Teachers are the key designers of the learning experience and they do it by finding innovative ways of teaching, understanding how learning happens; by managing classroom dynamics effectively, assessing student-learning; and by finding solutions to emerging problems faced by students, teachers, institutions, parents, and communities.
Thus, to do so, the challenges teachers face are complex, and the expectations others put on them are huge. In this context, they must develop the capacity to innovate: to find new frameworks, new ideas, new methods and new approaches to overcome the challenges and solve the problems.
Inspired by the teaching & learning philosophy practiced at Oamk LABs, Oulu University of Applied Sciences in Finland, TeachLAB is designed to inspire teachers to gain enough creative confidence so that they can be innovators – inside and outside the classrooms.
Focusing deeply on an inductive & iterative process of learning, this approach helps teachers put the students at the centre of the learning experience. Going through this process, teachers would be able to question and challenge current approaches, assumptions and methods.
Empowerment Academy conducted the pilot version of TeachLAB in King’s College on February 15 – 17, 2019. 17 teachers and future-teachers from different institutions and levels together actively immersed in the 3-day program. The participating teachers were from King’s College, Mid-Valley International College, Karkhana, British College, Triyog School and Ace Higher Secondary School. A diverse set of teachers brought a repertoire of knowledge, perspective and experience enriching the quality of discussions and ideas.
This time around Empowerment Academy conducted TeachLAB at a school for the in-house teachers. Utilising the long-term partnership we have with The Excelsior School to empower their school teachers, we proposed the idea of instilling problem-solving mindset among the teachers. The school management didn’t take long to blink a green signal. After a round of backend work of planning and preparation, our team conducted TeachLAB workshop for 3-days on November 28 – 30 at a newly constructed program hall of The Excelsior School.
by Umes Shrestha (Right Brain – Empowerment Academy) & Udgum Khadka (Backbone – Empowerment Academy) The first edition of TeachLAB was a pilot version back in February of 2019. We had plenty of reflections and learning moments then and had observed minor to major steps, process details and activities to re-test and change. Integrating those…
Participating in workshops is a gift I give myself. Being a teacher and a workshop facilitator, I feel I need to grow and learn all the time. I want to learn innovative techniques of classroom management and content delivery so that I can help my students learn better and enjoy the process. Therefore, I enrolled…
You have to engage those disengaged, connect those disconnected and enable each one of the students to be able to visualize implications of your lessons … I have never been a teacher despite my entire working experience is around academic institutions. I believe, ‘teaching is one of the Nobel professions’ and this is so much…
Empowerment Academy conducted the pilot version of TeachLAB in King’s College on February 15 – 17, 2019. 17 teachers and future-teachers from different institutions and levels together actively immersed in the 3-day program. The participating teachers were from King’s College, Mid-Valley International College, Karkhana, British College, Triyog School and Ace Higher Secondary School. A diverse…
