The Buzz @ TTF

Talking about TTF
Listen to colleagues – current and past, teacher participants, Heads of Schools and donors who have all been so integral to TTF's growth and commitment to teachers.

Here we present our former colleagues, S. Vijaylakshmi and Roopa Kishen reflecting on their time at TTF.

The 2nd quarter has been busy with schools reopening and wanting their teachers to be well-equipped with skills required to face the challenges that home-learning created.

Over 160 teachers from Sunbeam Schools, Varanasi and Manthan International School participated in 2 day workshops on Jenny Mosley's Whole School Quality Circle Time (QCT).
With a focus on self esteem, collaboration, mutual trust, respect and empathy, these #TTFSignatureWorkshops enable participants to foster Social and Emotional Learning and Well-being in students and teachers alike.
Pravallika Kona from Manthan International School, Hyderabad says, "The QCT training has made me self-introspect my strengths & weaknesses. Also, by using different strategies I have learnt that I can create a fun, learning environment for my students."

Every school year offers new possibilities and ideas, particularly this year, when schools are returning to some kind of normalcy after 2 years of the pandemic.
Bearing this in mind TTF has been offering Livewire sessions which are short (2 day, 1 day or 1/2 day) workshops to enable teachers to enhance their skills and be more flexible, learner and learning-centred and collaborative in their approach.

30 teachers from Trio Tots Preschool explored the unique complexities of pre-primary students by identifying and discussing the different ages and stages of their development in a 2 day training with TTF. Mitha Srinivas, a participant, writes that she will implement her learnings from the training by 'making a check-list for activities and rework the written feedback she gives during her student observations'.

 Positive Behaviour Management (PBM), Classroom Management and Buzzing Classrooms workshops were other sessions conducted by TTF for 150 teachers from Manthan International School.
Pallabi Ghosal says she would use 'Classroom Management strategies to enhance her efficiency in class to deliver her lessons more effectively.' While Anjitha S says PBM enabled her 'to become more aware of her own behaviour towards her students & use better strategies to manage student behaviour in the classroom.'

While we have returned to in-person teacher training, TTF continues to run online workshops too. TTF completed the first year of the 2-year online Teacher Accelerator Programme (TAP) with 37 affordable private schools and over 1000 teachers. TAP aims to equip teachers with different tools and strategies to enhance the teaching-learning experiences in schools that serve the urban poor.

Ms. Tehseen Mistry, Asst. Teacher in Anjuman-I-Islam’s A. A. Khatkhatay English Secondary School, Vashi writes, "It has been 02 years since our school enrolled for the TTF Program. Initially, we were absolutely clueless about what the programme was about. But as we kept attending the workshops, we realized that the programme is proving to be very fruitful for us. All the sessions were amazing, all activity-based. We also now know a number of Online Tools that we can use to make our lessons effective. The classroom observations that were done were also very helpful - we were given detailed feedback about what was good and how we can improve our lessons. I would like to say that the TTF Program has definitely helped us realize that we can do wonders by using simple tools and resources and deliver good lessons. An amazing learning experience..!"