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Leadership & Management   Leadership & Management
 An Education We Want  Quality Assurance



 CMS education strives towards a   A Broader and   and Innovations
 holistic programme that helps children   Bolder Education
 love learning and inculcate the desire   st
 to serve the world. The school aims to   Education in the 21  century
 provide a broader and bolder   must be both broader and   “Education is not a destination but a journey in itself
 education of body, mind, heart and   bolder. A modern school needs   that turns an entity into a human being which is the
 spirit. Such an education produces:   to do much more than ensure   biggest need of the hour.”
 good marks on a sheet. Helping
 l Self-Directed Learners  children get good academic   The core aim of education is to provide young people
 l Quality Producers  results is the minimum   with a learning environment that prepares them to
 Dr Sunita Gandhi  l Effective Communicators  responsibility of a school.   convert challenges into opportunities.   Ms Susmita Ghose
 Hon. Chief Academic Advisor, CMS.  l Collaborative Workers  Indeed, a ‘good’ education must   To make each student humane in thoughts and actions,   Superior Principal and
 PhD, Cambridge University, UK.  l Critical Thinkers   produce; a 'good' human being   we at City Montessori School make relentless efforts to   Head, Quality Assurance and
 President, Council for Global Education,   l Community Contributors  and a self-motivated agent of   Innovations Department
 USA and EducationWeWant.Org, India  develop strong analytical skills, creativity and innovation
 Such an integrated approach ensures   social transformation.  imbued with values in our learners.
 every child's development with   From ensuring the holistic development of our pupils   The implementation of Fitzroy Reading Programme,
 confidence.                                                     ALfA (Accelerated Learning for All) Programme, Live
              through an effective pedagogical approach that focuses   Worksheets, Experiential Learning Projects (ELPs),
              on the core components of modern learning-         competency based assessments by Centre for Science of
 Integration of Technology  metacognition, critical thinking and problem-solving to   Student Learning (CSSL), setting up of Professional
              safeguarding better human interaction, the Quality
                                                                 Learning Communities (PLCs) and ObCo cycles have
              Assurance and Innovations Department strives to explore,
                                                                 ensured that CMS continues to be a vanguard in global
              kindle and nourish the hidden potential and talent of all
 2023-24 has been another successful year for hardware across CMS, with   the students across the 21 campuses of CMS.  best practices in education.
 the Computer Department's dedicated team of specialists, engineers and   As we embrace the challenges of the future, the Quality
 technicians overseeing the smooth functioning of our computer labs,   It is our constant endeavour to keep our education in   Assurance and Innovations Department remains
 IT Training Centres, Interactive White Board and Interactive Flat Panels,   step with the ever-changing needs of society. Various   steadfast in its commitment to shape not only the
 servers, networking, and Internet functionality. Should a technical difficulty   programmes for building skills of the educators i.e. Heads   learners of tomorrow but also our leaders. With this
 arise anywhere in CMS, the team is always on hand to ensure that it is fixed   of Mathematics (HoM) & Heads of English (HoE)   purpose in mind we commenced our second batch of
 immediately. In addition, our LED screens and sound systems continue to   Programme, Certificate Programme in Instructional   Cambridge International Certificate and Diploma in
 support events for children in our state-of-the-art auditoria and across all   Leadership (CPIL) and the Art Of Question Making have
 Mr Vinay Gandhi  CMS campuses.  been held throughout the year at regular intervals for   Educational Leadership (CICEd) after the successful
 Honorary Chief Technical Advisor   educators to cohere to the elements of CMS Vision 2025.   completion of the first batch in March 2023.
 BSc Honours (Engg.)                                             Our attempt is to create benchmarks of the finest
 Queen Mary College,   Phase I training on Metacognition and Growth Mindset   educational structures aimed at developing future ready
 University of London  was also conducted at Anand Nagar Campus for class VIII
              students to enhance their meta cognitive skills.   learners who take pride in our heritage and culture
                                                                 and also evolve into excellent professionals and
                                                                 change-makers.
 Strategic Planning                                   Teacher Observation

                                              (Classroom/Notebook/Enrichment/ObCo)
 It has been another eventful year filled with successes at CMS, thanks to the
 dedicated efforts of teachers and staff across the organisation. Further great   Staff Recruitment, Orientation/
 strides have been made towards the 'Vision 2025' initiatives, in which   Preparation of school curriculum  Upgradation program for teachers
 processes of teaching and learning are being developed and reformed in
                                                           QUALITY
 order to make education more skills-based, emphasising the 'Six Cs' of skills-  ASSURANCE
 based education: Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical   Database creation and updation of all   AND INNOVATIONS   In-service training of teachers
 Thinking, Character, and Citizenship. As we enter the new session, we take   teaching and non teaching staff  DEPARTMENT  and other staff training
 particular pride in that we have been able to expand the provision of the   QAID
 Mr Roshan Gandhi  Cambridge International Curriculum to more locations across Lucknow, as
 Strategy Advisor   we strive to open up this unique opportunity to greater numbers of   Organising/Creating/Supervising and   Expanding the Horizon -
 MBA (Education Leadership),
 University College London (UCL)  students.  Conducting Examinations and Assessments  PLCs, School reviews, CPIL, HoMs & HoEs
 BA (Hons), University of Oxford
                                               Organising Inter Campus Competitions
                                                 and Preparing students for various
                                                   National Level competitions
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