Glimpses from past conferences

SOTx - An XSEED School of Tomorrow Regional Seminar

Contact us:Call: 1800-102-7200 | Email: xseed@idiscoveri.com | SMS: ‘XSEED’ to 57333 | Web: www.xseed.in

Private school education today is a defining social phenomenon impacting between 40-60% of all enrolled students and thriving ‘industry’ valued at over $20billion. Given poor learning outcomes and paucity of teaching talent, school leaders feel the desperate need to upgrade the quality of teaching, learning and curriculum.

Solving a School Leader’s Dilemma. Quality versus Everything Else.

Yet, in reality their energy is sucked in to managing ‘everything else’; parents who increasingly demand involvement in school affairs, increasing competition from well-funded corporate players and interventionist government regulations. Many pragmatists argue on the contrary that schools, to be financially viable and to grow their enrolment, need to accommodate the demands of mainstream society. What is the right balance?

SOTx seminar will continue the discussion started at the XSEED School of Tomorrow Conference 2013. The seminar will feature research-based insights and rich practical experiences drawing on some of the well-known minds in education and civil society to help resolve some of these critical dilemmas school leaders face today.

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JAIPURAugust 30, 2013 | 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm

At Marriot, Jaipur

Agenda 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm

Panel Discussion Can individual quality conscious schools survive ‘everything else’ - demanding parents, unequal competition and constraining regulations?

(60 min)

Framework for Quality LearningResearch-based Presentation

(75 min)

Short Videos Message to educators by international/best minds in education

(30 min)

The seminar will end with High Tea- -

Anita SangwanDr. Anita Hada Sangwan is a talk show host at ETV Rajasthan. She is a poet and writer who has been published nationally and internationally. A social activist, she i s w o r k i n g e x t e n s i v e l y f o r underprivileged, women empowerment, HIV+ children and the cause of eye donation.

Speakers - SOTx Jaipur

Neera MathurNeera Mathur is a Recipient of National Award for Teachers for 2007. She is a veteran teacher trainer, is associated with Child Rights Committees and has a special interest in Early Childhood Education. She was the Principal of Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Vidyalaya for 18 years till March 2013 when she relinquished her post on superannuation.

Suniti SharmaEducated at Delhi University, Ms. Suniti Sharma began her career in 1976 as a teacher at The Air Force School, Subroto Park, New Delhi. She took over as Principal of MGD Girls’ School on 1 May 2009. Before this she was Principal (2007-2009) at the Global Indian International School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, part of a chain of schools in the Asia Pacific region

run by a Singapore-based foundation; Principal, Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior (2000-2007) and Headmistress, The Scindia School, Gwalior (1996-2000). She currently holds the responsibility of Chairperson of the Indian Public Schools’ Conference, an association of residential schools and of President of Sahodaya Jaipur, an association of CBSE schools, with a focus on resource sharing, mentoring and staff development programmes.

Shiladitya GhoshShiladitya is a veteran education leader with over two decades of experience in school management, teaching, teacher t ra i n i n g , c u r r i c u l u m d e s i g n a n d assessment. In the past, he has served as the Vice-Principal of The Shri Ram School, Gurgaon, and has also served as a subject-committee member with Council o f I n d i a n S c h o o l s c e r t i fi c a t e

examinations and as an examiner with the IB. In his various roles as curriculum designer and faculty member at XSEED, he has coached hundreds of schools across the country. In 2009 he was certified on “Teaching for Understanding” from Harvard Graduate School Education.

Video Messages by

Howard Gardner Pasi Salhberg Ashish Rajpal

Few Past Speakers at XSEED School of Tomorrow and SOTxInternational SpeakersHoward GardnerPasi SahlbergNoel TichyAllison GopnikPeter SengeEllen Winner

India SpeakersGurcharan DasAshish RajpalJ P NarayanDilip RanjekarVinita Bali

SOTx Speakers (North East)Gaurav Gogoi, Fr. Joseph Thelekkatt,Patricia Mukhim, Ashutosh Aggrawal,Mohammed Jahangir, Sashikala Imchen,Arghya Banerjee

About SOTx - An XSEED School of Tomorrow Regional Seminar SeriesAs an attempt to take the ‘School of Tomorrow’ discussion to even more educators across the vast Indian subcontinent, XSEED experimented with a regional extension of the conference in 2012. Now, 2013 will see a series of over 12 such regional get-togethers of educators across the country, starting from Jaipur.

About XSEEDXSEED is a comprehensive academic solution that is designed to raise the level of learning in classrooms and build confidence in children. XSEED follows the proven Five-Step Experiential Learning Method where concepts are taught through hands-on experimentation followed by analysis by students, questioning, application and feedback. This replaces the one-step ‘telling’ and memorization followed in many traditional classrooms. Therefore, students in XSEED classrooms grasp core concepts better, communicate fluently in English, and perform better in reasoning and application based tests. At home, XSEED children take more interest in studies and work independently on home assignments. XSEED parents also get a Model Teaching Video pack (real classrooms videos) for home teaching. Overall, parents see that their children are confident and ready with skills required for higher studies and careers.

SOLVING A SCHOOL LEADER’S DILEMMAXSOTSC

HO

OL

OF

TOM

OR

ROW

JAIPURAugust 30, 2013 | 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm

At Marriot, Jaipur

Neeraj BedhotiyaNeeraj K. Bedhotiya is the principal of Mayoor school, Ajmer. He has been an educator for more than 20 years, including 11 years at The Doon School, DehraDun and a year at Marlborough College, Uk.

About XSEED School of Tomorrow - The XSEED School of

Tomorrow (SOT) conference brings together a panel of thinking and creative leaders from all walks of life to share provocative ideas and practicable solutions that can seriously impact school quality.

The latest XSEED School of Tomorrow 2013 in Bangalore saw over 500 school leaders from India and abroad participate in the discussion on ‘Solving a school leader’s dilemma’. Over the last 5 years, the conference series has engaged over 6000 school leaders from across India and many countries worldwide.

(To know more, visit www.schooloftomorrow.in)An conferenceXSEED

Madhukar GuptaDr. Madhukar Gupta is an IAS Officer, an engineer and an MBA. He has also done a PhD. in Developmental Economics and holds a masters degree in Public administration from Harvard University, USA. Presently , Dr. Gupta is the Divisional Commissioner of Jaipur and Bharatpur and manages the administration of 9 districts in Rajasthan. Dr. Madhukar

Gupta is the recipient of two national awards, one awarded by the National Productivity Council and the other one by NABARD. He was the Vice Chancellor of the Rajasthan University. In the past, he has worked as a consultant to the Asian Development Bank as well as the Government of Sri Lanka. He has also written papers in International journals as well as taught in almost 45 countries across the world.

Anita SangwanDr. Anita Hada Sangwan is a talk show host at ETV Rajasthan. She is a poet and writer who has been published nationally and internationally. A social activist, she i s w o r k i n g e x t e n s i v e l y f o r underprivileged, women empowerment, HIV+ children and the cause of eye donation.

Speakers - SOTx Jaipur

Neera MathurNeera Mathur is a Recipient of National Award for Teachers for 2007. She is a veteran teacher trainer, is associated with Child Rights Committees and has a special interest in Early Childhood Education. She was the Principal of Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Vidyalaya for 18 years till March 2013 when she relinquished her post on superannuation.

Suniti SharmaEducated at Delhi University, Ms. Suniti Sharma began her career in 1976 as a teacher at The Air Force School, Subroto Park, New Delhi. She took over as Principal of MGD Girls’ School on 1 May 2009. Before this she was Principal (2007-2009) at the Global Indian International School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, part of a chain of schools in the Asia Pacific region

run by a Singapore-based foundation; Principal, Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior (2000-2007) and Headmistress, The Scindia School, Gwalior (1996-2000). She currently holds the responsibility of Chairperson of the Indian Public Schools’ Conference, an association of residential schools and of President of Sahodaya Jaipur, an association of CBSE schools, with a focus on resource sharing, mentoring and staff development programmes.

Shiladitya GhoshShiladitya is a veteran education leader with over two decades of experience in school management, teaching, teacher t ra i n i n g , c u r r i c u l u m d e s i g n a n d assessment. In the past, he has served as the Vice-Principal of The Shri Ram School, Gurgaon, and has also served as a subject-committee member with Council o f I n d i a n S c h o o l s c e r t i fi c a t e

examinations and as an examiner with the IB. In his various roles as curriculum designer and faculty member at XSEED, he has coached hundreds of schools across the country. In 2009 he was certified on “Teaching for Understanding” from Harvard Graduate School Education.

Video Messages by

Howard Gardner Pasi Salhberg Ashish Rajpal

Few Past Speakers at XSEED School of Tomorrow and SOTxInternational SpeakersHoward GardnerPasi SahlbergNoel TichyAllison GopnikPeter SengeEllen Winner

India SpeakersGurcharan DasAshish RajpalJ P NarayanDilip RanjekarVinita Bali

SOTx Speakers (North East)Gaurav Gogoi, Fr. Joseph Thelekkatt,Patricia Mukhim, Ashutosh Aggrawal,Mohammed Jahangir, Sashikala Imchen,Arghya Banerjee

About SOTx - An XSEED School of Tomorrow Regional Seminar SeriesAs an attempt to take the ‘School of Tomorrow’ discussion to even more educators across the vast Indian subcontinent, XSEED experimented with a regional extension of the conference in 2012. Now, 2013 will see a series of over 12 such regional get-togethers of educators across the country, starting from Jaipur.

About XSEEDXSEED is a comprehensive academic solution that is designed to raise the level of learning in classrooms and build confidence in children. XSEED follows the proven Five-Step Experiential Learning Method where concepts are taught through hands-on experimentation followed by analysis by students, questioning, application and feedback. This replaces the one-step ‘telling’ and memorization followed in many traditional classrooms. Therefore, students in XSEED classrooms grasp core concepts better, communicate fluently in English, and perform better in reasoning and application based tests. At home, XSEED children take more interest in studies and work independently on home assignments. XSEED parents also get a Model Teaching Video pack (real classrooms videos) for home teaching. Overall, parents see that their children are confident and ready with skills required for higher studies and careers.

SOLVING A SCHOOL LEADER’S DILEMMAXSOTSC

HO

OL

OF

TOM

OR

ROW

JAIPURAugust 30, 2013 | 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm

At Marriot, Jaipur

Neeraj BedhotiyaNeeraj K. Bedhotiya is the principal of Mayoor school, Ajmer. He has been an educator for more than 20 years, including 11 years at The Doon School, DehraDun and a year at Marlborough College, Uk.

About XSEED School of Tomorrow - The XSEED School of

Tomorrow (SOT) conference brings together a panel of thinking and creative leaders from all walks of life to share provocative ideas and practicable solutions that can seriously impact school quality.

The latest XSEED School of Tomorrow 2013 in Bangalore saw over 500 school leaders from India and abroad participate in the discussion on ‘Solving a school leader’s dilemma’. Over the last 5 years, the conference series has engaged over 6000 school leaders from across India and many countries worldwide.

(To know more, visit www.schooloftomorrow.in)An conferenceXSEED

Madhukar GuptaDr. Madhukar Gupta is an IAS Officer, an engineer and an MBA. He has also done a PhD. in Developmental Economics and holds a masters degree in Public administration from Harvard University, USA. Presently , Dr. Gupta is the Divisional Commissioner of Jaipur and Bharatpur and manages the administration of 9 districts in Rajasthan. Dr. Madhukar

Gupta is the recipient of two national awards, one awarded by the National Productivity Council and the other one by NABARD. He was the Vice Chancellor of the Rajasthan University. In the past, he has worked as a consultant to the Asian Development Bank as well as the Government of Sri Lanka. He has also written papers in International journals as well as taught in almost 45 countries across the world.

Glimpses from past conferences

SOTx - An XSEED School of Tomorrow Regional Seminar

Contact us:Call: 1800-102-7200 | Email: xseed@idiscoveri.com | SMS: ‘XSEED’ to 57333 | Web: www.xseed.in

Private school education today is a defining social phenomenon impacting between 40-60% of all enrolled students and thriving ‘industry’ valued at over $20billion. Given poor learning outcomes and paucity of teaching talent, school leaders feel the desperate need to upgrade the quality of teaching, learning and curriculum.

Solving a School Leader’s Dilemma. Quality versus Everything Else.

Yet, in reality their energy is sucked in to managing ‘everything else’; parents who increasingly demand involvement in school affairs, increasing competition from well-funded corporate players and interventionist government regulations. Many pragmatists argue on the contrary that schools, to be financially viable and to grow their enrolment, need to accommodate the demands of mainstream society. What is the right balance?

SOTx seminar will continue the discussion started at the XSEED School of Tomorrow Conference 2013. The seminar will feature research-based insights and rich practical experiences drawing on some of the well-known minds in education and civil society to help resolve some of these critical dilemmas school leaders face today.

SOLVING A SCHOOL LEADER’S DILEMMAXSOTSC

HO

OL

OF

TOM

OR

ROW

JAIPURAugust 30, 2013 | 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm

At Marriot, Jaipur

Agenda 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm

Panel Discussion Can individual quality conscious schools survive ‘everything else’ - demanding parents, unequal competition and constraining regulations?

(60 min)

Framework for Quality LearningResearch-based Presentation

(75 min)

Short Videos Message to educators by international/best minds in education

(30 min)

The seminar will end with High Tea- -