Our Monday Huddles!!<3 by Radhika Gulati

Monika

radhika_gulati — 2020-10-26 08:52:36 UTC

DATE : NOV 9, 2020
Something Old - working on health.
Something new - Intentionaly giving positive affirmation for my own peace of mind to build peace to build student engagement.
Something borrowed - Bahut kuchh, Ashima ki SEL activity, srijani ki class ki norm setting.....
Something blue - struggling with engagement and participation.

Date : Oct 26, 2020
Part 1
I had prioritised on fair participation of student in class, Discussed with the collab to counter this common challange with collective actions.

Outcomes :
I took an open space discussion with 9th Graders. Where they shared there views on fair method of assessment and their experience with online assessment.
Highlight: For the very first time attendance of Grade 9 students crossed 50% mark.
Thankful to the beautiful souls in My school team for their support and sharing the ideas.

K- Believe in self and other's potential
S- Following a routine, calendering, planning & NVC under practice
M- adaptability

NOVEMBER WEEK1 (Nov'2 to Nov'8)
Part 2 -
SELF:
1. Health
2. Post Fellowship research activities
3. Completion of one module of all the 3 courses.
STUDENTS:
1. Making class more engaging and fun.
2. Increase in attendance.
SCHOOL:
Maintaing healthy relationship with school teachers. And try my level best to respond than react with certain people.

Enablers: Good Health, Clarity on post fellowship, Harmonious and encouraging work space.
Blockers : Stress & Bad Health.
Stressful people* :|

*26th Nov, 2020.*
Blackness: struggling illness of self and family.
Orangeness: Faith and hope to overcome the health karma.
Redness: excited for the Saturday club session which I will be starting again from this week.

Date: 7-Dec, 2020

Consciousness- What did you consciously aim to be consistent with and it has brought a change in you and your students and school.

I consciously worked to enter in my sessions with students energetically despite whatever. To start my classes with energising music so that my students and me could participate actively.

Creativity- In the last couple of weeks, we engaged in multiple spaces. We had our observations, came together to work for our students. Creativity can either be about trying out new things whether by doing something out of the box or trying even going old school. What is something new that you would like to do in the week to bring about a change in self/school/system?

For school: I plan to introduce certain opportunities for other students which are students are able to avail due to TFI support.
Self: To diligently follow calendar for time management and completing the deliverables.

Communication- We all are at different places and are contributing to our kids in our own way. Let’s share our best practices within the gang and ensure we learn from each other’s practices

With support of my super school team I revamped Saturday Club to build career readiness with our students and one Non TFI class also.

Courage & Collaboration- Let’s gather our courage and share what is something that we are struggling with so that we can come together to collaborate and help each other out <3

One major: Active participation & engagement of students and honesty in them about their learning.

Madiha

radhika_gulati — 2020-10-26 08:52:44 UTC

Mon, 26th October 2020
Part 1
My priority was self and family last week. I was not in a good place. I think I have taken some steps for the same.

To increase attendance and engagement of students, a Learning circle was planned Kids liked it, moving ahead I will ensure to have at least 1 learning circle (Sel) per week.
While checking the assessments, I realised the format has to be changed and few things have to be re-taught.

Part 2
Students: Taking a virtual/in-person PTM with parents this week to discuss their growth.
Enablers - Supportive collab
Disablers - Unavailability of parents or collab not agreeing.

School- *Nothing*
I am pissed off with the school, I need some time to calm down and then plan
TFI Team- Collab meeting is much needed. I request Radhika to hold on for us.

Self - Taking medicines, eating healthy, sleeping on time.
Enabler - Writing on my whiteboard, gratitude diary
Disabler - Stress

Actual 2/11/2020
1) Not able to take any PTM however I was able to talk with some parents and students.
2) Scheduling and following a routine helped me *alot* in recharging my energies.
3) When our 'To-do list/Vision board' is in front on our eyes or gives a sense of purpose and a sense of accomplishment.
4) Decentralisation of work and delegation of tasks helps in bringing quality and efficiency.

November Week 1 (2/11/2020- 8/11/2020)

Goals-
1) Meeting at-least 10 students and parents in person to talk about their attendance and engagement.
2) Reaching out to atleast 50 students telephonically with the help of volunteers.
3) Planning and execution of the project with the corporate volunteers
4) Completing 1 chapter using blended learning.
5) Meeting class teachers and talking to them about the collective steps we can take.
Enablers-
1) Going to school
2) Volunteer management
3) Good Health
4) Collective goal setting with the Collab

Blockers
1) Bad health

November 9, 2020

Something Old: strong communication with team and students, keeping classes fun-filled.
Something new: Taking classes separately for both sections of 10th
Best Practice: Feedback session with students. It helps in smoothening the relationship between students and teachers.
Something Blue: Culminating work related to projects.

November 23,2020
Black: Not being able to follow deadlines
Constant arguments with my brother due to Madame Curie
Orange : SLC Learning Circle
Diwali
Dressing up after months
Cleaning my room
Help from the interns
Meeting Piggy and Chattu
Cooking with Chattu
Student led opening
Coversation with Dhramraj
Amazing work done by Nikita and Oj's team
Red: I was excited for Diwali, I was excited for my parent's trip to Agra, SLC learning circle, Working out,, redecorating my room, new plants , student's ownership - student led evening extra classes

23/11/2020
Actions
School:
1) Completing the chapter 'The Proposal'
2) Recording the work done by Student Leaders

School Team :
1) Completing the work that has been assigned to me
2) Informal check-ins with them

Self:
1) Following my Routine
2) Start working diligently on post-fellowship

Nikita

radhika_gulati — 2020-10-26 08:52:56 UTC

26.10.20
Part 1
1. Prioritised: Increasing students attendance in sync and Async spaces. Building relationships with school team. Taking time off from screen.

2. Actual outcome: Attendance did increase in sync but didn't increase in async space. Working on building relationships with school team. Didn't do much for self.

3. Contacting kids through Whatsapp. Giving them feedback on their work. Going to school on time, talking to teachers.
Didn't work: Disturbing sleep pattern and not prioritising myself.

4. Prioritise self to be able to achieve all.

5.
K: Subject related
S: Act and don't overthink
M: Ignoring negative thoughts and focussing on the good.

Part 2
Self: I am going to Prioritise me. My mental and physical health. I will be starting my day with meditation and will end it by reading for an hour atleast. Not touching the phone will enable it and strictly blocking time for doing this will help.
Also, I will try to be regular about these two things

Students: Making Maths fun for them and thereby increasing students learnings and attendance in sync space.

School: Maintaining a healthy relationship with school teachers and a cordial relationship with my team. This I will be doing by communicating and by actively participating.

2 November 2020
PART 1
I prioritised the above mentioned things last week and it did happen. Self is getting side lined. Students is what I focussed on the most. School relationship building is in progress.
The learning from last week is to leverage Asynchronous space with girls to instill collaboration, critical thinking and empathy in them.

PART 2
This week I want to read for self, engage more with my girls , leverage asynch space, have clear communication with my Collab for planning steps ahead. Roadblock can be mismanagement of time.

2 November 2020
Something old- Research work for class, Worksheet Checking and feedback on them, leveraging async space and time.
Something new- Setting class culture
Something borrowed- Putting time trackers in Ppt

Something Blue- Increasing attendance

23 November 2020
Moment of Blackness: Dip in attendance of both sync and Async.
Moment of Orangeness: Attendance and Engagement will increase. I will be reading and meditating.
Moment of Redness: SharED, Annual Day and Durbar

23 November 2020

Self: I am going to Prioritise me. My mental and physical health. I will be starting my day with meditation and will end it by reading for an hour atleast. Not touching the phone will enable it and strictly blocking time for doing this will help.
Also, I will try to be regular about these two things.

Students: Making Maths fun for them and thereby increasing students learnings and attendance in sync space and leveraging async space to increase AE.

School: Maintaining a healthy relationship with school teachers and a cordial relationship with my team. This I will be doing by communicating and by actively participating. Organising Annual Day and Durbar and even inviting school teachers to be a part of it.

7 Dec
Consciously- I chose to organize spaces like Annual Day(Durbar), LC, Chit-Chat session with my kids to build relationship and make connections and to provide them spaces to show their talent.

Creativity- Took Maths outside 4 walls of a room. I experimented by taking class outdoors to show how Maths is everywhere in real life. This week I would do spontaneous activities for my own self.

Courage & Collaboration- I am struggling at my personal end. Since last 2 weeks I am not managing my personal life well.

Ojasvini

radhika_gulati — 2020-10-26 08:53:01 UTC

7/12/2020-

Consciousness- What did you consciously aim to be consistent with and it has brought a change in you and your students and school.
I tried to be constantly consistent with practicing conscious behaviour where i am not putting myself in shoes or mindset of a victim

Creativity- In the last couple of weeks, we engaged in multiple spaces. We had our observations, came together to work for our students. Creativity can either be about trying out new things whether by doing something out of the box or trying even going old school. What is something new that you would like to do in the week to bring about a change in self/school/system?
I would like to make notes for important conversations before having them so that the msg clearly gets communicated on the other side and i get my fair answers as well

Communication- We all are at different places and are contributing to our kids in our own way. Let’s share our best practices within the gang and ensure we learn from each other’s practices
my best practise is to take chapter wise revision classes led by students
Courage & Collaboration- Let’s gather our courage and share what is something that we are struggling with so that we can come together to collaborate and help each other out <3
i am struggling with planning the lesson so for my Grade9,10 class for science

23/11/20
2things for school
increase attendance
keep awareness spaces
2 things for school team
communication
plan STM
2 things for self
exercise
time management

Moments of Blackness( Sad/hopelessness)
even after so many efforts the attendance of the class is low. and I am not doing exercise and only cribbing about it

Moments of Orangeness ( Hope/ Enthusiasm)
Menstrual health session gave me hope for creating something new in class

Moments of Redness ( Excitement)
Feeling excited with the festive vibes mostly.

Moments when you felt sad, moments that gave you hope and the moments that were a source of excitement . Think of what made you feel these emotions.
My past 2 weeks had all mix of emotions and work flow too, last weekend I felt hopeful and excited for the awareness menstrual health session and financial literacy sessions as well which was exciting

The lack of communication in collab did make me feel a little off beat but our day today started with a good talk around it

9/11/20
something old-
got a lot of insight from last week with collab meetings for grade 9 and grade 10 and hoping that to reap visible results in the coming weeks

something new-
this week i will be having viva for all the grade 9 students who attend my class. so after class 10 mins call for each student

something blue-
struggling with sleeping on time and not exercising at all

Part 1
26/10/20
1. Prioritise self - care . School- going to school, students- calling them and speaking with them
2. last week i did not do self care much when school was open, i did call the students and did go to school
3. calendaring worked. opening and closing school huddle didn’t work. i wish it did
4. learnings- everyone operates in a different way in school
5. KSM- attended manvi mittals masterclass which helped a lot, took help beyond the LC to improve my understanding of science and to teach it better. created and tried to follow an LC culture so mindset was highly collaborative

Part 2

The One priority I have a
for for the students so that they can learn science as a subject and not be afraid of it
for the school I have is to improve relations with non-teach for India school teachers and
for SELF I have is to exercise this week

The top action plan I would like to everything to me my priority calendaring I feel it’s a task it on my calendar it is done it is executed
I will call parents and our why their child is not attending online classes

Insure I am at even my planned outcome I will make sure my collab members are really pushing me towards it

Possible blockers in this process could be lack of communication within the school team as well as lack of communication with the students as they are not able to reach on the phone

Date 2.11.20
Part 1
last week was rough, things happen in my personal life which i did not see coming and made it hard for me to reach all goals i set.
i made LPs took class and went by fine but i had to forgo the prioritising health

students felt confident this week about science and i had a little bit more participation in class
ptm didn’t work last week. I did calls though
and then the lesson am learning from last week is accountability
KSM- read and studied science skills of accountability and mindset and values of collaboration

Part 2
this week i am prioritising class attendance and engagement of class 9th and class attendance of class. 10th
the blockers i had last week was my mindset for the classroom and i feel i have worked on it

Planning to conduct a Financial Literacy Session this saturday so feeling positive about that and hoping students will find value in it as well - focus

enabler- accountability with school team and collaboration with madiha and monika didi will act as an enabler for me as a better collab

Aastha

radhika_gulati — 2020-10-26 08:53:15 UTC

Part 1
1. Students- Increase attendance: 25 to 30 kids showed up in class.
2. Staff- Continue to maintain good relations: Made sure all expectations are fulfilled.
3. Self- Take out time for myself: Rested on the weekend.

Regular touch points with kids is something that I want to continue to do and increase even more.
Kids also need break from their daily routine. They need support now more than ever and I need to be able to cater to that.
Also, I loved the LC. It really helped me to gain insights of what needs to be prioritised. I am hoping that I am able to manage my time well to be able to achieve all that I intend to do.

Part 2
Students- Increase attendance and engagement.
Action- Maintain regular touch points with the kids, appreciate kids who are doing well.
School- Maintain good relations with the staff
Action- Fulfill school expectation.
Self- Take out time for myself
Action- Deliberately take out time to do some self care practice or to just relax and take a break from screen.

Accountability structures would help me make sure that the above actions are being taken. Unexpected work can be a blocker for self time. Also, mental exhaustion also leads to less productivity some times.

Date: 2nd November, 2020.

Synch attendance was good with 28-30 kids attending the classes. Asynch attendance is still pretty low with only 16-20 kids doing the DOE Worksheets. School relations continue to remain good! For self, I feel there were good daya and not so good days this past week.

Classes went okayish last week. I am figuring out few structures for group practice and making thinking visible but there are a lot of breakdowns happening. So, I have to figure that out. One learning is that my classes not going well on a particular does not reflect upon who I am as a teacher. One or two not so great classes doesn't mean that I am bad teacher. Thus, I need to let go off the self doubt.

Part 2:
As sync attendance is becoming consistent I really want to make sure that it stays that way and improves. For this week, I really want that asynch attendance touches atleast 25. As a school team, we have decided to set up some reward systems. Thus, I am hoping that will help with increasing attendance.

As far as school is concerned, the only aim is to continue to maintain strong relations.

For self, I really want to overthink less and stop doubting myself. It takes up so much of my brain space and I can't afford that. Also, I have to prioritise post-fellowship this week and this month as a whole.

Accountability structures would help me make sure that the above actions are being taken. Unexpected work can be a blocker for self time. Also, mental exhaustion also leads to less productivity some times.

9th November, 2020

Something old- I feel that consistency in the way I take classes is something that I always do. Consistency has helped build certain skills in students overtime; the results of which are now showing!!

Something new- Just looking at things from a 360 degree perspective is something that I want to do from now on. I have realised when only one perspective is looked at a lot of things are missed and then the root cause of something is not properly identified.

Something borrowed- I have started student led classroom with Grade 10 and breakout rooms with Grade 8. They are going really well!!

Something blue- I want to do a lot in little time. So, ultimately I end up bombarding myself with work. But I am happy working quite honestly. So, nothing for now :)

23rd November, 2020

Moment of blackness- When I had no motivation to work and my anxiety shot up big time.

Moment of orangeness- I gave myself time and realised my energy become lighter. That was the time I felt so much better.

Moment of excitement- Festive season was all about excitement. Always love having friends and family around :)

School:
1. Going to school.
2. Submitting/doing all deliverables/tasks on time.

School team:
1. Supporting them as much as possible.
2. Participating in sharED and sharing our story!

Self:
1. Post-fellowship work
2. Take out time for self- care

7th December, 2020

Consciousness- To not be hard on myself and to make sure whatever I intend to do is done within time and in the way I want it to.

Creativity- To be able to build a problem solving attitude (have been working on it from past few weeks) and to hone my persuasion skills is something that I would like to do this week.

Communication- Students as Partners guys. It is really amazing once this starts happening. Be it for content or beyond academics.

Courage and collaboration- I have a lot to do this week in terms of deliverables and work but need to look after myself too. So, creating that balance would be tough.

Chetana

radhika_gulati — 2020-10-26 08:53:20 UTC

October 26th, 2020

Part 1
1. Students- Increase attendance: 25 to 30 kids showed up in class.
2. Staff- Continue to maintain good relations: Made sure all expectations are fulfilled.
3. Self- Take out time for myself: Rested on the weekend.

Regular touch points with kids is something that I want to continue to do and increase even more.
Kids also need break from their daily routine. They need support now more than ever and I need to be able to cater to that.
Also, I loved the LC. It really helped me to gain insights of what needs to be prioritised. I am hoping that I am able to manage my time well to be able to achieve all that I intend to do.

Part 2
Students- Increase attendance and engagement.
Action- Maintain regular touch points with the kids, appreciate kids who are doing well.
School- Maintain good relations with the staff
Action- Fulfill school expectation.
Self- Take out time for myself
Action- Deliberately take out time to do some self care practice or to just relax and take a break from screen.

Accountability structures would help me make sure that the above actions are being taken. Unexpected work can be a blocker for self time. Also, mental exhaustion also leads to less productivity some times.

Ishita

radhika_gulati — 2020-10-26 08:53:25 UTC

Date : 26/10/20
Part 1
i) Walk everyday and work on building connections
ii) Couldnt do it but tried my best
iii) Conscious efforts worked
iv) BE CONSISTENT
v) Knowledge - learned about Nationalism
Skill- took excel workshop
Mindset- be more patient

Part 2
School- Build stronger relations with the staff and HM.
Spend more time and the staff room and talk to HM more often
Students - Increase attendance through informal spaces
Self-Work on my mental and physical health. Ask any of friends to keep accountability

02/11/20

Closing out : Classes didn't go that well due to network issues but kids loved my recorded lecture. I felt so happy after ready their feedbacks. Well- being is something I really really need to work on.

Things that have worked well - recoded lecture and finally a workfree Sunday without feeling guilty

I'm definitely going to do more recorded lectures and have a space where we can discuss the content so that everyone participates.

PART-2

Student - Increase attendance and let my guard down. Personal connection is missing.

Three steps:
1) Informal spaces
2) certificate system
3) Calling kids

School- Building relations with staff and HM.

Self - Work on my mental and physical health. Go on a walk everyday no matter what and sleep on time

23/11/20

Part 1:

Moments of Blackness( Sad/hopelessness)

Health problems

Moments of Orangeness ( Hope/ Enthusiasm)
Spending time with friends and family

Moments of Redness ( Excitement)
SharED
Back to classes

Part 2

2 things for school- nothing

2 things for the school team- SharED

2 things for self.
Eating healthy and sleeping well

Dildeep

radhika_gulati — 2020-10-26 08:53:39 UTC

26/10/2020

Part 1
Last week was quite overwhelming but ended on a positive note as was able to introspect and gather my thoughts on weekend.
Was not able to be as productive as intended.

Part2
The week has started on quite a good note. The goal for this week shall be to follow the structures designed religiously. Have check in as a pet of daily tracker. Plan classes and unit in advance to reduce last minute stress. Keep the class planning and execution as priority and centre.

Share weekly report with HM on time.

Follow morning routine of meditation to start the day on a good note and stay in present.

The possible blocker can be externalisation and negative thoughts creeping in my mind..

Yogita

radhika_gulati — 2020-10-26 08:53:45 UTC

Date - 9th Nov

23 nov -

Upcoming weeks priority getting back with the work, improve my health and investing in students

I was not well last week so that was the dark moment
Hope- getting well early
Something Old - Use of breakout rooms for student learnings.
Something new - Would like to build an attendance tracker and structured questions to invest kids and parents.
Something borrowed - Games from LC for games day
Something blue - struggling with attendance and async engagement.

Date - 26th Oct

Part 1 - Last week

Reading was prioritized by me. Last week planning went well, I was happy with calendaring. The class attendance was low which I will be focusing on this week. The importance of relationships with kids is my last week learning that I'm bringing this week.

Part 2

Planning PTM to improve parent engagement. 1. Informing students, 2. Planning with my co-fellow.

Srijani

radhika_gulati — 2020-10-26 08:53:52 UTC

Date - 26/10

Part 1

Last week I prioritised Self - which included taking time to rejuvinate; School - tracking worksheets and for Students - increasing attendance and engagement.

Actual outcomes for Self matched my intended as I was able to close out day on time and take a break. For students too - attendance and engagement is on a rise but not up to my desired point. However, in terms of tracking worksheets I did not do well.

Regular check-ins with kids worked, would want to continue that this week too.

I feel being part of spaces with other fellows who are teaching same grades and subjects helped me understand the common challenges and also brainstorm certain ideas. The LC was relaxing and gave a much needed long term vision to my present actions :)

Part 2
One priority I want to work on this week is setting the PURPOSE. Many of my grade 8th students used Google to give their test. Step - So I need to bring back the purpose of tests and assessments in terms of "Self Growth" in a Sync session- Students.

For self - I would want to work on work-life balance. Steps would include - closing the day on time, taking 5 minutes stretch break every half an hour.
For School - I would want to work on building community engagement. Action step - Plan a PTM along with my school team.
Blockers - Being too tired to call post classes and other Sync Spaces.

Date - 02/11 (SRK ka birthday !)

Part 1
Closing out last week -

In terms of class and self growth it was a productive week as I took all my classes - attendance and engagement with 8th also increased. Even for Self - Loved learning a lot from Raisha in Lesson Planning Clinic and also worked on my biases through Ed for Equity spaces. Even made my Unit Plan, learnt about chapter planning.

However, in terms of self well-being, things did take a down-turn. I take a lot of time to process things and that is why post Friday it went all blur.

Things that worked well - We completed UWC which we thought we wont be able to.

Actions that did not take place - PTM. Actually parents are also busy with the festive season so scheduling out time with them becomes difficult.

Knowledge and Skill - Learnt how to break down Access and Exposure - 4 into actionable steps. Hoping to work on them this week.

Part 2

School and Students- For this, I plan to take ideas from the Collab meeting because at an individual level it become very difficult to hold onto the attendance and engagement consistency.
For Grade 8 - While engagement is the issue. For Grade 9 - it is attendance.
I would love to brainstorm this week and then chalk out collective actions for November.

Self- Things are a bit shaky here. So would love to spend more time with family and try to wrap up work before parents come back home so that we get family time. The small moments need to be valued, be it with my kids or my family or my team.

Blockers to both - FOMO and not being able to manage work and life.

Date - 9/11 (Demonetisation ka 4th anniversary)

Something old - I had a masterclass and it went well. Learnt a lot from others through along the week. Brainstormed with Collab about what can be done to increase attendance in Sync Space.

Something new- Going to call a lot. grade 8th for device distribution and grade 9 for accountability.
For self I would want to spend some time with family as it is a week of festivals. Need to visit friends and their families also!

Something borrowed - I loved how Oindrilla made her teachers Didi in the class. I saw Aastha doing that today. I want to start creating such spaces for my kids too.

Something blue - Need to look for invested volunteers especially for Science. And also my students are not following boundaries - especially with calling at 7 in the morning on a Sunday, need to have a conversation.

Date - 23/11

Moments of Blackness - Some students being completely disinvested - blocking calls, not replying to texts, not letting me talk to parents. This made me sad and hopeless both even a bit angry to be honest.

Moments of Orangeness (Hope/Enthusiasm) -
The conversations with a few parents were really eye-opening. I got to know how despite of wanting to provide the best for their kids sometimes their situation withholds them. Their willingness to take part in their child's day to day life gave me hope.

Moments of Red (Excitement) - Got to spend a lot of time with my partner's family this week because of Chath puja. So personally that was highlight of the week.
Professionally, almost all my 8th graders are registered to get devices - which is making me super happy and excited.

Actions/Inputs for this week -

School -
a) Parents-Teacher Meeting for 9th and 10th graders
b) Create strong LPs for Student-led classes

School team -
a) Work on Collab 2.0 to address to identify key levers
b) Coordinate and organize a frutiful PTM session

Self -
a) Exercise daily
b) Spend some time on leisure reading for upskilling and growth.

Date - 07/12/2020

Consciousness - I am aiming to reach out to as many students as possible and have regular check-ins with them. This makes me understand their context better and has also led to more response from their side.

Creativity - Something new that I am planning to do this week is a free flow writing session with my 9th graders. I always stick to plans but maybe at times free-flow writing can work better.

Communication - Appreciating all those who complete their work in the next class. This has led to increase in Homework submissions.

Courage and Collaboration - I am facing issues with students being consistent. Would love to hear some ideas on it.

Sonali

radhika_gulati — 2020-10-26 08:54:17 UTC

Date - 26 October
PART 1(Last week)
Last week has seen a twist and turns .Started with great zeal by ending with low turn. It was good start, but due to personal commitments wasn't able to much concentrate on the goals much. However, managed to do well with deadlines and some time for self , will try to work on check in s by coming week.

PART 2
Students- will try to work on attendance, kids check in and calling the kids who doesn't have phones
School - doe tracker, calling class teacher for updates .
Self - taking time out for mediation/exercise, family time .
Will try to manage personal and professional life smoothly

23/11
School - taking classes at pace ,
School team - meeting them up for regular updates , informal communication through whatsapp and calls
Self - managing time with personal commitments, giving myself a space and room for not to overthink

7 Dec'20

Consciousness - be consistent with classes and further development of kids
Creativity- being positive about the spaces , distributing devices and some amazing lesson plans and secret santa
Communication- revision BOR in starting of the class to ensure the equal pace of our kids
Courage and collaboration- struggling with managing personal and professional a bit .

Priya

radhika_gulati — 2020-10-26 08:54:21 UTC

Date - 26th October, 2020
Part 1
Intended outcome for last week - Time for exercise, meditation & reading for self. For school - increase in attendance & engagement

Output - I was able to achieve the time for self - invested in reading & excercise as following my schedule strictly.
For school - not able to reach my expectation for attendance as number of the class strength is till less.

Part 2
Priority for this week to increase attendance & engagment.
Action steps - arranging PTM with my school team & calling students whose attendance are influctuating, student led spaces.

Priority for self would be to create balance in life & work on Health & fitness
Action steps - Closing out the day on time, excercise daily, eat properly on time. take a break in between of work, read everyday.

Date - 2nd November, 2020

Closing out the week
- In terms of school & self growth, I was somewhere achieved all the task structured with breaks in between. Engagement was good, but attendance is something where still need a lot of delibrate actions

Highlight - Completed UWC application which initially was difficult to achieve

Learning - created Unit plan which give structure to the working style. Along with learned how to create chapter planning

Didn't work - We were not able to arrange the PTM as parents are occupied in festivals & other most important work over prioritise on our part

Goals for coming week
School and classroom - to work on attendance after the brainstorming the action step to increase the attendance & make it consistence with collab group. Both class 9th & 10th have fluctuating attendance in all the class so working collaboratively will help to increase.
Self - Consistent schedule of working hours, taking out time for self & family will ensure the well-being.

Blockers - Overthinking & high expectations.

Date - 9 November, 20
Something old - I have two collab meetings where we closely discussed what working in the classroom & action steps to increase attendance & engagment.

Something new - Seeking help from volunteer to inculcate structure writing skill among kids

Something borrowed - Setting structure of working & creating work life balance

Something Blue - Managing time to work on Health & fitness

Part - 2

Date - 23 November, 2020
Moments of blackness - Students are not turning up to the class even if they have all the resources. This makes me feeling helpless that How & what should I do to get them in sync & aysnc spaces

Moments of organeness - Students are helping enthusistically to get their peers in sync spaces, which motivates me to collaborativily we can get all the students in sync & async spaces soon.

Moment of Redness - We had been planning to get the attendance as much as possible, but the last week planning making me confident & I'm very excited to execute.

23/11/2020
School
- Collaborating with teachers for PTM
- Taking their help to increase the attendance & engagment

School Team
- Working collaboratively towards collective goals
- Execting PTM & LDCs together

Self
- Work towards compassion
- Excercise & proper diet
- Self quality time

7th December, 2020
Consciousness - Trying be constantly reflecting my actions and it's outcome while thinking about long term and short term change in classroom

Creativity- getting out of my comfort join, setting deadlines, giving ample time on planning, arranging different spaces for kids such as creatively designing remedial spaces for kids.

Communication- consciously communicating everything to the TEam, PM and my kids...asking everyone point of view at the same time

Collaboration- active collaboration with volunteers, school team members and kids...helping & seeking help from people around.....

Courage- Breaking some of my inhibitions and take courageous steps to work towards it in personal life!! Positivity is really helping me a lot!!

Divya

radhika_gulati — 2020-10-26 08:54:26 UTC

Oct 26, 2020
Part1
The last week was comparatively less heavy than usual. I got time and space to rejuvenate and spend time with family during the festivities. I had planned to work on my procrastination, which I could gradually. I worked-out during the week and ate with cognisance. Moreover, I could
complete my work before deadlines and was able to execute Mid-Term assessments quite smoothly, without clutter.
However, due to certain session overlaps I couldn’t provide a
space to students to clarify their doubts. I could have worked
better on managing my time that way. I realised that I am able
to materialise my plans better if I plan rigorously. This week
is going to be hectic and hence, would require for me to operate with a calm and consistent mindset.

Part 2
My Priorities for self this week would be to spend some more time on Post-fellowship research and maintain health. Furthermore, to deliver all sessions/workshops in a timely and planned manner. For my students, it will be to increase engagement by designing my lessons in such a way that it encourages participation and student talk, and by sharing worksheet submission record and assessment results by the end of this week. It will also be to provide them a space for revision of important concepts. Maintaining a TO DO list, spending less time on social-media and focusing on my work will enable me. My disablers will include screen fatigue, more deliverables that don’t align with my goals for the week.

Nov 2, 2020

Part1

Goals- Work out to maintain health, Post-fellowship research, Increasing student engagement in classroom
Actual outcomes- Researched and worked towards my goals but there were cliffhangers and impromptu tasks and deadlines which broke the flow to a certain extent. I could have planned my week better.
Grows and Learnings- Less procrastination, screen time, and consistency leads to productive results. Planning and calendaring works in my favour. I also need to prioritise things better in order to achieve my desired results.
Opportunities and spaces that helped- Unit Planning spaces, Discussions with PM, Self-time, Calendaring

Part 2

Goals for the week:

Students- Engaging students with self-reflection on the basis of their assessment results

School- Share timely report of attendance and engagement data on WA group

Self- Work on physical health, reduce screen-time, look for potential opportunities, Project Planning

Skills that I’m looking forward to build this week: Planning, Research, Adult Facilitation, Designing, Content Development
Maintaining a TO DO list, spending less time on social-media and spending time with self for reflection and introspection will enable me. My disablers will include screen fatigue, more deliverables that don’t align with my goals for the week.

November 9, 2020
Something old- Regularity in classes, clearing doubts of students, and personal check-ins regarding their mental health
Something new- Parental investment via synchronised calls, PTM Planning
Something borrowed- Setting accountability structures and resting on weekends
Something blue- Establishing a balance between health, school deliverables, LC deliverables, and post-fellowship preparation

Nov 23, 2020

Moments of Blackness: Evening sickness, lack of time-management and too many deliverables to submit

Moments of Hope: Spending time with family, being able to conduct Math UT efficiently, being able to get back with school team and plan efficiently, post-fellowship check-in with Rads

Moments of Redness: Partnering with Pee-Safe, Being able to conduct classes again, bhaiya’s rishta

Dec 7, 2020
Consciousness:

Consistency in following norms in the class.

Consistency in checking-in personally with students.

Consistency in avoiding large intake of sugar- if I feel good about myself, i’m able to create positivity in other’s life also :)

Creativity:

Self- Reply to WhatsApp messages timely

School- Distribute Tablets and engage volunteers to move towards bridging gap-to-grade; collaboration with Pee-safe

System- Engage students in preparing for their near future/dealing with stress and anxiety via conducting time-management session

Aashima

2020-10-26 09:58:13 UTC

DATE : NOV 23, 2020
Moment of blackness : Work life disbalance
Moment of orangeness : Backward planning, setting deadlines and calendering, planning for self.
Moment of redness : SEL sessions, and spending time with family.

Things that'll help me stay focussed this week :
1. Students - Working on short cycle plan.
2. School team - Collaborating, planning things & completing tasks together.
3. Self - backward planning, taking some time out for myself, calendering.

DATE : NOV 9, 2020
Something Old - Consistent SEL has brought significant change in myself and my kids.
Something new - Would like to build an attendance tracker and structured questions to invest kids and parents.
Something borrowed - Chunkey Monkey reading strategy from Chetana's class.
Something blue - struggling with attendance and async engagement.

DATE : NOV 2, 2020
PART 1

1. Priorities last week
Students- interactive SEL workshop
School- collaborative planning spaces
Self- routine
2. Outcomes
Students- achieved - workshop on infatuation and love
School - achieved - lots of collaboration with the school team
Self - not achieved - couldn't focus on self
3. Learning from last week
Framing and objective, revisiting calender, It is important to prioritize self
4. K- Subject related
S- Nuanced Planning
M- learning new skills to grow + working in time
Collaborative spaces helped
5. Things that worked
Sitting together, learning from seniors

PART 2
1. Priorities this week
Students- Connecting to them personally now
School- Keeping collaborations active
Self- Maybe I want to give some space to myself

2. Actions
Calling kids on a con-call with Dildeep, working on mental health month, planning for lessons in collaborations, prioritizing myself over others now

3. Enablers -Ownership and dedication

4. Blockers- Taking it easy, being emotional and then not prioritizing myself

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Date : Oct 26, 2020
Part 1
I had prioritised SEL, More spaces with the school team and planning collaboratively, and emotional regulation for students, schools and self respectively.

Outcomes :
I took an amazing SEL session on Gratitude with kids today, i sat down with the school team and we planned the next month's activities together, i also gave myself space and time, took rest, and spent time with family, had a long conversation with a close friend, slept....and all these things helped me regulate my emotions and mental frame.

The LC helped a lot as it gave perspective to understand where i was standing, what i was feeling and where i needed to focus. The learning that i took with me from last week was that i had somewhere forgotten about my own beliefs and Draw your Future activity helped me to again get in touch with the power of manifestation.
K- All the learnings from the LC
S- Following a routine, calendering, planning
M- Growing and developing self, believing in manifestation

Part 2
I want to prioritise awareness towards mental health of my kids, collaboration with the school team, and getting stricter on my routine. I want to take the following actions - planning interactive workshops for kids, sitting down and planning each week with the team, and nuanced calendering and checklist, leveraging on my friend and working collaboratively towards following routines.

Blockers : Not being able to prioritize what is needed at the moment, pacing the tasks of the day.

Sameer

radhika_gulati — 2020-10-26 10:05:27 UTC

26.10.20
Part 1
1. Prioritised: Increasing students' attendance in sync and Async spaces. Building relationships with school Staff. Meditating

2. Actual outcome: Attendance did increase in sync and in async space. Working on building relationships with the school team.

3. Contacting kids through Whatsapp. Giving them feedback on their work. Going to school, helping teachers, conversing with Bimla ma'am
Didn't work: School environment and safety concerns

4. Prioritise team and school relations

5.
K: Subject related
S: relationship building
M: getting the work done efficiently

Part 2
Self: Learn new words, build vocabulary

Students: Making Maths and science fun for them and thereby increasing students' learnings and attendance in sync space.

School: Maintaining a healthy relationship with school teachers and a cordial relationship with my team. This I will be doing by communicating and by actively participating.

2 November, 2020.

Part1-
Classes are going well the number has sharply declined today. was not able to take regular classes last week due to assessments and holidays.

Part 2 -
Self: Vocabulary
School: Maintain relations and leverage
teaching staff for planning and coordinating.
Students: arranging tabs for 8th graders now !!

Prerna

2020-10-26 15:29:01 UTC

I think the last week was quite relaxed work wise and was able to come up with an effective lesson plan and feel relieved today also I was focussed on inculcating curiosity amongst my students which i was able to achieve to an extent

2 I think my main focus was on the feedback I got from 10 graders but also made sure that my 8 graders learn as well. I hope am able to take effective classes
9 November
1. One old practice that I continue with is experimenting with different ways of teaching and figuring out what works well for my class
2 one new practice I've started with is not thinking from a teacher's point of view rather see things from a student's point of view and think what they need
3. The only thing that makes me feel blue is the school related circular thingy
23 November
I think the sad moment was things not working in the class especially grade 8 in terms of attendance etc
The happy part was all the festivities
The enthusiastic part was discussions with Rads
2 things for school
Loved working with the HM and Tripathi ma'am
School team
I always get that freshness while talking with Aastha and Chetana
Ishita is just fun to be around
2 things on self
Love my fitness regime and hopefully it will continue over a long time
Need to work on my ideas
7 December
I think the creative part has been interacting with tenth graders on whatsapp and discussing the big questions and with eighth grade it is the ae activities and going old school in teaching them spoken English
The communication bit is with the school staff. I think some teachers are really friendly and we can leverage from them particularly in school based projects

Shraddha

shraddhasudi2020 — 2020-10-27 06:31:58 UTC

Date- 27 Oct, 2020.
Part 1.

A. I had prioritised:
(i) Having a student lead classroom in 10th Grade and increasing attendance in sync spaces in 9th grade.
(ii)Increasing interaction with School Staff, taking feedback & inputs from Head of Faculty of SST on the assessment paper, I'd designed.
(iii)Taking out time to workout/ meditate.

B. Actual outcomes:
(i) Attendance increased in 9th Grade, Couldn't hold a student led class.
(ii) Worked on interacting more with staff. Took feedback on assessments.
(iii) Took out 2 hours in the entire week for some recreational activity.

C. Actions:
(i) Contacted students and spoke with parents to ensure attendance in sync spaces.
(ii) Didn't plan better for the student led class: Had assessments, observation and autumn break clashing the same week.

D. Leverage good weekly planning and unit planning to ensure smooth execution.

E. Knowledge: Learnt a great deal of Geography and Economics to ensure good execution in class. Last week's LC was very helpful in putting things into black and white and added to my learning.
Skill: I took a check-in for the first time, learning how to go about that.
Mindset: Learning to take in multi perspectives before making a decision, learnt from interaction with principal Ma'am.

Part 2:
I would block time with a couple of students, discuss a lesson plan with them so that they can execute next week for their Political Science class.
Sleep on time and wake up early to keep an hour for self in the morning.
Identify students who need and Planning check-ins with them.
Starting Star of the week concept, who shared maximum timely worksheets
Improper pacing through the day would be a blocker.

2 November, 2020.

Part1-
I am moving forward with the idea of a student lead classroom.
I managed to hold a couple of more check-ins.
I have been sleeping better as well.

Part 2-
I want to hold 2 SEL sessions with my girls. One focusing toward building & growing patience & empathy in . The other one revolving around teen issues and how to deal with them, since, it's very relevant, now more than ever.
I wish to keep the engagement with the school staff, a going concern, smooth, as it is.
I aim to start taking out time to read.

Something old: I havent't been able to hold the SEL spaces, due to ongoing UTs, pushing it to the next week, or to the one after that. Unsure about that.
I have been working on maximum engagement, by bringing in some fun learning activities.

Something new: Keep a check on adopted students.
Read more. Communicate better with School HoS by keeping them informed.

Something borrowed- Doing presentations with students, them coming out with ideas and presenting them.

Something blue- Time Management.

Redness- Finally meeting my entire family after a very long time.

Orangeness- Learning to do things, one at a time and not getting overwhelmed. Feeling hopeful, post, Collab 2.0 conversation.

Blackness- Missing deadlines, Dropping attendance in classroom.

23 Nov 2020.

School- Collecting and correcting answer sheets. Providing updated attendance.

School Team- Holding each other accountable and making deadlines meet.

Self- Start studying and runnning again.

Chetana

2020-11-02 09:56:20 UTC

November 2nd, 2020

1. Students- Increase attendance: 25 to 30 kids showed up in class.
2. Staff- Continue to maintain good relations: Made sure all expectations are fulfilled.
3. Self- Take out time for myself: Rested on the weekend.

Regular touch points with kids, staff and self really worked out.
Also, I loved the post fellowship space. It really helped me to gain insights of what needs to be prioritised. I am hoping that I am able to manage my time well to be able to achieve all that I intend to do.

Accountability structures would help me make sure that the above actions are being taken. Unexpected work can be a blocker for self time. Also, mental exhaustion also leads to less productivity some times.

For the coming week, my priority is student attendance.
Steps:
1. Round of calling kids.
2. Informal spaces.
3. Another round of PTM.

Dildeep Singh

2020-11-03 03:35:46 UTC

Shared the report with HM.

Found myself a bit better with managing my morning routine. Making slow progress.

Still struggling with classroom planning in an effective way. Can be much much better. The possible blockers are over expectations from my own self, stress in personal space, managing distractions.

Part 2

School- wind up LC

Students- Punctuality. Keeping everyday punctuality points for those who are coming on time. Masterclass to have accountability to ensure best productivity.

Self- Not using phone before 8am in morning

Dildeep 09/11/2020

2020-11-09 10:14:37 UTC

Something Old: Consistently talking to kids. Getting to know each kid and their needs. Working on fulfillment of short term needs. Taking classes in 2 batches in a day as 1 time does not suit every kid. Has helped to increase the attendance

Something new: Talking to HM and subject teachers for being involved in UT planning and working along in a way which can help kids have more clarity.

Something borrowed: Doing classes in two batches..

Chetana

2020-11-09 10:40:21 UTC

Nov 9, 2020
Something old: Spending time with kids consistently through calls, texts or informal chit chat in classes.

Something new: Classroom culture of grade 8 and introducing a class identity.

Something borrowed: Research Research Research. You'll grow as much as you research.

Something blue: We all just need to find chilling time in the hectic work schedule.

Dildeep Singh- 23/11/2020

2020-11-23 09:52:22 UTC

Moment of Blackness: Last 2 weeks have been tough as per the situation at home.
Moment of Hope: Despite all the situations I somehow managed to hang on and met my Insti buddies Sonali and Manvi..
Moment of Redness: When I Manvi and Sonali met and sat together and yesterday when I was going to adopt Maple..

Self: Be vulnerable, Pray and Mediatate to build acceptance.
School: Being a part of Subject Discussions and UTs.
Students: Ensuring devices reach asap to all kids, reaching out to ensure safety and well being for one of my kids..

Chetana

2020-11-23 10:16:34 UTC

Nov 23, 2020
Moments of Blackness:
Last two days have been difficult due to heightened anxiety.

Moments of Orange:
My friend has been a great source of hope for me.

Moments of Red:
I can't recall any.

Inputs:
School- Maintaining relationship.
School team- Supporting and motivating each other.
Self- Showing up for therapy sessions and learning to say no.