ACADEMICS
Curriculum
Transdisciplinary approach has always been at the core of our DNA. Even while this approach is being contemplated at national policy level to improve the quality of education in India, over many years we have been a pioneering practitioner of it. At TCIS, we believe that teaching a child to question, think and learn are the most important factors for facilitating learning. Our inquiry-led and transdisciplinary education framework challenges learners to think for themselves and take responsibility for their learning as they explore local & global issues and opportunities in real-life contexts, which enable them in problem solving and to take
responsible actions. TCIS follows an enhanced curricular approach by inculcating the best practises of International Baccalaureate (IB) in to the core CBSE curriculum that lays a strong foundation, thereby making the subsequent stages of Preparatory, Middle and Higher Years more meaningful and effortless when the orientation moves up gradually from concept building to multidisciplinary concept integration and to career orientation in line with the core CBSE philosophy. Our unique blended pedagogical approach during the Foundational Years combines the best practises of textbook learning with experiential learning. The approach allows TCIS to design its curriculum to promote inquiry, stimulate children’s innate sense of wonder and natural desire to seek answers to their questions. TCIS has a learner-centric framework focusing on learner’s academic, social and emotional well-being and encourages students to take responsibility for their learning through fostering intrinsic motivation. Experiential learning combined with textbook learning forms an important part of this approach which makes the pedagogy far superior than the conventional learning approaches. This strategy during the Foundational Years helps to create an equally strong learning foundation not only in numeracy, literacy, computing and scientific temperament but also in vital life-skills like communication, teamwork, ethics, creativity, health, self-discipline, grit and resilience. It also provides the crucial advantage in the later years when career-pathing, academic excellence and competitiveness becomes the focus of attention. Further, great significance is laid on assessments which are carried out at regular intervals on academic, co-curricular and psychometric parameters that form an important feedback and improvement tool. Curriculum at TCIS takes a progressive path of Foundational Years, Preparatory Years, Middle Years and Higher Years detailed as under: With core CBSE philosophy in mid, TCIS curriculum is designed appropriate for each stage and age group with targeted learning outcomes at each stage. The academic learning at TCIS culminates in preparing each learner to be future ready, to step into the most appropriate career path of their choice and ambition, ranging from Research to Professional Fields to Entrepreneurship.
What makes TCIS stand apart is our uncompromising obsession for superior quality educators. They are our greatest asset. Role of a teacher is to enable learning, by listening, by observing and by guiding. Passionate educators identify the strengths in each student and help them exceed their potential. Our educators are exceptional at it.
Academic Stages
Academic curriculum at TCIS follows the below 4 stages designed in line with core CBSE philosophy.
Foundational Years
(Age 3-7 years | Prep to Grade 2)
Foundational Years (age 3 to 7; up to Grade 2) is the most crucial learning phase of an individual. About 90% of a child’s cumulative brain development occurs prior to the age of 8. At TCIS, we follow a curated learning approach specifically tuned for this age group. Teaching methodology of TCIS Foundational Years
Program is dynamic, based on the latest research and development in this highly evolving area, aimed at achieving optimum progress in physical and motor skill development, cognition and communication development, socio-emotional-ethical development and cultural-artistic development. Parents are an important partner in this program designed to play a key part in the child’s learning journey. Our teaching methodology at Foundational Years stage focuses on play-based, activity-based and inquiry-based learning to achieve higher order transdisciplinary outcomes in numeracy, literacy and life-skills. It involves tailor-made activities employing tools like games, indoor and outdoor plays, puzzles and logical thinking, crafts, visual arts, clay modelling, drama, puppetry, music, story, poetry, etc apart from highly interactive textbooks. Learning outcomes of the program is to attain proficiency in foundational skills like language, maths, computing, listening-speaking-writing communication, cooperation and collaboration, teamwork, ethics, creativity, health, self-awareness, self-discipline, logical thinking, etc.
Program is dynamic, based on the latest research and development in this highly evolving area, aimed at achieving optimum progress in physical and motor skill development, cognition and communication development, socio-emotional-ethical development and cultural-artistic development. Parents are an important partner in this program designed to play a key part in the child’s learning journey. Our teaching methodology at Foundational Years stage focuses on play-based, activity-based and inquiry-based learning to achieve higher order transdisciplinary outcomes in numeracy, literacy and life-skills. It involves tailor-made activities employing tools like games, indoor and outdoor plays, puzzles and logical thinking, crafts, visual arts, clay modelling, drama, puppetry, music, story, poetry, etc apart from highly interactive textbooks. Learning outcomes of the program is to attain proficiency in foundational skills like language, maths, computing, listening-speaking-writing communication, cooperation and collaboration, teamwork, ethics, creativity, health, self-awareness, self-discipline, logical thinking, etc.
Preparatory Years
(Age 8-10 years | Grade 3 to Grade 5)
Preparatory Years (Grade 3 to Grade 5) is built on the foundations of early years and follows an inquiry-led framework which challenges learners to critically think for themselves and take responsibility for their learning as they explore and understand concepts across language, science and social subjects in real
life context. The curriculum is oriented towards Concept Building. The pedagogy combines best research and practice from a range of educational systems to create a relevant and engaging learning path. At this stage classroom transactions shift towards competency-based learning and the assessment tools focus on assessment “as”, “of”, and “for” learning to align with the learning outcomes, capabilities and dispositions as specified for each subject. Foundational concepts of language, science and social subjects are introduced and reinforced at this stage through experiential learning.
Middle Years
(Age 11-13 years | Grade 6 to Grade 8)
Middle Years (Grade 6 to Grade 8) comprises three years of education, building on the knowledge, skills and attitude developed by students during their preparatory years to prepare them for the Higher Years. The curriculum focus is Multidisciplinary Concept Integration. Learning and discussion of more abstract
concepts are introduced at this stage across the multiple disciplines of languages, sciences, mathematics, arts, social sciences, and humanities. Experiential learning within each subject and explorations of relations among different subjects are emphasised. Both width and depth of transdisciplinary learning is achieved during these years. The curriculum is designed inclusive for students of all interests and academic abilities so as to inspire passion for learning while challenging intellectual curiosity, encouraging inquiry and maximising individual potential. It provides real-world learning experience, connecting their studies to the world around them enabling them to develop sound judgments, make wise choices and respect the community they are part of.
Higher Years
(Age 14-17 years | Grade 9 to Grade 12)
The overarching theme of Higher Years is Career Orientation. The Middle Year learnings are further extended and scholastic specialisation is introduced. Leadership skills are promoted. Children are empowered to do innovation, research and aptitude discovery. Post-school competitive exam preparedness
with a global outlook is the key learning outcome at this stage. TCIS lays great importance for Higher Years. In order to have a focused approach towards academic excellence and to ingrain mindfulness in the learner about one’s talent, interest and aptitude so as to orient them towards meaningful career opportunities, TCIS has taken remarkable initiatives during Higher Years. At TCIS the entire Higher Years academic period is called TCIS Wings Program, when the child grows her wings and we teach her how to fly.
TCIS Wings
TCIS lays great importance for Higher Years. In order to have a focused approach towards academic excellence and to ingrain mindfulness in the learner about one’s talent, interest and aptitude so as to orient them towards meaningful career opportunities, TCIS has taken remarkable initiatives during Higher Years. At TCIS the entire Higher Years academic period is called TCIS Wings Program, when the child grows her wings and we teach her how to fly
. TCIS Wings is a targeted academic training program for secondary and senior secondary students with career orientation as the base theme. This is an important learning phase when the students are made future-ready for their next phase, be it university research or professional education or entrepreneurship. One of the key learning objectives of TCIS Wings Program is competitive exam preparedness for various higher education institutions in India and Abroad. Learn more about these in “Career Orientation” and “University Connect”.
TCIS’ 5-level recruitment process ensures that only the best educators get recruited for Higher Year Grades. Passion and drive for result is their hallmark. TCIS applies stringent criteria to hand-pick its team of educators for Grade 11 and 12. Our Higher Year educators are highly qualified and well established in their respective subject domains. They carry an average experience of over 15 years, many among them are award winning teachers at National and Global forums. Further, TCIS educators for Higher Education are MIE certified under Microsoft Innovative Educator program. They are well trained in technological competency and innovative learning methodologies. This has enabled TCIS to deliver a far superior education experience to its students, especially for Higher Years.
Career Orientation
A plethora of career development initiatives are an integral part of TCIS Wings Program to identify students’ aptitude, choose the most appropriate career path and hand-hold them to achieve their dream career.
- TCIS Aim Our specialised career counsellors use the most scientific methodologies to help the students to identify their strengths/aptitudes and develop it into career-worthy. Our counsellors help them draw one or more career paths most suited to the student and guide them on how to pursue the same with dedication.
- TCIS Sparkleon An amazing reach-out platform for TCItes to connect with industry experts in their fields of interest. This opens-up the outlook of the students and widens their perspectives on opportunities and possibilities of various career paths including entrepreneurship.
- TCIS Edge A highly curated in-campus integrated coaching program to give our learners an extra-edge in various competitive exams for higher education institutions in India and abroad. Domain experts are engaged to prepare our students for IIT-JEE, CET, BITSAT, NEET, NTSE, KVPY, NATA, NDA, GMAT and many more.n
- TCIS Aspire Higher year students are required to choose their subject of interest for their scholastic specialisation in line with their targeted higher education and career-path (currently this choice is required at Grade 11 & 12 stage). TCIS offers one of the widest subject-options to choose from. In addition to the core science and commerce subjects, students get the opportunity to opt for a variety of interesting subjects.
- English Core
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Biology
- Computer Science
- Artificial Intelligence
- Web Application
- Design
- Mass Media Studies
- Accountancy
- Economics
- Entrepreneurship
- Business Studies
- Psychology
- Physical Education
- Painting
- Kathak Dance
TCIS University Connect
A unique in-house program to connect TCItes with some of the most prominent Universities both in India and Abroad. It aims to give TCIS’ Higher Year students invaluable exposure to explore, understand, interact and experience the global thought leaders thereby widening their outlook. These are some of the unique initiatives of TCIS to really help make our students Tomorrow’s Leaders. TCIS has built a strong team to drive these initiatives, which will see much higher width and depth as we move forward. Under
this program, we join hands with renowned Universities to conduct programs for TCItes to build global competencies and global outlook. Our recent engagement with The University of Queensland, Australia to run an immersive seven month entrepreneurship development program for our Grade 11 students is one such initiative. The program opens up vistas of competitive engagements for our Higher Year students to hone their skills against students across the globe. TCIS team of Grade 11 students has been fore-runners in the presently on-going India Future Founders Competition which is a global platform where-in students pitch-in real life start-up ideas and business stories which are threadbare evaluated by eminent investors and the winning ideas are provided with necessary seed-capital to build the start-up. TCIS University Connect program also introduces multitude of higher education opportunities, both in India and Abroad, to TCItes. Domain experts are engaged to guide and hand-hold students from the introduction to the preparation and the admission, to the select top class Indian and Foreign Universities, including guidance regarding various merit and other scholarships. Some of our recent engagements involved University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Ashoka University, Sonipat, India, etc.
Academic Infrastructure
Our large format class rooms enable easy access and usage of important learning tools for Higher Years like visual projection, personalised assessments, hands-on experimentation, group discussions, team-projects, etc. The academic learning is augmented by our well stocked physical and digital library which is further enriched by our special partnership with ‘JustBooks’ which opens access to large volumes of academic supplements for career orientation and competitive examinations. STEM Tinkering
Lab @ TCIS promotes hands-on research orientation in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) thereby providing essential 21st century skills like design mindset, computational thinking and adaptive learning. Additionally TCIS also has separate well-equipped experiential labs for Higher Year students which include Biology Lab, Physics Lab, Chemistry Lab, Mathematics Lab and IT Lab.
