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THE RIGHT FACULTY

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At Podar, education is a top priority and we acknowledge that a school's faculty quality is crucial. Over 95 years, we've observed that students learn better when they're relaxed and engaged. Thus, we ensure proper staffing by using a dual strategy to secure the best teachers for our students.

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RECRUITMENT

At Podar Learn Schools, every candidate undergoes a rigorous selection process. We assess their attitudes, teaching approach, interaction with students, thinking style, and knowledge of child psychology. Additionally, we conduct both standard and custom background checks to ensure the teachers we hire meet our high standards.

OUR TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM

The Podar Education Network values continuous professional development for all employees, from school leaders to teaching and non-teaching staff. Teachnique Trainings, a branch of the Podar Innovation Centre, serves as a one-stop training solution for the network.

During the pandemic, Teachnique quickly adapted and provided virtual training programs to support the network's goal of continuous professional development. The lockdown period was used to enhance the skills and systems of leaders and teachers through various virtual training programs.

Teachnique now offers training options including Classroom Programs, Virtual Training Programs, Coaching Programs, Project-Based Training, Video Modules, and Online Content for in-school training delivery.

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Pedagogical Training

Training programs designed to develop and enhance the classroom practice of teachers across all subjects.

Theatre in Education :

Theatre in Education is a fun way of achieving learning objectives and curriculum through skills and techniques used in drama and theatre. The techniques involve the use Body-Voice and Imagination by the teacher, and subsequently by the students, to not only acquire knowledge but also its application in real life, thereby expanding curriculum into life with skills like empathy, confidence, public speaking and so much more. It equips the teachers with tools and techniques that make a classroom engaging and learning fun. The training program aims at equipping the teachers with engaging activities and games based on conceptual goals, where a student seamlessly engages in learning and application of concepts in a fun and play-way environment.

Inquiry Based Learning 1.0 :

an introductory program aimed at strategies to get students to ask more questions in class, develop their questioning skills and build their curiosity to discover and explore. Make students responsible for their own learning and make teachers responsible for students discovering.

Inquiry Based Learning 2.0:

an extension of the IBL 1.0 that takes inquiry based learning to the next level by using curiosity to engage learners in achieving learning outcomes through scientific and inquiry based methodologies.

Skills in Teaching:

Teaching is a combination of different skills that a teacher uses in the class to facilitate learning. These skills too need to be upgraded with new developments in terms of teaching learning processes.'Skills in Teaching' module is to strengthen the core teaching skills of the teachers to make the learning interesting and joyful.

Understanding Assessment for Learning:

a training module aimed at guiding teachers in identifying success criteria for desired learning outcomes of lessons and designing and using rubrics to assess the achievement of these criteria.