Jenny Mosey - just back from an inspiring trip to work with Indian schools - November 2010
Fri, Nov 19th 2010
November 19th 2010. Jenny Mosley has just returned from an inspirational trip to India where she has been bringing the Quality Circle Time model to Indian schools in charitable partnership with The Teacher Foundation’s (TTF) Safe and Sensitive Schools project. The Teacher Foundation (TTF) Founder and Director, Maya Menon and Jenny have worked together for several years on projects to improve education systems and techniques in India.
The Hindu Times reported on Jenny’s trip in an article called “Educating the Child is a Spiritual Experience” – for the full article and photo do go to: http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/13/stories/2010111364430200.htm
The article states:
"If you don't see the light in a child, then you have to create it and notice it”, says Jenny Mosley.
Bangalore: “Today's heroes are the classroom teachers and it should be ensured that the self-esteem and morale of the staff is high enough in school,” according to Jenny Mosley, well-known U.K.-based author, teacher and trainer.
In the city this week for an interactive session with teachers, heads and principals of schools, organised by The Teacher Foundation (TTF), Ms. Mosley believes that educating the child is a spiritual experience. “If you don't see the light in a child, then you have to create it and notice it!” she said.
Nurturing spaces
The founder of the Whole School Quality Time Approach for Positive Behaviour Management, Ms. Mosley held a session with 15 schools that are part of TTF's Safe and Sensitive Schools (SASS) national pilot project. The project aims at making schools gentler and more nurturing spaces for students and teachers. However, making a classroom a nurturing space is not always easy, given that children come from varying backgrounds. An Indian classroom can be a particularly tough place since there is greater diversity to handle in terms of cultures, languages and castes, said Ms. Mosley.
Speaking out
The SASS project, supported by Wipro Applying Thought in Schools (WATIS), uses Mosley's Whole School Quality Circle Model to effect greater sensitivity in schools. “The Quality Circle Time aims at getting all the students together in one big circle and encourages them to speak out about everything. Jenny started it back in the '80s and now we use it too. The class teacher conducts it every week and a whole period is dedicated to this. The best part about the Quality Circle Time is that nobody judges anyone and everyone is free to speak about whatever they want,” said Ritwika Dwivedi, Relationship Co-ordinator of TFF.
“If you want to change the school system, you have to change the teachers and the head of the schools first. That is when I thought of starting The Teachers Foundation,” said Maya Menon, founder director of TFF.
The 15 schools that are part of the SASS project in Karnataka include Government schools and private schools that cater to different classes of people.
For Further Information
The Teacher Foundation is a dynamic organisation that aims to infuse the school education system in India with new energy, enthusiasm and expertise. For more information about the Foundation and the important and inspiring work that it does, please go to: http://www.teacherfoundation.org
Jenny Mosley Consultancies and Positive Press, led by Jenny Mosley, provide training and resources for teachers and all educationalists to promote self-esteem, positive behaviour and good social and emotional skills – and much, much more. For more information about Jenny Mosley and the work of the Consultancy, and to browse and purchase Positive Press resources, please go to www.circle-time.co.uk or telephone 01225 767157 for training enquiries or a catalogue.
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