Teacher training

CRS core team visit the UK

Gemma Pask Awareness raising, CRS staff, Teacher training, UK Friends

In early September, members of the CRS core team travelled to the UK to visit London, Derby, Oxford and Cambridge. Among them were Rig David, Director and Secretary, and The Rt. Revd. Dr. Paritosh Canning, Bishop of Calcutta and Chairman of CRS. The visit was intended to strengthen links with the Church of North India (CNI), raise awareness of the work being done in the Diocese of Calcutta and increase valuable support of CRS. Look out for more about the trip in the next Friends of CRS newsletter update, coming soon.

New book about Kolkata-Derby partnership

Karen Laister Children, Teacher training, UK Friends

Two of the Trustees of the UK Friends of CRS, Alison Brown and Anita Matthews, have written a book about the experiences of setting up partnerships between schools in the UK and India.

They have been actively involved in building the links between the Diocese of Derbyshire and the Church of North India over recent years, including the group visits by headteachers, teachers, classroom assistants and trainee teachers each year which have paired primary schools in Derbyshire with CRS education centres.

Sustaining Global School Links, which is available from Grove Books for just £3.95, explores some of the theological and educational reasons for setting up and maintaining global links between schools. Reflecting on the partnership between Derby and Kolkata, it seeks to give an honest appraisal of benefits and challenges that are involved.

 

Successful annual teacher training session

Karen Laister Teacher training, Visitors

Teachers from CRS Education Centres gathered together in January for another annual training session led by visiting teachers from Derbyshire. At each table there was demonstration and practice of different techniques for teaching using storybooks and simple resources. This is part of CRS’s commitment to continuing professional development for the teachers.

 

 

 

 

 

Teachers brush up on skills

Karen Laister Teacher training

While children from CRS schools started their summer holidays, their teachers went back to school!

20 teachers from various locations gathered together for annual skills training.

Led by a trainer from the government’s State Resource Centre, they revised effective teaching methods and practiced using different visual learning resources.