Sajeevta Leaflet Online_28Feb2014

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The Sajeevta Foundation is a not-for-profit company set up to inspire and mentor

financially disadvantaged children who are without the resources to learn well.

Working collaboratively and inclusively with children, their families, teachers and

school management, the Sajeevta Foundation is making a deep and lasting

difference to childrens learning abilities, academic understanding and long-term

motivation. We are working for children of all backgrounds to be included inlearning that gives them an equal opportunity for success in life.

Our programme

for inclusive learning works:

In Neighbourhoods: mentoring children to overcome the barriers of low-

income backgrounds, to be successful learners

In Schools:planning with school management and training teachers forinclusive classrooms where all students are active in learning.

In Homes: preparing families to support their childrens aspirations andlearning in the home and to work for improvement.

Sajeevta Foundation is a registered not-for-profit company with the Registrar of Companies,

Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Havelli with corporate number U80301GJ2012NPLO72776, and

registered u/s 80G (for donors tax deduction) and 12AA (for income tax exemption) of the I.T.

Act.

Online: www.facebook.com/sajeevta Mobile: 0091 999 86568 13 Email: [email protected] Working in: Gandhinagar, Gujaratthrough a mobile study centre Office: 304, Shoppers Plaza-V, Opp. Municipal Market, C.G.road, Ahmedabad

380009

Innovation for Inclusive Learning
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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In Neighbourhoods, Sajeevta Foundation Supports:

Since 2010, seventeen children have been supported with over 20 hours per week

of learning and mentoring in morning and evening sessions at the Sajeevta

Foundation neighbourhood learning centre in Gandhinagar. Children have beenselected where families lack formal education and resources to effectively support

childrens school learning. Learning mentors work at the Gandhinagar

neighbourhood centre running classes with the children and with regular contact

with families, teachers and the school management team.

A social group for

learning:

creating a social group of engaged learners through regular

collaboration with children, family and school to solveproblems and decide how to strengthen learning.

Learning how to

learn well:

mentoring children to build up learning abilities, so that they

become aware of how they are learning and become active in

improving their own learning behaviour.

Strengtheningunderstanding:

group and individualised learning for each child to understand

essential material and techniques to manage school and extra-curricular learning.

Motivation and

guidance:

preparing children to set aims and to overcome barriers to

reach long-term goals for further education, training and

employment.

Learning Mentors run classes 5 days a week in the neighbourhood: with pre-school children inthe mornings and with primary-level children in the evenings at a mobile study centre.


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In Schools, Sajeevta Foundation Supports:

Sajeevta Foundation and Chaitanya School (managed by Sree Vidya Niketan

Trust) have been working together since April 2012 to create an overall learning

environment where innovation for inclusive learning is a sustained practice for30 teachers and over 400 students. Workshops for teachers and management

as well as in-classroom coaching are strengthening an internal innovation team

for better practice appropriate for the needs of all students.

Sajeevta Inclusive Learning Workshop for Teachers and Management,

July 2013 at Chaitanya School, Gandhinagar.

Teachers LeadingImprovement

Students Leading

Learning

Teachers innovate andevaluate:

Include all children with all-class response systems.

Differentiated teaching for thetop, middle and bottom.

Visible teaching and learning. Feedback from students,

peers and management.

Students learn how to learn

well:

Willing and committed: throughmentoring support.

Strengthened learning abilitiesand essential understanding.

Thinking and proactive. Decide, plan and reflect on

learning.


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In Homes, Sajeevta Foundation Supports:

Pre-school training for parents to value: punctuality, attendance, hygiene,education expenses.

Regular visits to family homes to identify barriers to learning and solutions forimprovement.

When problems are not easily solved more serious measures are agreed withfamilies and this is followed with recording the positive changes andimprovement in learning.

Sajeevta Foundations Members and Directors:

Gautam Patel: Education and Development Management London School ofEconomics.

Krutika Patel: Education Management, PG Diploma NGOs Management EDI-India. Vasant Makwana: State Manager of Pratham Education Initiative Gujarat. Devika Devaiah: Innovation Consultant and author of Orbit Shifting Innovation. Kavery Nambisan: Surgeon Tata Hospital Kodaguand Novelist. Rebecca Reubens: Industrial Designer and author of Bamboo from Green Design to

Sustainable Design.

Shruti Gonsalves: Development Professional, CEOSEWA Grih Rin Pvt. Ltd.To support this work for inclusive learning:

We need staff to run study sessions:

We are recruiting Learning Mentorsto start work from April 2014 at our GandhinagarNeighbourhood Learning Centre: if you love learning and teaching please contact us,a stipend can be offered for your expenses.

We need funding:

Rs.10,000 per month for running a home learning centre for 20 children, for: books,stationery and a daily nutritious snack.

Rs.1000 per month to sponsor a child to attend a partner school; this covers the non-school fee costs of uniform, bus transport, textbooks and stationery.

Core funding for the research and ground level action that develops our inclusivelearning approach: learning visits, training sessions, designing teaching and learningresources, and measuring and evaluating progress of the childrens learning and theimpact of our work.

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