Professional Development Centre

Our teachers are committed to ongoing professional development, providing students with an educational experience grounded in current best practices. We also offer training for educators and school leaders around the country, sharing knowledge to benefit other schools.

“Not only will we need highly professional instructors, but we must also be sure that our instructors are well-instructed… We seek not only to train the next generation of expert leaders, but also to develop a professional corps of world-class teachers.”

His Late Highness Aga Khan IV

Hyderabad, September 2006

What We Offer

Our teachers are dedicated to developing themselves as well as our students. Educational instructors at the Professional Development Centre support them to deepen their expertise and put their training into practice. They also collaborate with colleagues around the Aga Khan Academies Network to share their experience.

We consult with teachers, school leaders and government education bodies to support national education priorities, and have developed outreach programmes for government, private and not-for-profit schools.

Training topics include:

Teaching literacy
Using activities in science lessons
Encouraging participation in maths classes
Using technology effectively
Managing classes of students
Advanced English language
Providing leadership and management in education
Sharing knowledge with other teachers

With post-course support for participants and a community feel throughout, we are creating a network of collaborative teachers and school leaders, ready to help each other raise the next generation.

Teachers gathered in a room for an Outreach Training Programme.

“Perfection is not attainable, but if we choose PLES programme, we can catch excellence in communication skills and teaching strategies.”

Sreelatha Kumar

Junior School Principal, AKA Hyderabad

A group of educators pose together after a Professional Development Centre outreach session at the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad.

The Academy provides teachers from across Telangana with training.

Teachers perform music together during a professional development event at AKA Hyderabad.

Teachers involved in our training programme go through a rigorous curriculum.

A group of educators and professionals stand in front of a government primary school during a PDC field visit for the KIX project observation.

Teachers participate in several individual and group projects.

Spotlights

Academy partners with TSWREIS for professional development and talent identification

AKA Hyderabad signed an MoU with the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) to collaborate on teacher training and scholarships.