TSSA ACTION PLAN for Preparation of
Year Plan for conduct of Academic Activities at District Level for the year 2014-15
AMOs review meeting was held
on 14th July 2014 at SPO Telangana state, Hyderabad. The AMOs of the
10 districts was present and discussed on the following academic programmes and
activities to be conducted for the year
2014-15.
Effective
Implementation of Learning Enhancement Programme (LEP) in the Schools
“Each school should
focus on effective implementation of Components of LEP in the elementary
schools of the State as a Quality initiative of the State. The intent of the LEP
and its programme components should reach the school point’’. The components of
LEP are as follows, where the follow up action has to be taken by the DPOs for
its effective implementation in the schools
1.
Ensuring children to achieve Class specific, subject specific essential
learning competencies, attainment of Expected outcomes (as
per the Academic Standards prepared by SCERT).
Ø
A baseline test in the form of diagnostic in
nature shall be conducted on the
first working day of the academic year
Ø
Students lacking behind in different
competencies have to be identified
Ø
Remedial teaching in extended hours to those
children who are lacking shall be planned along with regular curriculum.
Ø
Learning Progress of such children have to be
recorded periodically in terms basic skills acquired.
Ø
The concerned school HM shall monitor the
progress of each child and the folow up measures taken by the concerned
teacher.
Ø
In mother tongue and languages communication
skills and Reading skills have to be
emphasized and practiced.
Ø Problem-solving skills in Arithmetic and Science have to be
encouraged through practice and hands on experience method.
Ø Social adjustment and co-operative skills to be entertained in class
room transaction through social sciences.
Ø Self-management and co-operative skills through Art, Work, Physical
and health education.
2.
Improved Teaching Learning Processes through
Ø 100% utilization of learning time, adopting child
centered class room practices and Engagement of children by Time-on-task.
o Ensure adequate
teacher preparation (Unit plan/lesson plan, Teaching learning materials, and
worksheets/activity sheets) before teacher enters into the classroom.
o Regular monitoring of
teaching plans, discussions with the Staff on plans.
o Regular classroom
observation by HM/MEO and school complex HM, ensure whether the classroom
teaching and plan of the teacher comprises the elements of child centered
pedagogy viz. Activity approach, discovery, exploration, experiments,
discussions etc.
o Ensure the teaching
done in the classroom based on teaching plans.
o Reviews
and discussions between HM and staff on classroom teaching.
o Ensure
the implementation of time table; ensure that the teachers take classes as per
time table, even in multigrade schools.
o Do
not allow cell phone and visitors into the class.
3.
Improved Assessment Procedures
Ø
Focus on specific Academic standards,
Ø
Adopting different means of evaluation - Oral
& Written.
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Conducting Children Talent tests,
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Child portfolios, Maintaining Anecdotal Records, projects, teachers’ observation in
harmony with Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE)
Ø
Implementation of schedule of Formative and
Summative Tests.
Ø
Regular recording of marks and grades in the
prescribed registers
Ø
Regular reporting to parents.
Ø
Making remedial teaching as a part of
teaching.
4.
Setting up of Performance Indicators for Institutions and
Individuals making Teacher, Head Master,
School complex, MEO accountable with role clarity and increasing transparency
in the system.
Ø Finalization of
performance indicators at different levels and evolving of performance
appraisal system on quarterly basis.
Ø The
performance of the teachers has to be appraised quarterly by HM; the HM by MEOs
and MEOs and School complex HMs by Dy. EOs/DIET/DPO.
Ø Making
performance indicators available at every level or by placing them in DPO website for downloading of formats.
Ø Evolving
of feedback mechanism and follow up system to improve the performance through
regular appraisal by online.
5.
Improved participation of parents and community
Ø
making SMCs functional and vibrant
Ø
community participates in school matters,
Ø
Demonstration of the performance of the
children to SMC members,
Ø
Monitoring attendance of pupil,
Ø Monitoring of Utilization of grants,
Ø Monitoring of mid-day meals,
Ø Involving in the Preparation
of School Development Plan.
·
The School complex HMs/MEOs shall take
participate in the SMC meetings.
·
SMC meetings shall find importance in the
review meetings, their voice may be heard by organizing SMC fourms at mandal
and district level.
6.
Implementation of Academic activities
Making every school implement certain activities in the schools to develop good
habits, values among the children and to bring all round development of the
child.
Ø
Wall Magazine/Learning walls,
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School Postbox, Honesty Box,
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Children Clubs, Children Diary etc.,
Ø
innovative activities such as Weather
Station, Compost Pit, Free Plastic zone,
7.
Talent Search Activities etc. Like Organization of National and
International importance events/days in the schools.
8.
Implementation of READ programme (READ, ENJOY AND DEVELOP)
Ø
To develop reading habits among the children
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Develop School Library and class specific
libraries with graded material.
Ø
Issue of books to the children to promote
reading
Ø
Encourage children to take the library books
to home to promote reading habits in leisure time
Ø
Use children literature available in the school
for Teaching languages.
Ø
Collect unused books from the society
Ø
One period shall be provided in the school
time-table for reading.
Ø Celebration of “PATANOTSAVAM”
from 14th to 21st November during Library week.
Ø Conduct of Book
reviews
Ø Developing reading
clubs in the schools, School complexes and in MRCs.
Ø In the review
meetings, the implementation of school activities, innovative activities, Read
programme, children talent search activities shall find place in the agenda and
in their school visits and school inspection.
9.
Inclusion in Education: The
aim of the inclusion in schools is to to address the issues of equity
& equality in schools and in classroom process
Ø
Implementation of inclusive practices shall
be ensured in every school. Ever school
should adopt Zero rejection policy i.e under any circumstances the school age
children shall not be excluded from the schooling process in the name of
region, religion, language, community,
sex, or any other reason.
Ø
Under
Inclusion in Schools, different forms
of inclusion such as Social inclusion, academic inclusion,
gender inclusion, inclusion of CWSN are the major issues. The classroom
practices and school practices shall be conscious about various aspects of
inclusion and take necessary steps to implement them.
Ø Three elementary model schools in each mandal
across the State are adopted and the philosophy of ‘Inclusion in Education’ is fully implemented. From 2014
– 15, this programme is scaled up to 6 schools per mandal.
10. Development of School
Leadership
Ø To transforming the schools as effective
learning organization.
Ø Developing visionary leadership among school Heads and
teachers
Ø Give scope for
innovations in the school practices.
Ø The
Monitoring officers
11. Strengthen of Monitoring – State Level, District
Level and Mandal Level.
Ø Intensifying the regular
monitoring of schools
Ø focus on academic
improvement and well being of the child.
Ø adopt strategies of
Mentoring, Coaching
Ø build quality
relationships, Trust,
Ø leading the Change in
academic innovations.
Who should monitor
Ø Monitor schools by
constituting special Teams at different
levels to conduct academic audits for
every quarter.
12. Development of Elementary Model Schools
Ø centres of Academic
excellence, trend setters, center for Innovative school and academic practices.
Ø Increase three to six
model elementary schools in each mandal.
Ø Identification of
three more model schools which have good potential to be called as model.
Ø Care shall be taken
all Academic programmes, and progressive classroom pedagogical practices shall
be implemented in the schools.
Ø The
good practices in these schools shall be disseminated across the districts.
II. Preparation of District
Action Plan for implementing of LEP activities & Quality improvement strategies
along with time plan
III. Launch of PRERANA
programme in all elementary schools:
·
It is a three Months
academic programme to develop 3’R’s among the children of Class III to VIII in
all elementary schools in the State. The main aim of the programme is to no
child should be left out without acquiring basic reading, writing and
arithmetic skills by end of October, 2014.
·
The teachers have to
identify the children who lacks basic skills and have to undertake the remedial
teaching by attending their deficiencies on individual basis through tutoring,
practice during school hours and in extended hours.
·
Every fortnight the
progress of such children shall be
recorded.
IV.
Highlighted
the findings of ASER, National Achievement Survey of classes III, V and VIII and
the followup action to improve the academic standards in the schools.
In the
meeting, the following issues are also discussed.
1.
Ensuring of ROTs in
all School Complexes.
2.
Submission of AMOs, their
monthly monitoring reports to SPO before 5th of every month.
3.
Submission of the
district Action plan for the year 2014-15 (budget) to SPO.
4.
Need of Every District to
highlight &prioritize district specific activities for effective implementation
of academic activities along with time line.
5.
Communicating of Visit
reports of monitoring officers to every
school through MEOs.
6.
Progress of children
performance made during Class readiness programme in the prescribed from school
point & its consolidation and communicating to SPO.
7.
Organising the school
complex meetings and review of the progress of Activities at school complex
level.
8.
Need of strengthening
of school complexes as resource centers, and need of monitoring of attached
schools by school complex HM.
SAMO
