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Best Teacher (Shortlisted) – 2014 • Ms. Anupma Johari, City Montessori School (Jopling Road
Campus) Uttar Pradesh
• Mr. Daleep Singh Saharan, Rajkiya higher Primary School, Churu, Rajasthan
• Mr. G Chandra Shekhar, MPUPS Regalla, Khammam, Telangana
• Ms. Geetika Saluja , St. Kabir School, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
• Ms. Kanchan Singh, St. Claret School, Bengaluru, Karnataka
• Ms. Lipika Jena, Sankalp Senior Secondary School, Berhampur, Odisha
• Ms. Madhavi Goswami, Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
• Ms. Meena Kapoor, Purva Madhamik Vidyalaya Itaunja, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
• Mr. Pramod Dattatraya Kakade, Seth Jyoti Prasad Vidyalaya, Pune, Maharashtra
• Mr. R. Narsappa, Mandal Parishad Primary School, Medhak, Telangana
• Mr. Raghavendra Kumar Singh, Kasturba Gandhi AwasiyaBalika Vidyalaya, Lucknow, UP
• Ms. Rati Agrawal, Rachana School, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
• Ms. Reena Sachan, Rachana School, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
• Mr. Saruparam Mali, Rajkiya Secondary Vidyalaya, Sirohi, Rajasthan
• Ms. Suruchi Verma, Tapti valley International School, Surat, Gujarat
• Ms. Vangala Revathi, Z P High school, Chitoor, Andhra Pradesh
Anupma JohariCity Montessori School, Jopling Road Campus, UP
Themes• Biodiversity – Medicinal Garden• Water- Conservation and hygiene.• Energy- Energy conservation • Waste Management – Segregation and
Plastic Free Campaign
Curriculum LinkagesWell established links ensuring strengthening EE activities in the school. With Primary Section, linkages made with daily health and hygiene habits and with senior grades relevant linkages to Science, Maths and Social Science textbooks were made, to take forward the projects
Role• Initiating dialogue with the school management and ensuring due support
for the projects. • Planning and coordination of different project activities throughout the
academic year with curricular linkages.• Ensuring involvement of teaching and non-teaching staff of the school and• Coordinating events to reach out to the nearby community with the
messages of sustainability.
“I would like to carry forward the concept of education for sustainable development with a multiple perspective approach with my students so that they may be the “Green Foot Soldiers” who respect Mother Nature.”
Daleep Singh Saharan, Rajkiya higher Primary School, Churu, Rajasthan
Themes• Water – Rain Water Harvesting• Waste Management – Best out of
Waste• Biodiversity – Greening of school
campus
Curriculum LinkagesThough he is in-charge of Scouts in his school, Mr. Saharan has ensured due linkages of EE activities with the Science, Social Science and EVS textbooks. This has strengthened and mainstreamed EE related initiatives in the school.
Role• Has been actively involved in planning and implementation of key projects
in the school.• Has been instrumental in keeping students motivated• Well integrated cross curricular linkages helped in making teaching learning
process easier with students.
G Chandra ShekharMPUPS Regalla, Khammam, Telangana
Themes• Water – Conservation and
Sanitation• Waste Management – Compost Pit• Biodiversity – Plantation and
efforts for conserving local birds and animals
• Energy: Electricity conservation and saving fuel
• Culture and Heritage: Eco festivalsCurriculum LinkagesWell depicted curricular linkages from grades 3 – 8, spread across all the 5 themes. Has given the overview of collaborating chapters.
Role• Being the Principal, has been able to
integrate project based learning among different grades and subjects.
• Well maintained network of teachers, resource persons and agencies.
• Engages students, teachers and the SMC along with other local support groups and municipal bodies.
• Has been able to ensure community out reach and engagement.
“I have implemented this programme in my school to impart scientific knowledge to children on environment related issues, problems and challenges. And to develop observation, experimentation, survey analysis and reasoning skills among the children, so as to meet challenges of Climate Change”
Geetika SalujaSt. Kabir School, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Themes• Water – Sanitation and hygiene• Energy – Electricity conservation • Waste Management – Cleanliness and
E- Waste collection• Culture and Heritage – Eco Festivals
Curriculum LinkagesAs Academic Coordinator for grade 5 – 8 could well integrate ESD concepts in multiple subjects – Science, Maths, Social Science and English. Also ensured active use of PBL as a pedagogical tool to support hands-on teaching learning with students.
Role• Has been able to synthesis PBL as an age appropriate teaching learning
tool, ensuring maximum participation from her students• The process helped in skill building and development of critical thinking
ability among students.• Ensured participation of the school management and the Principal• Coordinated well with other teachers for curriculum linked EE initiatives
and development of strategy at a school level.
“Incorporating EE through PBL in my school’s environment helped me to engage students and my teachers (including my own self) in the learning process empowering each and everyone withfocus on life skills, which is not possible in a lecture format.”
Kanchan SinghSt. Claret School, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Themes• Water – Sanitation and hygiene• Energy – Electricity conservation and
trying renewable energy resources• Waste Management – E, plastic and paper
waste• Biodiversity – Plantation and Organic
Farming • Culture and Heritage – Eco Festivals and
traditional performances
Curriculum LinkagesHave establish linkages with Science in grades 7 and 8
Role• Has well engaged different stakeholders – school management, fellow
teachers.• Ensured involvement of community and parents• Facilitated PBL with students for transect EE effectively
“I spoke to students and planned their availability in the project so that their regular classes should not be hampered. I spoke to the parents regarding our activities that how it will be helpful for the child in his studies and development as a responsible citizen.”
Lipika JenaSankalp Senior Secondary School,
Berhampur, Odisha
Themes• Water – Sanitation and hygiene• Waste Management – E-waste• Biodiversity – Vermi-composting,
Herbal Garden and awareness campaign
Curriculum LinkagesIntegrated hands-on teaching learning methods during the science lessons
.Role• Acted as motivator in keeping up the momentum of EE related initiatives
at the school.• Actively worked with students using real- life based teaching experiences.• Engaged school management and generated community support in taking
action towards sustainability.
“It is learned that by the involving the students in the projects in practical field the knowledge in EE becomes intensified and real.”
Madhavi GoswamiSeth Anadram Jaipuria School, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Themes• Energy – Electricity and fossil fuel conservation• Waste Management – Vermi-composting, Paper Recycling and
Cleanliness Drive• Biodiversity - Various initiatives to understand and conserve
biodiversity
Curriculum LinkagesAs Biology teacher, has been able to integrate EE in to science lessons.
Role• Facilitated EE using various teaching learning
methods with students.• Ensured collaboration and support from
other teachers, non - academic staff and the management.
• Involved different resource persons and agencies for awareness building towards concerns related to environment
“Conserving biodiversity projects, instilled in them the sense of accountability and responsibility towards nature, helped them realize the extreme connectivity between various components of ecosystem .”
Meena KapoorPurva Madhamik Vidyalaya Itaunja,
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Themes• Water – Conservation and
Sanitation Practices• Waste Management – Compost
pit, best out of waste• Biodiversity – plantation and
conservation of local birds
Curriculum LinkagesEnsured multi-curricular linkages with the EE initiatives undertaken. With NCF 2005 as guiding document, ensured implementation of EE not only in Science and Social Science, but also in Hindi, English and Sanskrit
Role• Facilitated action projects with students under different theme.• Engaged other staff members and management in her efforts
for a better environment.
Pramod Kakade Seth Jyoti Prasad Vidyalaya, Pune, Maharashtra
Themes• Water - water conservation • Energy- Electricity conservation• Waste Management – Reducing paper
and polythene use, Best out of waste • Culture and Heritage: Eco Ganesha• Biodiversity – Medicinal Garden
Curriculum LinkagesHas tried to find a link of all the environmental action projects to lessons/units in the textbooks
Role• Tried to incorporate EE with curriculum• Ensured engagement of students and parents in activities of
environmental awareness and participation too• Through Eco friendly Ganesha idols and Diwali celebrations,
showcased to students how their skills can be transferred in practice.
R. NarsappaMandal Parishad Primary School, Medhak, Telangana
Themes• Water – waste water reuse,
conservation measures and sanitation• Waste Management – Vermi-Compost• Biodiversity – Organic Vegetable and
Herbal gardens• Culture and Heritage: Eco festivals
Curriculum LinkagesIntegrated EE activities with EVS
Role• Ensured real-life based learning methods for transecting EE with
students.• Actively used PBL as a methodology for action projects.• Work towards development of key skills in students like group work,
team, leadership, concentration etc.• Well planned engagement of school staff , SMC and other parents
“I want to keep this work going on with the same zeal and sincere efforts to spread this knowledge to wide network possible and encourage new ideas to protect our environment and initializes new technologies in the school to improve the knowledge in the students.”
Raghavendra Kumar SinghKasturba Gandhi Awasiya Balika Vidyalaya,
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Themes• Water – Conservation measures
and sanitation• Waste Management – Vermi-
Compost• Biodiversity – Plantation initiatives
and maintenance strategies
Curriculum LinkagesAligned Environmental Education initiatives with Science and Social Science lessons
Role• Playing a role of enabler for the students and the school towards
facilitation of EE related initiatives.• Has effectively engaged other teachers with him, to address issues
related to environment and sustainability. Has established a good team of co-workers
• Has been able to generate god support from the management and the non – academic staff of the school.
• Has used action based approach with students helping in development of competencies like leadership, teamwork etc.
Rati AgrawalRachana School, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Themes
• Water – Water Conservation• Waste Management – E-Waste• Culture and Heritage: Historical
monuments – geographical and architectural significance
Curriculum Linkages
Has established strong connections of the 3 themes not only in her subject i.e. Social Science, but also with subjects of Maths, Science and English. Has showcased how different themes can be incorporated in the day to day teaching learning processes and how PBL can be an enabling tool for teachers to reach out to students, helping them achieve multiple learning outcomes. Detailed inter-linkages and chapter-wise connections to the 3 themes under History and Geography helped in establishing the context for students, involved in the action-based teaching learning process.
Role• Has played a key role of a facilitator and educator for students, to get hands-on
experience of working towards cause of environmental concerns.• Has emerged as a consolidator and has played a role of anchor for
environmental education initiatives in the school.• Has effectively engaged multiple stakeholders and has been able to generate
and sustain support from – the Principal, fellow teachers, non-academic staff members, parents, resource persons and agencies etc.
• Has been able to establish a model of well-planned and curricular integrated EE teaching learning with students, with Project Based Learning as tool to develop analytical skills of students as well as of teachers involved in the project process.
“By doing this project we learnt various things. We learned about team work, time management, overcoming conflicts, perfection in our work and sharing of resources.” –
Mahima, Student
Reena SachanRachana School, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Themes• Biodiversity – Butterfly and local
biodiversity conservation programme , fund raising
Curriculum LinkagesDraws linkages from Science textbooks, helping students understand the role of butterflies in the nature and ecosystem.
Role• Has been able to engage students and fellow
teachers towards awareness regarding importance of butterflies.
• Has been able to devise ways to financially support and sustain the project.
• Has enabled the school students and school staff for butterfly conservation by organizing orientation sessions by subject experts and relevant field exposure visits.
• Has been able to develop important scientific and interpersonal skills in students like observing, recording, teamwork, communication skills etc.
“I can say that this project has helped me to develop as an educator and an individual in many ways. It helped me to get more close to students and understand them in a better way.”
Saruparam MaliRajkiya Secondary Vidyalaya, Sirohi, Rajasthan
Themes• Water – Conservation methods• Biodiversity - Plantation, Medicinal Garden, Conservation of local Birds • Culture and Heritage – Eco festivals
Curriculum LinkagesHas integrated EE with languages – Hindi and Sanskrit. Clear linkages of lessons with activities has been established.
Role• Has been actively engaged with students and other stakeholders to
effectively implement Sustainable practices and actions in his school.• Has been making effective use of Project Based Learning as a pedagogy
to engage students’ interest, culminating in to actions.• Has been playing a role of initiator and motivator for EE related
initiatives in his school.
Suruchi VermaTapti Valley International School, Surat, Gujarat
Themes• Biodiversity – Conservation of
Mangrove and coastal ecosystem
Curriculum LinkagesHas tried to integrate EE activities with the curriculum
Role• Helped students in establishing link of daily lives with mangroves.• Provided students with experiential learning opportunities• Ensured participation and support from the school management,
community and others. “My learning in the process of imparting EE was to Use an
action-oriented approach. This approach focuses on
helping students to develop the knowledge and
understanding, skills, and attitudes and values that they
need for taking action on local, national, or global environmental issues. ”
Vangala RevathiZ P High school, Chitoor, Andhra Pradesh
Curriculum LinkagesBeing a Science teacher, has been able to establish linkages with chapters in Science for grades 6 to 10.
Themes
• Water – Rain Water Harvesting• Waste Management – Composting• Biodiversity – Plantation and
maintenance • Culture and Heritage: Eco festivals
Role• Has been able to effectively use
Project Based Learning approach to help students in developing critical observation and analytical skills.
• Has helped students to establish connections of their day to day life with the immediate environment.
• Has been a motivator for students and has ensured support from the Principal, teachers and non-academic staff members as well.
“I have grown a good relationship with students and parents , which can be helpful for the projects I am planning
in the coming years.”
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