Muktangan

Integrated Teacher and School

Education Model

Paragon Charitable Trust, Mumbai, India Registered Charity 1

WHO WE ARE

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WHAT WE DO

• Education Resource Center

• Working in Partnership with Municipal

Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM)

• Teacher Education: Educate

women from marginalized

communities to be teachers

• Whole School Adoption: Run

English medium schools in

partnership with MCGM. Our

strengths – constructivist

approach, inclusion and medium of

instruction - English

HOW WE DO IT: THE TWO

PRONGED APPROACH

Only those who have been

through the Muktangan Pre-

Service TE course absorbed as

teachers

USP of TE Free, medium of

instruction English and based

on constructivist approach

A network of 7 schools adding

one standard every year job

opportunity

Strong ties with Government

and parent community

outreach

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SOME FACTS

Monday to Saturday work week

9 a.m to 4.15 p.m work day (Saturday till 1.30 p.m)

35 extra days of TPD (vacation time)

Salary bracket Rs 5,000 – 15,000/-

Tremendous opportunity for career progression

1% attrition

A strong model of Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher

Education

Distributed to:

each child in the 7

schools who in turn

distribute it in their

buildings

local political leaders

current teacher trainees

Announced in parent-

teacher meetings

Recruitment: Mapping Our needs

Basic Fluency in

English English Assessment

(reading/writing)

Open to New Methods Personal Interview

Ensure 3 year Horizon Personal Interview

Ability to Work in a

Team Group Task

Create Awareness

Invite Applications

[anx1] Muktangan

Orientation

English Assessment

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Group Task

Personal Interview

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Scoring

[anx4]

Shortlisting of

Candidates

[3 bands]

Completion of Formalities

Induction of Selected

Candidates

Applications Received

& called for Eng Ass:

600 to 650 WHY?

No of Interviewers: 4

Percentage eliminated

after English Assessment:

40% to 50%

30

No selected:100

Percentage eliminated

after PI and Group Task

60% to 70%

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•Need based

•Continuous

•Synergy

between

organizational

needs and

personal growth

needs

•HOW DO WE

IDENTIFY

NEEDS?[ anx5

&6]

•HOW DO WE

ORGANIZE TPD?

Time Led

Daily Curriculum planning

Weekly English Proficiency

Quarterly Needs based

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Grade-Wise

Pre-School

Primary [anx8]

Secondary

Skill Based

English Proficiency

Report Writing

School Leadership

IT Skills

Library Skills

External Push

AVEHI

National Geographic

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Year 2

Maths Pedagogy

Science Pedagogy

Language Pedagogy

Social Studies Pedagogy

School Librarianship

Inclusive Education

Pre School

Phonics

Story Telling

Songs

Primary

English Grammar

Classroom Management

Secondary

Adolescence Issues

English Literature

Content Development

TPD Facts and Figures

Conducted by In-house

Teacher Trainers

School days +35 extra

days

Need based Holistic in

nature

Continuous

Teachers & Teacher

Trainers asked

Diwali,

Christmas

and May

Varied profile:

Mostly Post

graduates with

some teaching

experience

Music, art,

Dance and

General

Awareness

When she joined, 2006

Education: std X pass,

Muktangan teacher

training

Post: Pantry staff

Responsibility: Serving

fruit and meals

Today, 2012

Education: Appearing for

TYB.Sc.

Post: Trainee Faculty,

Science

Responsibility: leads

Science curriculum

meetings in schools

Growth Trajectory of a teacher

[THEORY+INTERNSHIP]

PE and Health

Maths

Music

IT and Library

Workshop and Skill Development

School Curriculum and Pedagogy

Learning and Cognition

• Focuses on Learning Theories

Child Development

• Focuses on Child Development Theories

Teacher Learner and Society

• Focuses on Social Issues

Beliefs

• Focuses on Muktangan Philosophy

Language and Literacy

Proficiency in English 9

THE 5 PILLARS

Children (trainees & teachers)learn through active exploration

Children (trainees & teachers)learn 21st century skills of team

work and collaboration

Children (trainees & teachers)learn to read, write and compute in

personally meaningful ways

Offer learning experiences appropriate for the learning level of

each child(trainees & teachers)

To reveal the developmental level of each child(trainees &

teachers) in each curricular area

Active Learning

Collaboration

Emergent Literacy

and

Numeracy

Developmentally

Appropriate

Curriculum

Formative

Assessment

Muktangan educates teachers and children in the following curricular approaches:

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