DIVINE CHILD HIGH SCHOOL: TEACHERS’ ORIENTATION PROGRAMJune 13, 2012: The AVEC Team animated a Teachers’ Value Orientation
Program for Divine Child High School, Andheri. Over eighty five teachers
attended the program. Sr. Lawrencia, Principal of the school, welcomed the two
guest speakers and introduced Fr. Glenford Lowe
Mr. Rochwyn Fernandes, Program Coordinator for AVEC
briefed the teachers about the Objectives and activities of the AVEC and its
progress over the last three years. A prayer song was screened that set the
note for a few moments of silence that followed by way of a fantasy meditation.
The teachers felt a lot more relaxed and ready for the Value session ahead
Fr. Glenford Lowe began the
session by narrating the story of the camel. “Long long ago, you and I lost our
heart for the desert”, he added. Without having our ‘heart’ in our workplace,
we will only carry excess baggage and we will feel caged in. Freedom comes by
having passion and guided by values. Through a ‘Teacher’s Assumption Quiz’ the
participants were invited to break free from old-mindsets and to embrace new
priorities based on values. The participants were also invited to make credible
perspective changes so as to start off new value based procedural changes.
Taking the participants through
an activity based game; the participants were taught the importance of giving
every student their rightful place in the school environment. The session
finally ended by enabling the participants to align their personal values with
that of the Institution and to plot their point of alignment. Everyone was
invited to live an ‘Optimum Life’ where one’s personal fulfillment and job
satisfaction are maximum.
“The session was well conducted,
very simple yet very effective. The values were explained in a simple, easy to
understand manner” Sarita Rebello
“Father Glenn’s talk on Managing
By Values has truly touched me, I have also learnt the true importance of
values in our life” – Lidwina D’Souza
