Pedagogical Plan
The Principal, WBS is the pedagogical leader and orchestrates the long term and short term academic and experiential pedagogical plan for holistic development of our students and professional capacity building for our teachers. Considering the multi- stakeholder involvement a Pedagogical Plan committee is set up at Wood Blossom School to gain perspectives and expertise for a strong pedagogy.
Goals to be achieved
Annual Goals for the academic year 2019-20:To maintain academic rigor while the focus being on teaching the child and not the subject alone:
Long Term Goal:
The schools long term goal is captured in the school vision wherein collective efforts towards building a lifelong learner in a child through fostering an environment of learning and experiences.
Implementation strategies for the Annual Pedagogical Plan:
Goals to be achieved
Annual Goals for the academic year 2019-20:To maintain academic rigor while the focus being on teaching the child and not the subject alone:
- Teach the competencies marked for this academic year through the subjects.
- Integrating subject topics across grades for inter-disciplinary learning and hands on experiential learning to actively engage the child.
- Focus is to be not just on completion of subject but subject understanding.
- Defined rubrics for assessment and definite learning outcomes and competencies for each subject and grade level
- Clear plan for teacher capacity building: Pedagogical, Subject enrichment and leadership
Long Term Goal:
The schools long term goal is captured in the school vision wherein collective efforts towards building a lifelong learner in a child through fostering an environment of learning and experiences.
Implementation strategies for the Annual Pedagogical Plan:
- Teachers to create Integrated Active and experiential lesson plans and unit plans across subjects and grade levels and get it approved by the Principal and Head of Departments.
- Each Lesson plan to include detailed Lesson objectives, Learning outcomes and competencies, Pedagogical strategies and resources.
- Walkthroughs (Classroom observation) by Principal and Heads of Departments to continuously monitor the implementation of these lessons
- Regular student feedback and exit slips.
- Consistent formative assessments in the form of Art integrated projects, exhibits, Role plays, Theatre and drama, Paper writing etc. to understand gaps in learning of the students.
- Teacher Performance Index to be largely dependent on problem based learning projects
- Teacher Capacity building and Professional Development workshops to include: Hands on workshops on active and experiential learning, learning outcome-based lesson plans, Pedagogy for inclusive classrooms, Assessment for Learning and Leadership workshops.
Annual Pedagogical Plan for the academic year 2019-20 |
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