Partners
Are you interested in developing a business
- With low initial investment and healthy returns
- With the ability to grow with very low risk
- In a large industry with ample opportunity
- With a product that is far superior to anything similar
- And make a positive difference to children and society
Then becoming a franchise partner of SecondSchool is the way to go!
Partner > What you get from Second School
Instructor Materials
You will receive a complete set of slides and a detailed teacher guide for each chapter and class. This includes the Science teaching system from NIIT and computer based maths activities from MathBuddy.
Teacher Training and Certification
You will receive training and be certified to be a Second School teacher. There are three areas of training. Domain training covers the subject materials, teaching methods builds competence in handling different kinds of children, and methodology training covers our custom training system
Student Materials
For each student, you will receive a Practice Book, Quick Guide and Activity Kit all provided in an attractive bag for the student to carry. The student will continue with their prescribed school book but have these as additional supplemental materials
Assessment and Reporting
You will be provided with a full set of question papers that can be administered as required. The assessments will be corrected by Second School. The marks and analysis will be available to you, children and parents, along with remedial actions
Support Systems
You will have access to many support systems including scheduling, student and parent communication, student management, student reporting and parent helpdesk
Marketing Collateral
You will receive the marketing kit (including videos, posters, brochures, leaflets) and a webpage of your own.
Leads
Leads from the Second School website as well as through any other marketing programs
Partner > Reasons to join Second School
Getting new students.
While you will need to find students in your market, Second School will support you in the following ways
- Training on conveying the benefits of Second School compared to any other alternative. A complete kit will be given to you during the induction program
- Initial Launch. Second School will participate with you in spreading awareness about your association with us and the products on offer through a number of activities
- Ongoing Marketing support due to the Second School brand and web presence. As parents and children start to visit and use the Second School site, they will find your name there as well. We will also provide leads that we get in your territory
- Your own webpage with independent web id; where you can give any information you like. We will manage the CMS and upload your content, so that it will be easy for you to continually upgrade your site
Retaining existing students
Unlike a typical scenario where students start and stop tuitions periodically, the Second School process discourages changes for the learning system to be effective. Parents can see the relationship between marks in our assessment with that of the school, and recognize the importance of continuing with the program.
The regular and extensive diagnostic reporting is also not available in other learning systems
More free time
Second School does a number of things to free up your time for actual teaching
- Second School will correct all assignments (not practice) and upload student performance onto the system.
- Second School will design all required content. Effort spent in making worksheets will no longer be required. The changes expected to now flow down to lower classes due to the change is the CBSE system will be fully provided for.
- You will have IT support. Second School will provide scheduling and student administration system to take care of all mundane activities.
A strong learning system
Second School uses a strong, research based learning system developed by exceptional and experienced teachers. There are many aids that you will receive that will help teach better
- Student materials including a ready reckoner, practice workbook and individual mathlab, for each student
- Teacher materials including a teacher-guide, software system for teaching, and a web interface for selecting questions for special tests
- Test papers with questions and answer keys to make correcting much easier
- Training on teaching methods as well as on the correct usage of the learning system
Regular training and skill upgradation
Second School is continually in touch with the various boards and is always aware of changes being proposed or made in the system. These changes are immediately incorporated into the methodology so that our materials are always current.
Smart School continually provides seminars and teacher training to continually enhance your skills and ensuring that you are uptodate on the latest concepts and methods
Belonging to the Second School community
There will be regular interactions between Second School and our tutors. This will be through a newsletter, regular webinars and other joint activities
You will be able to talk to others to find out solutions to problems that you may be facing and to exchange notes on experiences.
Partner > Becoming a Second School Partner
At Second School, our biggest consideration is the quality of learning provided. To that end, there are some critical requirements
- Certification. Each tutor is certified by Second School in three things
- Subject Knowledge. This is done through a formal paper modelled on the lines of a question paper for that class. Near perfect marks will be required to qualify
- Teaching Guidelines. Second School has an approach towards teaching that must be followed by each teacher. These are based on some simple techniques which will be provided to you. It is important to have strong communication abilities as well. These will be assessed on a face-to-face session
- Smart School Learning System. The methodology followed by Smart School is unique. A training session is organized at convenient locations after which each teacher is required to prepare and present a session for final certification
There are three attempts allowed for clearing the certification exam.
- Agreement to follow the process. While there is flexibility provided within the learning system, there are some aspects critical to its effectiveness. The most important is regular assessment and entering the marks. If this is not done correctly, the entire adaptive learning and feedback process is compromised.
- Conforming to the Second School method. While the Second School methodology allows some flexibility in execution, the basic model and approach cannot be altered.
- Regular sessions. Sessions should not be postponed or cancelled unless there is a major emergency.
Additional requirements. Depending on the model, there will be some infrastructure that you will need to provide. This can range from
- A laptop or a computer. This is required both to impart education and to connect with Second School for assessment and reporting
- Infrastructure when there can be multiple students at a time. This will include a room of at least 10ft x 10ft that can have the appropriate layout, and airconditioning where required
We are happy to provide additional information about the program if you write to us – you can use the form provided on the Home Page on the site for this purpose. We will send you a docket with more information.
