Best Practices for Successful Schools

A presentation on some best practices that when incorporated within the school environment will further enhance its overall quality and productivity. Schools are often complacent with their own measures of what success entails that they fail to consider new approaches that can constantly add value to their educational activities.

1. Payam Shoghi
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2. EDUCATIONAL
APPROACHES
Aim to impart students with:
Keen and Well-Trained Minds:
Minds that need to be
stimulated for intellectual
prowess
Enlightened Hearts:
Involves a well thought out
programme of moral and
value education with focus
on EQ
Skillful Hands:
Training students in skills that
will promote self-confidence
and self-reliance

3. BEST PRACTICES
Governance
Collective Decision-Making: 20 minds
work better than one. Open Door
Policy by the Principal for students,
staff and parents. A more visible
leader leads much better than an
invisible one.
Student Open House:
Involving students in school matters
and decision making
Parental Outreach:
Novel ways to gain trust and
wholehearted support of parents

4. BEST PRACTICES
Academics
Scheme of Academic
Coordination and Supervision:
Based on simple, regular and
quantifiable parameters
Tutorials/Remedial Sessions: A
meaningful programme of
academic support for students in
need of additional help
Subject-wise Parallel Classes for
different ability students

5. BEST PRACTICES
Academics
Liberal use of Cooperative
Learning in classroom sessions
Peer Tutoring among students
within classroom sessions and
during free study time
Learning Disability: In-House
support and regular monitoring
Use of Technology: Promote and
support use of smart class
system, cloud based learning and
other technological tools

6. BEST PRACTICES
Other Areas
Great Importance to Value Edn:
“The Foundation of Peace”
“Junior Youth Empowerment Prog”
One-to-One Mentoring by Teachers-
Teachers assigned as mentors
Positive Benchmarking of students
Skill-Based Weekend Clubs
Discourage use of red pen for
marking the work of students

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