BULLETIN BOARD
Train-the-trainer programme
GenieKids is organising a ‘Train the Trainer’ programme for teachers, prospective teachers, people who want to start a school, or parents who want to empower themselves.
The online programme consists of live classes via web-conferencing twice a week late evening (9-11pm) which participants can attend via the Internet from their home. Classes for the new batch will start from January 10, 2012.
GenieKids is also conducting holiday programmes for children from the age of 3 to 10, between 10 am and 1 pm, from December 26 to December 30, 2011. Visit www.geniekids.com/ttt or call 91-80-25202510, for more details.
Baking and chocolate making
The Institute of Baking and Cake Art, Bangalore has designed a one-day comprehensive ‘Short Home Baking’ programme on January 7, 2012. It will introduce the basics to baking and provide useful practical knowledge and hands-on experience on techniques and choices in baking.
It is also conducting a one-day course on chocolate making on January 14, 2012. The course would cover the basics of chocolate making, orange and lemon flavoured chocolate, rock chocolate — peanuts and butterscotch, soft centre chocolates — cream and coffee flavoured, liqueur chocolates, truffle and chocolate caramel cream.For further details, contact 9341721680/ 080- 22106619.
Chess classes
Rainbow Club, located in Malleswaram, Bangalore, is conducting chess classes for children aged five and above. For details, contact: 9449340975.
Crash course
Sai Vigyan has announced a Santa Camp crash course this X’mas for students in Mechanics, Electronics and Robotics which will be about gears, levers, circuits and robot models.
For others, there will be a brain workshop for creative and interactive writing and speaking, with spellings and pronunciation through phonetics. There will also be mind mapping sessions to enhance academic performance, and horse riding for children between 7-14. For details, contact: 99723 75768 / 99452 01411 or e-mail saivigyan@gmail.com
Networxx opens centre in Bangalore
Frameboxx Animation and Visual Effects, has launched Networxx in association with Penta CCIE and Master Trainer Khawar Butt, to provide internationally recognised Cisco certification to Indian IT professionals.
Headquartered at Mumbai, Networxx has opened centres across 14 cities in India in Hyderabad, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Gurgaon, Indore, and Pune, besides Bangalore.
Networxx would be offering its Cisco certification programmes of eight months duration each, including Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA), Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP) and the most sought-after qualification, Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE).
The job opportunities for Cisco-certified experts in networking and data security is on the increase and is held in high esteem in global IT & Networking industries for their prowess in deploying, managing and trouble-shooting complex networking scenarios.
National conference
Sambhram Group of Institutions, School of Management studies is organising a two-day National conference on ‘Reverse Innovations Leading to rural India Transformation: The best management practices’ on December 22 and 23, 2011.
Finishing school for teachers
Finishing School for teachers (FST) is a course designed by the Academy for Creative Teaching, (ACT) Bangalore. It intends to upgrade teacher quality to international standards.
This training enables aspiring teachers to gain a knowledge of effective teaching techniques. FST does not replicate the B Ed course, but complements it in many ways. It is a comprehensive course that focuses upon fine tuning the personality, skills, attitude and professional aptitude of teachers.
FST focuses upon developing ethics in teaching, professionalism in teachers, creativity in teaching style, team spirit and team management skills, skills in strategic planning, and competency in pedagogic teaching. The course nurtures personality development by enhancing communication and presentation skills, narration styles, concept-based teaching styles and other life-skills.
Aspiring candidates will have to clear the entrance test. The FST course comprises six general papers and one subject specific paper. The teachers are thoroughly oriented to understand child behaviour and learning styles through training in mentoring and counseling and classroom management and life-skills.
Emphasis will be on activity-based learning. Here, learning will be more experiential, reflective and collaborative. There will be seminars and paper presentations apart from assignments and internals. The students will also be working on application of technology in learning and teaching.
There will be periodical field training and projects with ACT associated schools. Successful students will be helped in getting placements in schools associated with ACT, based on their performance.
For details, contact: Academy For Creative Teaching, 480, 6th Main, HMT Colony, Opp Bus depot, R T Nagar, Bangalore- 560032 Tel no- 080-41697855,41697866.
Email- contact@actedu.in. website- www.actedu.in
