Basic Institutional workshop with follow ups

Late.Jaikumarji Tibrewala English Medium School

Dang Seva Mandal was established by Hon’ble Dadasaheb Bidkar in 1937 and working only in remote adiwasi areas for education and awareness of swadeshi movement. They have nearly 17 schools and colleges which cater to the rural masses.

There were a few teachers from Dang Seva Mandal who had attended one of the open workshops in Integral Education. Based on their positive feedback, the management of Dang Seva Mandal approached the Foundation for arranging a workshop exclusively for the leadership group of Dang Seva Mandal. In response to this, the Foundation organized a 4 days workshop in Integral Education for the leadership group comprising of Principals, Vice-Principals and Supervisors of Dang Seva Mandal, at Abhona, Nashik. Around 31 teachers participated in this workshop 30th June to 3rd July 2019.

In addition, the Foundation organized a 3 days workshop for the English Medium School teachers of Dang Seva Mandal from different locations such as Mulher, Abhona, Peth and Otur. This workshop was held at Ambegan, Nashik. A total of 26 teachers participated in this workshop, from 29th July to 31st July 2021.

Subsequent to this 3 days workshop, monthly one-day mentoring and monitoring program (a total of 6 programs) were conducted for these teachers to give them more insights into the tools of IE to be implemented in their classrooms.

The Foundation conducted few Orientation programs for the entire teaching staff of Dang Seva Mandal to introduce them to the concepts of Integral Education.

In addition to Integral Education, the Foundation is working with Dang Seva Mandal on the Skill-development of their students.

Dang Seva Mandal’s Leadership group
Dang Seva Mandal’s English Medium

Saraswati Education Society was founded by Late. Shri. P.H. Sidhwa and his wife Late. Mrs. T.P. Sidhwa in 1949 and currently run 4 schools.

This is an on-going project where the Foundation is working with two batches of teachers of Sarasvati Education Society, Deolali, Nashik. A 3 days workshop on Basic Introduction to Integral Education was conducted for both the batches of teachers and subsequently till date, we have conducted four monthly mentoring and monitoring programs with them. A unique aspect of this workshop is that the management is also actively participating in these workshops. The management had expressed their desire that even the administrative staff and support staff should receive this kind of empowerment training and the Foundation will be soon conducting the same. In response, the Foundation conducted a few sessions with the administrative staff as well as the support staff. There is also a thought to address the leadership group as well as the parents of the students of SES. This is a conscious effort on the part of the management of SES and also the Foundation to cover all the stakeholders involved in the learning process. This will help to disseminate the essence of Integral Education to everyone concerned. The Foundation appreciates the conscious and sensitive approach of the management of SES to bring Integral Education approach to their schools.

First batch of the teachers of Sarasvati Education Society

Dr. Smita Amrute facilitated a session on Understanding Industrial Mindset

Mr. Vivek K facilitated a session on Education Today

Dr. Bhardwaj interacted with the participants

A supporting staff depicted his mood on the Mood Map

Collective aspiration

Mr. Vivek K facilitated a session on Sense Awareness

Dr. Smita Amrute and Mr. Vivek K explained how to develop sense awareness

Nature Activity photographs

Ms. Swati Mahajan facilitated the session on Tuning In

Dr. Bhardwaj facilitated a session on Teacher as a counsellor

Mr. Pramod Wagh facilitated a session on Drama

The participants performed a drama

Second batch of the teachers of Sarasvati Education Society

Mrs. Shilpa Tibrewala explained the participants the importance of Diary Writing

Nature Activity

A participant expressed her thoughts on the Nature activity

The participants discussing the topic for the Drama

The participants were asked to take a rose and some sweets from the altar

Late Shri. Jaikumar Ji Tibrewala English Medium School at Nashik Road was established in 2000 and is managed by Nashik Shikshan Prasarak Mandal.

(A total of 42 teachers have participated in this workshop)

This is an on-going project where the Foundation is working with a batch of teachers of Late Shri. Jaykumar Ji Tibrewala English Medium School, Nashik Road. A 3 days workshop on Basic Introduction to Integral Education was conducted for their teachers, from 1st to 3rd July 2022. We would be planning for a few mentoring and monitoring one-day workshops with them.

Teachers of Late. Jaikumarji Tibrewala English Medium School

Mrs. Shilpa Tibrewala addressed the teachers.

Collective Aspiration

Mr. Vivek K facilitated a session on Education Today

Participants enjoyed sharing their learning experiences

Dr. Smita Amrute facilitated the session on Understanding Industrial Mindset

Ms. Trupti Zanjad facilitated the session on The Parts of the Being

Participants explored different things through sense of hearing

Mrs. Shilpa Tibrewala shared the importance of Diary writing

Participants explored the things in the Nature

Pune Vidyarathi Girih was founded on the 12th May 1909. The Institute was founded to arrange the stay and boarding to the poor and destitute and to do everything for all the scattered students at Sadashiv Peth in the year 1920, under one roof.

Now, at present in Pune Division, the Institute has its own premises at Sadashiv Peth, a premises at Vidyanagari and at other different places from where its work is being carried forward. In Nashik Division, the Institute has its own premises at Panchwati, a branch at Talegaon-Anjaneri, Dt. Nashik, a Mhasarul branch, Tal. & Dt. Nashik, and at Mumbai Division, the Institute has its branches at Ghatkopar and Nerul, from where the work of motivation for upbringing the society through the education and other activities are being done with utmost strength with practicality.

Pune Vidyarathi Grih started “Vidya Prashala” in Nashik District on Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Road at Talegaon-Anjaneri, a tribal area in the year 1981. This project has been done with an intention to make available education for the tribal children. Now, the school has an accommodation for about 1200 students coming from hilly places having no commuting facilities. Recently, we conducted a 4 day workshop on Integral Education for their teachers. A total of 24 teachers.

We constantly strive to make our workshops more meaningful and useful for the teachers. For this, we have developed an assessment strategy in which we ask the participants of the three days workshop (both open and institutional workshops) to fill up an information form, a pre-workshop self-assessment form and a post-workshop assessment form.

There are many other schools who have contacted the Foundation after the Orientation Programs held at their schools and have expressed their wish to work with the Foundation to empower their teachers in the field of Integral Education.