<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear friends</div><div><br></div><div>We will be having our meeting of the education support group on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 from 5.00 - 6.30 PM.</div><div><br></div><div>The proposed agenda is as follows:</div><div>1. 5.00 - 5.30  PM - Sharing of the interventions on the ground - Vikram Shila (Atanu), Asha for Education Mini Schools (Rajaraman)</div><div>2. 5.30 - 6.30 PM -  Inputs and sharing from all the members for the proposed resource repository space (therefore, request all to attend 😀)</div><div></div><div><br></div><div></div><div>The meeting link is <a href="https://b3.teacher-network.in/b/gur-g94-hyn" target="_blank">https://b3.teacher-network.in/b/gur-g94-hyn</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>We had also sent a mail requesting participation in one/ both sub-groups.  Thank you to all those who have responded; request others also to indicate their choice of area(s) of work.  The google form link is here and the descriptions of the groups are in the mail below.<br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1voXqLINbyjJw713abiPTfZ21w8bK0LnXhlhiL_KrU08/edit" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1voXqLINbyjJw713abiPTfZ21w8bK0LnXhlhiL_KrU08/edit</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Looking forward to meeting all of you.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Best regards</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Ranjani<br></p></div><div>====================================================================================================<br></div><div><br></div><div><h2 style="margin:2pt 0in 0in;line-height:18.5467px;break-after:avoid;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150);font-weight:normal">Curating a resource repository and dissemination </h2><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span>Documenting the different interventions on the ground – as they have happened, with strategies and learnings (as reported)</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span>Curating
 the resources – by age, by learning area, and adding notes for 
facilitators and structuring this in the form of mixed-level learning 
packages</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span>Identifying resources for caregivers,parents and facilitators for children at the pre-primary age group </p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span>Developing meaningful assessment modules – that are flexible and amenable for contextualization </p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">5.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span>Translating resources into multiple languages</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">6.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span><span style="background-color:transparent">Supporting
 the teachers through mentored/ online training programs and introducing
 them to the resource packages developed, to be used as supportive 
materials; and disseminated through formal and informal teacher 
networking spaces</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent">Adding meta data and publishing these on a resource portal (this is envisaged as a mediawiki platform)</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">7.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span>Dissemination of resources regularly – productionizing the communication and sharing regularly</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.5in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">8.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span>Advocating
 and reaching out about the different models of education – both in 
formal educational spaces as well with the general public; attempted at 
shifting the discourse towards an inclusive and empathetic school system</p><h2 style="margin:2pt 0in 0in;line-height:18.5467px;break-after:avoid;font-size:13pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150);font-weight:normal">Institutionalizing the models with the education system </h2><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 38.55pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span>Working with select DIET(s) to introduce the curated models within the formal education system. </p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 38.55pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span>Creating
 and/or strengthening a network of community-based learning centres and 
linking with the formal education system, as after-school support 
centres (This will be driven through volunteer driven networks and in 
collaboration with community-based organizations)</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 38.55pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent">Working
 with student teachers and students from teacher education institutions 
to help form, foster and strengthen decentralized learning communities</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 38.55pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent">4.   Critiquing the various models of online and e-learning, for an informed adoption within the education system</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 38.55pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">5.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span>Creating policy briefs and toolkits for the functionaries and participants at different levels of the education system</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 38.55pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">6.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">    </span>Advocating
 for changes in the school processes – addressing dimensions of 
curriculum, assessments, use of digital resources and debunking myths – 
for the public at large</p></div></div>