About Session 1
As part of the Teacher Training Program held on 23rd August 2025 at Lancer Convent School, an insightful session was conducted by Dr. Shivani Wadhwa on “Aligning Learning Outcomes and Teaching Pedagogies.” This one-hour training highlighted how well-defined learning outcomes,
paired with suitable pedagogical strategies, can significantly enhance classroom effectiveness and student achievement. The session began with a discussion on learning outcomes – defined as explicit statements of what students should know, understand, and be able to do by the end of a lesson or activity. Moving beyond “What am I going to teach?” to “What do I want students to learn?” was emphasized as the key mindset shift for modern educators.
The session also explored Bloom’s Taxonomy as a framework for structuring outcomes across six cognitive levels – Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating, and Creating. Teachers reflected on how deeper learning occurs when lesson planning integrates higher-order thinking skills, not just rote memorization.
Through interactive activities, participants revised vague learning outcomes into precise, measurable statements. For instance, instead of “Students will understand the poem,” the revised outcome became: “Students will be able to identify the theme, tone, and literary devices in the poem and explain their effect on the reader.”
About Session 2:
As part of the Teacher Training Program held on 23rd August 2025 at Lancer Convent School, a highly engaging one-hour session on “Mental Wellbeing: Cultivating a Healthy Mind in a Fast-Paced World” was conducted by Dr. Silky Madan. The session emphasized the growing importance of nurturing the mental health of both teachers and students in today’s challenging environment.
The session began with a clear understanding of mental health and wellbeing, highlighting that it encompasses our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Mental wellbeing was explained as “feeling good and functioning well in daily life”, which includes managing emotions effectively, coping with stress, and maintaining positive relationships.
Teachers were introduced to the Mental Health Continuum, which shows that mental health is not a binary state of being “well” or “unwell” but exists across stages – flourishing, coping, and struggling. This understanding helps educators recognize early signs of distress and encourage timely support.
The session also differentiated stress from healthy pressure – while stress overwhelms resources and harms wellbeing, healthy pressure can be motivating and growth-oriented when managed effectively. The session concluded with a strong message on breaking the stigma around mental health through storytelling, awareness, and creating supportive school environments. Teachers participated in a “Self-Care Bingo” activity, reflecting on small but impactful ways to prioritize their own wellbeing.
About Session 3:
As part of the Teacher Training Program organized on 23rd August 2025 at Lancer Convent School for educators of the Northwest Redline Cluster, a two-hour interactive session was conducted by Dr. Parminder Bajaj on “Case Writing and Doing Research.”
This session focused on equipping teachers with the knowledge and skills to integrate case-based learning and research-driven practices into their teaching methodologies. Dr. Bajaj emphasized that case writing and research are not only academic exercises but also powerful tools for promoting critical thinking, problem-solving, and real-world application among students.
Teachers were also guided on how to use open-source platforms, government portals, and school-based action research to generate meaningful case content for their subject areas.
The session was designed to be hands-on, with participants engaging in group activities where they drafted sample case scenarios relevant to their subjects. They also discussed how classroom experiences can be transformed into mini-research projects and case studies that support NEP 2020’s vision of competency-based education.