School Leader's Collective 2016 | Fostering Creativity in Schools

Warm greetings ! The new year has begun with full gusto and it's the time when The Teacher Foundation (TTF) holds the first of its School Leaders' Collectives! This year we are doing things a little differently. We are organising separate Collectives in Bangalore East, South, Bangalore Central and Bangalore North. This is in order to make it more convenient for you to attend our collective with minimum wastage of precious time spent in commuting across the city.

We are delighted to announce 2016's first School Leaders' Collective for schools in and around Bangalore East. The theme of the collective is Fostering Creativity in Schools - the role of the dramatic arts.

There is a large amount of rhetoric about schools needing to foster life-skills, critical thinking, collaboration, creativity and communication, popularly called the 21st century skills, in their students. And schools attempt to address this additional demand on curricular time by having external specialists and service-providers plug this need as a 'bolt-on'. Unfortunately this only serves as a cosmetic enhancement rather than truly adding value to a child's learning experience. Drama is the one medium that can incorporate all these 21st century skills organically, with demonstrable learning outcomes. Our guest speaker for the day – Jehan Manekshaw makes an emphatic case for authentic ways of integrating drama into the learning fabric of every school and the vital role of the school leader in taking this curricular decision. He will also share the different ways in which schools have successfully incorporated drama into their curriculum.

Jehan has a BA in Theatre Direction from Wesleyan College, USA and a MFA in Theatre Directing from Birbeck College, University of London, UK. He is the founder of the Mumbai-based Theatre Professionals. He has also taught as a guest faculty in Ninasam Theatre Institute, Attakallari Centre for Movement Arts and is a core team member of the Young People's Theatre Programme


We look forward to having you at what promises to be an engrossing and interactive session on 29th January 2016.

Following are the details of the School Leaders' Collective:
Date & Time: 29th January 2016 at 2.30 pm – 5.00pm
Venue: Ecumenical Christian Centre, Opp. Deens Academy, ECC Road, Whitefield
Ph : 080-28452270, 28452653, 28453158, 9449821833

Hand outs, tea/coffee and snacks will be provided ! There is no registration fee.
Do confirm your participation by writing to Nancy/Mahesh at nancy@teacherfoundation.org ; honna.mahesh@teacherfoundation.org or call 95918 24944/ 9591824945