IMPROVING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES OF IN-SERVICE TEACHERS IN DELHI

Abstract

Innovations are changing everything from school culture to student assessment. Changingeducational needs of the student and advancement in technology has widened the area ofresponsibilities of teachers. Pre-service and in-service teachers training became crucial in thisaspect. However, studies in field of teacher education point towards various lacunas in pre-serviceas well as in-service teacher education. In a bid to robust education system in national Capital, theGovernment of Delhi, began reforming school education in Delhi in 2015 by designing andsuccessfully implementing large scale programs. Placement of Teacher Development Coordinator(TDC) in each school is one of such initiative introduced by Delhi Government through SCERTin July, 2017 as part of the flagship programme of Mentor Teachers. The vision of this programmeis to create a collaborative network of teacher-educators for professional development of allteachers teaching in DoE (Directorate of Education) schools for creating ‘An education systemwhere everyone learns together’. This programme was started with a view to strengthen the cultureof sharing teachers’ best teaching practice in the school system, and to identify and work on thespecific needs of teachers in particular school to further strengthen the learning of all students.This paper presents a comprehensive understanding of Teacher Development Programme- aninnovative project stated by Delhi Government.