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HIMACHAL PRADESH
Ghanshyam Kapoor
Retd. Principal
GSSS Katrain, Kullu
Himachal Pradesh
Email id: kapoorghanshyam@gmail.com
Abstracts
The key goal of a school head is to ensure that effective learning happens for every child, every
day in every classroom. The management of teaching and learning process is not enough; there is a
need to lead the teaching and learning. The school head spend more time on continuous
professional development of teachers, conducted lesson observations and learning rounds as
effective tools for bringing improvement in teaching and learning. For leading teaching-learning
process, encouraged teachers to ask higher order and reflective questions in classrooms and
encourage students to ask questions in the classroom. The school team also identified stakeholders
and partners with a view of building effective school-community relations.
I really don‘t know what to do whith this topic
After putting in 17 years of service as a teacher, I got promoted as a school Principal in 2003. Although I
underwent many pieces of training after assuming the responsibility as a school head the training under
the school leadership programme made a significant impact on my working. My experience under the
SLDP started in November 2012 when a five days workshop under the aegis of ‗Save the Children‘ was
organized by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan at Shimla. To me, it was first of its kind; it made us realize the role
of a school head in shaping the teaching and learning environment in a school. While back in my district, I
shared my experiences with the Deputy Director of Higher Education who further provided me an
opportunity to share the workshop experiences with all the heads of schools in a district level meeting.
Shortly, in January 2013, I was nominated for 45 days overseas training on school leadership in the
University of Edinburgh. This training further deepened my understanding of the various issues of school
leadership. On my return, I shared my experiences with my staff and then with the students in a span of
one week. I also got an opportunity to share my experiences and key issues for quality improvement in
schools with the Centre Head Teachers of my educational block.
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