Witty International School, Pawan Baug proudly hosts Cambridge Professional Development Program for AS and A Level Educators[2014-2015]

CIE constantly strives for Excellence in Education. They impart quality education not only to the students worldwide but also look into the professional development for teachers. Teachers in the Cambridge global learning community work expertly in various fields. Their professional development needs to be not only flexible but also consistent in quality, easy to access and effective as a learning experience. Thus to provide a framework for continuing their teaching experience CIE conducted a two day professional development training program on 2^nd and 3^rd September,2014 for the AS and A level educators for subjects Global Perspectives, Psychology, Business Studies and Accounting which was hosted by Witty International School, Pawan Baug.  

CIE believes that the training sessions give schools opportunities to evaluate and refresh the ways in which their teachers are developing. International Trainers from UK, Ms Sandra Harrison, Ms Anne Nedham, Mr David Hopkins and Mr Craig Roberts actively guided the teachers to make sure they were fully prepared to deliver quality education. Their engaging program created a pathway so that the teachers can provide the very best learning experience for the students.  More than 80 teachers from various schools, some ranging from Nasik, Dehradun, Faridabad and few all the way from Tanzania, took part in the training to learn more about the teaching process. Educators of Witty International School were also mentored and guided by the International Trainers.

Mr Bijo Kurian, Principal of Witty International School, said, “The program has helped many teachers as they have been transformed from being just textbook driven teachers to active facilitators of learning. Teachers have turned into confident individuals as they now provide children ample space for thinking for themselves, collaborating with peers to work as teams and voicing their opinions and ideas.”

Teachers felt that the program changed their classroom practices and they now started adopting the new methodologies which was truly satisfying and enriching. “We have begun to enjoy the teaching process. Seeing our smiling faces, students feel happier attending lectures. We are confident that the academic learning of our school will now be at its peak,” said a Business Studies Educator.

CIE will continue conducting these programs in collaboration with Witty International School, Pawan Baug to enable facilitators to derive benefits of global learning.