Teacher Sutra - Inspiring stories and experiences from teachers

Every child deserves a champion – an adult who will always support them and never leave their hand. For any learning to happen – this bond of trust is essential.

Read some interesting stories from teachers here. Do share your stories.

Every child deserves a Champion

“Kids don’t learn from people they don’t like”. Rieta Pierson learnt from her mother that teaching isn’t just about lessons but caring deeply for the students.

Her class was very weak and behind academically. She was herself not very good at maths. They were at the beginning of the term and she had 9 months to change their lives.

What did Rieta do to propel her class.. See here

Do you have a similar story to share? Share here.

10 stories of Teacher Leadership

Over 1600 Submissions from 330+ schools, 42 districts and 12 states – in the share YOUR BEST Lesson Plans and TLM contest!!

We assembled on 5th Jun – World environment day to listen to stories of failures, stories of learning and stories of inspiration from our participant teachers and renowned teachers of India

See here the highlight of what they said.. See here.

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“What I learnt when I was under-prepared”

Suriya madam teaches English in a remote village in Tamilnadu. She won the Excellence award in the share YOUR BEST Lesson Plan contest.

Like every teacher she has a very busy life. She was once asked to substitute another teacher. She thought she will prepare for the class - in the morning time before the class.

But she found that the substitute class was the first class. What happened after that? Click here to find out.

Do you have a similar story? Share here.

Fun Opening activities.

What interesting things have you been doing for your online classes? How can you get your Students attention?

Here are some ideas for ice-breakers to play virtually over Zoom – that you could try. Have fun… and share more ideas if you have - in the comments and uploads!

Have you tried anything similar in your classroom? Share here.

Readers Responses!

In response to “Transformation of a King into a great teacher” Mrs Sheetal Chowdhari from Sundatta school, Mumbai shared her story from Biology classroom.

A biology teacher was teaching his students how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly. The students looked at the pupa carefully. They saw the struggle it was making to come out.

What did the students do? To know more Click here.

Do you have a similar story to share.. Click here to share