Leadership

Here we stand, infants overblown… Itching for something to happen. To tip us one way or the other. Groping in the dark for a helping hand. I’m tired oh, my God, I’m tired, I’m tired of hanging in the middle way. But where can I go? This…

Leadership … a ten letter word whose literal, contextual and practical understanding has, and continues to stump billions… Huge tomes, articles, videos, case studies have made us wiser, yet brought into sharp relief the wide gulf between…

Some tips for School Principals who currently face the challenges and complexities of the role, and those who might be thinking of taking up a higher role School principals are bombarded daily with the constant attack of urgent demands and…

Henry von Dyke has said about teachers and teaching – ‘There you have the worst paid and the best rewarded of vocations. Do not enter it unless you love it. For the vast majority of men and women it has no promise of wealth and fame, but…

In thirty years of my teaching experience, I have come to understand that this vocation has many faces… As many as we ourselves. It has the different shades of parenting and various roles to play. The supervisor in class and a friend in the…

Since the inception of formal education system in India and abroad the teacher’s role has been of paramount significance. During the last few decades due to much shift in teaching-learning paradigm, the role of a teacher too has undergone a…

‘The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.’ A teacher has the power to transform souls and touch someone’s life in a positive way. It is one of the noblest of…

Do you know of any good teacher for English? I need one desperately. We are just not able to get a teacher for Maths. Please tell me if you know of one. Of the 250 applications we received, we have been able to short list barely 20. We have…

Objectively speaking, teaching is one of the five top most stressful careers in the world. In a single hour, we have to play many different roles: nurse, baby sitter, counsellor, administrator, parental doormat and may be if we’re lucky -…

Why is it important to become the best teacher? Positive teacher-student relationships draw students into the process of learning and promote their desire to learn. It is evident that students who have close, positive and encouraging…