KHADIJA BIBI

ABOUT ME: KHADIJA BIBI

      

         MY PROFESSION

      

·                     I have done my master in chemistry from Peshawar University.

·                     Now I am working as a lecturer of Chemistry in the Aga Khan Higher Secondary School Chitral (AKHSS), a unit of Aga Khan Education Service Pakistan. It is a private school, affiliated with Aga Khan University.

·                     My professional responsibilities are conducting lectures, making papers, preparing results, sharing with the parents and conducting practical etc.

MY PROVINCE

          

I belong to Chitral  district in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa  located in the north-west of the country. It borders Afghanistan to the north-west, Gilgit–Baltistan to the north-east, Azad Kashmir to the east, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to the west and south, Balochistan to the south and Punjab and the Islamabad Capital Territory to the south-east. Chitral is the largest district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa covering an area of 14,850 km² and a population of 318,689 at the 1998 Census, which had subsequently risen to about 378,000 people by 2004. It has one of the highest mountains of the world, Tirich Mir.

My Family

My family consists of 10 members. Including me we are six sisters and two brothers. Three of the sisters are married. Elder to me is Principal in private school. Younger is doing her masters in zoology. Brothers are young to us, both are studying in college. My mom and dad had struggled a lot to provide education to us.     

My Personal Interests:

·                     I am very hard wording person, I enjoy my work.

·                     I love teaching and I love to plan my lesson.

·                     I love to make my lesson interesting and attractive.

·                     I like team work and cooperation with my staff.

·                     I love to finish my work on time.

·                     I love to care others.

·                     I love to help to others.

·                     I love my student and especially the naughty one.

·                     I like to reach school before time.

·                     I like to have launch with my friend.

·                     I like to chat with my friends.

·                     I love cleanliness and love to keep my home tidy and clean.

·                     I love interior designing and decoration.

·                     I like flowers and gardening is my favorite hobby.

·                     I love to support my family financially.

·                     I love exposure tours and photography very much.

·                     I love to eat ice cream.

·                     I like to watch international cricket matches.

·                     I wish to be role model for my society.

Goals for the Future

Being a teacher my first priories are my professional goals. Which are:

·         To be a competent teacher.

·         To inspire my students to become a teacher.

·         Lives standards.

·         Financial support to the needy students.

·         To give awareness to the people to improve their lives standard

·         To produce competent students.

My personal goals:

·         To be a successful house wife.

·         To be a caring mother.

·         To be a well-known personality.

          

Aga Khan Higher Secondary School Chitral and Kuragh

(Units of Aga Khan Education Service, Pakistan)

             Aga Khan Higher Secondary School is only school providing Quality Education in Chitral. It is affiliated with Aga University Karachi.  It has a two section. One section for the boys is in the proper Chitral. Other for the girls is in Kuragh Booni.

Introduction

        

    Our Students

        Students from all over Chitral from every village are giving application for admission in our school. After passing a tough and fear test, we are try to select the genius students, however if the applicant are not enough we have to cover the seat at any cost. Our school is quite expensive so students even after passing test are unable to afford the expenses.

Our Mission

•  School Profile: School of choice, adding value to children’s learning

•  Teacher Profile: passionate teachers for passionate learning.

•  Student Profile: Confident, critically conscious, creative life-long learners and ethical citizens for the pluralistic world.

Our Objectives

•  To provide quality education to the talented students who have the potential to compete with the best students nationally and internationally.

•  To provide a sound academic environment to the students and teachers, where innovative ideas and learning experiences are shared, and professional growth is furthered.

•  To develop value-based school culture by nourishing core human values such as honesty, integrity, respect, compassion, and self-responsibility.

•  To provide a caring and threat-free environment to students in which they can develop themselves as lifelong learners.

•  To provide students with opportunities to enhance their intellectual, social, moral, emotional and physical growth in order to prepare them as active citizens for the pluralistic society.

•  To enable the students manage their own learning by providing them with the opportunities to build capacity at their own pace.

•  To engage the students in challenging and stimulating activities where they can exercise their leadership potentials and emerge as prospective leaders.

Salient Features of the School  

•  Affiliated with AKU-EB

•  Qualified Staff

•  Lively teaching methodologies

•  Co-Curricular Activities

•  Stress on English language

•  Carrier Planning Sessions

Facilities

•  Purpose-built campus

•  Spacious classrooms

•  Resourceful Library

•  Science Lab. (Biolog,Physics & Chemistry)

•  Computer Lab.

•  Conference Hall

•  Playground

Total Number of students

• Grade 8   80

• Grade 9   40

• Grade 10   39

• Grade 11   38

• Grade 12   29

• Total:   226

Fee structure 

Tuition fee:  3500 per month per student 

Hostel fee: 2500 per month per student 

Fee Remission

           20% Fee Remission is allowed (for needy students on 

Total Gross Fee)

• SMC decides remission case after verification.

Our Achievements

• High achievers in the subjects of Islamiat & Pak.Studies (AKU-EB Annual Exam 2010)

• 2 students qualified for one yearlong  study scholarship (YES) of US

• Winner of District volleyball tournament (2010)

• Winner of District & Zone Football (2010) & Runner up Provincial tournament (2010)

• Runner up of District Speech Competition (2010)

• Winner of  National anthem District Level competition (2010)

• Winner of District Level Art competition (2010)

School Buildings

Aga Khan Higher Secondary School for Boys Chitral.

Interior of the Building 

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Needs of School

As the school is newly established, though equipped by many facilities we are facing the following challenges

• School
• Bus:  As we have students from all over the area, we have one small bus, not enough to carry all the students. We have to make two trips, some of the students reach school too early and some reach school very late. Even then the bus is overload; therefore some children do not take the bus because of the dangers. It is one of the reason that student don’t prefer the school.
• Hostel: Students from all over Chitral after their selection are worried because we have only one hostel with limited seats. Some students have to rent houses and again parents are not satisfied because of the lack of their security.
• Expensive: Our school is the top choice in our area but it is quite expensive. Even after their selection students are deprived of the opportunity to attend school due to financial problem.
• Teachers: Qualified teachers are leaving the school because their salaries do not adequately compensate for the amount of work that they complete.
• Less applicant: due to the mentioned problem few students are applying  for admission, we have to fill the seats at any cost, in this way we are taking low scored student which not makes  the class room environment not smooth.  
  
  
• NON SIBI REFLECTION

Living for others is the real humanity. Helping others gives an internal joy. Being a human being always we are try to give internal joy.  We can do little things like carry someone stuff, guide someone, etc.
My non sibi contribution is as an educator. As a teacher personally every day after school I ask my students to visit me if there is any confusion or if they cannot ask questions in front of the whole class. Often my students come to me with their problems and we are discussing them for hours. Though it is not my job description but it gives me the internal joy that nothing can compensate it.  Even after school at home I ask my student to visit me any time to discuss their problems. During my summer and winter vacations my room will be full of the students who need help in their studies.
Apart from these activities, I have worked for the local education board where we were researching for the needy students for financial support and then forwarding that information to the responsible organization.
Along with my other colleagues we were conducting sessions for career counseling and also providing participants CDs and booklets. Through my little efforts I have tried to help humanity and will continue to in the future.  

Max Warburg Courage Curriculum

On 11 July 2012 we had a trip to Boston where in Northeastern Alumni Centre we had a very informative, formal and informal presentation. In her formal presentation Ms. Elizabeth Evan told the whole story of Max and Max curriculum. The screen was appealing for courage in 25 different languages. 
The interesting points in her presentation were.
• The partnership with schools and learning communities across the global to engage student in the reading and writing process. 
• Max himself a very courageous child who was fighting with Leukemia with smiling face.
• Their goals to engage student especially urban children to make connection with literature.
• Inspiring participants to celebrate acts of moral courage in their own lives and in the lives of other in their communities.
• Engaging teacher in understanding of their students’ interest. 
• Friends, teachers and max mom described the characteristics of Max as kind brave, helpful and caring kid.
• Very emotional scenes of Max life in hospital.
• Essay writing was very diverse and attractive for the students from all over the world.
• In Courage essay through creative writing improvement of reading, writing and thinking skills.
• Max story was inspiring and definitely role model for the world.
• Multi language culture in the curriculum.
Informal presentation
• We met different personalities there including Max mother friends curriculum designer etc. We exchanged our views about our visit to USA, that what was our purpose of visit and we had learnt so far. We shared about our culture, our schools and our country. We also interacted with the MAP evaluator who explains the process to report back to US department.  We also received some important gifts from the organization. We collected a lot of ideas from Max. We will implement some of the ideas back to our school, starting from essay writing.  

Washington D.C. Reflection

It was a fantastic visit there. We reached DC at 1 o’clock at Hampton Inn.  The Hotel was very neat and comfortable. After putting our bags in our rooms we went for lunch in Kabab palace for tasty foods. After having some rest we started our tour of Washington.  We enjoyed the beauty of the city through the trolley and the interesting guide.  He explained everything told brief history of every monument and memorial.  We came across many important buildings like the State Department, museums, institutes etc. We visited the back side of the White House which was one of our wishes to be there.  We took picture and enjoyed it a lot. The difference we felt here was in our country every one cannot visit the residential area of the President or Prime Minister.  Here there was rush of the public including the tourists.  Outside the State Department we took pictures with Albert Einstein’s wonderful statue which is made up of bronze giving Einstein a shiny nose. Then we visited the statue of Martin Luther King and came to know his great contribution to improve civil life. This was his global contribution toward humanity and is appreciable. Other memorials visited by us were Lincolns’ memorial and the Vietnam memorial. We realized the contribution of soldiers for their country and appreciation of their sacrifices by the government and by the artists.  In the evening we enjoyed the delighting sight of Washington City and Moon light monuments in our return to the Hotel.The next day we had a meeting and certificate ceremony in State Department. We met impressive personalities like Susun Domowitz , Bureau of Education and Culture Affairs.   We were excited to meet her. We met Mr. Shahid Aman Ullah, Representative of Muslim Communities.  He shared the contribution of his organization for the empowerment of the youth and his chapters contributing in education and other fields of life.  Other educator also shared their contributions and challenges in education. We also shared our learning from our visit. After that we had experience of metro travel to Smithsonian.  There were a lot of museums there. Due to time shortage we were able to visit only two. The famous air and space museum and Sculpture Garden. In Air and Spaces Museum we has a very close observation on the planes, spaceships, satellites,  and all the modern air shipping technologies under a single roof. After having some rest we were invited by Muslims Community for Aftar.  It was very nice to hear that Muslims here are working to show the real image of Islam and working to convey the Message of Islam which is very important for making good relation with other faiths.The next day again we had a very busy day.  Some of the group had a meeting with Senators. Our group had a very important visit of the Capitol building. It was full of the exciting statues and memorials. We visited every corner of the building including George Washington’s Tomb and Washington Centre.  After having our launch we left for Pakistan Embassy, a home away from home. We met different diplomats who share their contribution to improve Pak US relationship and the challenges they are facing. The highlighted the importance of Pak US relations also appreciated the contribution of US government for Pakistan. In the evening we went to Pentagon city for fun and some shopping too.On the 25th of July we checked out from the Hotel and went to Voice of America. It was very exciting to be there, a place voices from every part of the world reach out. The staff members facilitated to teach us the procedure of networking and broadcasting. The most important thing about VOA is that they focus on the reality of the news regardless of how slow or how fast they are broadcasting. Our voice was also included though some of our friends in Urdu and Pashtu languages.  After that we left for The Post Office. We had a very beautiful view of the city from the top of the building. Took lunch and left for Boston. We had so much fun that we persuaded ourselves very hardly to come bacOur visit was full of exposure, full of fun and was very very important. We received a lot there that was beyond our expectations.



Student Engagement

Introduction
Teaching-learning process is the heart of education. On it depends the fulfillment of the aims & objectives of education. It is the most powerful instrument of education to bring about desired changes in the students. Teaching learning are related terms. In teaching - learning process, the teacher, the learner, the curriculum& other variables are organized in a systematic way to attain some predetermine goals. 
 Effective teachers pose compelling questions, explain options, teach us to reason, suggest possible directions, and urge us on. The best teachers, like the best leaders, have an uncanny ability to step outside themselves and become liberating forces in our lives. 
There are different issues in teaching learning process to think over them. Most of the teachers are able to define a set of ideas, a theme or a particular event they say the genuinely understood not know about. It is toward such understanding that all the teaching should be aimed towards something student can hold on to beyond the Friday test, the final exam and school itself.
The most important and persisting issue for the student and teacher is the disengagement of the student in the class. The disengaged students disrupt classes, skip them or fail to complete assignments. Typically the disengaged students behave well in the schools. They attend classes and complete the work but with little indication of excitement and commitment. In contract engaged students make a psychological investment in learning. They take pride not only to improve their grades but also in understanding the material and internalizing them in their lives.
For teacher the challenge is how to get the student to do academic work serious enough to learn. For the student s the challenge is how to cope with teacher demands so that to avoid boredom, to maintain self-respect and to succeed in the school.
Definition 
Engagement stands for active involvement, commitment and concentrated attention in contract to superficial participation or lack of interest. In daily life activities there is various level of engagement as we talk, observe, read, reflect and use of our bodies.




Engagement in academic work 
“We define student engagement in academic work as the student psychological investment learning  and efforts directed towards learning, understanding and mastering the knowledge, skill or craft that academic work is intended to promote.”
Academic work consist of task, usually assigned by the teacher that students are asked to complete in order to master the knowledge, skill and craft that serve as the instruction objectives of schooling. The work can occur as part of classroom instruction, homework or exam and it may include different tupes of reading writing computing participation in the discussion and individual and group project.
Importance of student engagement   
Engaging students is important not only because it enhances the student experience but also because students who are committed to their own learning are inclined to actively participate in lifelong learning opportunities after graduation. This benefits the individual by enriching their personal lives as they continue to use the tools and skills they have acquired and refined at university.
The institution that is actively involved in student engagement takes a student centered approach in the design, development and delivery of its courses; inspires its staff to involve students at every level possible, and invites student feedback and input to the learning experience and environment. 
 Factors affecting engagement 
There are different factor effecting student engagement in the class. Some of them are 
1. Students, personal and social background 
2. The district and community context, whose norms and policies affect many aspect of life in the school.
3. School culture, reflected in beliefs and values of staff and students
4. School organization(size, structure ,division of labor)
5. The curriculum 
6. Teacher background and competence 
7. Teacher student interaction, in and out of class 
8. Appreciation both for the teachers and for the students 
These and other factors can both enhance and diminish membership and authentic work well intended teacher s, unaware of how students social background affect their approach to schooling, may misinterpret their behavior. Organization routines and curriculum mandates can reduce the possibilities for authentic academic work 
Our learning to overcome this challenge:
During our summer institute we interacted with different teachers who share their precious experiences to overcome this challenge. The activities learnt here can be modified and implemented according the topic we are going to teach in our classes. Some of the activities I have included in my MAP. Now we are in a better condition to engage our student more affectively in academic works.




MASTER ACTION PLAN 


Theme: Water pollution


Goal: 


• To actively involve my student in the class.
• To promote activity based teaching.
• Awareness about water pollution.
• Control of water pollution.


Objectives:
At the end of my project students will be able to:
• Identify the sources of water pollution
• Debate whether the government should do more to control water pollution 
• Describe the effect of agriculture, industrial and house hold wastes on life.
• Explain how and why water treatment is essential to be drinkable 
• Describe water borne diseases 
Background:
Through Pakistani Educational Leadership Project we learnt a lot in different aspects. As a teacher my concern was how to actively engage students in the class. In different sessions we learnt different activity to keep students effectively engaged in the class. We worked a lot on environmental issues. Luckily all these issues are included in Aga Khan University Examination Board syllabus which we are following. Above-mentioned objectives are taken from that syllabus. I need to explain every activity by incorporating examples what we have done here. I need anoverhead projector(OHP) demonstrate various activities on day to day basis.
Duration of MAP
According to the regular time table, I have one class of 45 minutes with grade 10 where I will be implementing my MAP. As we have internal exams and other activities in the school therefore my project will take maximum 2 months to complete.





Session	Objective	Activity / Strategy	Resources	Timeline
1	To share my Learning from PELI (overview) with colleagues	Power point presentation	Multimedia	2 hours
2	To elicit students’  Previous knowledge about water pollution	Pretest about water pollution	Questioners	45mints
3	Identifysources of water pollutions	Field trip(visit of agricultural + hospital areas)	Transport+ lunch	One Full day
4	Debate whether the government should to more to control water pollution	Debate	Paper, charts, markers	Two day (45 minutes each)
5	Describe the effect of wastes on life	Jigsaw method	Charts, markers, handouts and books	Two day (45 minutes each)
6	Explain why water treatment is essential to make it drinkable	Snow ball activity	Papers, marker	Two day (45 minutes each)
7	Describe water borne diseases	Group work and power point presentation	Charts, markers, projectors	Two day (45 minutes each)
8	Discuss our dependence on water and importance of maintaining its quality	My relation with water (drawing)	Markers, color pencils, charts, pencil	Two day (45 minutes each)
9	Explain the cleaning of fish ponds	Visit to the fish pond	Transport+ lunch, guiding questions	One day
10	Efficacy of my MAP	Posttest and comparison with pretest	Questioners	45 mints








Procedure Assessment:
• Pre and post assessment of the students
• Classroom observation by my principal and feedback
• Observation of student engagement and interest in the class 
• Feedback from the students 
• Student weekly tests and reporting back.
• Picture and videos recordings of my activities.
Budget allocation 
1. For stationaries 


Items	Expenditure
Charts	10$
Markers	10$
Papers	10$
Handouts	10$
Photocopies	20$
OH Projector	250$
Transparencies	10$
Transparencies  Markers	10$




1. For refreshment 


Items	Expenditure
Tea	10$
Snacks	20$




1. Field trips 

2. Resources	Expenditure
   Transportation	90$
   Lunch	50$

    


Total consumption =500$






Prepared by Khadija 
            Lecturer in chemistry 
                                                                                    AKHSS Chitral KPK 
                                                                              Pakistan