The National Educational Policy 2020 underlines the importance of self-improvement for teachers through professional learning in content and pedagogy. Teachers are expected to participate in a minimum of 50 hours of professional learning to get hands-on with the latest teaching methods and assessment practices.
- Get hands-on training to improve classroom practices
- Receive certificates and digital badges from ACER
- Participate in interactive activities from internationally trained experts
- Meet leading educators and academics
Masterclasses
Our research - and impact - driven masterclasses have been carefully designed to meet the needs of Indian educators.
- Online bulletin boards, quizzes, and polls
- Real-time activities and real-world examples
- Reading lists and resources for future use
- Mindfulness activities and energisers
- Receive the Jigyasa Progressive Educator Award
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Challenges to schooling in post-COVID times
Keynote address - 21 May 2022, 10-10.30am
Professor Geoff Masters AO
CEO, ACERStudent wellbeing in post-COVID schooling
Opening panel speakers
Professor (retd) Bharati Baveja
Department of Education, University of Delhi
Professor (retd) Venita Kaul
Ambedkar University, Delhi
Dr Ashok Pandey
Director, Ahlcon Group of Schools
Lieutenant General (retd) Surendra Kulkarni
Director, Mayo College, Ajmer
Teacher professionalism in the 21st century
Closing panel speakers
Rashid Sharfuddin
Headmaster, SelaQui International School
Professor Geeta Gandhi Kingdon
Chair, Education and International Development, University College London & President, City Montessori School
Professor (retd) Rama Mathew
University of Delhi
Vamsheepriya Amar
Principal, MVJ International School
Become a Jigyasa Progressive Educator
Complete 60 hours of professional learning with ACER (available by attending all 8 masterclasses in the festival) to receive the Jigyasa Progressive Educator Award from the world's leading educational research organisation.
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- Demonstrate your expertise in contemporary pedagogies
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ACER India presents an online festival
21 May - 18 June 2022
ACER has built a strong reputation as a provider of reliable support and expertise to education policymakers and professional practitioners since it was established in 1930.
21 May (9.45–11.30am)
Welcome address
Amit Kaushik, CEO, ACER India
Keynote address
Professor Geoff Masters AO, CEO, ACER
Panel discussion: Student wellbeing in post-COVID schooling
- Professor (retd) Bharati Baveja, Department of Education, University of Delhi
- Professor (retd) Venita Kaul, Ambedkar University, Delhi
- Dr Ashok Pandey, Director, Ahlcon Group of Schools
- Lieutenant General (retd) Surendra Kulkarni, Director, Mayo College, Ajmer
Designing SMART assessments masterclass
23–25 May (3–5.30pm)
Duration: 3 days, 2.5 hours each day
Crafting assessments: The art of designing multiple choice questions (MCQs)
- Key principles of designing MCQ
- Designing engaging stimulus
- Drafting plausible/credible distractors
3 subject options: English, math, science
26–28 May (3–5.30pm)
Duration: 3 days, 2.5 hours each day
Higher order thinking skills (HOTS): Boosting students' thinking
- Understanding the importance of HOTS in education
- Using HOTS to guide teaching-learning processes and developing coherent lesson plans
- Using valid assessment tasks to maximise the benefit of higher order thinking
3 subject options: English, math, science
Integrating teaching and assessment masterclass
30 May–1 June (3–5.30pm)
Duration: 3 days, 2.5 hours each day
Embedded assessments: Understanding ways of integrating assessment and instruction
- Decoding ways of embedding assessments in routine classroom practices
- Designing fun and interesting ways of student assessment
- Exploring ways of providing constructive feedback
3 subject options: English, math, science
Cost: INR2000
Register2–4 June (3–5.30pm)
Duration: 3 days, 2.5 hours each day
Reporting for learning: A new paradigm to student reporting
- Understanding new perspectives of reporting
- Evaluating the efficacy of grading in report cards
- Understanding different types of teacher comments
- Understanding the distinction between reporting student performance and progress
Cost: INR2000
Register21st century skills masterclass
6–8 June (3–5.30pm)
Duration: 3 days, 2.5 hours each day
Ways of assessing student creativity in classrooms for the 21st century
- Value creativity and celebrate it in classrooms
- Set up engaging learning and assessment tasks for exploring student creativity in relevant, interesting, and worthwhile ways
Cost: INR2000
Register9–11 June (3–5.30pm)
Duration: 3 days, 2.5 hours each day
Understanding PISA reading competencies
- Creating good texts for PISA-style assessment
- Understanding sub-skills of reading through PISA competencies
- Ensuring quality in reading assessment
Cost: INR2000
RegisterEdTech masterclass
13–15 June (3–5.30pm)
Duration: 3 days, 2.5 hours each day
Tapping the potential of blended learning in post-COVID schooling
- Understanding NEP 2020 subscribed approaches to blended learning
- Designing attractive e-lessons for improved student engagement in classrooms
- Developing high-quality digital materials for improving asynchronous learning
Cost: INR2000
Register16–18 June (3–5.30pm)
Duration: 3 days, 2.5 hours each day
Exploring open educational resources (OERs) for improving blended teaching-learning
- Appreciating the use of digital resources available in OER repositories
- Understanding copyright issues involved in using digital OER
- Undertaking OER curation
Cost: INR2000
Register18 June (10–11.30am)
Panel discussion: Teacher professionalism in the 21st century
- Rashid Sharfuddin, Principal, SelaQui International School
- Professor Geeta Gandhi Kingdon, Chair, Education and International Development, University College London & President, City Montessori School
- Professor (retd) Rama Mathew, University of Delhi
- Vamsheepriya Amar, Principal, MVJ International School
Closing ceremony
Amit Kaushik, CEO, ACER India
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