For ages, teaching has been considered as one of the noblest and respectable professions of one’s career. Teachers are always regarded as a boon to society because it’s only a teacher who by making use of it’s only a teacher who by making use of his/her intelligence, patience, and wisdom attempt to polish the skills of the learner. Right from famous ancient teachers like Vashisht, Dhaumya, Dronacharya, Kripacharya, and Parashurama religious teachers and preachers like Adi Shankaracharya Ramanujacharya, Sr Ramakrishna Paramhamsa down to modern-day educationists like Dr. Radhakrishnan, Dr. Amartya Sen our former president APJ Abdul Kalam, teachers have by and large been venerated and held in high esteem by pupils of all age groups and from all fields of study.
I believed that choosing teaching as a profession is an easy job and anyone can become a teacher. But, one needs to have sufficient knowledge regarding the subject she has chosen to teach. Along with knowledge, a teacher needs to have excellent communication skills, the ability to hold the attention of young minds, to gain the confidence of the students. An individual who opts to teach as their profession needs to have certain factors like patience, confidence, likings for, and an understanding of children. An efficient teacher must be friendly and helpful.
A teacher has to be a friend, philosopher, and guide for the students. There are always factors that impact the Teacher’s training positively or negatively. A teacher must undergo a certain training program before becoming a professional. The main objective of the Teacher’s training program is as follows:-
1.The teachers must undergo a certain training program, in order to develop a good command of the subject matter assigned to them.
2.The main objective of a teacher’s training program is to develop a skill to stimulate experience in the taught, under an artificially created environment, less with material resources and more by the creation of an emotional atmosphere.
3.A suitable training will help the teacher to understand the psychology of the child so that the teacher is able to appreciate the difficulties experienced by children.
4.A proper training will help the teacher to develop proper attitudes towards teaching as a result of which he will be able to maximize the achievements from both the material and human resources.
5.A teacher must understand the significance of individual differences of children and take appropriate steps for their optimum development.
Hence, due to these numerous factors, a teacher must undergo a certain training program. In preschools too, teachers need to undergo a primary teacher training program. It is a comprehensive course that teaches the techniques and methodologies required to teach children at primary schools. The training will impart teaching skills in a scientific manner that will help the teachers to become expert educators.
Nowadays children are being raised in a competitive and complex environment. So, professional and trained teachers not only
impart academic skills but also take care of the emotional well-being of the child. The training course includes several new-age teaching techniques and computer education that will help the child to boost his comfort. Nowadays, all reputed schools are preferring to recruit trained teachers. Thus, this course is in demand.
The curriculum of the primary teacher training course is designed to train aspiring teachers who can nourish the mental and
physical faculties of the children. The curriculum generally includes:-
- Approaches of early childhood education
- Characteristics of young learners.
- The methodology of teaching and lesson planning.
- Classroom management
- Understanding the psychology of the students.
- How to maintain the resources
- Evaluation
- Language learning and language acquisition
Once a diploma degree is achieved by the teachers, it helps them to get several job opportunities. They can apply for the post of assistant teachers, pre-primary teachers, primary teachers, and pre-school, teachers. Apart from this, holding this degree will make them a bold pillar of support for anyone associated with pre and primary education. The Teacher’s training program is usually a 6-month course. But it depends on institutions and universities. The course can be done both online and offline depending on the preferences of the educators. To achieve this degree, one needs to qualify 10 +2 with 50% grade marks and needs to be a graduate.
On completion of this course, the teachers are eligible to teach from nursery to class 5 of any school. It helps the teachers to get an inner vision of preschools and primary schools.
The learning outcomes of the teacher’s training program are as follows:-
- The Teacher’s training program will help the teachers to modify curriculum and instructions based on the individual needs of their students.
- Using the assessment of the students learning and their own teaching methods to inform future planning and to solve problems
critically. - This course helps the teachers to work respectively collaboratively with their colleagues to ensure quality instructional programs.
- After achieving the certificate, the teachers are eligible to get jobs in good reputed schools and institutions.
- Teacher training courses help the teachers to learn modern skills and methodologies for teaching.
- Classroom management and student engagement is an integral part of the program.
- Creating, evaluating, and implementing lessons for pre-primary and primary classrooms becomes the sole responsibility of the teachers.
There are various educational institutes that provide teacher training courses to aspiring as well as active teachers. The courses like pre and primary teacher training (PPTT), Montessori Teacher Training (MTT), Nursery teacher training (NTT), and early childhood care and education (ECCE) are comprehensive in nature and provides an understanding of nature and provide an understanding of the theories and methods of early childhood education.