Shield Teacher Training Program
🧑🏫 Stage 1 - Teacher Training Portal
📝 Teaching English to Grades 1–8
- Grades 1–3: Focus on phonics, basic greetings, sentence patterns (I am, You are), colors, and songs.
- Grades 4–5: Introduce grammar (nouns, verbs, adjectives), sentence construction, paragraph writing, and creative drawing.
- Grades 6–8: Reading passages, comprehension tasks, essay writing, and English conversation starters.
- Use visual flashcards, speaking games, roleplays, picture descriptions, and audio materials.
- Design weekly speaking challenges and grammar revision activities.
🎓 Teaching Classroom Manners
- Teach polite expressions: "Excuse me", "May I...", "Thank you", "I’m sorry".
- Conduct roleplays for entering, asking permission, and helping friends.
- Introduce reward systems for good behavior (stickers, points).
- Encourage quiet voice, hand-raising, cleaning desks, and lining up properly.
- Daily practice of greetings, listening posture, and respecting materials.
📚 School Rules for Trainers
- Know morning and dismissal procedures, bell schedule, and assembly rules.
- Ensure uniform, student ID, bag checks, and punctuality guidelines.
- Learn classroom decorum policies, phone use, discipline protocol.
- Practice handling emergencies: fire drills, health alerts, student injuries.
- Coordinate weekly meetings, submit reports, and maintain grade logs.
📖 Storytelling Skills
- Use voice variation, emotion, and pauses to bring stories to life.
- Ask prediction questions: "What do you think happens next?"
- Encourage students to draw, retell, or act the story.
- Use puppets, picture books, and props for engagement.
- Weekly “Storytime Hour” for building listening and imagination skills.
🤝 Group Work & Project Tasks
- Assign roles: Leader, Writer, Artist, Presenter, Timer.
- Design tasks that encourage collaboration and decision-making.
- Use rubrics for fair group evaluation.
- Let students present in pairs/groups – posters, skits, charts.
- Train teachers on resolving group conflicts and shy students.
🗣️ English for Teachers – Language Training
- Practice daily classroom phrases: "Open your book", "Let’s begin", "Write it down".
- Train in asking and answering questions, correcting gently, and praising.
- Provide short dialogue exercises with students and other teachers.
- Include modules on writing reports, emails, notices in English.
- Weekly fluency improvement via speaking circles and feedback.
🧩 Special Education Training
- Understand common learning disabilities: dyslexia, ADHD, autism spectrum.
- Use differentiated instructions and multi-sensory techniques.
- Implement Individualized Education Plans (IEPs).
- Foster inclusive classroom mindset and peer empathy.
- Collaborate with support staff, guardians, and therapists.
📊 Assessment Techniques
- Types of assessments: diagnostic, formative, summative.
- Design age-appropriate quizzes, rubrics, and feedback forms.
- Use oral exams, peer evaluation, portfolio tasks, and open-ended Q&A.
- Keep grading consistent and encourage growth mindset.
- Training in digital tools for tracking progress.
🧠 Mental Health for Teachers
- Recognize signs of stress, burnout, and anxiety in self & students.
- Daily mindfulness practices and healthy work-life boundaries.
- Promote empathy and emotional regulation in the classroom.
- How to handle bullying, withdrawal, or trauma cases gently.
- Encourage breaks, reflection, and personal care for teachers.
🎖️ Certificate of Completion
Congratulations on completing all modules! You have earned this badge:
Certified Shield Teacher
Empowered to Educate & Inspire
🎭 Play-Act & Drama Techniques
- Use drama to build confidence, language fluency, and emotion expression.
- Teach how to organize class dramas, assign roles, and write short scripts.
- Train on body language, facial expression, and voice projection.
- Offer weekly “drama class” time slots or festivals with costumes & themes.
- Support student creativity: encourage storytelling, improvisation, and skits on moral values.