Competent & Compassionate Teachers
To prepare competent and compassionate preschool teachers with a strong foundation in early childhood education.
To prepare competent and compassionate preschool teachers with a strong foundation in early childhood education.
To promote the holistic development of every child in her care.
To equip trainees with child-centred, play-based teaching methods.
To develop creativity, communication skills and professional confidence.
To foster love, empathy, patience and respect for every child’s dignity.
To create safe, inclusive and stimulating learning environments.
Each objective below corresponds to something a trainee actually produces during the year — a lesson plan, a teaching aid, an observation record, a craft display or a demonstration before her peers and mentors.
Open each one to read it in full.
To develop a sound understanding of child growth, development and early childhood education, so that every teaching decision is grounded in how children actually learn.
To equip trainees with child-centred, play-based and activity-oriented teaching methodologies suited to the pre-primary classroom.
To foster knowledge of child health, nutrition, safety and well-being — a teacher of young children is responsible for far more than the lesson.
To develop skills in planning, organising and implementing developmentally appropriate preschool programmes across the whole year.
To enable trainees to create safe, inclusive, stimulating and joyful learning environments in which every child is willing to try.
To strengthen effective communication, creativity and the preparation of teaching-learning materials — charts, flashcards, worksheets and low-cost aids.
To promote collaboration with parents and the community in supporting children’s holistic development.
To cultivate professional competence, ethical values, leadership and a commitment to lifelong learning.
To build stage and classroom confidence through micro-teaching, seminars, workshops, yoga and personality development programmes.
To open the door to meaningful employment, so that a trainee can earn a dignified livelihood, support her family and contribute to society.
Seven theory subjects and three practical components across one academic year.