The Teacher Foundation

15/08/2026

Happy Independence Day from the team at TTF!

14/08/2026

Are we teaching boys what they can be - or only what they shouldn't do?

In our recent Growing Up Male webinar, Maya Menon was in conversation with Aisha Syed Asif (Fight Club India) and Mohammed Essam Manzoor (Sr.Coordinator Training & Teacher Support) to talk about the quiet ways gender stereotypes still show up in our schools - and what it would really take to change them.

From a 1965 government report on gender bias to a 2026 classroom in a small Indian town, the conversation is a reminder that some conversations take generations to fully land.

🎥 Watch the full webinar here: https://youtu.be/uIX8Gem7SFU

07/08/2026

Teachers at Sishu Griha spent time recently in two workshops that got them thinking hard about their classrooms, one on Teaching as Relationships, and one on Brain Based Learning & Multiple Intelligences.

One asked them to look inward: how much of their own school experience shapes the way they teach today, often without them realising it. The other was more hands-on: teachers experienced a simulated stressful environment to feel firsthand how pressure affects learning, and explored how something as simple as classroom tone or space can change how students engage.

Two workshops, a lot to sit with, and a shared thread: teaching with more intention.

04/08/2026

Ready to level up your teaching game? 📚

The Teacher Foundation's online programmes are open for registration! Whether it's exploring AI in the classroom or diving deep into SEL, there's something here for every educator. Sign up now!

🔹 Teaching with AI | Aug 24th onwards, 6 sessions
Register: https://rzp.io/rzp/TeachingwithAI
🔹 English Encounters | Sep 11th onwards, 20 sessions
Register: https://rzp.io/rzp/EnglishEncounters
🔹 An Orientation to ISELF | Sep 30th, 2 sessions
Register: https://rzp.io/rzp/OrientationtoISELF
🔹 SEL – From Concept to Classroom | Oct 26th onwards, 4 sessions
Register: https://rzp.io/rzp/SELConcepttoClassroom

Questions? Reach us at +91 95918 24944 or [email protected]

27/07/2026

TTF's Online Programmes are here! 🎓
Open to all educators. Use this opportunity to upgrade your skills and grow in your teaching journey.

🔹 Teaching with AI — Aug 24th onwards | 6 sessions - https://rzp.io/rzp/TeachingwithAI

🔹 English Encounters — Sep 11th onwards | 20 sessions - https://rzp.io/rzp/EnglishEncounters

🔹 An Orientation to ISELF — Sep 30th & 31st | 2 sessions - https://rzp.io/rzp/OrientationtoISELF

🔹 SEL – From Concept to Classroom — Oct 26th onwards | 4 sessions - https://rzp.io/rzp/SELConcepttoClassroom

For queries, reach us at +91 95918 24944 or [email protected]

22/07/2026

Episode 1 of OLAGANNU (The Inner Eye) is out now 🎙️

This episode looks at the human heart as a battlefield - compassion, patience, and truth constantly contending with anger, ego, and stubbornness. It's a powerful reminder of why self-awareness and self-management matter so much, for teachers and students alike.

True success, the episode reminds us, isn't about wealth or achievement - it's about inner peace and responsible decision-making.

🎧 Tune in:

Episode 1 of the 10 part series of The Inner Eye, explores the prof...

21/07/2026

Introducing OLAGANNU (The Inner Eye) 🎙️

A podcast that brings together Social-Emotional Learning, teacher development, and the wisdom of Mankuthimmana Kagga - exploring what it really means to nurture self-awareness, empathy, and the ability to navigate relationships and decisions with care.

At TTF, we believe SEL is as essential to learning as academics.

🎧 Tune in:

OLAGANNU (The Inner Eye) is a podcast that brings together Social-E...

20/07/2026

Last Friday's webinar on Growing Up Male: Examining Boyhood, Masculinity & Schools left us with a lot to think about.

Ayesha Syed Asif (Founder, Fight Club India) and Mohammed Manzoor (Sr. Coordinator, TTF), in a conversation moderated by Maya Menon, brought warmth and honesty to questions that don't have easy answers - about how boys grow up, what schools can do differently, and what it might take to foster healthier relationships between boys and girls.

If there was one thing that came through clearly, it was this: change doesn't always require big interventions. It lives in micro-moments - in how a teacher responds, in the spaces schools create, in the biases we are willing to examine in ourselves.

We hope this is the beginning of many more such conversations, transcending webinars and going into staffrooms and classrooms.

13/07/2026

Few days left to register!

This Friday, Ayesha Syed Asif, Founder of Fight Club India, joins us for a conversation on Growing Up Male - examining boyhood, masculinity, and the role schools play in shaping how boys grow up.

📅 Friday, 17th July 2026 | 🕓 4:00 – 5:00 pm

Register via the link below - seats are limited.
https://bit.ly/GrowingUpMale

08/07/2026

Loving yourself doesn't mean always succeeding. It means facing disappointment with honesty, kindness, and perspective.
Rejection is part of growing up - a tough grade, not making the team, a college or job that says no, heartbreak. Kids don't need protection from this. They need preparation for it.

Teach them to wear an investigator's hat: What can I learn here? What was in my control? What wasn't? What would I do differently?
Let them feel the disappointment - without letting it become a story about their worth.

Not every closed door is a failure. Some lead us elsewhere. Rejection is an event, not an identity - and that's the lesson worth passing on.

#𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬