“THINKING SCHOOL ACADEMY” was organized by Sr. Molly Elizabeth Kaniampadi(ING) National delegate of the Youth Pastoral. The venue of the workshop was in DBI Gwahati from 17 – 19    August. The resource person for this workshop was Dr. David Paige from USA .There were 25 participants from three Provinces of Shillong , Guwahati and Kolkata. The day began with the prayer invoking the Holy Spirit. Sr. Molly the  national delegate for youth pastoral welcomed the resource person  and Sr. Elizabeth George , the Provincial of Guwahati,  in a traditional way offering them gamucha. Then Sr. Provincial gave a cordial welcome to all the participants.

The workshop was conducted on different topics  such as Skills and competencies for 21^st century learner, Seven big pillars (Language, Higher Order Thinking, Collaborative Learning, Reading, Vocabulary, Assessment). On the last day the participants went to St. Mary’s School Guwahati for the teaching practice. The workshop ended by expressing gratitude to the resource person, Sr.  Molly the coordinator and all the participants.

Sr.Sandhya