Teachers of Pakistan International School Qatar during the training workshop.
Pakistan International School Qatar (PISQ) has held an in-house training workshop to enhance the capacity of teachers at its primary wing facility.
Held under the supervision of Vice Principal, Fauzia Tahir, four-day training workshop aimed at upgrading the capacity of teachers to secure a bright future for the students.
The first session began with a motivational lecture by the Vice Principal, Primary Wing to enhance teachers’ training.Tips were given for advice and counselling of students. The speaker mentioned the necessity of proper classroom management and the strategies to handle the discipline issues according to age level of students.
They were given a comprehensive lecture on the characteristics of young children; their strengths and weaknesses. This was suggested that the activities should be planned to enhance not only their physical and intellectual growth but social and emotional as well.
She also emphasised the importance of appropriate classroom arrangement. The teachers were also encouraged and motivated to do their job effectively by observing professionalism.
The second session was conducted by the Heads Academics of Primary Wing. The first half of the session was hosted by Fameeza Nawaz. The session was related to language skills. Several activities were introduced and the teachers were guided to launch these activities in the classroom.
Teachers were also guided to plan effective learning objectives and their implementation in the class room. A questionnaire was distributed among the teachers and they were asked to make learning objectives through a group activity.
The second half of the session was hosted by Uzma. She delivered an informative lecture about pedagogy and language skills integration. She gave useful information about problem solving skills. She emphasized to promote content -based learning and gave few activities to teachers to polish their skills.
Her classroom activity of ‘Harf kahani’ was enjoyed by the participants.
The third session was again full of knowledge. Vice Principal, Primary Wing started the day by highlighting the different learning approaches by various educationists starting from Pavlov to Simens and Downes. She emphasised the need for lesson planning by commemorating various methods of teaching.
At the end of this session teachers of all disciplines such as Science, English, mathematics, social studies, Computer, and Urdu were meant to plan and present their lessons in the light of given information. The group members from each subject used a variety of approaches—presentations, games, role plays, videos, discussions.
The best part of the course was how amazing the tutors were. They were extremely knowledgeable and pleasant. It was an opportunity for the teachers themselves to experience and try out the activities taught in the class room.
