On 1st August 2015 a teacher empowerment workshop, the second in the series of workshops titled ‘Chintan’ was held in Venkateshwar International School. A brainchild of the School Director, Mrs. Mrinalini Kaura, it was once again aimed with the purpose of opening new windows of mental and academic growth. Mrs. Kaura shared her treasury of 32 years of teaching learning experiences with a vast audience of school teachers from diverse academic fields of Sciences, Languages and Social Sciences, from more than Ten Schools.
In the first of the two elaborate sessions that were held, the Resource Person emphasized on the fact as to how ‘Rubric Creation’ is an effective and authentic means of performance evaluation. This approach takes into consideration, on one end the fulfillment of the educator’s learning objectives and leaves no scope for doubt on the basis of the evaluation, at the learners end. Further, the appropriateness of the Rubrics created is in cognizance with the learning objectives and evaluation scheme, was explained and established with a number of examples from diverse academic disciplines. Also, the general parameters which give room to versatility and realistic measurements of individual performance were discussed.
The second session was a hands on workshop, wherein the participants implemented the knowledge gained in the previous session by creating Rubrics in their specific fields under the guidance of subject experts. This was followed by presentations where possibilities and parameters to create effective Rubric systems were mulled upon. Hence, Chintan forged ahead a new initiative that empowered teachers towards an innovative and fruitful teaching learning practice.