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platform to teach. Knowledge L’avenir Conclave’s are a series
of seventy-two webinars conducted between 7 Sep. 2020 to
28 Nov. 2020.
The attendees who are trained in these webinars could
get MIE certified after an assessment. This is the largest
community training platform were teachers are training
teacher. Our aim is to train twenty six million teachers on
digital skills. Which will transform Indian education into
CARTE BLANCHE GRADUATION: Connected Learning Community.
NEW BENCHMARK FOR SCHOOLS Carte Blanche 2020 Graduation
“In this crisis, TEACHERS have shown, as they have done Carte Blanche schools are gold standard in delivery of
so often, great leadership and innovation in ensuring that virtual education. The criteria to become a Carte Blanche
#LearningNeverStops, that no learner is left behind. Around school is as follows:
the world, they have worked individually and collectively to • School should have adapted Digital Transformation and
find solutions and create new learning environments for their Holistic Leaning Program.
students to allow education to continue. Their role advising • School should have trained in Knowledge L’avenir
on school reopening plans and supporting students with the Conclaves and the teachers should have attended
return to school is just as important.” Joint Statement from Knowledge L’avenir Conclaves.
UNESCO, ILO, UNICEF & Education International on the • Every teacher in the school should be MIE certified
occasion of the World Teachers’ Day 2020. • The teachers who present in Knowledge L’avenir Conclaves
The 4Cs of diamond equivalent of digital classroom should become MIE trainer.
teaching-learning in the future are Crisis and Challenges • When schools fulfill the above criteria’s, then they graduate
leading to the Change; Connected Learning Community to a Carte Blanche 2020 school.
(CLC); Conclave (Knowledge L’avenir Conclave) and Carte- • These schools become members of the prestigious
Blanc Graduation and Certification for Schools and Teachers. Connected Learning Community.
In the year 2020, sixty schools from across India will be
CRISIS: TEACHERS LEADING & REIMAGINING graduated as Carte Blanche School 2020, the graduation
THE FUTURE ceremony will be held post 19 October 2020.
In 2020, World Teachers’ Day celebrated teachers with The Change Makers who transformed their
the theme “Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the schools from four walls of the classroom to a
future”. Post COVID-19 pandemic, the world is at crossroads Connected Learning Community are as follows:
and over-extended education systems throughout the world
must work with teachers (as the focal point) to protect the Mrs. Radhamani Iyer, Principal
right to education and guide it into the unfolding digital Arya Gurukul - Nandivali, Kalyan
landscape brought about by the pandemic.
Tech Avant-Garde along with its partners Knowledge Key
Foundation, Microsoft, Lycee Corp, Roshini Social Schooling Mr. K. V. Vincent, Principal
during pandemic decided to save formal education, by Huddard High School, Kanpur
training and empowering teachers in digital skills. We
understood that the failure of formal education would have
deep impact on our human capital. Mr. Chandrasekar R, Chairman
Digital Transformation and Holistic Learning Litera Valley Zee School, Hosur
(DTHL) Program: under this program traditional school
were transformed into digital school, training was imparted
to management, principals, teachers and parents to handle Mrs. Purnima Sharma, Principal
the new paradigm. Under this program, school staff was SBBM Middle School, Ambala
empowered by training them on digital technology. Each
stakeholder of education was trained on how to handle the
new way of learning. Ms. Roopa Arun, Principal
Knowledge L’avenir Conclave Training webinar: TCIS, Sarjapur, Bangalore
The schools who had transformed into digital school were
given a chance to participate in the Knowledge L’avenir
Conclave, fourteen teachers from each selected school Mrs. Saman Sherwani, Principal
trains about thousand teachers in each webinar from The Blossoms School, Aligarh
various schools who wanted to understand how to use digital

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