Interactive session to develop responsibility at Heritage School, 11th March, 2015

Feedback of students:

•  The video on Malala Yousafzai really touched me. I felt so sad when I learnt about how so many girls were denied education. The fact that Malala stood up to the Taliban, I felt so proud and happy. She is and will always be one of my role models. - Ojaswi Niyogi Class V E
• Dear Salony Maa’m, I want to tell you that I liked the videos “India is innovating” and “MALALA”. I liked the video “India is innovating”, because it helps us learn about our future. What is good or bad and what we shall do for our country. I also want to do for our India something which makes her proud. Malala was also very interesting. - Ishita Lakhotia Class V
• We learnt about life. Whip lash is a movie of a real story drama. We also learnt that we should support each other. Today’s session was very nice after the last exam. This is my feedback. - Tsangchup Class V F

Training on Gender Sensitivity at Haryana Vidya Mandir on 28th February, 2015

Feedbacks:

• Today’s capacity building programme on gender sensitivity was really very good. We have learnt a lot from this session, which in other way helped us to come out of stereotype and made more competent to take challenges - Papiya Bhattacharya
• The training session held today by Ms. Salony Priya is excellent. Children can only become gender sensitive if we adults follow what we have learnt. As teachers we can make the children follow us but not through verbal instructions. They follow our activities – so we should act in a proper manner. – Sampa Bose
• The session was excellent and engrossing. It helped us to relate to gender issues which occur on a daily basis. As teachr these issues are of immense importance in the formative years of student life. – Sohini Ghosh

Parenting Workshop at HSBC on 25th February, 2015

Feedbacks

•     The session was exceptional.
•     The best part of the session was its interactive nature and close to reality situations that were shared.
•     Very informative and also help us to understand the problem of our child during different phases of their life.
•     Thank Ms. Salony Priya for sharing her knowledge on such important topic.
•     The session was really good.
•     Came to know about the different aspects we should be taking care as a parent.
•     Also got to interact with others as well.
•     Speaker was very well connected to the participants. We were able to relate to the examples illustrated during the session.
•     The session was quite interactive and informative.
•     Topics discussed about the child’s behavior, challenges and the examples presented were interesting.
•     We all walked out being " more aware and conscious parents

Workshop on Respect and Discipline at Suryodaya with class8 on 9th February, 2015

Students Feedback

• "I enjoy these sessions as the teachers help us get out of problems."- Ankita Paul, Class-8A
• "This class was very nice as we could share all the things with the counselling teacher and could understand them very well." - Priya Dutta, Class-8A
• "I liked this session as maam was able to solve our problem." – Biswajit Mondal, Class-8A
• "I liked this session as it could solve our problem, and teach us "Respect" to our teachers. How to maintain discipline in our class when teacher is teaching." – Kaushik Sardar, Class-8A

Workshop on Intervention Strategies at St Pauls Mission School on 12th January, 2015

 Through humour, relevant examples from everyday life, a highly engaging session was conducted by Mrs. Priya on "Understanding Adolescents & Positive Classroom Management" making the session a success, as evident from the testimonials given below

Teachers Speak:

• "Dear Salony Maam, Thank you very much for inspiring, motivating refreshing us today. I feel challenged to make a change to my approach and reach out to every child who I come in contact with. God Bless you, may you continue to inspire more and more people and help change the world at large. "You are a lighthouse in this dark work"" - Steeve C.L.Pope
• "All the Best Maam, may your dream come true" - Rahul Roy
• "You should be invited to all the schools to train the teachers which is very essential these days" - Josephine Lee
• "I enjoyed your session – come to our school again" - Xavier Rozario
• "Keep doing your good work. Best Of Luck" - Soham Mitra
• "Keep changing lives", and make a difference as well" - Paramita Ghosh
• "Please do come again and train us" - Arpita Gupta
• "It was fabulous" - Dipsikha Biswas
• "Please continue to put these efforts for the sake of a better future" - Madhumanti Roy
• "Please continue your good work" - Debabrata De

Workshop on Empowering Educators at Ektara on 31st December, 2014

Teachers Speak

•     "3 things I learned today.

    1. VAK methods
    2. Every word has a meaning and an abbreviation
    3. SMALL team building ideas.
    Now I will imbibe all the above things.
    Suggestion: Please come back " - Anupriya Bhattacharya

•     "3 things I learnt today, Importance of change, Being responsible for each child’s development, Now i will follow what I have learnt most.

    Suggestions: Do come back for more sessions " - Manjusmita

•     "3 things i learnt today ... How to teach the students the way they want to learn or can learn. " - Doraksha Parveen
•     "3 things i learnt

    1.creative
    2.change myself how to teach a child better
    Suggestions – we would like you to come and meet us again ." - Susan

•     "3 things i learnt today

    1. How to make the lesson more interesting
    2. I will become a better teacher
    3. Art therapy
    Now i will make my class more interesting and interactive
    Suggestions – make a visit again " - Afreen Ahmed

•     "3 things i learnt today

    1. dealing with a situation which we often face with regards to kids
    2. relationship – teacher and child (student)
    3. vision - to visualize how a child thinks
    Now i will implement a regular workshop (inhouse) with teachers to monitor progress
    Suggestions – another session with teachers to develop interpersonal relationship and team work." - Sharbani Da

Workshop on Teachers Capacity Building at MTC, JUSCO Jamshedpur on 22-23 December, 2014

Teachers Speak:

• "Hum ne aaj sikha k Bacho ke sath baat karke unke samsyao ko samjhkar unki sahayta karna, bacho ko card ke dwara protsahit karna chahiye." - Indu Kumari, S.U.V. Baregora
• "We learnt that we should develop the attitude to listen." - Miss Mamta Kumari, V.U.V Bumangora
• "Main bacho ko sahi gyan dunga aur bacho ko sunne ki shhamta rakhunga." - Dharmendra Kr. Singh
• "I am highly pleased and influenced having attend the workshop programme and hope that this program should be done every year to develop our mind." - S.C.Nayak, G.V.P School
• "Mujhe yeh karyashala bohot prernadayak lagi. Jiven meh urja ka ek naya strot jaga jo ki ek shikshika ke roop meh mujhe aur prerit karega." - Asha Kumari

Workshop on Pro-active Parenting at Carmel School, Jorahat on 19-20th December, 2014

Feedback by Students:

• "Today I realized that I am not someone who cannot do anything, but someone who is capable of doing something on my own. We would like to have another session and I totally loved it, most amazing experience ever. I would like to attend more sessions on “Teen Stress” and Exam Success." - Zeeshan Rahman Hazarika Class-8B
• "Today I realized how to manage time and change our mind for a better thinking. I would like to attend this session. I loved this session and you should keep visiting "we all loved you" - Sukanya Borgo Haim Class-8B
• "Today I realized what I am really capable of doing. My abilities, my skills are yet to be discovered and my voice is yet to be heard. I can do it and I will. Thank you for this amazing session which taught me lot. Something I will never get to learn from books, only from you. I would like to attend more sessions wish I could write more" - Puja Dixit Class-8B
• "Today I realized that I may be capable and can do much more better in my life by my abilities. There is no suggestions to be given and I would like to attend the session again." - Pooja Karnungo Class-9
• "Today I realized that I am capable of quiet a lot of things and believe I can start working on my dreams. I want to meet you alone to discuss about my personal life. I want to attend more sessions." - Deepshika Nath
• "Today I realized I have to believe that I can, I want to attend more sessions on self motivation." - Rdhishree Baruah
• "Today I realized that without a proper daily list for the day, I will not be able to be success in my life. My suggestion is that you have really changed my track of thinking. And I hope I will be meeting you again somewhere." - Subhalaxmi Saikia Class-9
• "Today in the orientation I have learned that during the teen years, It is a time for evolution of the body, mind and soul. This is the period when we decide to move into the path of our own choice, but having a right sense of choice. We also learnt that we must be a coffee bean so that we can gain success in our life." - Rahul Deka
• "Today in this session Salony Priya has taught what a life is. How we will succeed in our dreams. To become successful in our life we don’t have to be stylish or rich or have power to fight with others. We should have a fixed goal in our life." - Arshad Alam
• "Maam you are really a wonderful person I am really inspired by your talks and the presentation. I promise you I will make your words come true in my life. I will make good relationship with my parents and friends and will be a good human being in my life." - Swati Priyanka
• "The program was very beautiful and we come to learn many things. Maam your advice will lead us to achieve our goal in future. I am grateful to you." - Vishal Sahu
• "I liked this program very much and I learnt a lot from it. We should love and respect our teachers and friends because they help us and guide us. I would like to thank Salony Maam for conducting such a wonderful session." - Teja Singh
• "From this session I have learnt many things and especially the story of Carrot, egg and the coffee bean. It has given me an idea of how to get success in life and thank you for teaching us such valuable things. I will always try to be a coffee bean and I will always learn from my mistake." - Kavya Jalan

Workshop on Discipline at DAV School, Durgapur on 15th November, 2014

Teachers Speak

• "A very effective workshop on class-room management through discipline. Ample newer ways and means conceived through practical experiences have been disclosed which are very helpful not only for the students but also for the teachers. Discipline as a multidimensional to solve the problematic situations has been expanded and elaborated." - K.K. Mukhopadhay, DAV Public School, Dabrajpur, Birbhum
•  "From this session I learned that student teacher interaction is very important to maintain discipline in the class. To listen to them, to understand their problems and try to solve their problems with a caring attitude, instead of accusing them for misbehavior. I can apply the 5 R’s to discipline the students." – Mrs. Moushumi Chakraborty, DAV Public School, MTPS
•  "At the end of this workshop I individually is highly motivated towards experimenting non-violent and alternatives of punishment and eager to observe the outcome. Thank you for providing me with a new source to overcome everyday class problems which most of the times ends up with an angry mood in maintains discipline during a class." - Rubby Bhowmik, DAV PRT 

Empowering Educators at Kasidhi High School, Jamshedpur on 9th November, 2014

Feedbacks:

• "Very interesting workshop, you are just like a mirror to show what we do every day in school." - Sulekha
• "We really liked the session of yours. Hope and wish Sairam blessing. I would like to be a part of more such sessions in future." – Lalita Parasuraman
•  "Today I am very happy to be a part of this wonderful and inspirable workshop. As a teacher I will try to follow what I learned in the workshop." - Shruti
• "Dear madam I am satisfied with the workshop and learned that we need to motivate children through curiosity and involvement and experiences are important for practical learning."