The Heritage School, New Delhi
Primary/secondary Education - New Delhi, Delhi, India
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The Heritage School (THS) is an experiential learning school focused on deeper, authentic and inter-disciplinary learning. Based out of New Delhi. Although THS is just 14 years young, it is consistently been ranked among top 10 day-boarding schools in India. Known for its progressive pedagogy and community bound curriculum, THS is also one of the few inclusive schools in India with a well integrated special needs program. Being an experiential Learning School, the 3 R's we emphasise on are: Relationships, Relevance & Rigour (in the same order). We are deeply inspired and committed to the philosophies of Kurt Han, Vygotsky, Rudolf Steiner, Sri Aurobindo, Mahatma Gandhi, J Krishnamurthy etc. Our curriculum has been designed and curated organically over the years and they reflect some of these core learning principles - for our Students, Parents and Teachers. Our learning principles include: • Children Learn by Doing• Connected to the real world through community bound projects• Content is an excuse to build to Craftsmanship, Culture and Character• Productive and Creative work as medium of teaching and learning• Children as active partners in learning • Children learn from each other. • Learning about life through life• Integrated and whole-child development• Parents/Community as partnersThe Heritage School has a vibrant teaching community representing various cultures across the country. Teacher empowerment is the backbone of learning at Heritage. THS focuses on curating some world class learning experiences round the year primarily on the following four strands:• Teachers as self-aware individuals • Teachers as facilitators • Teachers as curriculum designers • Teachers as contributors to individuals Our mentors and trainers include workshop leaders from Expeditionary Learning System (USA), Big Picture Schools (USA), Boston Teacher Residency, Waldorf Network, National Outbound Learning School (NOLS-USA), Waters Foundation (USA), Hi Tech Hi Schools (USA), Kolbs LSI (USA), Adhyayan, ABA, Jodo Gyan and other leading education experts. The Heritage School actively supports teachers to be certified accreditors, trainers and workshop leaders.
