CHESS for Junior College

CHESS

Continuous Help to Teachers of English from Secondary and Senior Secondary Schools.

                  

After successful implementation of ELISS, Mentoring and CHESS Projects for secondary level, the school education department has decided to widen the range of the project to the senior secondary (higher secondary / Junior college) level from the year 2019-20.

Authorities to run this program:-

1) SAMAGRA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN

2) MSCERT

3) REGIONAL ACADEMIC AUTHORITY (SIEM)

4) Dy. Director, EO & DIECPD

The Objectives:-

1) To build the capacity of the teachers to deal with the senior secondary level English language course-book effectively.

2) To enable teachers to share how their learners relate learning of English to day-to-day life.

3) To boost the confidence of the teachers to use English language effectively in the classroom as well as in the school environment to provide maximum exposure.

4) To enable teachers to integrate technology in the teaching-learning process (blended-learning).

5) To facilitate teachers to develop communication skill of the learners, mainly the speaking skill.

6) To develop an ‘English Speaking Eco-System’ where learners become active users of English.

THE PUNCHLINE :- To develop an English-Speaking Ecosystem where learners become active users of English.

Involvement in the CHESS program:-

   §    14 Academic Committee Members and 36 MERs

   §    126 Trainers as ETF Moderators

   §    6307 Teachers as ETF Members

Common Minimum Essentials:-

  §    ENGLISH DAYS :- Saturday as an English Day

  §    ONLINE COLLABORATION :- VFTs, Zoom Meetings, Skype Calls

  §    LEARNER CLUBS :- Learner Clubs run by students

 §  ENGLISH SPEAKING ECOSYSTEM :- Every student becomes active user of English

Roadmap for 2019:-

  §    5 Face-to-Face ETF Meetings

  §    1 Online Task as Online ETF

  §    1 Facebook Live Session

  §    Webinar- Adobe Connect

  §    District Symposiums

  §    Monitoring and Evaluation

  §    Review and Third Party Evaluation

Strength:-

  §    By the Teachers, To the Teachers, For the Learners

  §    Continuous and Direct Help and Support to teachers

  §    Dissemination of ideas & Best Practices

  §    Live network of English Teachers’ Forum

  §    Collaborative opportunities

  §    Use of technology for continuing support

  §    Capacity building and Pedagogical inputs to teachers

  §    Resource book for every teacher

  §    CPD opportunities

Be ready for CHESS program for Junior College.