Teachers who are highly skilled, loving and intuitive can transform a student’s learning experience.
We work with the government to build state-wide strengthening programs for current and future teachers to increase the standard of teaching in government schools across India.
WHY INVEST IN THE SOFTER
ASPECTS OF TEACHING?
(BEING LOVING & INTUITIVE)
In a 2020 study, researchers found that schools that improve students' social and emotional development-social skills, a sense of belonging, and a growth mindset, have a much larger impact on long-term outcomes than schools that focus on improving test scores, particularly for disadvantaged students.
QUICK CONTEXT
Government school teachers require more region-specific and need-based support to help students thrive.
Government school teachers often struggle to receive the right kind of training and support to attend to children’s needs and struggles. They have their own region-specific needs and challenges that need to be addressed.
While Government institutions like the State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT) departments are doing their best to help these teachers, there are thousands of current and future teachers in the state government system that are looking for better support. The SCERT has been open to collaborating with external organisations to introduce innovative practices and strategies that can enhance the support.
Our goal is to address this at scale, in a highly collaborative and sustainable manner.
HOW WE’RE ADDRESSING THIS CRISIS
We are co-designing hyperlocal, state-wide teacher training and capacity-building programs with the state and local government
We closely work with institutions like the — State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT) and the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET). Our goal is to build capacity within their teams, their current teachers and the future teachers they strengthen.
NO. OF TEACHERS IMPACTED
1.5 Lakh
STATES WE WORK IN
Delhi, Uttarakhand
& Punjab
NO. OF FUTURE TEACHERS IMPACTED
2,500+
Preparing Future Teachers with the right tools & knowledge
We have a dedicated team working in partnership with state and local government institutions to collaboratively restructure the diploma programs. We are working to ensure the curriculum in these institutions are able to equip future teachers with the right tools, methods and support to transform learning experiences in the classroom. Our goal is to make teaching an exciting and aspirational profession.
2,500+ FUTURE TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE TRAINING
PRACTICAL TRAINING INCREASED FROM 4 WEEKS TO 3 MONTHS
WORKING WITH 10 DIET DEPT. (DISTRICT INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING)
Building Sustainable Processes and Tools for Govt. Teams
We believe the only way to drive change at scale is to ensure we develop a model that can self-sustain in the long term. We are actively developing specific capacity-building programs that focus on strengthening the training and coaching teams within departments like the SCERT. Additionally, we are digitising their internal processes, and constructing frameworks that help us reach, measure and maintain the “gold standard” for teaching practices.
LAUNCHED INDIA'S FIRST TEACHER COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DELHI GOVT.
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540 GOVT. OFFICIALS TRAINED IN CONDUCTING EFFECTIVE TEACHER TRAININGS
"The trainings give us opportunities to prepare better for the classroom. All my doubts and queries are answered during the trainings and practice session. It is also a great platform to understand the work my colleagues are doing in their classrooms and learn from them. The sessions are fun, light and experiential. We feel confident after our training sessions."
REETA RYAL
COMMUNITY TEACHING FELLOW, UTTARAKHAND
Strengthening Current Teachers State-wide
We collaboratively design and conduct workshops, and teaching techniques & tools throughout the year with teachers. The topics are need-based and focus on strengthening targeted aspects of how teachers support their students inside and outside classrooms. They range from sharing innovative methods to improve student engagement, to how to build stronger partnerships with parents and the communities to ensure students are able to thrive outside school.
1.2 LAKH TEACHERS IMPACTED
2,500+ TEACHERS TRAINED
PARTNERED WITH 4 STATE GOVT.
VOICES FROM OUR PARTNER SCHOOLS WHO HELP US TEST AND EVALUATE OUR SOLUTIONS
“I feel great and supported to have an associate in the classroom. If we co-teach together, then managing the classroom also becomes easy. We get many strategies done in the class, like energizers to bring back the children's attention seem quite nice."
SARIKA CHUGH
MCD PRIMARY SCHOOL, LAJPAT NAGAR
Collaboration with SEF has been an amazing experience for us. It's a value-driven organization and each team member reflects it in their everyday work. Their customized tech-based solution, once implemented well by the government will definitely make a revolutionary shift in the space of quality education/training in India.
LOKESH JOSHI
GOVERNANCE FELLOW, GOVT. OF PUNJAB
BACKED BY EVIDENCE ON THE GROUND
The strengthening solutions we build at scale are backed by powerful data, evidence, and actual learnings from our work in local schools
PARTNER SCHOOLS WE WORK WITH
8
NO. OF EDUCATORS
45
NO. OF CHILDREN IMPACTED
1,500+
We have a dedicated Research and Learning team working through the year on improving our programs by running it through a highly immersive research and testing process.
OUR TEAM + PARTNERS
The challenge can be addressed if we bring the right minds together and work in a highly collaborative manner
Over the past 10 years, we have been finding ways to address student learning gaps through innovative teaching methods. We are a highly driven team with over 50 years of cumulative experience in teaching in classrooms and working with government school systems. Our teams are skilled and trained to build long-term, meaningful partnerships with government institutions, teachers, parents, students and communities in the field. We pride ourselves on being highly collaborative.
