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You are a learning-by-doing school. How are parents accepting it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MT: Grades have fallen, so they were concerned. Students are doing well after school. How do we make our school the best in Ambala?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teachers\u2019 behavior depends on the subjects taught. We need each teacher to teach both language and science in lower classes and higher. As senior teachers you get some ego \u2013 because you teach higher classes. That is why it is important to teach junior classes. Fact of life \u2013 What society requires is important. So tenth student results are important. Getting into a good college is a must. Every child is different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have to be different \u2013 but not so much that parent cannot understand you. Important that they sit for 4th<\/sup> and 7th<\/sup> scholarship exams. A school is like a river. The flow changes, the dirt levels change. Make noise, you will get attention. Keep a constant interaction with parents of the \u2018average\u2019 kids. Every 15 days you should have an event to get the parents to come in. It could be a presentation of their work. Kids are adults in making \u2013 I had a kid who was actually my cashier \u2013 he used to collect the fees. Row monitors \u2013 get the students to correct the books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You must attend Physical education class \u2013 it activates you \u2013 it ups the teacher\u2019s energy levels. 10-15 minutes of group activities \u2013 holding hands. Touch is important \u2013 you must touch your students at least 3-4 times a day. Wish them when they are going home. Tell them \u2013 tomorrow you must finish you dabba. Tell Mamma. Or Papa. Or brother. Or grandmother. When they have tiffin you must eat dabba with them. One day in a month get food for your class \u2013 it makes a lot of difference. These are bonding activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

School teachers should have their own dress code. I have always used cotton saris \u2013 with handloom and big border. Children associate the teacher with you. If you change your dress everyday, then you become a topic for discussion. Strong make-up distracts. It also develops complexes \u2013 especially in the higher classes. We need to do more of integrating activities. Teaching is not a job \u2013 it is a life mission. All of you need to evolve your own method of teaching. You raise your family with intuition \u2013 not science. You have some basic knowledge \u2013 but rest of it is art. The same has to be used in your classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good mothers are good teachers. In Springdale, my best teacher is a 10th<\/sup> fail. Trust your instincts. What can I do for this kid? You become a leader, because it comes from within. We are one with the children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MT: What are your teaching principles?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example \u2013 In class 9, I picked up an essay \u2013 Blue Rose \u2013 from Reader\u2019s Digest. She was retarded. I taped a 5 minute conversation with a retarded child and played it. We got typed notes for the class. Kids pointed out that the kid was different. We discussed the vocabulary \u2013 but we also discussed what we can do for such children. I started a school with 80 kids \u2013 of these 14 came in merit in class 10! Make it a point to make them enter district competitions. Min 4 in a year huge parent activities should happen in a school. You should have a lunch or dinner day with parents \u2013 have it class-wise. Involving them is important. Some of the housewife-mothers can be encouraged to become substitute teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 activities \u2013 parents should sponsor some food stuff. Christmas cakes for example. Volunteers for sports day can be parents. Felicitate such parents for their help \u2013 give them gifts or certificates. In communication with parents, end with Have a great weekend.. Or hope you have to prepared for assembly. Birthdays should be celebrated. In assembly. They should come forward \u2013 and present. Should come in civil dress. Parents should contribute books to the school during the birthday. You decide what school library wants or the school wants \u2013 maybe even TV. Make use of the birthday fad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MT: Birthdays were stopped at MT because this was leading to comparisons and competition.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

School should be a true representation of society. Comparisons happen in society  – let that happen in school. We should treat each gift with the same respect \u2013 though they can afford differently. Rotate who can give gifts? Every parent should not give gifts every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MT: What do you do about hyperactive kids?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had a student \u2013 Sachin Shinde \u2013 robust child. Such kids always have a problem in the family \u2013 there is always a dominating relative. These kids are usually physically gifted. Get the kid to come in early \u2013 15 minutes of running. Drain their energy. Every 1 hour 15 minutes this person has to do physical activity \u2013 collect books, wipe the blackboard. We were always addressed by our first names \u2013 Parimal Maam or Parimal teacher. Make them the \u2018ground\u2019 leader. Watering the ground. In lessons, two types of questions \u2013 superficial and deep. Get all the superficial questions answered by these kids. These kids are physically gifted. \u2018Hardik is very good in drawing\u2019. Make them stand in assembly. Discuss in staffroom \u2013 and identify a group of kids. In teaching and medicine, there is no hierarchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MT: How do we bond better?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watching movies together or having lunch together is a good experience. We should also have school wise outings \u2013 with your own children. Get them to count the marks in the papers. I found that I was becoming dominating \u2013 my husband pointed this out in an outing. Have a management meeting once a month \u2013 give them your suggestions. Involve parents and society, you have to develop a rapport. In one meeting, I got 6 lakhs for a school building for Abhinav.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MT: We feel exhausted because of school workload \u2013 and don\u2019t have energy for student interactions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Walk briskly\u2019. Ask them to sit and stand. Ask students to put their heads down. During that time, you Breathe in and breathe out. Think of the good things that have happened before. In planning, designing student activities. When should you take a unit \u2013 weathering \u2013 do it in summer \u2013 when you can see it better. Use a picnic, to teach them about weathering. Put songs, show pictures. I used to teach poetry under the tree. We had a science day \u2013 the whole day. No teaching \u2013 only fun. Share with parents. Physical to mental \u2013 mental to physical. Younger children \u2013 put your hand on head \u2013 down. These physical diversions are gains \u2013 not losses of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MT: Students spend a lot of time complaining about each other.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can rotate the kids \u2013 put some of them in the first bench \u2013 then put them back. Some kids will require more time \u2013 because they are weaker. A school is a direct representation of family or society. Parents should know that teachers are experts. So in case of conflict, judgments are respected. They should understand that we have taken time before we have communicated with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maam\u2019s bungalow has won the best House award in India in the year it was built. Here is a photo of our teachers admiring the house:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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