SCERT J&K organizes Five-day Faculty Development Program on Design of Training and Implementation for the Teacher Educators

JAMMU, December 23: A Five-day Faculty Development Program on Design of Training and Implementation, organized by Department of Teacher Education, SCERT J&K, Divisional Office Jammu w.e.f. 19th -23rd December, 2022 under the able guidance of Joint Director SCERT Sh. Hem Raj Pakhroo, concluded here at Divisional Office, Jammu.

The program was designed for the Teacher Educators of SCERT and DIETs with the objective of developing the skills of designing and implementing the training programs among them. The said skills are required for the standardization of the training process, for uniformity in the implementation of training and to optimise the productivity of the training.

The program was tailored, keeping due consideration of the needs of the participants and their professional development. It included sessions on DOT, Design Brief, Management of Training, Designing Training Module, Emotional Intelligence, Performance Assessment, Resolving Challenges in Designing Trainings, Training Action Plan, Cooperative Learning etc. The methodology of the sessions included Hands-on activities, Group interactions, Case Study, Physical Participation, Role-play etc. The participants were assigned to prepare a Design Brief to be presented on the concluding day of the program.

The program was facilitated by the experts from different apex institutions including Dr. Sunita Zalpuri Kaul, formerly Dean and Head, Centre for Good Governance, IMPARD, Jammu, Dr. J.N. Baliya, Head, Department of Educational Studies, CU Jammu, Dr. Ritu Bakshi, Associate Prof., CU Jammu, Dr. Aman, Asst. Prof. CU Jammu, Viraj Magotra, Planning and Placement Officer, CU Jammu, Pawan Kumar Gupta, Associate Prof. Govt. Degree College (Commerce), Samba, Meenakshi Jamwal, Asstt. Prof. Govt. Degree College (Women), Parade, Jammu and Vishal Ray, In charge CBIIM, JKEDI, Jammu. All the eminent Resource Persons delivered their expertise in interactive mode, shared the requisite study material with the participants and resolved the queries raised.

Joint Director, SCERT, Jammu, presided over the valedictory function in the presence of the faculty of SCERT including Professors, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors. He impressed upon the revamping of the teacher training process by following the systematic approach to trainings. He appreciated the efforts of Teacher Education Department to take the initiative in organizing such programs for training the trainers, which are the need of the hour as the NEP 2020 is being implemented nationwide.

The program was conducted by the team of Department of Teacher Education, comprising of Coordinator Rakhi Atri, Sr. Academic Officer, Associate Coordinator, Amit Sharma, Academic Officer, Kuldeep Kumar, Sr. Academic Officer, Raj Kumar Sharma, Sr. Academic Officer, Dr. Jyoti Sudan, Academic Officer, Deepak Kumar, Academic Officer, Dr. Sabeta Kohli, Sr Academic Officer, Abha Verma, Academic Officer and Akash Khajuria, Teacher, under the overall supervision of Sh. Swaran Singh, Head AU II and Sh. Pawan Gupta, Head Teacher Education Department. The program ended with the feedback from the participants, by JD SCERT, Jammu. Vote of Thanks was presented by Rakhi Atri, the Course Coordinator.