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The Importance of Essential Skills in Your Classroom

As educators, our ultimate goal is to shape our students into good human beings who are equipped to make the world a better place for all. We cannot teach you to teach from the heart, but if you can tap into your passion for education, you can show your students what it means to be intelligent.
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  • Course Duration: 2.5 Hours

Welcome to this course on Education for the 21st Century. In this course, we will delve into the principles of pedagogy and classroom philosophy to create a curriculum and culture that emphasizes student-centred learning and essential skills. We will provide you with research-based resources and examples to help you put theory into practice in your classroom. Our goal is to foster academic excellence in the present and prepare students for the future by teaching them 21st-century skills.

As educators, our ultimate goal is to shape our students into good human beings who are equipped to make the world a better place for all. We cannot teach you to teach from the heart, but if you can tap into your passion for education, you can show your students what it means to be intelligent. Intelligence is not just about grades or following instructions – it’s about acceptance, empathy, compromise, communication, and love. It’s about recognizing what is wrong with the world and believing that you have the power to change it.

While formal assessments are important, our job as educators is to produce well-rounded individuals who will care about others, the environment, and strive for peace and understanding. During this course, we will work together to build a classroom routine, philosophy, and culture that promotes these values. Remember, even when it’s cloudy, the sun is still shining. As an educator, you are that sun shining behind the clouds.

Let’s get started and change the world – one child at a time!

The Topics We Will Cover

  • Establishing a daily routine, behaviour, and educational plan for independent learning.
  • Developing essential skills such as confidence, determination, communication, time management, collaboration, and creativity.
  • Creating a problem-solving classroom for addressing future challenges.
  • Modeling desired behaviour to shape students’ character and actions.
  • Recognizing the impact of our choices and actions on others and the world.
  • Fostering connection, safety, and a sense of belonging in the classroom.
  • Building strong relationships with students through simple gestures and involvement.
  • Promoting responsibility, collaboration, and collective ownership in the classroom.
  • Empowering students with voice and choice to foster collaboration and creativity.
  • Differentiating between academic skills and essential skills.

Meet our Instructors

Gavin McCormack

Meet Gavin McCormack. He has been a teacher/school principal for over 25 years. He is the co-founder of Upschool.co and the Montessori Australia Ambassador, with a passion for inclusive and child-focused pedagogies. He has worked in several countries around the world, Is a children's author, and philanthropist and has trained thousands of teacher around the world.

Mark Williams

Meet Mark Williams. He is an internationally recognised professor of cognitive neuroscience, with over 25 years of experience conducting behavioural and brain imaging research focusing on our social skills. He has taught the fundamentals of neuroscience to a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as publishing more than 70 scientific articles. Mark has been awarded numerous high-profile fellowships and grants, and worked both at MIT in the USA and at universities in Australia.

This master class was beautifully executed to bring together Research and Practice!!! I feel very enriched to get this knowledge from Mr Gavin sir and Dr Mark Willam sir !! Now I better understand how should be the child cantered teaching and exactly how cognitive learning takes place in children.
Mrs Sheetal “
Mrs Sheetal Student
The teacher training course, consisting of 11 modules encompassing essential skills in teaching and learning practices, left a profound impact on me. From the outset, it skillfully distinguished between essential and academic skills, fostering a love for learning and emphasizing the importance of keeping the child at the centre of designing the teaching and learning experience. The course highlighted the importance of tactile stimulation, exemplified by the captivating concept of the homunculus—a representation of a child with enlarged ears and mouth, underscoring the significance of hands-on activities and effective communication.
Megha Ahuja “
Megha Ahuja Student
It was a wonderful experience. Thank you so much Gavin sir for the valuable and insightful training. I will apply everything I have gained from the training sessions in my teaching.
Deepti Vijay Patil “
Deepti Vijay Patil Student
The course enhanced my teaching learning experience and increased my knowledge on various aspects of teaching. It was a very informative course and at the same time made the learning experience wonderful. I would look forward to many such exciting and knowledgeable courses which would be helpful in adding value to my expertise.
Roshan Ashok Deore “
Roshan Ashok Deore Student
This masterclass was designed to bring together knowledge, understanding, and practice in an integrated manner! I am truly grateful to Shri Gavinsir and Dr. Mark Williams for imparting this knowledge, as I am feeling greatly enriched. Now, I understand what child-centered education should be like and how it actually fosters intellectual development in children.
Meenakshi Salian “
Meenakshi Salian Student