PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AT LGS

Department of Professional Development

Mrs. Rubina Zahir,

Head of Professional Development

In March 2015 the Director Lahore Grammar school Mrs Nighat Ali  set up the Department for Professional Development to provide organized and  structured training opportunities for teachers. Mrs. Rubina Zahir, Principal Model Town Lahore Branches was appointed Head of Professional Development. All training is planned, coordinated and routed through this Department.

Lahore Grammar School has become a hall mark of academic excellence due to its commitment and dedication to quality education. There is therefore, a great deal of emphasis on Continuous Professional Development (CPD). LGS strongly believes in equipping its core resource i.e.” the teacher”,  with the latest cutting edge technology and pedagogical methodologies to help establish a high quality of professionalism at par with  international standards.

The training high light of  year 2015 is the Cambridge Professional Development Qualifications. These certifications are  accredited by University of Cambridge UK and vetted by The Institute of Education (IOE) University of London. The programmes offered are detailed below:

In the 1st phase 3 Programme Leaders were certified to conduct the Cambridge Certificate in Educational Development

Rubina Zahir	Ayesha Aamir Ayesha Manzoor	Ayesha Manzoor

TRAINING AT LGS

At Lahore Grammar School; Teacher Training is a sustained annual activity. Each  year the O and A level teachers undergo training by Cambridge University to keep themselves abreast with new developments in pedagogy keeping in view changes in the existing syllabi. Pre junior, junior and middle school teachers  regularly attend relevant training workshops organized by the British Council, Pakistan, Universities of  Cambridge and Oxford, the Ali Institute, Lahore and the Lahore Children Centre.

An over view of  training that took place recently along with some upcoming courses is detailed below:

 

	Date / Duration	Class / Level	Title	Organized By	Participants
1	19th Aug 2015		i)Effective Teaching and Learning  ii) Leadership and Management Styles.	British Council Pakistan	10
2	6th – 11th June 2015	Junior	CPELT – ‘Steady’	U of Cambridge	30
3	8th -10th June 2015	Pre-Junior	‘Tell it Again’	U of Cambridge	6
4	18th -20th Aug. 2015	Junior	Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)	OTA U of Oxford	10
5	1st – 2nd Sep. 2015	O Level	Face to Face	British Council Pakistan	18
6	5th Sep. 2015	Junior	Face to Face Classroom Management & Lesson Planning	ICD	12
7	6th Nov.  2015	Junior	‘Karismath’	Shaad Moarif LCC	19
8	31st Oct.  2015	Pre Junior	Childhood Communication Impairment Course (CCI) Course	Katie Pennycuick LCC	2
9	7th Nov. 2015		Emerging Trends in Early Childhood Education	Ali Institute Lahore	15

‘Story Time’ conducted by British Council

CIPELT: ‘Steady’ by British Council

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) conducted byOxford University

 

 

Training Sessions