Paragon Charitable Trust, Mumbai, India Registered Charity

1. 1 Paragon Charitable Trust, Mumbai, India Registered Charity

2. Who we are • Education Resource Center • Working in Partnership with Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) What we do • Teacher Education: Educate women from marginalized communities to be teachers • Whole School Adoption: Run English medium schools in partnership with MCGM. Our strengths – constructivist approach, inclusion and medium of instruction - English

3. How we do it: the two pronged approach • Only those who have been through the Muktangan Pre-Service TE course absorbed as teachers • USP of TE  Free, medium of instruction English and based on constructivist approach • A network of 7 schools adding one standard every year  job opportunity • Strong ties with Government and parent community outreach

4. Some facts • Monday to Saturday work week • 9 a.m to 4.15 p.m work day (Saturday till 1.30 p.m) • 35 extra days of TPD (vacation time) • Salary bracket Rs 5,000 – 15,000/- • Tremendous opportunity for career progression • 1% attrition • A strong model of Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher Education

5. Outreach: Creating Awareness Distributed to: • each child in the 7 schools who in turn distribute it in their buildings • local political leaders • current teacher trainees • Announced in parent-teacher meetings

6. Recruitment of Teacher Trainees Process

7. Recruitment: Mapping Our needs Basic Fluency in English English Assessment (reading/writing) Open to New Methods Personal Interview Personal Interview Ensure 3 year Horizon Group Task Ability to Work in a Team

8. Create Awareness English Assessment [anx2] Invite Applications [anx1] Muktangan Orientation Scoring [anx4] Personal Interview [anx3] Shortlisting of Candidates [3 bands] Group Task Completion of Formalities Induction of Selected Candidates

9. Applications Received & called for Eng Ass: 600 to 650  WHY? 30 Percentage eliminated after English Assessment: 40% to 50% No selected:100 Percentage eliminated after PI and Group Task 60% to 70% No of Interviewers: 4

10. Need based Continuous Synergy between organizational needs and personal growth needs HOW DO WE IDENTIFY NEEDS?[ anx5 &6] HOW DO WE ORGANIZE TPD? Teacher professional development

11. In Service Training

12. In Service Training

13. Varied profile: Mostly Post graduates with some teaching experience Diwali, Christmas and May Music, art, Dance and General Awareness Teachers & Teacher Trainers asked

14. Growth Trajectory of a teacher When she joined, 2006 Today, 2012 • Education: std X pass, Muktangan teacher training • Post: Pantry staff • Responsibility: Serving fruit and meals • Education: Appearing for TYB.Sc. • Post: Trainee Faculty, Science • Responsibility: leads Science curriculum meetings in schools

15. Pre Service Training [theory+internship] 9

16. THE 5 PILLARS Muktangan educates teachers and children in the following curricular approaches: Children (trainees & teachers)learn through active exploration Active Learning Children (trainees & teachers)learn 21st century skills of team work and collaboration Collaboration Children (trainees & teachers)learn to read, write and compute in personally meaningful ways Emergent Literacy and Numeracy Offer learning experiences appropriate for the learning level of each child(trainees & teachers) Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum 16 To reveal the developmental level of each child(trainees & teachers) in each curricular area Formative Assessment