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Habib Girls School won the 4th Under 19 Sindh Throwball Association Girls championship final held at Habib Girls School on 17 December, 2009. - The measles vaccination programme at HPS scheduled for 03.03.10 has been cancelled. - HPS won the Inter-School Invitational Basket ball tournament in the finals by 31-23 beating Beaconhouse School-Jubilee Campus. - SDC: Create a story, an ELEP session for Primary teachers of Habib Girls School will be held at 13.00 - 15.00 hours on Friday March 12, 2010 at Habib Girls School. -

HABIB SCHOOL TRUSTS

SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

Schedule
June 1 - 11, 2009

S. no.	Day/Date/Time	Session Title		Content/ Objectives	Resource person	Who should attend
1	Monday June 1 & Tuesday June 2, 2009 (9:00 am – 1: 00 pm)	How Children Grow, Think and Learn: Implications for Curriculum and Instruction		Learning and the factors that influence learning Learning Styles and its relationship with teaching styles Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum (DAC) and Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) Theoretical views on how children learn Multiple Intelligences	Atiya Zahra Hussain Ex- Faculty AKU-IED	Pre-primary & primary teachers
2	Wednesday June 3 & Friday June 5, 2009 (9:00 am – 1:00 pm)	Reading Comprehension		Issues in reading and why they arise. The 3 steps in reading – pre, while, and post – and their role in comprehension. Formal and informal evaluation techniques. The role of factual and inference questions in comprehension. Involvement of teachers in development of lesson plans based on the textbooks used in the school. Presentation, analysis, and critique of lesson plans. Myths and realities related to reading.	Fatima Shahabuddin English Consultant	All English language teachers (Grade 1–8)
3	Thursday June 4, 2009 (9:00 am – 1: 00 pm)	How to become a Health Promoting School?		Define Health broadly. Understand the concept of Health Promoting Schools. Explore SEHAT 1-5 a curriculum for health promotion in schools. Generate ideas for health promotion in their own schools using the SEHAT 1-5	Dr. Shabnam Ahmed Faculty, AKU-IED		All teachers
4	Thursday June 4, 2009 (9:00 am–11:00 am)	Communication Skills (Part of Orientation Programme)		The skills of communication Types of communication in a school setting Issues in effective communication and ways to address them.	Tahir Hussain CEO, Committee for Monitoring & Improvement of Schools (CMIS), City District, Government, Karachi (CDGK)		New / Novice teachers
5	Friday June 5, 2009 (9:00 am – 11:00 am)	Managing your Time Effectively (Part of Orientation Programme)		Time management & its importance Time wasters Time management skills & practices	Tahir Hussain CEO, CMIS, CDGK		New / Novice teachers
6	Saturday June 6, 2009 (9:30 am – 11: 30 am)	Readers as Leaders (Vision)		Getting your reading done in a media saturated world.	Abbas Hussain Director, Teacher Development Centre		Language teachers
7	Saturday June 6, 2009 (12:00 pm – 1: 00 pm)	Teachers as Role Models	To make teachers aware of their mission and status—prophets were teachers too To make them aware of their influence on students—it can affect them positively as well as negatively To make teachers aware of their responsibility in this regard Teachers as role models of principled and benign behaviour—being consistent Teachers as surrogate parents Examples from real life Lincoln’s letter to his son’s teacher		Batool Ali Oxford University Press	All teachers
9	Monday June 8, 2009 (9:00 am – 11:00 am)	Making Effective Presentations	Purpose of presentation Types of presentations. Elements of a good presentation Do’s & don’ts		Tahir Hussain CEO, CMIS, CDGK	All teachers
10	Monday June 8, 2009 (9:00 am – 11:00 am)	Lesson Planning	Importance & benefits of lesson planning. Lesson planning and preparation Evaluation of lesson plan		Shahida Ibrahim	New / Novice teachers
11	Tuesday June 9, 2009 (9:00 am – 11:00 am)	Art of Teaching Peacefully	To help teachers develop attitude techniques, and procedures to raise self-esteem of students.		Shahida Ibrahim	New / Novice teachers
12	Tuesday June 9, 2009 (11:00 am – 1: 00 pm)	Making the Most of Parent-Teachers Conferences	Need and importance Parent-Teachers Conferencing Tips Issues, challenges, and solutions		Farah Huma	All teachers
14	Wednesday June 10, 2009 (9:00 am – 11:00 am)	Providing Constructive Feedback in Notebooks (grades I-VI)	Make the teachers understand the importance of the feedback in the note books to improve ss performance and raising standards.		Shahida Ibrahim	Teachers from grades I-VI
15	Wednesday June 10, 2009 (9:00 am – 1: 00 am)	Role of Laboratory in Hands-on Science Teaching	Recognize the importance of laboratory in developing students’ conceptual understanding of science phenomena. Experience the science laboratory activities that allow students to handle and manipulate physical objects to physically engage in experiencing science phenomena. Discuss the ways of organizing science laboratory activities for students.		Unaeza Alavi Faculty, AKU-IED	All Science Teachers
16	Thursday June 11, 2009 (9:00 am – 11:00 am)	Facets of Discipline	Discipline and its aspects Education is a Discipline Discipline brings Freedom		Farah Huma	All teachers
17	Thursday June 11, 2009 (9:00 am – 11:00 am)	Providing Constructive Feedback in Students’ Notebooks (grades 7 – 10 including O-Levels)	Make the teachers understand the importance of the feedback in the note books to improve students’ performance and raising standards.		Shahida Ibrahim	Teachers from grades 7 – 10 including O-Levels

PROGRAMMES

The School Development Centre (SDC) offers teachers of all levels the opportunity for personal and professional development through a commitment to programmes from initial professional preparation to continuing professional development. Continuing professional development is relevant to all teachers. It is about making progress in the teaching profession — increasing teachers' skills, knowledge and understanding.

1. ‘Once Upon a Time: Telling Stories in the Classroom’

School Development Centre is organizing a session on “Once Upon a Time: Telling Stories in the Classroom”. During the session the participants will listen to stories, and learn how to tell stories too. They will consider where to find good stories, and how to use them in the curriculum. It will open new pathways of learning, creativity, and wisdom for their students and themselves. The workshop will be facilitated by Ms. Ann Nagy, a Canadian teacher, who retired from a career in special education at both elementary and secondary levels. She obtained her B.A. at the University of Toronto , and M.Ed. at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She has given workshops on Storytelling and Music for various professional teachers’ associations and several Karachi schools during this visit and her previous visit in 2005. She has also offered enrichment classes in the Pre-Semester Intensive English Language Course and the Academic Support Unit for MEd students at IED.

The first session will be held at 2:00 pm. – 5:00 pm. on Wednesday April 25, 2007 for the Pre-Primary & Primary English Language Teachers of HGS & GAS. The venue is HGS.

The second session will be held at 1:00 pm. – 3:30 pm. on Wednesday May 2, 2007 for the Primary English Language Teachers of HPS, Green Shield School & GAS. The venue is HPS.

2. Performance Appraisals

An effective performance appraisal system motivates employees by informing them what is expected of them, how they’re doing, and how they can do better. It also helps the management in making equitable promotion decisions. The session aims to enable the participants to understand that how do performance appraisals fit into the institution’s perspectives and what are the appropriate methods of doing appraisals. It is a three hour session which will be held from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm on Friday April 6, 2007 at SDC.

3. Pedagogical Leadership Practices: Team Building
Pedagogical leadership is a more effective alternative to bureaucratic, visionary and entrepreneurial leadership in improving schools. It develops human capital by helping schools become caring, focused and inquiring communities within which teachers work together as a team. The session aims to look at the various methods of team building. It is a two hour session which will be held from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm on Thursday April 5, 2007 at SDC.

‘Feedback on students’ written work’
Second session on ‘Feedback on students’ written work’ will be held for the teachers of grade IV and V of HPS from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm on Tuesday April 3, 2007 at SDC. The focus of the session will be to examine the current practices of providing feedback on students’ written work, script checking and script marking, and identify methods of making the learning experience of the students meaningful for them by providing constructive feedback to them.