My Educational Philosophy
Being an educator has helped me gain immensely in terms of personal growth and satisfaction. I progressively got involved in educational leadership that has taken me to a new level of contribution to the school.
Educational leadership:
My objective in this area is to lead and develop my school into a learning organisation. That is one that is constantly evaluating and improving, one which has distributed leadership, one which involves school communities in policy and decision making, and most importantly one which is student-centred. I am inspired with the simple statement by George Walker “Learning is what schools are about and learning is what school leaders must lead”. I respect the model of transformational leadership as well and believe its positive aspects can be practised when required. Leadership at a school may be through various directions. It could through pastoral care, curriculum development/coordination, human resources, management of finance and marketing or any other matter pertaining to school progress. I am confident that I have the abilities and skills to lead the school in all areas.
Teaching and learning:
As teachers we need to create lessons keeping in mind the different needs of our students; enable them go on a voyage and discover things for themselves and guide them when they need it. I believe that teaching, learning and assessment need to cater to students’ needs, help the teacher to understand the students’ progress and aim at bringing out the best in them. Teachers should allow students to develop their best learning styles (Visual, Auditory and Kinaesthetic) along with preparation for formative assessments or external examinations.
Student as the centre:
Even before I became a father I thought to myself about how I would want a teacher or Principal to respond to my child. And this thought guides me even today as I deal with school management, curriculum and pastoral care for my students; how would I want my child’s teacher to help my child? I would want my child to be respected as an individual, who has eight intelligences (thanks to Howard Gardner), is a Third Culture Kid (TCK) and needs training to live in the 21st century. I need to give the same to my students! If a school strongly believe in being student centred then every other aspect of making a school successful falls appropriately into place.
--- Kailash B. Sobha
Educational leadership:
My objective in this area is to lead and develop my school into a learning organisation. That is one that is constantly evaluating and improving, one which has distributed leadership, one which involves school communities in policy and decision making, and most importantly one which is student-centred. I am inspired with the simple statement by George Walker “Learning is what schools are about and learning is what school leaders must lead”. I respect the model of transformational leadership as well and believe its positive aspects can be practised when required. Leadership at a school may be through various directions. It could through pastoral care, curriculum development/coordination, human resources, management of finance and marketing or any other matter pertaining to school progress. I am confident that I have the abilities and skills to lead the school in all areas.
Teaching and learning:
As teachers we need to create lessons keeping in mind the different needs of our students; enable them go on a voyage and discover things for themselves and guide them when they need it. I believe that teaching, learning and assessment need to cater to students’ needs, help the teacher to understand the students’ progress and aim at bringing out the best in them. Teachers should allow students to develop their best learning styles (Visual, Auditory and Kinaesthetic) along with preparation for formative assessments or external examinations.
Student as the centre:
Even before I became a father I thought to myself about how I would want a teacher or Principal to respond to my child. And this thought guides me even today as I deal with school management, curriculum and pastoral care for my students; how would I want my child’s teacher to help my child? I would want my child to be respected as an individual, who has eight intelligences (thanks to Howard Gardner), is a Third Culture Kid (TCK) and needs training to live in the 21st century. I need to give the same to my students! If a school strongly believe in being student centred then every other aspect of making a school successful falls appropriately into place.
--- Kailash B. Sobha
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