The two day workshop was held for 21 teachers of St Pauls. Main focus was on classroom management and teamwork.
Fr. Saju, Principle of St. Paul also attended and appretiated the program.

Seychelles is an island country lying to the east of the continent of Africa. It consists of 120 islands and its capital is Victoria in Mahe island. Retreat was conducted by the Director, Fr Joe Arimpoor for the Cluny sisters

TEP was conducted in Cathedral School, Lucknow for Teachers for two days. There were 75 teachers’ who attended TEP. They work for the children and empower them, Program was conducted by Mrs. Teresa Joeph, Ms Anjana Alex and Mr Abhishek John.

It was a pleasure taking programs at Sitapur and we appreciate your response during the same.

Provincial Chapters Orientation

Fr. Joe focused on three areas in his One-Day orientation to the Provincial Chapter of 30 members of Montfort Province at Bhopal on 22 October 2014. Firstly, he focused on The Visioning Process where he stressed on the importance of revisiting the vision of the Province and the need to ensure that Personal Vision of the members is aligned to the Vision of the Province. Secondly, Closing the Execution Gap by developing “SMART” (Specific, Measureable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-Bound) tested strategies. Thirdly, on a spectrum from Commitment to Apathy, Chapter’s concern should be to motivate members to move towards Commitment. Chapter Members remarked that it was an intense one-day seminar that will put their Provincial Chapter on the right tracks towards the right Destination.

Jammu & Srinagar Diocese plans to Raise School Education to Higher Heights

Fr. Joe Arimpoor, sdb conducted a two-day seminar for the 52 Principals and Managers of Schools of Jammu and Srinagar Diocese at Pastoral Centre, Jammu. The seminar was concluded with two powerful insights and corresponding strategies. Insight
1: Quality of the school depends greatly on the quality of the teachers.
Strategies: a) A well planned Induction Program
b) Regular Teachers Enhancement Program
Insight
2: We have not drawn up a good plan to take our schools to higher heights.
Strategies: a) To draw up a Triennial Plan to animate and enhance the commitment and quality of the service of the most significant stakeholders of education -students, teachers, parents, and principals.
b) To conduct regular programs for all the groups of stakeholders, thus ensuring continuity and responsible accompaniment of the groups concerned.

DB ARK TEAM - COOK OUT

As a part of the team-building sessions, a ‘Cook-Out’ was organized at Fr. Agnel Bhavan complex, Greater Noida on 26 October, 2014. Every member of the team expressed themselves through the culinary art. The ‘Barbeque’ and ‘the Don Bosco Tambola were the most attractive items. The Don Bosco Tambola deepened the knowledge of Don Bosco in everyone. The program started with a special ‘Youth Mass’. The program concluded with the felicitation of the newly married couple – Mr. Jobin George (a new team member) and his wife Mijisha.

DB ARK TEAM - COOK OUT

A POWERFUL EXERCISE TO CLOSE THE ‘EXECUTION GAP

PROPS (Programs Review Orientation, and Planning Session) was held on October 20, 2014 at DB ARK. It is conducted every three months. All the staff members come prepared for the review. This Quarterly Meeting reviews the work of the past three months. The whole process is based on Quantitative and Qualitative data that are collected regularly. Often the team has recourse to a technique developed by DB ARK, namely ‘RASA’ – Re-Assigning, Re-Scheduling, and Re-Allocating. The Compulsive Score Board displace in the director’s office with the annual and quarterly targets on one side, and the cumulative up to date data on the other board provide an effective mirroring effect on the current scenario. ‘PROPS” has been found to be an effective process to ensure that targets are reached and the quality of the programs is maintained.

A POWERFUL EXERCISE TO CLOSE THE ‘EXECUTION GAP’

The students were empathetic in expressing their insights at the end of the four days program of animation (Life-giving Process) program conducted at Montfort School, Roorke from 27th-30th of October,2014. They focused on their most common problems in life and came to the realization that low self-esteem is the cause of many of their personal and interpersonal problems. The students were delighted to learn new ways and means to appreciate themselves, and to realize that they are ‘gifts from God’. They received lot of hope from the ‘Angelic Message’ that “you can improve your self esteem.”