The students of Grade 8 conducted an experiment to determine their individual blood group in the chemistry laboratory. The learning objective of this experiment was to familiarize the students with their blood group and also to help them understand their individual donor and recipient types. Students were excited about conducting this experiment, as they didn’t [...]
10th November 2010 The group worked on identifying the core strengths of our teacher leaders. It was an interesting interaction where we brainstormed the strengths and weaknesses of each team member. After this , the teacher leaders were identified on the basis of the following core strenghts: Relationship Builders within our Organization System Thinkers within our Organization Problem Solvers [...]
Rangoli is an ancient cultural tradition and folk art from India. Rangoli is made in Indian homes on the days preceding Diwali, for decoration and bringing in good luck. The Art and Design students’ grade 11 and 12 worked with Radhika Mitter and her daughters to learn the art of making Rangoli. They taught the [...]
After one month of working on the India Studies curriculum, MPA juniors (grades 3-6) and some students of grade 7 enacted scenes from the Indian epic “Ramayan”. The story of the Ramayan depicts the victory of good over evil, and culminates with “Dussherra”, the day when Lord Rama fought and was victorious, by defeating Ravana. [...]
During our second team meeting, members identified and discussed how professional learning teams differ from traditional teacher teams. We realized we have been a traditional teacher team, which is now moving towards becoming a professional teacher team. Teachers shared their ideas about what they thought would be the ONE essential fact which would lead [...]
When teachers and administrators have a common vision of “focusing on student success and improving student learning”, a powerful collaborative team is essential to make that vision a reality. The MPA Professional Learning Community-Focus on Learning team was created on 13th October, 2010 with the following members: Bhupinderjeet Kaur, Devneet Singh, Gagandeep Kaur, Gurinder Singh, [...]
