ATRAYEE SENGUPTA

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Date of Birth: **th January 1974.

BHOPAL, INDIA.

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OBJECTIVE

To become a member of the leadership team of an achievement oriented progressive school where emphasis is placed on student success and faculty support through application of strong organizational, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.

PURPOSE

I believe that the ultimate goal of all education is to prepare students as responsible citizens of

a global society, dedicated to make meaningful and sustainable contribution to develop an

integrated, fair and compassionate world order. As an educational leader, I believe that my role is to act as a trigger for the students to act as catalyst for leadership role in society. And the best way

known to me is to be a positive role model for students and fellow members of the teaching community.

WORK METHODOLOGY

My work and teaching methodology is based on the latest research in cognitive psychology, progressive pedagogy and emotional intelligence. Trained in Differentiated Instruction and constructivist theory of education, I believe that each child learns differently from the same experience. Therefore, the focal point of my work methodology has been to avoid assembly line techniques and design curriculum and instructional methods to cater to the need and aptitude on individual child. My methodology, either in teaching or leading is based on creating deep engagement in others to develop intrinsic motivation for work. In my work I heavily use experiential learning cycle to facilitate learning.

FORMAL EDUCATION

A product of St Joseph’s Convent, I have been educated with a mindset of being a lifelong learner. Below are some of the highlights of my formal education:

1.PhD in Basic Urban Amenities in Western Orissa in 2005 from Bilaspur University, Chhattisgarh.

2.Masters Degree in Geography in First Division (62.2 %) in 1996 from Sambalpur University.

3.Bachelor Degree in Geography in First Division (61.5 %) in 1994 from Sambalpur University.

4.Bachelor Degree in Education in First Division (63 %) in 1997 from Sambalpur University, with Geography and English as method papers.

RESEARCH

My current research interest is in the field of biophilia and nature deficit syndrome in children. Below are some of the research papers presented by me during my student days:

1.Ecological Degradation – A case study in Chilka Lake. Paper presented in 1996 at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.

2.Development of the Golden Triangle region of Bhubaneswar, Puri and Konark and Alternate Tourism spots near Chilka Lake. Paper presented at International Seminar on Man & Resources, Utkal University. 1996.

3.Study in Urban Morphology and Tourism Prospects – Calcutta. Paper presented at Calcutta University in 1996.

PROFESSIONAL COURSES

Ongoing Courses from National Geographic:

Connecting the Geo-Inquiry Process to Your Teaching Practice

Teaching Global Climate Change in Your Classroom

Mapping as a Visualization and Communication Tool in Your Classroom

Integrating Service with Learning Goals

Cambridge IGCSE Professional Development Training: 2 days face to face professional development course for Cambridge IGCSE Geography, at Nahar International School, Mumbai in November 2016.

CIE (Cambridge International Examination) workshop, Bhopal: 2 days workshops run by the British School December 2014, on Cambridge International Examination curriculum gradation and assessment criterions.

ICSE/ISC workshop in Geography, Kolkata: A 3 days workshop, run by CISCE in 2012, 2013 & 2014, on setting up question papers, syllabus transaction, project evaluation and conducting Geography practicals for classes X and XII.

ICSE workshop in Geography, Kolkata: A 3 days workshop, run by ICSE in 2009, on setting up question papers for board classes.

Differentiating Instruction Strategies for Effective Classroom Teaching: 4 months online course from Harvard Graduate School of Education, September 2008– December 2008.

Project based Learning: 5 days inbound program run by Intel. VDJS, Hisar, December 2007

Communication and Leadership Skills: 4 days inbound program run by Think Inc, New Delhi 2007.

‘Teacher’s Empowerment Program’: 8 days outbound programs on Multiple Intelligence & Experiential Education run by iDiscoveri Centre of Education & Enterprise, Gurgaon. 2006.

‘Experiential Education’: 2 days outbound program on how to use the outdoors as teaching tool for children, run by iDiscoveri Centre of Education & Enterprise, Gurgaon. 2002.

‘Emotional Intelligence & Child Psychology’: 1 day in house workshop at Ashok Hall Girls Residential School, Majkhali, Almora. 2002

WORK HISTORY

THE SANSKAAR VALLEY SCHOOL, BHOPAL August 2017 Onwards

ICSE & CIE Coeducational Day Boarding cum Residential School

As HOD Geography, I was instrumental in developing a comprehensive structure for the teachers, which facilitated a better coordination between different subject specialist, encouraged wider experimentation among the teachers and in general, resulting in better ownership.

As Dean Student’s Welfare, I foster strong working relationships with international, local and school communities and facilitate integration of initiatives designed to enhance the school environment through the following initiatives.

All communication with the parents and children which includes responding to their issues and problems.

Communication with external authorities such as Examination Boards and others regarding the school.

Ensuring that all the feedback received from the parents is attended to, promptly.

Cultivate and model a respectful learning environment for the students.

Managing the hostel by maintaining a healthy, clean and safe environment for the students as well as counselling them and solving problems on high emotional issues in case any arises.

Managing and working with staff for the purpose of identifying students who are not making adequate academic progress and design appropriate interventions.

Managing resource allocations and curriculum enhancements for the purpose of ensuring that they are based on needs assessment.

Provides leadership, analysis and advice in relation to policies and procedures regarding students and services for students, including risk management.

Ensures that the budget is planned, prepared and monitored in keeping with School objectives.

Ensuring implementation of self-sustaining structures and systems for efficient functioning of school which includes transaction, evaluation, recruitment, event management etc.

As CSR PROJECT HEAD at SANSKAAR VIDHYA NIKETAN (Under the flagship company of Dainik Bhaskar Crop.), my commitment was partly for philanthropic reasons and for honing up my administrative skills. My areas of operation include:

Budget

Transport

Admissions

Staff Recruitment

Class observations

Teacher’s training

Interacting with parents

Planning the school calendar

Organize and manage School Events and decide academic and non-academic awards.

Pay Package: - 21 Lakhs per annum plus all Residential Benefits.

Notice Period- One Month

MUSSOORIE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, MUSSOORIE April 2017 – August 2017

ICSE, IBDP, IGCSE & CIE Girl’s Residential School

DIRECTOR STUDENT SERVICES

Highlights

I foster strong working relationships with international, local and school communities and facilitate integration of initiatives designed to enhance the school environment through the following initiatives.

Leading and representing the Department of Student Affairs and Services in the day-to-day operations of the department, ensuring safety of students, consistency of practice and maintenance of optimum service levels.

Providing leadership by, directing the departments' work with faculty and staff, colleagues, students and community partners in order to support, provide and/or facilitate activities that ensure that the school achieves its student leadership development, and engagement goals.

Providing leadership, analysing and advising in relation to policies and procedures regarding students and services for students, including risk management.

Ensuring that the Department’s budget is planned, prepared and monitored in keeping with school objectives, policies and procedures, and exercises signing authority on behalf of the Department for expenditures as assigned.

Planning, organizing, directing, and administering activities and services that support students in assigned areas, and ensures that such activities and services remain with budgetary limits.

Developing, implementing, monitoring, and reviewing tactical and operational plans, procedures, systems and support in accordance with the school’s strategic goals, policies, procedures and regulatory requirements.

Working with the Faculty Coordinators, managers and supervisors to ensure that applicable services and programs are planned, developed, regularly reviewed and updated, ensuring quality standards for program review.

Addressing complaints and conducts investigations as required.

Hiring, orientating, and supervising team by performing such things as: direct, schedule, provide performance feedback, evaluate, suggest professional development and where necessary discipline direct reports and contracted employees. Manage the performance review process.

THE SANSKAAR VALLEY SCHOOL, BHOPAL February 2008 – April 2017

ICSE & CIE Coeducational Day Boarding cum Residential School

Highlights

Attended the west zone IYAP workshop in Mumbai in September 2008 and is a certified IAYP Leader.

House Co-coordinator for Senior Block.

Core member of the team, engaged in the school promotional campaign, conducting road shows & off site tests in eastern and western Indian cities.

Voted by the students as the ‘Friend Forever’ in 2009.

Represented the school to South Korea for World Youth Congress and Round Square Service Project, in CHEONG SHIM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, SEOUL.

Represented the school for Round Square Service Project, in VIDYA DEVI JINDAL SCHOOL, HISSAR.

Pro actively involved in Environmental and Animal Welfare.

Established the students group “Eco Warriors”.

The workings of the Eco Warriors were much appreciated by none other than Mr. Brian Dawson CEO Round Square.

Organizer of the Mega Event “Earth Week Awareness Program” through Talk shows, Concerts, Street plays, Eco Marches etc. in the city.

As HOD Geography, I was instrumental in developing a comprehensive structure for the teachers, which facilitated a better coordination between different subject specialist, encouraged wider experimentation among the teachers and in general, resulting in better ownership.

I have encouraged collaborative leadership, strategic planning and empowering educators to develop their leadership and instructional skills, independent academic program development through the various initiatives.

Initiated monthly review meets to assess the pace of syllabi transaction in classes, leading to a better adherence to time line.

Formulating graded curriculum from Grade II to XII, Interdisciplinary projects, lesson observations and staff enrichment.

Introduced a balanced approach in setting up question papers, focusing on both subjective & objective criterions that assessed students on different parameters & not on rote learning.

Restructured the fabric of project based learning, creating wider space for children to be imaginative. Also, developed a Rubrics of project evaluation based on different slabs for assessment.

Part of Man Power planning, staff recruitment, training and mentoring.

Arrange/ conduct training programs for the team especially in Progressive Teaching Methodologies and Implementation of IGCSE Curriculum.

Producing exemplary board results.

VIDYA DEVI JINDAL SCHOOL, HISAR. Oct 2005 - March 2008

CBSE Residential Girls School.

Teaching Social Science in Standards V and VI.

Teaching Geography in Standards VII – X.

Media Coordinator for the school.

Pioneering work done in formulating and implementing “Integrated Learning” and “Project Based Learning” in Classes V – X, in which a single project would involve learning applications of different subjects like statistics, geography, economics, history, art, poetry etc resulting in better correlation between class room teaching & the real world outside. This also helped me to draw in students with different learning styles to a single rallying point.

Same work has being used by iDiscoveri as reference work in Teacher’s Empowerment Programs.

Active participant in Road Shows and Offsite Test Sites in Jan. 2007.

Helped Ankita Jindal to score full marks in Social Science in Class X board exams in 2007.

Helped Hemashree to score full marks in Social Science in Class X board exams in 2008.

Tutor for group of 24 students through the tenure.

TEMPLETON ACADEMY INTERNATION Oct 2001 – Sept2005

ICSE Coeducational Residential School. Naukuchiatal, Nainital.

Academic Coordinator

House Mistress

Activity In Charge

ASHOK HALL GIRLS RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL Feb 1999 – Sept 2001

ICSE Board Residential School. Majkhali, Almora.

Taught IGCSE ‘O’ & ‘A’ level Geography in standards X & XII

Taught ICSE level Geography in standards IX – XII

Worked as ‘Management Representative’ overseeing the implementation of ISO 9002 in the school

Worked as in charge of the Internal Audit of the school.

Helped in achieving full marks in Geography in Class XII boards for Anushka Mishra.

MADNAVATI PUBLIC SCHOOL June 1997 – Jan 1999

Coeducational Day School. Sambalpur, Orissa

Taught Geography in standards IX – XII.

Appointed as External Examiner by CBSE for Kendriya Vidyalaya (Sambalpur) for 1997 -98 Board Examinations.

AWARDS

Awarded at Global Teacher's meet, Bhopal, December 28th, 2018 for exemplary contribution to education for over 20 years.

Awarded ‘Merit’ in National Talent Search Examination. 1990.

First place in Inter College Debate. Sambalpur. 1992.

First place in Inter College Quiz Contest. Sambalpur. 1994.

Several other awards in General Knowledge & Quiz contests during Graduation.

EXTRACURRICULAR

Outdoor Learning Camps

I have been actively involved in numerous outbound programs for school children and teachers as a Course Leader/ Facilitator. Typically, these camps are of 7 days and set in wilderness. Based on the concept of Hurt Kahn’s Outbound School, these programs uses the outdoors to create leadership & interpersonal skills among children and teachers.

Quiz Shows

I have been pursuing this passion since my school days & have anchored numerous Quiz competitions for children in all the schools where I had worked.

Sambalpuri Dance

I have done a course on this dance form Kala Parishad, Orissa. I have also done stage performances in Sambalpur & Bhubaneshwar, Orissa.

Adventure Sports

I am actively involved in White Water Rafting in Ganga & Rock Climbing in the Himalayas.

SOCIAL OUTREACH

My husband and I run our NGO named Calvin Foundation which is committed to the cause of rescue and rehabilitation of homeless Indian dogs.

KNOW ME BETTER

My MBTI profile is INTJ.

The strong assets of the INTJ’s are interpersonal and listening skills, intuitive ability, and single mindedness and are great system builders.

The weak areas are arrogance; loathe highly structured environments and perfectionism.

My Team Role Inventory is Coordinator and Innovator.

A Coordinator is a person who can see the big picture and is stable, mature and is good at delegating tasks to the right person for the job.

An Innovator is creative, unorthodox and generators of ideas.

My work values inventory is Service.

This person has the desire to contribute to the greater good to "improve the world" or contribute to society in a meaningful way.

REFERENCES

Mrs. Rashmi Ahuja (Ex Head Mistress The Sanskaar Valley School)

Headmistress

Daly College, Indore

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Mrs. Alpa Prabhu

Principal

Sagar Public School, Bhopal

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Lt. Col. Anil Suri (Ex Administrator Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar)

Independent Education Consultant, Gurgaon

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Brig (Retd). Trigunesh Mukherjee (Former faculty at the College of Defence Management and Army War College)

E/332, Nirman Vihar, New Delhi

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PRESENT PROFILE AT A GLANCE

DEAN STUDENTS WELFARE

&

HOD GEOGRAPHY at SANSKAAR VALLEY SCHOOL

With added responsibility of

CSR PROJECT HEAD at SANSKAAR VIDHYA NIKETAN

SANSKAAR VALLEY SCHOOL is co-educational, day boarding- cum- residential school. The school follows the CISCE (ICSE & ISC) and IGCSE curriculum and is ranked as the fourth best in the day-cum-boarding school category across the nation and as the first in the entire State.

SANSKAAR VIDHYA NIKETAN is an ambitious CSR project by Dainik Bhaskar Group for providing free education to under privileged girl child. At present there are 4 operating branches with an enrolment of 1400 plus girls.

AWARDED at GLOBAL TEACHER'S MEET, BHOPAL, December, 2019 for Exemplary Contribution to Education for over 20 years.

ISC Examination Paper Setter for Geography.

TEDEd Incharge

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