What We Want To Do

Program Components:

1. Innovative tools for teaching and learning
2. Mentoring and leadership development training for students
3. Training and workshops for trainers
4. Counseling and guidance for parents of the students
5. Educational field trips for students and trainer

The course curriculum is designed by experts in the industry to bring about transfer of knowledge and skills through advanced classroom teaching and experiential learning techniques. The program would utilize well researched tools and techniques like group learning, presentations, practice drills, role-plays, and other innovative methodologies to bring out the learning for all the participants. Student to teacher ratio would be maximum 20:2

3 Level Intervention of ALP:

1. Student’s level:

• Provide an interactive skill or activity based learning environment among students to learn English language as a skill and not as a subject.
• Leadership development training and mentorship programs to help students in building self confidence, leadership qualities for life.
• Educational Field trip to various career sectors to envision themselves in various future career roles.

2. Teacher’s level:

• Trained trainers are in acute shortage.
• Graduate trainee teachers who partner with us would undergo “Train the Trainers” Program and gain hands on experience on tailor made experiential learning / teaching methodologies

3. Parent’s level:

• Regular one on one parental interaction and group workshop to increase the ownership of parents in building their children and help with decision making for their girl’s higher education and career path.

Goals or deliverables: In five years (2020)

• 500 Children from 3 Schools would be in and 700 would be in the process of
• Pursuing higher education as per their choice
• Demonstrate high proficiency in English communication skills
• Exhibit strong leadership skills and the character.
• 50 Tutors would be trained in and 70 will be in the process of being trained in
• Teaching English and communication skill.

Our growth plan:

• Based on our learning we have plans to implement this model in 2 or 3 schools we have identified next year (2016), while following it up in successive classes in the present pilot school.
• Depending on the success of these schools and availability of funds, we can extend it to all schools in and around slum areas of Chennai by mapping them to the nearest College of Education.

Initiatives on the Drawing Board:

‘Employment for skills’ is a comprehensive skills enhancement program. It identifies youth from extreme poverty situations, without formal college education and provide a crash course designed for skills upgradation, soft skills and spoken English and connect them to the industry for placement and ongoing mentoring till they are gainfully employed.

Grass Root Foundation has developed a cost effective approach to providing young people who have graduated from 10/12 standards but unable to continue higher education with the tools they need to develop their vocational and communication skills.

We engage students in extensive experimental learning exercise in small group study methodology and enable both extrovert and introvert students to participate in a balanced way. Courses offered are part time and therefore students can pursue any job in line with what are they are learning.

The output of the program will be:

• Job oriented skills in line with different industries in the service, financial and other sectors

• One to one coaching and mentoring with experts from different industries

• Important life-skills training

• On the job experience

• Assistance to job placement