PEDAGOGICAL LEADERSHIP PRP TRAINING - A MEMOIR...

EDITORIAL

Pedagogical Leadership training is a milestone in the history of
education in India. The school leaders of India mostly practice any
one or more of these Leadership styles- Servant Leadership,
Transactional Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Emotional
Leadership and Instructional Leadership. However, the rapidly

changing dynamics of the 21st century in Education and all other

sectors , demanded a change in the leadership style of the school
Principals as well. To develop the 21st century skills in children like
Critical thinking, Creativity, Communication and collaboration, the
school leaders themselves are expected to lead by example and create a
culture of collaborative learning in the schools. In recent times school
leadership has moved further ahead to ‘Leadership for Learning’ (LFL)
where, in order to ensure that all students learn, everybody else in the
education system, has to continuously engage in learning.
Pedagogical Leadership (PL) Training for Prospective Resource
persons was organized by CBSE in collaboration with NIEPA. One
Hundred Seventy (170) School principals and Master Trainers of
different COEs participated in this programme to become the first
batch of Principals to be trained as pedagogical leaders. They, in turn,
will be training the Principals of other CBSE schools across the
country in the next few months. The Pedagogical leadership
movement to redefine the role of the school leadership has started with
a ‘Bang’ and I am sure that the impact of this bang will bring about a
paradigm shift in the education system of India.

DR SWARUP DUTTA
Principal, MSM English School & Jr College,

Malkapur, Maharashtra

This training was a very special one, thanks to Dr N.Mythili
and the core team members (Mrs.Ambika Gulati, Mrs.
Harpreet Kaur, Capt. Dinisha Bharadwaj, Mrs. Swarnima
Luthra, MRs.Sanchita Verma and Mrs. Seema Jerath ) who

conducted this training and are co – authors of the

Pedagogical Leadership handbook. This Memoir captures
the thoughts, feelings, opinions and ‘Aha’ moments of the
participants. I am thankful to all those Pedagogical leaders
who contributed in the making of this ‘Pedagogical
Leadership – a Memoir’ flipbook . I strongly believe that
this flipbook will have a great historical significance as it
documents the impact the PL training created on the ‘Pilot
batch’ of Principals to transform them into not only
pedagogical leaders but also ‘Change Makers’ who will bring
about the transformation in the style of schools Leadership
of all the CBSE schools in the country.

DR SWARUP DUTTA
Principal, MSM English School & Jr College,

Malkapur, Maharashtra

Foreword

 Pedagogical Leadership is one of the most important areas of
school education in India. It is a sought after role for all school
principals in India today. The vision of transforming principals from

administrative role to pedagogical leaders is one of the major

policy decisions made by the Government of India in National
Education Policy, 2020. The role of Madam Anita Karwal, Secretary
School Education in shaping the pedagogical leadership is
undeniably very high. Under her inspirational leadership
developing the Pedagogical leadership framework, Annual
Pedagogical Plan and their related training materials took the
shape of developing a comprehensive handbook. Sri Manoj Ahuja,
the current chairman of the CBSE, did not lag behind in continuing
his support. He ensured that the pedagogical leadership of
principals is never lost amidst myriad events of everyday chores
and pressures.

 As a core team, we wanted to prove that not only the book was
written well, but also the training programme being able to
translate the intent of the book effectively to have a deeper impact
among principals. The attempt was to redefine the notion and
transform the method of doing training for principals in India with
clearly defined expected outcomes and achieving it at the end of
the programme. In this programme, it was to develop and present
the annual pedagogical Plan for the school developed within the
workshop. This memoir is a collection of the result our attempts to
transform the understanding and notion of principal as a leader in
general and pedagogical leader in particular.

Continued….. N. Mythili

,Assistant Professor, NCSL

NIEPA, New Delhi

 Participants of the workshop held by CBSE in collaboration
with NIEPA have expressed their experience of having
undergone the training during 5 days with their lingering

memories on pedagogical leadership. This memoir captures

the experience of 170 participants working in various CBSE
schools across India, who themselves are excellent leaders
having proved their worth and master trainers for various
training programmes of CBSE. I along with core team
members are grateful for all those who shared their
experiences and feelings for the memoir. I get at least one
message a day from the participants even to this day. By
itself this has been a living experience of the 5 day training
programme day after day , everyday.

N. Mythili

,Assistant Professor, NCSL

NIEPA, New Delhi

MY ALBUM



MY ALBUM

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Ode To Pedagogical Leadership M
Workshop Y
(A poem by Sapna Sankhla) M
E
O passionate pertinent PRPPL, M
Thee prolific pleasure of life, O
Thou with ardent architects so adorable, I
Took us all for a leadership ride. R

Thou as Magnum Opus directed by Dr
Mythili,
Who Augment with experience ,
Thee nurtured, nourished, nutrified,
Thou adorned by perseverance.

Thou with the team of trainers,
Vibrant, creative, innovative,
Thee with thy curiosity,
Transformed the principals to be
imaginative.
Continued…..

Thou with the vastness of firmament,
Thou with the profoundness of ocean,
Thou like the mighty forceful wind
Thou as nourishing earth with creation.

My cohorts with their past splendour,
Are enriched, enlightened by the shift
paradigm,
As thee blew thy clarion,
Over and ear hearkened with victory chime

Thee had spread thy wings in five days
Reaching every nook and cranny with ease
Thee the brain child of the most revered
Gurus
Instilled in us self-reliance to hone our
expertise.

Bestow thy strength towards APP mastery
Share thy impulse to each engaging mind
If winter comes can spring
Be far behind?

Mrs. Sapna Sankhla Jain
Principal , RMK Residential Senior
Secondary School , Chennai

Self Aware IndividualFollowing the CBSE NIEPA Training
on Pedagogical Leadership I have
Metacognitive Thinkerinitiated my journey up the ladder…..
Self Reflective Practitioner
Geeta Gangwani
Leader Bal Bharati Public School

Administrator/ Manager Sector 14,Rohini Delhi

During the enriching training on Pedagogical
Leadership , the wow moment was the
realization about the importance of personal
and professional vision that the Principal must

develop to ensure that all in the organization
learn to enrich the Teaching learning Process.
ALL means ALL

Personal School Vision
Vision &
&
Collective
Professiona Vision
l Vision
Geeta Gangwani

Bal Bharati Public School
Sector 14,Rohini Delhi

The PL workshop was a paradise for Pedagogies enthusing in me a great zeal,
It led to reflection and renewal through ‘unlearning’ and ‘relearning’ what I feel.

R– Reflections and renewal was the main element each day,

‘leadership for learning’ is the right and pragmatic way.

E– Engaging teachers professional development is the need of the hour,

Training Need Analysis can surely empower.

F– Free flow of ideas in chat box & padlet were a classroom in its own,

Too much of learning made us feel sailing in an enrichment zone.

L–‘Leading schools’ to ‘Leading Learning’ enthused a new zeal,

Developing learning culture and leading TLP gave me great feel.

E– Ethical compass revealed strengthening of moral literacy,

Learnt to distinguish integrity from morality and effectiveness from efficacy.

C– Counting on 5Ws while developing SMART goals was an amazing key,

Meeting our future self helped us envision ‘what we are’ and ‘what we want to be’.

T– Teaching of 21st centaury skills to be incorporated in curriculum at school,

including best practices and innovation in pedagogy can serve a great tool.

I– Insight of WHAT, HOW and WHY layers of PL framework showed us the path and purpose,

After gaining knowledge and skill, virtue is now what we need to focus.

O– Overcome Cumulative Learning Deficit is what I felt the need,

Drafting Annual Pedagogical Plan with staff is the best way indeed.

N–Never-ending discussions during pre and past session and lunch break,

helped me discover the path for LfL that I need to take.

S– Shift from ‘Engaging Students’ to ‘Empowering Learners’ was an eye opener,

Seeking enlightment to the RIGHT leadership through this workshop was
a great honor

Thanking all my Mentors!
Warm wishes and Regards

Monica Chawla

(principal)

St. Joseph’s Sr. Sec. School
Chandigarh

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Learning is another name of expansion and the only way to bridge up
between where we are …. and where we have to go. The whole team of
resource persons ignited a spark to think , realise and act in a modified
manner.
One of the biggest transformation in my professional life took place after
attending the session of pedagogical leadership. I would like to express that
journey of transformation through the lines below.

The month of July ,took me high,
as provided me wings to fly
Amidst the silence of pandemic
Some sound seemed to echo
Even when there was no wind ,birds had stopped chirping
Learning made my way,
Characters would always stay
With all smirks and smile ,would thank everyone for creating miles

Mrs. Anu Bhatia
St. Edmunds School
Jawahar Nagar, Jaipur

A SELF AWARE LEADER !!!
AHA moment !!!

When I saw the video of Arvind Gupta

“TURNING TRASH INTO TOYS OF LEARNING” I
was reflecting ON my role as a Principal in my
school - I utilized minimum resources, to their
maximum POTENTIAL ,with zero investment.
From the existing SMART goal HOW I evolved
a new smart goal, after attending the APP
SESSION for my school, was my….Aha
Moment!!!

MINI JOHNY,
YASHASVI VIDYANIKETHAN,
BANGALORE ,COE-BANGALORE



A WONDERFUL PRACTICAL
TRAINING – BOTH PERSONALLY AND
PROFESSIONALY….

“I have lots of things as take away

that I can quickly and easily apply.“
The sessions were truly inspiring and
discussions were interesting. Great
presentation style with lots of
opportunities to ask questions and
talk about real life examples which
all made for a really interactive and
thought provoking sessions.
THANK YOU FOR DIRECTING ME IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION..

KARPAGAM C ARSAPPAN
PRINCIPAL KPS SCHOOL,
COIMBATORE ,TAMILNADU

July 2021 started with a complete different ambiance.
So much of excitement, fun and learning!

The workshop on Pedagogical Leadership was indeed

enriching. There were so many concrete takeaways
that we can implement to augment our teaching-
learning processes, some of them - absolute must
haves for schools.
The Resource Persons with their varied experiences
simply added to the enlightening discussion during
the interaction with the participants.
Even the participants - selected 170 school leaders
contributed so much to the learning exchange.
Overall, it was truly a wonderful opportunity... would
remain excited for the next one...

Dr. Sankar Prasad Dutta
Principal

Krishnagar Public School, West Bengal

Journey of transformation of an Administrator to an
‘Aware-d’ change maker through an impactful masterclass.

Realization of ‘Illusion of Competence’ in many areas……was

heading in right direction but without a GPS….. Training
provided a clear roadmap to reach the destination….. Have
to build ‘I can make a difference’ attitude in my teachers
and students and also promote growth mindset amongst
them where failure is seen as a stepping stone……Have to
revisit the school vision by taking suggestions from all
stakeholders specially involving alumni…. Take wise ‘Data
Driven Decisions’…. Retrain teachers to customize education
and create the DNA of inclusiveness….

Sure of being seen as a constant pillar of support by my
students, fair and approachable by parents and as an
Inspirational ideal by teammates…. Afterall we have been
blessed with a practical 5 step comprehensive tool to
prepare school APP to improve students' learning by the
Seven Angels.

Gratitude

Dr. Vandna Shahi

Principal, BCM School,
Basant Avenue, Dugri

Road, Ludhiana

An insightful journey to discover my Raison d'être as a School Leader.

The five days of Pedagogical Leadership training was the best thing that
happened to me as a school leader and the timing of the training webinar
couldn’t have been better as we are heading towards the implementation of
NEP in letter and spirit. It made me reflect on whether or not I’m fulfilling the
core functions of Leadership namely influence others, direct others, empower
others or working with others. It made me also take a stock of my leadership
style. What impressed me most was the Pedagogical Leadership framework for
Leading Learning. It gave me a deeper insight into the over arching concept, Key
functions and the processes that need to be followed to be an effective
Pedagogical Leader. The Annual Pedagogical plan template made me analyse
the 5Ws needed for preparing an impactful Pedagogical plan. All I can say is that
these five days of learning made me self aware to a certain extent and made me
curious to know more, be more & do more. The Best part about this was the
fact that we learnt it all from the very creators of the Handbook of pedagogical
Leader Dr N. Mythili and her team themselves and I couldn’t have asked for
more.

“…it’s not just learning that’s
Important. It’s learning what

to do with what you learn
and learning why you learn
things that matters”.

-Norton Juster

DR KAVITA JAKHER
PRINCIPAL,
ARMY PUBLIC
SCHOOL
HISAR (HARYANA)



No matter how experienced one is or how professionally qualified learning is eternally ceaseless, and being

ardent lifelong learner, the six day long journey for me, been truly interspersed with epiphanies and
revelations at each phase The entire experience three phased unfurling of me pedagogical leader

Revisit preset I had set foot with an established perspective that the present functioning
notions
and progress of my school is anchored at the right direction and the
programme would help me build on my existing stand points. Fortuitously,
the first phase helped me to revisit those set notions and realign my
compass.

Realisation With the effective orchestration of the meticulously planned modules , I was empowered
& with the realization and confidence that I can take on the new challenges and transform
visions into achievable goals and convert theory into practice.
confidence

Clarity & The smooth handholding in each session helped in conceptualizing my school goals
empowerment with absolute clarity. I could thus evolve not only as a pedagogical leader but also an
individual empowered with prowess to adopt to the demands of the dynamic world
of education.

Ms. PAPIYA MUKHERJEE
Principal cum Asstt. Regional

Officer
DAV Public /Model Schools

West Bengal Zone

The Learning Sojourn

Being involved in active learning sessions for six
continuous days was like a “long drive” for me.
The online sessions were truly engrossing and

engaging, at times challenging, yet the learning

was truly amazing and overwhelming. “Difficult
roads often lead to beautiful destinations”, it is
said. Navigating the entire course work, and the
intense attention needed to attend all online
sessions sounded like a humongous task but the
learning was immensely fruitful.

The sessions often led me to critically reflect on my
style of working as a school leader. The entire
learning experience was a sojourn of self-
awareness where the ‘actionables’ have
veraciously enabled me and empowered me. The
key takeaway for me was the novel insight towards
the need of shared vision of all stakeholders of the
institution.

I am now constantly reminded of the Six
Thinking Hats of Edward de Bono and as a school
leader, I need to wear these hats often.

Dr Pratibha Kohli

Principal

Maharaja Agrasen Model School

CD-Block, Pitampura

Delhi

Indelible Memories worthy to remember !

July 1 was indeed a memorable day, an endeavour by team of the
brightest minds to brighten and illuminate the ignorant chambers of
around 170 pedagogical leaders to shape up the future of future
generations.

It lasted up to five days, each day filled with excitement and
enthusiasm to learn about innovation in learning and teaching
practices. Undoubtedly a welcome step taken by dynamic
intellectuals in transforming pedagogy by making all the
Pedagogical Leaders steer ahead on the grassy road of vision and
mission of school, by analyzing their own strengths and weaknesses.
Each and every day educated to tread on the path, with full
collaboration and cooperation to reach fruitful destination of
achieving definite direction and definition in the field of education.
Nurturing of Inclusive Education and enhancing Learning Culture was
also the foremost target of pedagogical skills.

The conclusion about the entire journey on entire route once again
restructured the minds that overcoming of challenges with proper
team work lies in the true, sincere and honest leadership of
Principal. It brought a metamorphic change and broadened the
outlook of pedagogical leaders. The memory that Principals only like
a potter can give shape and make students as versatile sculptures
with complete uniqueness and uniformity will never fade away.

MRS. ROOMA PATHAK
PRINCIPAL, M.M. PUBLIC SCHOOL
VASUDHA ENCLAVE, PITAMPURA, DELHI

My APP Composed by:

An Expression of Heemal
Gratitude for our Handoo Bhat
Principal
Mentors Hansraj Model
School,
“You have been selected to attend a six day workshop on pedagogical Punjabi Bagh
leadership by CBSE…” West,
Feeling elated I entered enthusiastically the virtual class New Delhi
Crammed with 170 equally lucky peers from Bharat enmasse
Dr. Mythili softly puts across the ground rules Continued…..
Why do they sound just like the ones we do in our schools?
We began with a 95 page handbook
Which we had to read by hook or crook.
Not to forget the pre-session exercise
Understanding school leadership was the prize!

Let me tell you ladies and gentlemen

Pedagogic Leadership has heavy layers

Descriptors and Actionables are in our

Influencing and Directing others everyday prayers
Creating a vision for the school
To empowering and Working with others

And building a shared vision is so cool.

We learnt to be Responsible and

Responsive Developing SMART goals

Networking our leadership and being And developing a personal vision are our
inclusive. roles

Dr. Mythili had on us a Direct effect Don’t forget to align personal values

While in some sessions it was Mediated With the educational systems values.

I hope there was a Reciprocal

And Inverse effect in these six days

Composed by: Continued……

Heemal Handoo Bhat
Principal
Hansraj Model School,
Punjabi Bagh West,
New Delhi

Finally we reached the shore

And in jubilation we were about to soar

When our mentors told us there was more in

Practicing pedagogical leadership store
With Padlet, Mentimeter and video clip
Well, we were smoothly sailing through APP they said…
Oh CBSE! It was something we all dread!
The Annual Pedagogical Plan

Engaging in teachers professional development Over the last two days we scanned

was nothing new. We poured over needs and gaps

While Dr.Mythili’s team was leading the teaching Working through with our road maps
learning process From engaging in teachers professional
Our exhaustive sessions almost put us in distress development
But the motivation from the mentors We were guided patiently towards the 5 steps
experiment

Made us reflect therefore [s] In building a culture of inclusion
in the chat box we poured our comments And being a self-aware leader in conclusion.
the one- plus-five days were well spent.
Continued…..

Composed by:

Heemal Handoo Bhat
Principal
Hansraj Model School,
Punjabi Bagh West,
New Delhi

Gratitude to NCERT, NIEPA and CBSE

I conclude with a plea.

Hum Sath Sath Hain Now that we have completed the course
Was the team of Magnificent Seven
Seven empowered ladies who walked this path We would appreciate if you would endorse
Madam Ambika and Harpreet Kaur
Who helped us explore and restore That we have learned aplenty
Our faith in high quality education. And are totally ready for NEP 2020!

With Madam Swarnima and Sanchita By the way
Captain Dinisha and Madam Seema We heard you are now planning to send
Who saw in us the ability to All 170 principals on a vacation
Navigate and gave us all a stoical hearing For 5 days and 6 nights to Finland
Without in our thoughts interfering. To help them improve their Annual Pedagogical
And Dr. Mythili who converted adversity into Plan!
Opportunity and thoughtful interventions.

Thank you ladies, we now recognize, Composed by:
Where we are now and
What we need to do Heemal Handoo Bhat
How will we achieve Principal
And who is responsible Hansraj Model School,
Timelines and impacts are now permissible! Punjabi Bagh West,
New Delhi

It is with a lot of emotions
That I reflect on the invitation
For Pedagogical Leadership Session
Where we learnt that every school should have a shared
vision.
We need to set Smart Goals
Aligned to our personal vision and roles.
We learnt that as a Principal we had a need
Direct, Mediated Reciprocal and inverse were the different
forms to lead.
With the direct effects of the RPc and our Reciprocal effect
on them
The session was truly amazing with all 170 of us at the
helm.
We learnt to recognize the gaps, with APP as our ultimate
goal
Then look for opportunities and the final impact of the
whole.
Then we planned to achieve what we want,
Who is responsible, and the time line is which to perform?
The ahaa moment was the awakening of the Actionables
we had
I came out as a pedagogical leader, NEWLY CLAD.

PALLAVI SHARMA
MAMTA MODERN SR. SEC. SCHOOL
VIKASPURI, NEW DELHI-110018

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Share your Thoughts here ….

Your Name and School

Visited school, changed the vision
Then came a change in the school mission

Everyone has guessed

Why I am so enriched and blessed
A change in me so live
After the day five
This is only because of your team and you Mythili mam

Visited the school and revised the APPlan
Saw a change in all the school clan
a new culture of learning is ready

With an inclusive environment steady
I am ready to become a good APP manual reader

And become a self aware leader
These are my reflections
A step towards perfection

This is only because of your team and you Mythili mam

Manjula A
Principal

Bhavan Bangalore Press School .

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STORY on PEDAGOGICAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING

Just thought it will be one more training program but
NO it was different ! (it has made me write a memoir)

The PEDAGOGICAL LEADERSHIP enterprise was no simple effort. It was a strong
force of 177 leaders. We became chatty, vociferous, padletty, menti-loving ..
bringing all our energy to focus on pedagogical leadership.

I relished the possibilities of continual ‘idea exchange’ and was immersed in the
discussions and presentations. Loved the way the team of 1+ 6 piloted the 5 day
program!

By creating this group - ‘social glue’ of leadership, irrefutably there will be a lot
of Brownian movement of interactions that will make us move forward. Thanks
Dr. Swarup Dutta for this networking. Hope Dr. Mythili will stoke up new
thinking…
Stella Pauline Punitha
The Schram Academy
Chennai

July 11, 2021

The journey of self-exploration,
The journey of finding the Pedagogical leader in me,
The journey of extensive learning, mind and heart churning & of
reflections,

The journey which was like a cool, brisk, invigorating breeze.

It was an expedition which began on 1st July, 2021 and will
continue forever.
It was the Capacity Development on Pedagogical Leadership
Programme.
It was mentored by 6 exclusive educationalists,
It was tailored under the incomparable guidance of the Rock Star
Professor Mythili.

Learning was about building a shared vision, developing SMART
personal and professional goals,
Learning was about developing an inclusive learning culture and a
culture of innovation,
Learning was about becoming reflective practitioners,
Learning was about becoming a self-aware leader.

Continued……

Kanchan Joshi
Cygnus World School,
Vadodara, Gujarat - India

My Key take away is the essence of the descriptors,
actionables and sub –actionables.
My Metacognitive moments have made me think how I
influence, direct, empower and work with others.
My Wow moments have helped me understand my
strengths and weaknesses.
My Aha moments made me realize that I need to invest
time in innovation as all we are doing are just best
practices.

I have carried back immense wealth of skills, ideas and
teammates.
I feel empowered to prepare an Annual Pedagogical plan
for my school.
I feel inspired to lead my school, community and thus my
nation to greater heights.
I feel like extending my heartfelt gratitude to the team of
mentors who changed my life for the better in just a span
of 5 days!!

Kanchan Joshi
Cygnus World School,
Vadodara, Gujarat - India

 FIVE +1 VOYAGE

 I was delighted when I received a mail from COE, CBSE informing me that I
have been nominated by COE for the Prospective Resource Person training
in PEDAGOGICAL LEADERSHIP.

 Five+1 day Journey of learning and empowerment started on 1st July. Filling
the Pre assessment & Post assessment was an achievement.

 Training started on a positive note with formal inauguration followed
by vibrant Mythili ma’am unfolding & sharing the details of the
training who threw the ball in the court by sharing the guidelines. She
looked like a strict principal of 80’s of my school days . Felt like a student
once again & geared up for learning .

 Sessions by Mythili Ma’am, Swarnima Ma’am, Ambika Ma’am ,Seema
Ma’am, Sanchita Ma’am, Dinisha Ma’am& Harpreet Ma’am helped to
understand “How to lead learning”.

 Could see the Child in me & in other principal was curious enough to learn
& was excited while answering the questions in Padlet , Mentimeter and
Chat box .

 Pre session reading & Post session tasks kept all of us busy late at night
even on Sunday but the zeal & enthusiasm to learn was alive.

 I believe that this training for 170 principals was instrumental in bringing
out the best in all of us & all of us will prove to be good pedagogical leaders
& train other principals . The chain of training & learning will go on…..

 A big thanks to CBSE & NIEPA.

MS.SEEMA GUPTA
UNIVERSAL HIGH SCHOOL
AURANGABAD,MAHARASHTRA

The workshop for me was a transition
from

my own unorganized moves due to which
I arrived at unintended consequences
and many times failed to achieve what I

deserved,
towards
an enlightened leadership process where
consequences are quantifiable and
desirable.
In Short a pure learning experience of not
only the mind but also of the soul.

Thank You all who made this possible


Mitali Mukherjee

(Principal)
Mount Litera Zee School Bihta

We Had Started Out To Learn How To Lead
But We Were Led Into A Journey Of Self
Realization And Reflection.

A Journey Where Our Minds Were Opened To

New Ways Of Thinking, Working, and
Learning To Lead & Leading To Learn

It Was A Transformation From Fitting Into A
Box To Thinking Outside The Box

Thank You To Each One Of Our Mentors
For Guiding Us Towards This Path Of
Lifelong Learning…!

Annu Arora

DAV Public Senior Sec School
Janakpuri, Delhi

1ST July to 6th July, a journey to an unexplored island of
learnings, understanding , reflecting, visualizing ,
debating , deliberating, unlearning & relearning . The

journey of transformation from a school principal to

the pedogeological leader of the Institution. These
days not just taught me to develop and write APP, but
these 6 days taught me to think beyond the thinkable.
I traveled from the Vision to mission of being a
principal. I learned that how my shared vison can bring
an ocean of change to my institution. The teaching
learning process, developing a culture in the school,
inclusion, leading learning process, APP all these and
more was inducted in me. I would keep this short
keeping in view the ABC taught to us during this
workshop …..

“ACTIONS NOT WORDS ARE THE ULTIMATE
RESULT OF LEADERSHIP

Dr. Kunal Anand
Principal

Delhi Public School, Udhampur J&K

A memorable experience to think anew and do better

The voyage began on 1st July at 10:15am.On the board 170
selected enthusiastic sailors with a crew of 7 who resembled
the historical Megallans-the risk taker, the iconoclast , the

visionary, the warrior……..

Rather it was a pre-voyage training for the new sailors to
charter the direction and steer through the rough seas ,to
pursue against all odds ,to find the new worlds…..

The training is over ,I am with my ship………standing on the
deck I remember how stronger I have become, with proper
vision …..I know where I should take my ship-----I know now
that its not the ship that takes us –I must lead the ship……….

With gratitude I remember those training sessions which
taught the A to Z of sea faring……great trainers make great
sailors -----though the situations are unique process is the
same ..I feel elated to sea other happy mariners in the mid
sea 1,2,3 …169 of them shoulder rose and head high
cheerfully leading their ships of varied size and
shapes…….no compass, no binoculars in hand, only with the
new device

the Madh-s3 …an innovation..

Oh I must stop as the same device in me- the Madh-s3
warns not to cross the ABC..

BALAGOPAL.M

B R MEMORIAL CENTRAL SCHOOL
KOTTARAKKARA,KOLLAM,KERALA

It is indeed an honour to be the part of the zealous and
challenging journey of Learning……the Annual
Pedagogical Plan committed to provide engaging and
challenging educational opportunities to all schools in
the country.
Through this unique 5 Days Workshop we have been
able to uptake the process of unlearn , learn and relearn
the latest facets related to experiential, competency and
inquiry based innovation that will be launched at the 5
step stage
I fully believe that each individual has got the unique
chance to work for excellence coupled with the values
like commitment and sincerity towards the most
important machinery of our country……the Youth.
The APP will prepare each teacher, student and each
parent to be actively involved in the process of teaching
learning along with the task to preserve the
environmental heritage. It will also guide the teachers
and students to adapt to the specific and individual
needs of our learners with creativity and innovation.

Dr Paramjit Singh

Principal, Army Public School
Ambala Cantt
Haryana

My reflections after attending the Pedagogical
leadership workshop
I will relook at the school’s vision. The
enlightenment that schools must realign their
vision statement with the changing times , the
need to have a shared vision and the roadmap to
that is my aha moment from the training.

Another aspect that has touched my soul is how to
be a reflective practitioner and to embed this
aspect amongst teachers

Shilpee

Ganguly

Principal
Centre
Point
School
Katol Road
branch
Nagpur,
Maharashtr
a India

The churning was earning wisdom

It was a journey through the corridors of

the self and realization.

A stuck door was opened a bit and has
really widened my horizons. The "u" ,"U"
,"k" and "K" are still haunting me.
Thanks be to Dr Mythili for recreating the
experience of her intellectual journey for
us and for the intellectual churning.
Loved it from team CBSE,NIEPA and the
team of Resource persons for holding
our hands

Dr Abdul Jaleel P
MP International School Kasaragod

Enormous and most sincere thanks for the workshop
based on Pedagogical Leadrship.
Such a great session, Every resource person in the team

was a great presenter with a relaxing manner.Their

honesty about the task ahead for the newbie helps make
challenging subject matter accessible, It was really
comprehensive and appropriate for lots of experience
levels.
The presentation style was great with lots of
opportunities to interact. The content was extremely
informative and incredibly useful.
I really enjoyed the journey we were led on to try
different ways of thinking and approaching the concept
of Annual Pedagogical Plan.
It was a beautifully presented workshop, The knowledge
given was comprehensive and we had opportunity to
apply in the moment which is so important for our
school.
Thank you CBSE, NIEPA, Dr. Maitili and Team.
Kind regards,

Rashmi Vinay Kuwatada
(Principal),

Dnyaneshwar Public School,
Beed, Maharashtra.

The disruption of six days ,shutting

away my senses from the routine

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CBSE

and NEIPA with the seven sisters was

refreshing and soul enlightening. My

take always were many-getting clarity

on the concepts given by Mythili

ma’am and others for creating a smart

APP with “said” and “unsaid” beliefs,

giving a clear and crisp attainable vision

to the school, I feel empowered and

rejuvenated . The ripples created have

ignited my quest to implement and

learn more. MS. VIBHA KHOSLA
PRINCIPAL

SHRI RAM GLOBAL SCHOOL
DELHI-WEST

Memoir- An Ode to PRP Pedagogical Leadership Training

Intense desire to learn has always been my forte but time
management is a crucial element for every Principal. Amidst this

I was feeling honoured for being chosen for the Training of PRP

Pedagogical Leadership by COE Chennai and CBSE New Delhi. To
spare 6 days especially when the new academic online sessions
had just commenced as well as the 12th results compilation
being very vital, my world was spinning topsy turvy.
The marathon Pre- test questionnaire and the schedule posted
for the upcoming days explicitly conveyed the session forecast.
The inaugural ceremony which set the tone was followed by
Mythili Ma’am‘s vibrant articulation making me realise that the
sheath of knowledge will be closely well knit into my system.
Deliberations from each RP’s unfolded the depth in drafting an
APP. I joyfully embraced every learning that was in store and my
inner motivation grew leaps and bounds up North.
To capture the 6 days in a nut shell will be a Herculean task as
the take way is immeasurable. To sum it up-being the torch
bearer, I am now an enriched person with the shared vision
clearly illuminating the path of Smart Goal for all stakeholders to
“walk the talk” collaboratively with APP as the Crowning Glory !!

Dr Reshma Ganesh

Founder Principal and Campus Director
Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir,
Bangalore East

Penned down the memorable reflections……….”Design, Plan
and Execute”

Pre Learning:The tasks assigned and adhering to the timelines was a great

practice all by itself.It reminded me of Stephen covey's first habit of mind-

”Being Proactive”. Also reminded me of the thought process and the
complete synchrony of the assignment during the pre and post reflections of
the APP training programme led by Dr.Mythili and her team. This was Design
mode,which enabled us with Pre Learning activities before hand.I must say it
was the bronze lining of the thought process.

During Learning: Influencing the learner with what he already knows.Fine
Tuning and cleansing it through various learning exercises and pitching in
appropriate academic challenges to clarify the misconceptions was a silver
lining of APP. This helped us in spotting the areas where we need to fill in the
gaps in understanding and also leave out the ones we know already.The
Learning has begun with Unlearn and a rich effective SMART - Planning

Post Learning : The effective approaches to boost the learners’ engagement
were not complex.However,the APP training has made me reflect that it is
necessary to invest adequate time in deepening the knowledge of all the
primary, secondary and tertiary contributors to the process of learning which
build’s a CULTURE that eventually builds a positive Learning Outcome to
everyone.” One size does not fit Everyone”- This is the GOLDEN LINING “
Journey has begun now.

Thank you Dr.Mythili and the entire team for making my Journey begin with
Evergreen thought process, Learning is continuous, savour it with a bitter of
sourness for it will be fruitful for generations to come.

Will Execute-

Mrs.Vamsheepriya Amar

Principal

MVJ International School

Bangalore

तेरे मेरे सपने अब एक रंग हंै I

हो जह ँा भी ले ज एं र हंे, हम संग हंै I

The Principal whispered in the ears of the Pedagogical Leader that

your dreams and my dreams are of one color now; Wherever you

go, I’m with you.

The moment of realization that they are synonymous and hail-
fellow-well-met was nonpareil. Six days engrossed in multifarious
magnitudes proved to be worth-cogitating on the styles &
functions of school leadership and its different effects on student
learning. Ruminating over three layers i.e. Setting a direction for
school improvement, Practicing pedagogical Leadership and
Assuring Student Learning with Actionable-s and Sub-Actionable-s
with special vehemence and fervency on Annual Pedagogical Plan
(APP) was a real life-long experience.

The realization of the fact that a Principal is a Pedagogical Leader
with disparate standpoints was, of course, a jim-dandy experience
breathing e-life into the participants. Thanks to Dr. Mythili and the
entire crew.

Miles to go before I sleep……. Miles to go before I sleep…….

Prof. Dr. GEORGE KOLANCHERY
Former Dean, Purdue University,

US;
Principal, Crescent Public School

Chalakudy, KERALA.

The journey began with a selected few leaders from
CoE Pune being nominated for the Training. Each day
kept us engrossed in the concept of pedagogical

leadership which brought us closer to people’s

interaction as opposed to the hierarchical style.
Pedagogical leadership and it’s implementation is
defined by each leader’s own learning concept.
Building a culture of reflective practice comes to mind
when thinking about how leaders can support the TLP.
Creating space for all stakeholders to come together
and learn while grappling with the daily challenges, can
be a catalyst for growth. “A good objective of
leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do
well and to help those who are doing well to do even
better.” – Jim Rohn. The hawk – eye of Dr. Mythili and
team would miss nothing. Thank you CBSE, NIEPA and
CoE Pune. Collaborating on the APP as a team was a
great work!

Ms. Khyati Dwarkadas
Gopi Birla Memorial School, Mumbai

Engagement of six days was an evolution of a
person with lots of recapitulation, understanding,
application and dare to dream big. Realized the

inner expression needs a proper platform and

ecosystem…….. Padlets and Chat box gave
freedom to think out of the box and the prevailing
padlet wall is a living example of collaborative
learning and actionables.
Seen my mental & emotional image on the
Reflection page , Applied my debating skills in the
break out room, Adopted “I’m OK, You’re OK”,
Enjoyed the presentation of APP as success in
the 100 mtr sprint , Studied late night like a board
class student to accomplish the mission.
A great gathering of Learning Community indeed.

P S Sarkar
Delhi Public School ONGC, Nazira (Assam)

[email protected]

Effective pedagogical leaders do not set out to establish their
leadership. They just set out to make a difference. It’s never about the
role- always about the goal!

The training programme organised from July 1 to 6, 2021 jointly by
NIEPA & CBSE, emphasised on imbibing among the participants, the

skills and values essential for capacity building of Pedagogical Leaders

for leading learning efficiently. The varied topics of discussion- ranging
from initiating innovations and developing shared vision of the school,
to teaching-learning processes and preparation of the Annual
Pedagogical Plan - were undoubtedly immensely helpful, but I was
influenced the most by the concept of S.M.A.R.T goals.

I believe that the key to setting good specific, measurable, attainable,
relevant and time-based goals not only give pedagogical leaders a
chance to benefit personally, but also the organisation as a whole,
which further reinforces both the necessity and relevance of such goals.

Understanding how to introduce and develop goals can fundamentally
alter the way teachers view their work and their responsibilities within
any given school. As the leader, it becomes our responsibility to
document, track, and measure individual successes against the
school’s overarching goals—and not just once a year. The review
process should occur throughout the year as to keep everyone involved
up to date and current with any goals in progress, and to give teachers
ample time to adjust their progress or to take advantage of any new
feedback that the stakeholders might have suggested for them. For the
teachers, the advantage of having an evaluation is all about receiving
input, feedback, and direction on their performance, with the added
bonus of being motivated to continue the work they have been doing or
to improve and surpass any struggle that they might have been facing
at work. As it is said, sometimes hard work does not pay, but “SMART”
work does!

-Dr.Pulak Bhattacharyya
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, Guwahati

Assam

...Enhancing the pedagogical Perspectives…

Never have I been so affianced,defied and stirred by

a training session like Pedagogical Leadership

programme.The course challenged me to reflect on
the leadership I perceive and the actionables I have
to put into practice .The brilliantly structured
materials provided and the perceptions conveyed
helped me in elevating my self awareness and to
realize the elements in building up a new dimension
to my leadership based on trust and
sagaciousness.Reducing the experience and
‘Aha...moments’ to a handful of words is a mighty
task;still,when I sum up I feel the training session
lead by Dr.Mythili and team will be a phenomenal
tool in self analysis, predominantly if we apply the
process of reflecting upon our goals and the
impression it creates..

Binu.K.Raj
Sree Sai Vidya Peedhom
Anthikad,Thrissur,Kerala
COE TVM