FDP 2025
Faculty Development Programme 2025
Teaching for Understanding
📅 13th May 2025 | ⏱ 7 Hours | 📍 NHPS
Facilitator: Ms. Sudarshana
Attendees: Secondary Teachers
The session focused on enabling teachers to move beyond content delivery and foster deep understanding in students. Key topics included setting clear understanding goals, identifying enduring ideas, and designing learning experiences that promote critical thinking.
Teachers engaged in reflective discussions and collaborative planning, learning how to make lessons more meaningful by emphasizing application and interpretation. The workshop highlighted the importance of inquiry-based learning and continuous assessment to gauge conceptual clarity.
Buzzing Classrooms – Creating Engaging Learning Spaces
📅 14th May 2025 | ⏱ 7 Hours | 📍 NHPS
Facilitator: Ms. Ratan Gopinath
Attendees: Secondary Teachers
This energetic workshop emphasized strategies to create vibrant and interactive classrooms. Ms. Ratan introduced innovative tools and games for the introduction, development, and closure stages of a lesson.
Teachers experienced firsthand how movement, collaboration, and fun can enhance student engagement and retention. The session also touched upon the use of music, visuals, and storytelling to make learning memorable. Teachers walked away with practical methods to transform their classrooms into buzzing learning hubs.
Communication Skills for Educators
📅 15th May 2025 | ⏱ 7 Hours | 📍 NHPS
Facilitator: Dr. V. Shantha
Attendees: Secondary Teachers
The workshop delved into the nuances of effective teacher communication. It covered voice modulation, body language, eye contact, tone, listening skills, and clarity of instruction. Teachers engaged in role-playing, mock sessions, and peer feedback activities.
The importance of empathy, patience, and assertiveness in managing students and building rapport was highlighted. The session empowered educators to communicate with greater confidence and professionalism, enhancing both classroom management and collegial interactions.
AI Pedagogy Tools for Teaching
📅 16th May 2025 | ⏱ 7 Hours | 📍 NHPS
Facilitator: Dr. Akshata (NHCE)
Attendees: Secondary Teachers
This hands-on workshop introduced teachers to AI-powered tools that can simplify lesson planning, enhance visual presentations, and personalize instruction. Platforms like Canva, MagicSlides, Plickers, Curipod, ChatGPT, and EducationCopilot were explored.
Participants learned how to create engaging presentations, generate assessments, and develop differentiated materials with ease. The workshop inspired teachers to integrate technology into their pedagogy and embrace AI as a collaborative teaching partner.
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Pedagogy in Teaching English
📅 17th May 2025 | ⏱ 7 Hours | 📍 NHPS
Facilitator: Ms. Shantha
Attendees: English Department Teachers
This subject-specific workshop explored strategies to teach English effectively through literary and linguistic lenses. The session covered elements of poetry, prose, drama, dialects, and figurative language, with an emphasis on student engagement and comprehension.
Teachers discussed pedagogical approaches such as scaffolding, phonetic instruction, and close reading. They also participated in activities that involved analyzing texts and designing creative assignments. The session enhanced teachers’ confidence in delivering enriched English lessons aligned with curriculum standards.
