TREAMIS World School, Electronics City, Bangalore

"As long as a system admits it's imperfect, and is searching for a way to do better, then that's what's important" said Edward Shaughnessy while comparing different K-12 educational systems.

Edward is a science teacher at Lake Forest Academy, a residential school in Illinois, USA and previously served as department chairperson. In a week-long international faculty workship held at Treamis, he expressed his enthusiasm for improvement in global education.

Sponsored by both Treamis and Lake Forest Academy, the workshop was attended by teachers, parents and people interested in early and secondary education. Topics such as curriculum, classroom dynamics, instructional materials, homework, teacher communication, and parental involvement were discussed. This workshop marks the beginning of historic initiative taken by Treamis in association with Lake Forest Academy, to develop a common learning platform for Kindergarten - 12th grade education in the two countries.

Ardle Hagar, chairperson of Lake Forest's mathematics department explained, "I had a great session with teachers. While sharing a lot of different ideas in teaching, we have gained a lot of ideas. In spite of cultural differences, there is a passion which is common to the teaching community."

A segment of the workshop included case studies on typical and atypical problems in the classroom that teachers have faced. Teachers from the US and India proposed solutions to the situations described based on their respective educational cultures and backgrounds. The differences and similarities in their analysis and approach were noted.

Treamis World School and Lake Forest Academy share the vision of strong inter-school partnerships in order to achieve curriculum goals. Both the schools are aligned in their mission and philosophy and offer integrated curriculum of academics, arts and sports. The schools share best practices and information technology. They also have both teacher and student exchange programs. Students can study in other school from one month to a semester.