never-ending maze of formal procedures and mundane tasks. None of which add any value to the student experience. The students will soon forget the teachers’ names.
You spend less time teaching and inspiring the next generation. All energy is devoted to keeping the managers happy and becoming a manager yourself.
If I wanted to be a manager, I would not have become a teacher.
No wonder that the great teachers — the one’s whose names we always remember — are quitting.
And new talent? Well, “thanks but no thanks” has become the standard response.
The daredevils who defy logic and start as fresh teachers will most likely leave the lecture room sooner rather than later.
And let’s be honest. There is no real teacher who loves the managerial and administrative components of the job. So why do so many people go along with it and let it dominate their lives?
Being a teacher — a real teacher and not a manager — is a dying profession.
Only the managers survive. And no one will remember their names.
These developments are devastating. For teachers and young people.
In a digital world where everyone is wholly exposed, we need to give our children more guidance. We need more real teachers (not less).
Undoubtedly, the digital world offers many possibilities for online teaching and teacherless self-learning.
But the digital world must not eclipse the demand for teachers and education.
In fact, the digital world offers an excellent opportunity to restore the balance in education and give more room again for the innovators and the inspirators. The ones who want to understand the world and love to experiment, learn, and teach.
It’s time for action.
Our children need real teachers. The ones whose names they will remember.
Well into the first month of 2022, I thought we should note how you are doing and what we can do to help serve you better?
Last few months, I have personally been focussing on building the My Good School ecosystem, the website and the app. I hope you have had an opportunity to access the same? It would help if you did this ASAP, as #HappyTeachers have built #MyGoodSchool.
In our history of LFIN, 2021 was perhaps the most critical year, with the LFIN Academy being established, with a great leadership team with Monisha Datta at the helm, as on date we are signing up teachers for the 2022 Joy Of Learning Cohort, please email LFIN@ebd.in if you wish to sign up. We will host our online sessions on the third Saturday of the month and follow up with Connect>Communicate>Collaborate>Create monthly cycle.
Coming soon is a Well-Being Program for Teachers. If you would like to join the faculty as a Coach, get in touch with LF@ebd.in and find out how to establish yourself as a coach/mentor, there is no sign-up fee for the Well-Being Program Training; hosted courtesy Christa Campsall for My Inside Guide.
Please visit www.LFIN.Academy and explore the fantastic opportunity, experience the joy of learning with our selection of PLP Programs.
Dr Anupam Sibal Through his experience as a father, paediatrician and Group Medical Director of Apollo Hospitals Group, Dr Anupam Sibal outlines his approach to effectively getting through to children and mastering the art of parenthood. Focusing on the different values and qualities that make a good person, Dr Sibal has a hands-on approach to instil each in a child.
Is Your Child Ready To Face The World? Focusing on the different values and qualities that make a good person, Dr Sibal has a hands-on approach to instil each in a child. Exploring the crux of parenting, this book asks and answers whether your child is ready to face the world.
Abstract Dr Noella Pereira Dr Anupam Sibal's book titled "Is Your Child Ready To Face The World?" is an inspirational compilation of important values that we need to teach our children. It instils in us the importance of imbibing these values ourselves before teaching them to our children. It emphasizes the need to be humble, compassionate, forgiving, honest, grateful, and most importantly being the change that we would like to see in others. Dr Sibal through his experiences as a paediatrician and father, masters the art of conveying each virtue to his son. This book teaches us lessons for life. A must-read for all individuals wishing to make a change in today's world.
18 Chapters: 1. Humility; 2. Beating The Odds; 3. It's Never Too Late; 4. Courage; 5. Handling Pressure; 6. Making Mistakes Accepting Flaws; 7. Be A Dreamer; 8. Finding Your Calling; 9. Compassion; 10. Making Others Happy; 11, Never Give Up Hope; 12. Determination; 13. Giving; 14. Be The Change; 15. Gratitude; 16. Goals; 17. Honesty; and 18. Forgiveness.
Making Others Happy Chapter 10, narrated by Bharti Rao, Vice Principal at The Fabindia School Bali, Rajasthan, India.
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The monthly meeting of our Brewing Knowledge Club was held on the 26th of December 2021; we read three chapters:
Value of liberal arts education
Humanity must learn humanities
New Teaching and learning approaches.
We experienced good learning through the chapters. With Mr Sandeep Dutt voice in the first chapter, we learnt how liberal arts education can help a child or an individual to think, express, contribute, learn freely and excel.
In the second chapter, Humanity must learn humanities voice by Ms Bharti Rao, I must express that this could be the favourite chapter of any humanities stream student or educator. It answers how humanities help run the world and the response to the long-running debate. And the answer is a balanced one.
The third chapter tells us how the teachers must change and learn new techniques.
Our journey always goes on, so be ready for the next reading session on the last Sunday of January 2022 at 5.00 pm; you know we never break promises. I end over with the quote.
Provide us, passionate teachers
We will provide you with a good nation.
- Kunal Rajpurhit, The Fabindia School EBD Intern and Brewing Knowledge Club Volunteer
