Mind Mingle Sharing & Learning Gujarat

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MindMingle- A place where Multiple Minds mingle

“SHARING & LEARNING” (10

th Program)

24th

- 27th

July 2016, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

“An innovative approach to Learn & improve quality education, leadership & administrative practices andimplementing changes”

MM Sharing & Learning?

Mind Mingle Sharing & Learning is a movement initiated by Mind Mingle team for creating opportunities for school leaders to learn

the best educational practices from the most creative & top schools in India & abroad through practical school visits and group

discussions. Hundreds of schools have been benefitted from this initiative.

The core of this educational initiative lies on sharing and learning. As we believe that every school/school leader follows some

different excellent practices, some schools are good at ‘teacher retention’ some are good at ‘parent involvement’ some are do ing

great in ‘academics’ where some are good at ‘co-curricular activities’ and so on. We believe that if every school starts to share its best practices with other schools, it will certainly bring an immense change and

make every school equally good.

Objectives: To make school leaders experience the various innovative practices being followed by the most creative & top schools o

the country.

To create an environment where school leaders can share with and learn from one another the best practices they have

been implementing in their own schools.

To help schools develop a good relationship with maximum schools for future educational collaborations

This Four day program includes the following:

1.

Workshops:

Workshop on ‘Multiple Intelligence’

2. Visits to two different schools:

The Most Innovative School of India ‘Mahatma Gandhi International School’

The Ranked 2 International day School of India ‘The Riverside School’

3. Sessions with the Founders of ‘The Riverside School’ & ‘Mahatma Gandhi International School’ (Depends on Availability)


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4. Visit to a Village:

Visit to The Model Village of India & Interaction with Sarpanch to understand administrative practices &

implementation of changes

5. Sharing of best Educational practices:

An opportunity to present a 10 minute paper on the best educational practice of your school

6. Local Sight Seeing & Traditional mouth watering Gujarati food with Cultural Activities

Workshops:

Multiple Intelligences (MI) Howard Gardner’s ‘Theory of Multiple Intelligences’ informs much of the practices at Riverside. Essentially,

Multiple Intelligences theory states that everyone thinks and learns in different ways (i.e., via different

intelligences), not just linguistically or logically. Multiple Intelligences will be divided into several sessions: MI

theory in-depth; the eight intelligences; the impact of MI in the classroom The Pathways Model, an approach

that connects the theory to classroom practice.

How MI is implemented at Riverside (Interest Centers; Clubs) At the conclusion of this workshop, teachers will be

able to design sessions that incorporate Multiple Intelligences within the classroom, such as hooks, assignments,

and assessments.

School Visits (Working Days):

A visit to one of the most unique schools in India

The Mahatma Gandhi International School is an educational project that promotes holistic learning. The emphasis

is on learning rather than teaching

school follows the Cambridge International Primary Programme for classes 1-5, the IB MYP Programme for classes

6-10 and the IB Diploma Programme for classes 11-12

There are no exams until 10th grade and there are no uniforms

It has activity based teaching. There are no punishments either.

World Education Summit Award for Innovation in Teaching Pedagogy

Mahatma Gandhi International School, Ahmedabad is ranked as the No. 1 International School in Gujarat by the

annual EducationWorld India School Ranking 2012

The school has its own philosophy; the pedagogy of exchanging knowledge makes this school unique.

Session with Dr. Pascle Chazot & Prof. Anju Musafir Chazot: Both Anju & Pascal are educators who founded the Mahatma Gandh

International School in 1999. They both train teachers in helping children learn what is meaningful and purposeful in ways that are

joyful. This leads to authentic learning, empowerment and compassion in the learners.


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Visit to Riverside School, Ahmedabad

Riverside is the amalgamation of an approach to learning that is embedded in common sense. It is a vibrant

research center for school education, where insights from cutting-edge research are turned into working models opedagogical practices with a single-minded focus: student wellbeing. Over the last 11 years, Riverside has

developed, implemented and shared a unique curriculum that is proving to be the benchmark for providing a no

compromise school education of the highest quality.

Riverside School is ranked 2 day school in India by Education world 2014.

Initiatives: 1. Through aProCh (a Protagonist in every Child) the school has taken design to the city of Ahmedabad

making it the first child-friendly city of India. This initiative has now spread to different cities in Gujarat. 2.

Through “Design for Change”, Riverside has taken design thinking to the world. This initiative of the Riverside

School has spread to over 35 countries across the world.

All India Winner in two categories: Parental Involvement and Individual Attention.

About founder of The Riverside School; Kiran Bir Sethi is an Indian designer, educationist, education reformer, and socialentrepreneur. Sethi became an Ashoka Fellow in 2008. Her initiative – Design for Change was the winner of the most prestigious

design award, INDEX – Design to Improve Life Award, in Copenhagen, Denmark in September 2011 and she was a recipient of The

Rockefeller Foundation Innovation award in 2012. She won the Patricia Blunt Koldyke Fellowship 2013 in Social Entrepreneurship.

Sethi has also been invited to speak at a number of summits and conferences including TED, the M.I. Symposium, i4P Society, and

Ashoka.

Village Visit- Interaction with Sarpanch(Mr. Himanshu Patel)

A visit to the most developed village of the country “Punsari Village”

India’s Number 1 village

The school drop-out rate is zero in Punsari

Village with CCTV cameras, 24-hour Wi-Fi Internet and solar-powered lamps. Punsari village in Gujarat is providing

its citizens much more than what even some urbanites can hope for.

Punsari village has around 6,000 population. The village has about 1500 houses

A unique system of communication between the panchayat office and the whole vil lage keeps people informed.


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In 2006 there was no sewerage connection, no street lights, no pucca roads and, of course, no source of income for the gram

panchayat except the grants and funding from various state and Union government schemes. So motive behind this visit is to

understand the Administrative practices.

Sharing of best Educational practices of Participating Schools:

An opportunity to share your expertise with other participants and to know about the expertise of others: Since this is a

gathering of educational practitioners, here group discussions are really meaningful.

Ten participating schools with some best/unique educational practices (chosen by Team Mind Mingle) will get opportunity

to present a 10 minute paper. Every school is unique with at least one educational practice; why not take an advantage tolearn from the people like yourself and to share what you are good at?

Local sightseeing:

Visit to Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram

Accommodation:

Comfortable stay on Double sharing basis at Luxury 5 Star Hotel- Hyatt Regency, Ahmedabad.


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Special lunch & Dinner:

Vishalla: Traditional Gujarati Dinner: Imagine a place where there are no closed rooms or halls, lanterns usedinstead of heavy lighting, natural air replacing air-conditioned air, folk songs being sung without mikes, muddy lanes,

homely food served on a tree leaf, and everything around resembling a typical Indian village. The waiters and other staff are

dressed in traditional Indian gear, with either a turban or a topi on their heads, dressed in the very typical dhoti-kurta. The

interior design is certainly in a class of its own, proudly symbolizing Indian culture.

Special Dinner at Patang : Revolving Restaurant in Ahmedabad

Program Dates: 24th

– 27th

July 2016 Number of Seats: 25 seats (First come basis)

2 seats are reserved for Govt schools or NGOs that work for underprivileged children & do not charge any fee from students – 50%

discount on the fee.

Investment:INR 30000/- per person-with accommodation on double sharing basis*

INR 10500/- extra in case participant needs non-sharing accommodation

(*Double sharing rooms are limited and will be subjected to availability)

Early bird Registration:INR 28000/- Till 15 June 2016

The Program fee includes the following:

Three night accommodation during the Program on twin sharing basis.

Transport (A/C buses) for visiting the schools

Lunch, Dinner & Breakfast during the program

Stationary

Faculty fee

Fee Doesn’t Include:

Any expenses of personal nature such as tips, portage, telephone, beverages etc. Airport transfer

Breakfast on 24th

July & Dinner on 27th

July (in case of early arrivals or late departure)

Any other item not included under the “Cost includes” column

Special NOTE:

Meant for School Principals, Owner Managers and administrators only.

Group Size: 25 ( First come basis)

Please study about the schools we are going to visit before confirming your participation.


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Cancellation:

In case of a cancellation 30 days before the commencement of the event 100% fee will be refunded

In case of a cancellation less than 30 days prior to the commencement of the event 50% of the total fee will be refunded

In case of a cancellation less than 15 days prior to the commencement of the event, no fee will be refunded.

Registration: A scanned copy of a duly filled Registration form has to be mailed to [email protected]/

[email protected] or [email protected] Once the dully filled registration form is received, the selected participants will receive a confirmation call in next 2 working days.

After confirmation,

Cheque/Demand Draft favoring “Mind Mingle” payable at New Delhi, should be sent to: “Mind Mingle, B-6, Lower Ground Floor,

Cabin no 5, Kalkaji, New Delhi- 110019”.

The participation will be confirmed once the duly filled registration form along with the cheque/demand draft is received by us.

Online Payment Details: Name: Mind Mingle

Account Number: 085705000888

Bank: ICICI bank, Sec 35, Faridabad.

RTGS/NEFT/IFSC code: ICIC0000857

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Feedback of previous Program:

I wouldn’t call it study tour but an experience as we met those great personalities who we never thought of, but just heard o f. we

cancelled our srilanka conference organized by Cambridge and attended the Mind Mingle program. But let me say it was worth

missing that conference. Yes the schools and the people we met is by itself a good experience for a principal and management.- Dr.

Archana Sanil- Director & Trustee, Chief Mentor – IRA Global School, Maharastra

Coming for this trip has been a great experiece .From the onset, it was a very well conceived idea. Certainly conferences and

seminars are not as inspiring as experiencing change, seeing innovation in practice.

The schools you chose were very well picked and trips there were really thought inspiring. I complement you for so smoothly

arranging for sessions with founders of the schools

Other arrangements were equally good. Above all your personal involvement, enthusiastic participation and personal care to each

individual was wonderful.

You have started with a BANG . Keep it up - Ritu Kohli- Principal, Eicher School, Faridabad, Haryana

Congratulations for initiating a program for school Principal's which in a subtle way cajoled the learner in each of us. It was a perfect

blend of sharing best practices and engaging in problem resolution. Your personal touch to ensure constructivism is noteworthy.

Nirmala Krishnan- Principal, Mahindra World School, Chennai
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