Composition of Vidyalaya subject committees

 Subject committees ( Functional as on date)

NOTE : Primary teachers attend subject committee meetings as per distribution of subjects (One subject committee meeting each month as applicable).

The Guidelines provided by KVS for the Subject Committees has proven, with time, of much value to the conveners and members of the committees. By following it Vidyalayas have been able to move towards quantitative and qualitative excellence.  The Guidelines are as follows:

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE THROUGH SUBJECT COMMITTEES

Organization in subject committees in an educational institution is a prime need for academic planning in each subject since subject committees function under the seasoned leadership of individual subject teachers.  It automatically generates natural flow of qualitative academic guidance to newly joined/less experienced teachers in the subject. Secondly when a  group of minds discusses academic strategies to develop quality in the results by producing their own planning of improvement then it invariably gives birth to commonly acceptable strategies to be adopted in classrooms by the teachers of the subject, which in return will pave the path to academic excellence in the subject.  Overall, subject committee is the main platform of institution-based training.  Following may be the main objectives of the organization of subject committees :-

1. Subject wise academic planning.

2. Solving technical difficulties of less experienced teachers.

3. Removing weakness of weak students.

4. Maximizing the overall results and academic excellence in the subject.

5. Assisting overall institutional planning.

The above said objectives may be realized by fixing a time schedule and agenda points of each meeting since the academic planning is the main component of institutional planning, which is based on the successful functioning of subject committees.  It is pertinent on the part of the Principal to form a steering committee in the first week of March to prepare a draft of institutional planning for the next session, which should be finally discussed in the staff council meeting at the end of the second week of March.

To implement academic part of institutional planning, the first subject committee meeting should be held in the third week of March.  This may be called the plannery subject committee meeting.  Agenda of the plannery subject committee meeting is advised as -

3rd week of March

• Split up syllabus

• Selection of books and exercise books

• Selection of related periodicals/magazines in the particular subject for updating information in content areas.

• Preparing list of reference books to be purchased in the coming year.

• Time table of Home assignment and its evaluation.

• Selection of aids and ensuring its use as per availability in the stock.

• Innovative/Improved teaching methodology.

• Sharing of work load of a teacher on long leave.

• Any other point with the permission of the head of the subject committee.

2nd Subject Committee Meeting (April)

• Approving minutes of previous meeting.

• Discussion of subject related complaints received from parents/students and finding  out their basic reasons for non occurrence in future.

• Discussion on latest reference studies in subject related magazines, periodicals and news papers.

• Analysis of annual result of home examination of previous academic session.

• Identification of weak students on the basis of session ending examination specially by excluding marks obtained in home assignments and project work.

• Planning of stock verification and condemnation.

• Preparing requisition of materials for annual purchase.

• Completion of student information in the attendance register by the class teachers in the subject committees.

• Planning to prepare exhibits for exhibitions.

• Participation in summer in-service course and presentation of content related difficulties.

• Correction of students work.

• Home work for summer vacation.

• Presentation of complete teachers diary in time.

• Any other points with the permission of the head of the subject committee.

3rd Subject Committee Meeting (June-July)

• Approving minutes of  previous meetings.

• Discussion on report submitted by the teachers ,if any ,who have attended summer in-service course and new things to be noted for implementation.

• Analysis of result of supplementary exam held in April.

• Analysis of Board results and review pf teaching techniques followed in previous year.

• Review preparation of  models for exhibition

• Chapter wise preparation of question banks.

• Identification of weak students and searching out ways to bring them up to the mark.

• Recapitulation of the content points if desired learning outcome is not achieved

• Content coverage

• Demonstration lesson  by subject head to be observed by all members.

• Ensuring availability of materials in labs for practical.

• Correction of students work.

• Assigning project work for the first term/whole session.

• Planning and designing of unit test for first term.

• Any other point with the permission of committee convener.

Subject Committee Meeting (August)

• Approving minutes of previous meetings.

• Content, coverage and preparation of chapter-wise question bank with special reference to Board classes

• Review progress of slow learners

• Correction of students work.

• Review the advancement of gifted children

• Holding first term unit test

• Presentation of teachers diary in time

• Presenting students work to the Principal for sample checking.

• Any other point with the permission of the committee convener.

Subject Committee Meeting (September)

• Approving previous meeting's minutes

• Content coverage and preparation of question bank with special reference to Board Classes.

• Preparation of question papers for  mid session examination.

• Correction of students work.

• Review the performance of first term tests and develop the required strategies, holding of Parent Teacher Meeting.

• Practical by the related subject teachers.

• Home-work for Autumn break.

• Reading of useful papers/stories/conduct of seminars.

• Mobilize help from parents.

• Interdisciplinary approach.

• Team teaching.

• Evaluation of home work/project work.

• Any other point with the permission of committee convener

 Subject Committee Meeting (October)

• Approving minutes of previous meetings.

• Ensuring content coverage and preparation of question bank for mid session examination with reference to Board Classes.

• correction of students written work.

• Contacting parents for the improvement of weak students.

• Devising strategies for hopeless cases.

• Ensure purchase for the department.

• Any other point with the permission of the committee convener.

Subject Committee Meeting (November)

• Approving minutes of previous meetings.

• Content coverage and preparation of chapter wise question bank.

• Ensure 100% coverage of course of Board Classes in time.

• Anticipating the performance of weak students intensifying remedial measures till perceptible changes occur.

• Ask the students of Board Classes to draw out difficult content areas to be taken up in remedial teaching.

• Revision of important area/concepts.

• Preparing model answers.

• Correction of students work.

• Review of practical work/field work.

• Presenting students work to the Principal for sample checking.

• Ensure conduct of practicals in related subjects as per CBSE requirements.

• Any other point with the permission of the committee convener.