MIRA THE HAPPY SCHOOL

THOUGHT PROVOKING IDEAS

By : Mrs. Rekha Shah
Principal
Mira The Happy School,
Vadodara

The School where Learning is a Celebration

In our rush to education we have forgotten a simple truth: reform will never be achieved only by re-writing curriculum, revising texts,designing in-service programmes, practicing IT Education or by providing luxury to students. Learning is not merely about intellectual and emotional engagement with others but also intellectual and emotional engagement with self through regular reflection, renewal of purposes and practices. We must cherish the human relations and human potentials to create a passion for learning.

What do we do in school? Why, and most importantly, how we do everything, which we call learning is the question. New ideas demand new perspectives towards our superficial methodologies, believed to be innovation and creative learning. A fresh look to the new ideas of schooling needs Passion ; a passion for teaching is not only to express enthusiasm but also to enact it in a principled, Value, intelligent way .... Passion is associated with enthusiasm, care, commitment and hope, which are the key characteristics to effectiveness in teaching-learning era.

In this mixed world of competing motives and condensing ideologies, newer avenues of schooling menus to experience learning where there is no madness in method or method in madness; it is all about one's Passion about learning. it is all about knowledge - creating schools beyond the classroom to develop the culture of learing, commitment. Also to encourage all to experiment new ideas in a culture in which mistakes are treated as "Path to learning" and new ideas are supported in the process of celebrating learning.

21st Century schools must shift from a rigid and narrow perspective of teaching-learning practices to our adaptive mode in which "the educational environment can provide for a range of opportunities for success."

*	Recipient of 'Sanman Patra' for her unfathomable contribution in the field of education
	– Presented by JC Group

*	Winner of Women Enterpreneur Award 2009
	– Awarded by VCCI Vibrant Gujarat

*	International Teacher Trainer

BIO - DATA

Name	:	Rekha Shah
Birth-Date	:	27^th May 1961
Birth-Place	:	Guwahati, Assam
Religion	:	Jain
Address	:	Mira The Happy School :
		After Kalali Railway Crossing, Opp. Pramukh Swami Hostel, Atladara Main Road, Vadodara – 390012. Ph: 0265-2680068.
Mobile		09998171119
Fax		0265-2681199
E-mail		info@mirathehappyschool.com
Website		www.mirathehappyschool.com
Designation	:	Principal : MIRA THE HAPPY SCHOOL International Teachers Trainer For : Lions Quest International Programme Skills for Adolescence (SFA) Master Trainer For : Teaching English through multiple intelligence Master Trainer For : Identification of Learning Disabilities of Student’s in schools Counsellor For Parents and Studnets

Qualifications

	B.A. –Bachelor of Arts with Distinction from Guwahati University, Assam (with Education Psychology) in the year 1984.
	Post Graduation in Child Development – With ‘A’ Grade from the Faculty of Home Science, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Vadodara in the year 1996.
	B.Ed – Bachelor in Special Education – From Bhoj University in the Year 2003 with Maths and M.R.
	B.Ed - Bachelor of Education with Ist class in the year 1999 with English and Social Studies
	M.Ed-Master of Education with Ist class in the year 2000 with English and Social Studies.
	P.D.E.M - Professional Diploma in Education Management with Distinction & Gold Medallist from Department of Education and Psychology, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Vadodara, in the year 2000.
	P.G.D.G.C - Post Graduate Diploma in Guidance and Counselling from Edu. & Psy. Dept., Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara in the Year 2002.
	M.T. - Montessori Training course with Ist class from Srinivas Academy, Mumbai in the year 1994.
	L.D. - Learning disability and learning difficulties Certificate course with Grade ‘B’ from Department of Adult Education, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Vadodara, in the year 1996.
	B.C in M.R - Bridge course in Mental Retardation from Kashiba Children’s Hospital, Karelibaug, Vadodara in October 1999.
	SFA (Skills For Adolescence) teacher certificate course organized by Lion’s Quest International.
	Master Trainer for Teaching English through Multiple Intelligence.
	Master Trainer for Learning Disability
	Continuing...
	Cambridge Teachers Trainer Diploma Course from Cambridge University
	Post Graduate Diploma in School Leadership and Management (PGDSLM) from IGNOU & AMA.

Experience

Worked as a teacher in Amrit Jyoti School Ahmedabad for 1 year (1984-1985)

Worked as a teacher in Anand Balwadi, Sama Branch Navrachana, a C.B.S.E. school in Vadodara from 1986 to 1990;

Working as the Principal of Mira – The Happy School, Vadodara from 1990 onwards.

Visiting Faculty at M.S University :

	Education & Psychology Department
	Educational Administration Department.
	Home Science Faculty at HDFS (Human Development & Family Studies.)
	Kashiba Charitable Hospital, Karelibaug for students of Diploma & Degree course of Special Education.
	PTC and B.Ed. colleges
	Department of Special Education

Conduct Workshops and Seminars for Teachers, Management, Students and Parent Group.

Counsellor for Board Exams

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