Teacher workshop by Principal

Caring for the new employee always positively reflects on his/ her productivity and excellence and simultaneously increases the level of job satisfaction. As a matter of fact, the Induction Programme for new employees is deemed to be important since it constitutes the starting point for an ideal work relationship between the employee and his employer. It provides a motivating work environment.

Keeping in mind the need and importance of an Induction Manual, Principal, Ms Tania Joshi, conducted a workshop on 4 November 2019 in the School auditorium with her staff members. Around 150 teachers were present for the workshop.

The workshop began with Ms Joshi introducing the term Induction and asking the new members of The Indian School family to talk about the challenges they faced or were facing in their new place of work. She shared her own experiences and talked about the challenges she had to face in the beginning of her career and the way she learnt to cope as she went along. Challenges thus turned into opportunities.

The teachers engaged in a brainstorming session in groups. These groups were unique because each included a new member of our School along with teachers teaching different subjects at varying levels. Ms Joshi instructed that each group discuss and design an Induction Manual. She asked the listeners to appoint a group leader to present the manual when it was ready. The time given to accomplish the task was 45 minutes.

he groupwise presentation was held where each group leader presented her groups Induction Manual. It was an engaging and productive workshop. The teachers presented their versions of the manual in detail. These contained important rules and regulations to be followed., information about the various School committees, the dress code, timings, the vision and mission of the School, duties and responsibilities of every teacher etc

The workshop concluded with Ms Joshi announcing that an Induction Manual for our School would be prepared incorporating the inputs of the workshop. It would go a long way in introducing new members of the School family to the ethos of the School as well as continuously remind the old and the new of the expectations that accompany their positions.