Presented at School Choice National Conference 2013

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Vision 2025:
Changing the Paradigms of Teaching
Maya Menon
Established in 2002

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Let's take a brief peek
into one small
'anonymous' class....
Film clip
What's wrong
with our
Teaching?

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1. Shortage of Teachers -
448 million children under 18
years and approx. 7 million
teachers
2. Untrained or Inadequately
trained Teachers
3. A Systemic Absence of
Vision, Purpose & Urgency
What's wrong
with our
Teaching?

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It is what the teacher
‘believes and does’ in the
classroom that matters
Children's
Learning
Outcomes

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The most important predictor
of student achievement is
Teacher Quality
“ Teacher represents the most
significant resource contributing to
academic achievement” (Hanushek &
Rivkin 2006)
The Impact of a
Good Teacher

7. Dr. Martin Luther King's 50 year old speech
paraphrased....
I have a dream
that one day India will rise up and live out the true meaning of its
intent: "...that every child has a right to ... education of an equitable
quality and relevance in a school which satisfies all essential norms and
standards."
I have a dream that one day, in our schools, children regardless of social
status,or economic status, caste, or creed, will be able to learn and play
together in an atmosphere of mutual respect and affection.
I have a dream that one day every Indian school, burdened by
bureaucratic neglect and guilty of inequity, inequality and lack of
opportunity, will be transformed into safe, sensitive spaces for learning
with freedom and fairness.

8. Dr. King's speech paraphrased....
I have a dream that our grandchildren will one day live in a nation where
they will not be judged by the circumstances of their birth but by their
competence and content of their character.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day, in every school and classroom, teachers
will uphold with honour, their amazing power to do the right thing for
every child, every day, and to see that no child, however
disadvantaged, misses the education that is her right.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day the best young men and women in our
country, will seek to be teachers, not just for the status the profession
offers, but for the satisfaction of nurturing India's human potential.

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Holistic development of children's
physical, cognitive, creative, social
and emotional capacities....
Conducive and large classrooms as
spaces for learning
Humane Working conditions for all
teachers
The best teachers stay on in teaching
– leading from the classroom!
My Vision 2025
for Teaching

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A National Consortium of Teacher Leaders
(NCTL)
State Consortium of Teacher Leaders (SCTL)
A Professional Cadre of 'Executive Teachers'
Initial teacher training de-linked from
awarding of qualified teacher status
Qualified Teacher Status through the Teacher
Eligibility Test & portfolio review by a locally
organised panel of teacher educators, SCTL
members & school principals
Strategy for
Vision 2025

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NCTL, SCTL – public-private partnerships
with a clear charter of objectives
5000 – 10,000 Executive Teachers per
State
Their brief - each MUST improve
teaching-learning against set goals in 10
schools within 3 years
The Reach
of Executive
Teachers

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Clear and appropriate educational
goals that help teachers to
assess and monitor student
progress.
They are a set of guidelines for
instruction, shaping and
influencing the learning that takes
place in the classroom.
Learning
Standards for
students

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Learner Development
Learning Differences
Learning Environments
Content Knowledge
Application of Content
Teaching
Standards

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Assessment
Planning for Instruction
Instructional Strategies
Professional Learning and Ethical
Practice
Leadership and Collaboration
Teaching
Standards

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Rigorous Teacher Preparation
and selection
Defined Career Pathways for
Teachers
Good Teaching
Happens
when...

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Not if....
The professional brief is
exacting and demands
accountability, action &
outcomes
Won't this result
in creating a
cadre of teacher
bureaucrats
(ITS) ?!

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What we teach...... (Zoe Weill)
The world will NOT become
what we don't teach
The World
becomes.....

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To know about change is to
know about inertia, which
is to say that sometimes
the status quo needs a
wakeup call. You can’t wait
for success, you have to
kick start it. (Fullan, 2009)
Change needs a
hefty push !

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Every teacher more enabled, more inspired!
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