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Title: Gurukul Parents Meeting


1
Gurukul Parents Meeting
  • March 18, 2007

2
Agenda
  • Gurukul Growth
  • Updated Gurukul Mission
  • Gurukul Books
  • Teaching Consistency
  • Student Assessment
  • Cultural Demo by Parents
  • Concert
  • Gurukul Summer Camp
  • Food For Thought
  • Make Difference
  • Upcoming Events
  • Q/A and Sign up

3
Gurukul Growth
  • Started in 1998 with 5 students with one
    volunteer
  • Today
  • 6 Levels
  • Number of students 220
  • Number of classes 15
  • Number of Teachers 29
  • Gurukul Staff 50

4
Updated Mission
  • Goal
  • Provide one avenue for instruction of Indian
    languages, arts and culture
  • Benefits
  • One stop shop for parents
  • Access to more languages
  • Access to art forms (dances and music)
  • Bring larger section of community together
  • Action Plan
  • Consolidate current operations
  • Start a pilot program

5
Gurukul Books
  • Goal
  • Create and use customized Hindi and Cultural
    books
  • Simplify teaching and improve consistency
  • Benefits
  • Books will meet unique Gurukul needs
  • Continue to enhance them every year
  • No hassles of getting books from India
  • Easier for teachers to use and improve teaching
    consistency
  • Action Plan
  • A text book and a workbook for each level
  • Create Hindi books for Level 3
  • Create cultural book template before end of the
    year
  • Create books for other levels next year.

6
Gurukul Books
  • How can you help?
  • Need two volunteers to enter data in Word
  • Expertise in formatting and designs
  • Source printing solutions
  • Identify any printers at reasonable cost
  • Explore colored printing
  • Contacts
  • Pushpa Sihania (pushparvind_at_yahoo.com)
  • Praful Kacholia (kacholia_at_hotmail.com)

7
Teaching Consistency
  • Goal
  • Improve teaching consistency across Gurukul
  • Benefits
  • Remove wide disparity between the students at
    each level
  • Uniform teaching will lead to improved pace and
    learning
  • Improve student interaction and class
    participation
  • Better feedback to teachers
  • Action Plan
  • Consistency matrix created
  • Identified two individuals to attend classes and
    complete matrix
  • Provide individual feedback to the teachers
  • Create a guide for Gurukul teachers

8
Student Assessment
  • Goal
  • Assess how children are learning Hindi/culture
    without adding stress
  • Benefits
  • Improve consistency among students in each level
  • Provide quantitative information for year end
    promotion decision
  • Provide regular feedback to parents
  • Motivate children to achieve a level of
    proficiency
  • Help improve teaching material and techniques
  • Action Plan
  • Create general assessment model
  • Create schedule, subject break up, percentage
    distribution
  • Start implementing from next year

9
Cultural Demo by Parents
  • Goal
  • Parents help with teaching about India and Indian
    culture
  • Benefits
  • Parents get a chance to present their culture and
    heritage
  • Motivate children as well as parents
  • Provide more interactive learning for children
  • Improve retention by using successful demo format
  • Action Plan
  • One demo by parents this year, may be more next
    year
  • Topic Incredible India
  • Date April 22

10
Cultural Demo by Parents
  • How can you help?
  • Volunteer to present your region
  • Team up with other parents
  • Make the demos interactive
  • Suggest ways to enhance parent demos
  • Contacts
  • Kavita Sharma (ka_sharma_at_hotmail.com)
  • Ira Rastogi (ira_rastogi_at_hotmail.com)

11
Concert
  • Goal
  • Expose children to Indian arts and music
    appreciation
  • Benefits
  • Finale of our cultural demonstration program
  • Concert focused on children
  • Increase collaboration with other Indian
    organizations
  • Action Plan
  • Annual concert organized by Ragamala in
    collaboration with Gurukul
  • Gurukul to promote among Gurukul parents and
    children
  • Includes Indian music and dances
  • Date Saturday, June 16

12
Concert
  • How can you help?
  • Reserve date on your calendar
  • Buy tickets
  • Volunteer to help on the concert day
  • Contact
  • Kavita Sharma (ka_sharma_at_hotmail.com)

13
Summer Camp
  • Goal
  • Connect Gurukul children during summer
  • Benefits
  • Reinforce bonding among children during summer
  • Help refresh what they have learnt during the
    year in a fun way
  • Reinforce the Indian culture and languages
  • Action Plan
  • Hold day camp this year.
  • Group to explore other formats
  • Date July 14 or July 21 (Tentative)
  • Location TBD

14
Summer Camp Students by Age
gt 8 Years. 99 kids. 52 Male, 47 Female.
15
Summer Camp
  • How can you help?
  • Participate in the summer camp
  • Help create fun activities
  • Help during the camp
  • Contacts
  • Om Maniyar (omaniyar_at_microsoft.com)

16
Events Volunteers
  • Annual Day May 20
  • 10 volunteers for Food Other activities like
    ushering etc.
  • 4 hours commitment.
  • Picnic June 3
  • 10 volunteers for Games Food.
  • 4-6 hours commitment.
  • Summer Camp July 14 or 21 (Tentative)
  • 20 volunteers for games, Activities.
  • 4 Hours commitment.

17
Food for Thought
  • Improving Conversation Skills
  • What can be done at home?
  • What can be done in class?
  • Which conversations do you want children to
    learn?
  • Parent Partnership
  • How are you helping your children?
  • How are you helping Gurukul?
  • Are you providing constructive feedback?
  • What are your expectations from Gurukul?

18
Make Difference
  • Text Books
  • Pushpa Sihania (pushparvind_at_yahoo.com)
  • Praful Kacholia (kacholia_at_hotmail.com)
  • Archana Verma (archana_suren_at_hotmail.com)
  • Cultural Education, Demo and Concert
  • Ira Rastogi (ira_rastogi_at_hotmail.com)
  • Kavita Sharma (ka_sharma_at_hotmail.com)
  • Archana Verma (archana_suren_at_hotmail.com)
  • Events and Summer Camp
  • Om Maniyar (omaniyar_at_microsoft.com)
  • Teachers Raj Jhanwar (rajj_at_gurukul-wa.org)
  • Legal Advice Raj Jhanwar (rajj_at_gurukul-wa.org)

19
Gurukul Events
20
Q/A and Sign ups
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