Teacher Training Modules Offered at STTAR – Part 1
Learning is a continuous process and the knowledge providers and the teachers need to enhance their teaching skills, develop new proficiencies, and master new knowledge which in turn will help improve students’ learning and development.
We, at STTAR, recognize the growing need for teacher training in accordance with the changing needs of the society and future workforce. To be able to teach the students, we first need to train the teachers with effective skills.
STTAR Teacher training modules have been thoroughly researched and planned to bring about a gradual shift in the mindsets and competencies of teachers and to empower them in imparting quality education.
We’ll be discussing the various teacher training modules offered by STTAR in a 3 blog series. Here’s the first one talking about the first four modules. The duration of these teacher training modules is 4 hours for online training and 14 hours for offline training.
- CONTENT DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURAL PLANNING
This teacher training module deals with the principles and helps create a framework for the teaching-learning process with the teacher and the taught at the heart of it all. Reflection is an integral part of the whole process.
In addition to imparting essential competencies and skills for curriculum and content development, this training segment also emphasizes on 21st-century skills and lays stress on student’s cognitive and socio-emotional development.
Teachers undergoing this training program will acquire the requisite skills for imparting the program as mentioned above.
- INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
This teacher training modulefocusses on various innovative instructional strategies that will equip teachers with requisite knowledge and skills. The aim here is to ensure that teachers can establish suitable learning outcomes for students with varying abilities. Implementation of creative pedagogies will not only meet the individual student’s needs but also encourage them to take responsibility for their own learning.
Teachers undergoing this training program will be equipped with the latest pedagogical practices.
- ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
We provide well-constructed assessment strategies and tools to teachers so that they get authentic feedback for more effective instruction. It will help them to assess evidence of learning against clearly defined outcomes.These assessment strategies will help charter student progress and give a clear picture of students meeting educational goals and standards.
Participants attending this training program will be equipped with various assessment tools that provide productive learning opportunities and evoke exemplary pedagogies.
- DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Students learn in diverse ways and have varying needs. Understanding the learner and using the research available on developmental psychology will help address the needs of the individual as well as the cohort of learners. This module is vital as it deepens the teacher’s own awareness of the teaching-learning process, learning goals, and milestones.
This course will fortify child psychology-centric pedagogy in classrooms that help teachers in mapping the social and emotional development of students which are fundamentally linked to academic progress.
The power of transforming lives lies in the hands of Teachers and therefore, it is crucial that teachers are not just told what to teach but how to teach. Before they enter the classroom, and throughout their time in the classroom, it is pertinent that we should focus on their learning and development as much as we focus on the learning and development of the pupils.
