Training Sessions, 2017

Mathematics teachers attend a workshop by Paramount Books

At Lawrence College, it is always ensured that the teachers are well equipped with the globally changing curriculum and have a comprehensive knowledge of their subject to impart and prepare the young Gallians for contemporary learning challenges. An orientation workshop for the new series of recently launched and published Mathematics textbooks (Grade1…5) by Paramount Publishers was held on 23rd October, 2017 in Islamabad Club. Lawrence College faculty members, including Mrs Naheed Nadeem, Mrs Uzma Afzal, Mrs Ayesha Gul and Mr. Saeed Khan, attended the session. Teachers came to know about the different Mathematical skills covered in the series, grade wise, various hands on activities for effective teaching of those skills and, most importantly, the ready to do assessments available in the books. Hopefully this experience will help the teachers to sharpen their saws effectively.

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1st National Conference on Contemporary Trends in English Language and Literature

AIOU organized 1st National Conference on Contemporary trends in English Language and Literature from 13^th to 14th of Oct, 2017. The conference aimed to draw together researchers in the field of English providing an interdisciplinary forum to facilitate presentation and exchange of recent findings in this area. It provided students, teachers and researchers of English Language with new insight into ELT providing a deeper understanding of the principles to young and adult learners. The focus of the Conference was both on theoretical and practical aspects of ELT. Eight teachers from Lawrence College attended the conference.

The two days conference started with an enlightening keynote addressed by Dr Tariq Rahman, a renowned scholar and a world-renowned linguist, in the morning of 13^th of October, 2017. His lecture covered the history of development of English language in the Subcontinent and the change in the conduct of the Britishers themselves. Following his address, the morning session continued with lectures by prominent linguists of the country including Dr Raja Naseem Akhtar, Dr Munaza Yaqoob, Dr Bushra Ahmed Khurram, Dr Nadeem Haider and Dr Safeer Awan. The learned scholars dilated upon different aspects of language learning, teaching strategies and recent trends in English literature.

The evening session contained presentation on different aspects of language teaching. The presenters presented their research works giving solutions to some of the common problems the teachers and students face in a second language classroom. These sessions were highly useful for the participants as they highlighted some of the neglected areas and the teachers could review their methods and strategies in accordance with the research work presented there.

The next day’s sessions also contained a variety of topics which were followed by interesting question/answer sessions. Dr Shahid Siddiqui, the Vice Chancellor of Allama Iqbal Open University, in his closing address stressed upon the importance of such conferences and said that AIOU would continue holding such conferences.

The workshop was highly useful for all the participants as it provided them an opportunity to listen to experienced professors of English language. It will surely help the teachers in planning English lessons differently and concentrate on some of the modern trends in language teaching.

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Junior School’s Faculty attends 3rd ELT Conference 2017

The faculty of Junior School attended 3^rd ELT Conference, arranged by Ali Institute of Education, Lahore on 29^th of April, 2017. Five faculty members participated in it. The ELT Conference provided a platform for English language teachers, administrators and educators to share ideas, experiences and best practices in diverse aspects of English language teaching.

The theme of this conference was ELT teachers as agents of change. The conference was divided into a series of workshops and panel discussions. Experienced trainers conducted workshops on a variety of topics. All the workshops were informative and useful for English language teachers. They can implement that information and ideas for effective language learning.

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English teachers attend a workshop on Phonetics by Oxford University Press

A valuable training session was held in Islamabad on 19^th April, 2017. It was organized by Oxford University Press on phonetics – a very important field in English language. Seven faculty members from the English department attended the session.

The official trainer of OUP, Ms Azka Khan highlighted the significance of teaching phonetics at school and college level. She emphasized upon the correct use of teaching consonant and vowel sounds; monophthongs, diphthongs and triphthongs, and differentiating them from English alphabets. She made an extremely effective use of modern teaching techniques. The trainer was highly professional and erudite in her subject.

The training session proved highly useful as it not only provided an insight into phonetic symbols, but also engaged the participants in useful activities that can be experimented by them in their classes. At the end of the session, the participants were awarded participation certificates.

Teachers’ Training Polishes the College- Faculty Skills with Special Focus On 21st Century Learning Designs (17th of February to 04th of March, 2017)

Lawrence College is now precisely focused on high quality professional growth of its faculty through extensive on-the-job training to enhance and enrich professional standards for better academic output of our students in all the three schools.

It’s a two-fold training programme in which external and internal trainers are invited to guide the faculty members of Junior, Prep and Senior Schools. It’s an utmost desire of the Principal to equip the faculty with the latest and student-centred pedagogical methods, strategies and techniques, so that the faculty may fully activate the potential of the students and the Gallians may not only excel in academics, but also in character and conduct.

This year also, from 17^th of February to 04^th of March, the faculty members of the three Schools attended the workshops by external and internal trainers on a wide range of topics. The teachers learned a lot from the resource persons. Almost all the workshops were interactive in their nature and were held with a pragmatic approach.

Teachers Training Schedule, 2017