The Brainz Staff forms the essence of the school. Our educator family really is a family and we pride ourselves on providing a safe, warm and fulfilling environment for our staff members, where everyone works together to constantly learn and try new things to provide the best to our students. Apart from regular CBSE organized sessions, the school also conducts regular training programs and workshops for the teachers’ continued professional development. Teachers are provided opportunities to participate in various national and international training sessions as well as to learn from the expertise of different professionals by inviting them to the school.
Apart from teacher training sessions, classroom observations and feedback and individual mentoring is an integral aspect of teachers’ continuous professional development!
The school has conducted the following training sessions in 2025:
(updated Oct 4, 2025)
CBSE Hindi Training (I-XII) (2 day) – The school’s Hindi Dept hosted a 2-day CBSE training for Hindi teachers across the region and even the country! With Hindi trainings being organized by schools very infrequently, the school took the initiative to conduct its first CBSE training on this subject.
Belongingness (IX-XII) – The school hosted Mr Alok Sharma (Ed.M, Harvard Graduate School of Education) to conduct a series of training and surveys on student belongingness in schools. With high school being a critical time in students’ social emotional development, this ongoing training is to help create a stronger school culture and environment for students and to equip teachers with tools and mindsets such as a circle time, restorative justice, and more.
AI in Education (IV-XII) – The school hosted Mr Ayush Gandhi (Technology Coach, NuVu Boston) to conduct a 2-day training on the use, application, and ethics of AI in education. Four teachers have opted to start an year-long training journey on integrating AI in education to help co-create the school’s policies for the application of AI and support teachers in implementing AI in a way that is conscious and effective.
SMART Lesson Planning (I-VIII) – Our Director Ms Taarini Goyal, conducted a 2-week long intensive course on lesson planning where teachers worked collaboratively to define the parameters of a strong lesson and to design a lesson for the current academic session. With follow up sessions planned throughout the year, the goal of this training is to introduce tools such as minimum learning level, classroom norms, and check-in, check-out rituals to support teachers in their planning and teaching.
Project Based Learning (III) – Ms. Nanvi Jha (Ed.M, Harvard Graduate School of Education), is conducting a series of trainings for our Grade III teachers on Project Based Learning as they simultaneously design and implement a project with the students and understand the differences between activities, projects, and project-based learning.
Phonics Training (I-III) – Foundation school teachers engaged in a 2-week long training on Jolly Phonics. In this intensive workshop that took place before the beginning of the new academic session, teachers learned themselves how to properly use phonics. We are doing this in partnership with Brainz Rainbow and have a two-year long road map to slowly introduce this to our students.
Tata Class Edge Training (I-XII) – Periodic trainings on using Tata Edge Classroom effectively in classrooms are being conducted for all teachers to utilize digital teaching tools effectively.
Google Applications Training (I-V) – Ms. Swati Gupta (Foundation School Coordinator) led a periodic hands-on training for teachers on improving their digital skills in using the various Google suite applications such a Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides.
Canva Workshop (open to all teachers) – Ms Ishita Bansal, Textile Designer, B.Des NIFT Delhi led a workshop on using Canva design software.
Practical Science Workshop (open to all teachers) – Mr Vivek Bhardwaj (PGT Physics) conducted a hand-on interactive training session on integrating experiments to teach science practically.
Teachers have participated in the following training sessions in 2025:
- Global Schools Training Program
- CBSE Training – Accountancy (Senior Secondary)
- Université pédagogique régionale – INDE 2025
- Cyber Safety & Security-One Day
- CBSE STEM DLDO Training
- CBSE Career Counselling Session
- CBSE Design Thinking and Innovation
- CBSE Skills to Careers