Life skills

Students will be learning more about things like relationships, managing their feelings, saying no to bullying and realizing that it’s ‘good to be me’ at school.
WHY not start conducting LIFE SKILLS sessions in your schools!

Teacher of the Day

Name: Adam Hussain

School: L.Maamendhoo School

Island: Laamu Maamendhoo

Who or what specifically inspired you to become a teacher?

To Study the Students, Parents, Community and Staff

Mention one thing which radically differs for you now as compared to when you first started teaching.

Technology in this field

What advice do you give to a new or struggling teacher?

Evaluate yourself what you’re doing. Then share with others what they are doing.

My best day in the classroom was when…

Any day with good atmosphere and whale class presenting

The best compliment I've ever received as a teacher was...

Nothing

My favorite part of the school year is…

My duty according to the job description

Wish you all a very happy Eid.
"Eid Mubarak!"

Teacher of the Day

Name: Abdul Muhsin Mohamed

School: Maamendhoo School

Island: Maamendhoo

Who or what specifically inspired you to become a teacher?

To serve the island

Mention one thing which radically differs for you now as compared to when you first started teaching.

Now students are not respecting and no politeness

What advice do you give to a new or struggling teacher?

Give love and care to all the children

My best day in the classroom was when…

the students understand the lesson

The best compliment I've ever received as a teacher was...

the students I had taught were serving the nation

My favorite part of the school year is…

friendly environment with my colleague teachers

Teacher of the Day

Name : SUMA. P. SUNDARAN

Subject : English

Designation : Qualified Teacher in English

School : Omadhoo School

Island : Thaa Omadhoo

Who or What specifically inspired you to become a Teacher?

To some people, they have chosen teaching because of a positive experience they may have had as a child. However some may have some sorrowful experiences directed them to become a role model or to escape others from the same kind of bad experiences they had by becoming a teacher .To some, may be the vivid images of their teachers they remember.

As far as I’m concerned, there are two factors led me to take the desire to become a teacher. First of all, my Father….in my childhood I have astonished the way he respecting teachers so from those days onwards I had a worship to the teacher job. Then, my best teacher, Mr. Sasidharan, while I was studying in my +2(12 th) I saw a good teacher in him. He was an old man but very active and creative. On the last day of our higher secondary schooling, I came near to him and I told him “sir. I want to become a teacher as u”. He became very happy and he blessed me. He was an English teacher, the way of his speaking, his deep knowledge in Linguistics, the pronunciation, everything attracted me. But while I’m studying in my high school some events had pained me a lot, especially the partiality of some of my teachers to some students. The lack of consideration ,care and love have quite often led my desire to become a good teacher .so after my higher secondary education I took English as my optional subject and continued my studies to become an English Teacher.

Mention one thing which radically differs for you now as compared to when you first started teaching?

Disciple and classroom management was a major problem that I have faced when I started teaching.

What advice do you give to a new or struggling teacher?

No doubt. A new teacher has to face many challenges in the field of education as lack of experience, unexpected problems in classroom, discipline and classroom management, lack of resources, lack of philosophical factors of schools….these all will be a challenge to match with that of their personal curriculam views of the school. An effective induction programme would definitely help to make easy the beginning period .Over all, love your child and try to become a perfect model for them as becoming a guide, and always try to keep a positive attitude as being friendly with your child to guide and facilitate the students to mould them as thoughtful and creative ..Because the teacher has the opportunity to make a positive contribution to the future by providing young children with the means to fully develop their potential. To understand your child, we also have to trace and be aware of the experiences through the child passes.

My favourite part of the School year is…….

It was on 25 th March 2010, the day that I understood the,” approach of counseling”, to children than punishing them humiliately for their misbehavior. I had one child, who was always making disturbance while teaching. He himself also doesn’t want to listen in class besides that he disturbed his friends also.. I didn’t take any action to that child soon, but I tried to study that particular child in different ways .I went his home and I understood the insecurity at his home, lack of parental care , warmth, attention and love , moreover the teasing words of other teachers… etc . One day, i approached him and spoke with him calmly. The child’s reply’s made me surprise. He was an intelligent boy who is thinking a lot. His little mind was suffering a lot. i consoled him by giving more inspirational and motivational energy. Next day when I entered the class the boy’s behavior surprised me a lot. My eyes filled with joy. He showed more interest in class and he had finished all homework. Afterwards he changed a lot and began to study well. That day I could teach that class very well, and I hope this day as the best day in my life in the classroom. He became the top scorer from that school. Hence, as far as I’m concerned the success of that child is the best compliment I’ve ever received as a teacher in my short span of this teaching career.

So undoubtedly, I can say , that year was my favourite part of the school year .

" Engaging students in generating effective questions helps them to perceive themselves as autonomous and independent learners, producers of knowledge, and generators of important lines of inquiry." - Moss/ Brookhart

Teacher of the Day

Name: SANTOSH SURVYAVAMSHI

School: SH. MAAUNGOODHOO SCHOOL

Subject: ACCOUNTS

Island: SH.MAAUNGOODHOO

Who or what specifically inspired you to become a teacher?

Ans. To eradicate illiteracy from the society and to be a role model

for the students.

Mention one thing which radically differs for you now as compared to when you first started teaching.

ANS . Ability to understand the different kinds of students.

Their different understanding level and grasping power.

What advice do you give to a new or struggling teacher?

Ans. To become a successful teacher, understand the ability of the student according to which we need to teach.

My best day in the classroom was when…

Ans. Students completed their holiday assignment and group assignment during holidays.

The best compliment I've ever received as a teacher was...

I was treated well by my superiors and principal for my work.

My favorite part of the school year is…taking responsibility of the higher classes which is challenging.

Do questions count?

Teachers, what kind of questions do you ask?

Some teachers practice assessment for learning with high quality interactions based on thoughtful questions, careful listening and sensitive responses, with observation and documentation to reflect a valid picture of the whole child.

High Quality Interactions compared to Low Quality Interactions:

Read the following questions and compare.
Remember High Quality Interactions result in High Quality answers.

• Did you do your work today?
• Do you have any doubts?
• Ingijjetha?(Dhivehi)

All three of these result in low quality interactions. How can you tell? The students will likely answer Yes or No.

Look at these questions, taken from an unknown source. Please identify yourself! :)

Probing Questions
Go on...
Give me a typical example...
How was it resolved?
Who else was affected/feels the same?

Open questions
How are you feeling?
What might happen if ....?

Linking questions
You mentioned that ....?

Reminder questions
You mentioned previously ....
Could you remind me again of ....

The above questions garner interactive answers, critical thinking, remembering, significance...
Go on and read the following!

Closed questions
Have you ....?
Do you .....?
Can you ....?
Did she....?
Would you agree that ...?

Limited choice questions
Are you going to do ....or ....?
Will you speak to ..... or will I?

Closed questions and limited choice questions result in simplified answers. As a teacher, do you know why you are asking a question? What are you really asking the question for? Do you want to hear students interact with each other and you in your classroom?

MAKE YOUR QUESTIONS COUNT!

Teacher of the Day

Name: KISHWER JAMAL

School: Madhurasathul Shaheed Ali Thskurufaan

Subject: Accounts

Island: Ha. Thakandhoo

Who or what specifically inspired you to become a teacher?

My school teachers, the way they use to teach made me to become a teacher, because even I wanted to teach like them and spread knowledge.

Mention one thing which radically differs for you now as compared to when you first started teaching.

First time when I started teaching, I was a bit nervous and tensed. Now Alhamdhulilah with experience I was able to face my question any time.

What advice do you give to a new or struggling teacher?

It is good to be tension free and teach in a good and polite manner.

My best day in the classroom was when…

I got the result of ‘O’ level with 18 pass out of 25 in my first year.

The best compliment I've ever received as a teacher was...

A very sincere and hardworking teacher.

My favorite part of the school year is…

The ending of the year because at that time, every student will be interested to study and come forward to clear their doubts.