{"id":729,"date":"2023-03-23T07:31:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T07:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpphonics.businessdragan.com\/?page_id=729"},"modified":"2023-04-13T17:00:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T17:00:15","slug":"founders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wpphonics.businessdragan.com\/?page_id=729","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Founders"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"729\" class=\"elementor elementor-729\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e27902 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e27902\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7472688\" data-id=\"7472688\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69460ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-about_kidko\" data-id=\"69460ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"about_kidko.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"about-widget footer-widget\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"widget-title\"><\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"widget-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ffbacc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ffbacc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c10ea3\" data-id=\"8c10ea3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e0e02e elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-about_us_one\" data-id=\"2e0e02e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"about_us_one.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"about-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-12 col-sm-12 image-column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-box wow fadeInLeft\" data-wow-delay=\"0ms\" data-wow-duration=\"1500ms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"image image-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpphonics.businessdragan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/founder.png\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"image image-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-12 col-sm-12 content-column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sec-title style-two\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>MRS. RM.SHALINI DEVI,\n\n<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"about_us\">FOUNDER & DIRECTOR, PHONICS POWER,\n\nUK CERTIFIED JOLLY TRAINER<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bold-text\">Shalini is a passionate teacher, an enterprising woman and an Engineer by qualification. Shalini spent over a decade in the corporate world and later quit her rewarding job to follow her passion in teaching English to young children.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Shalini\u2019s teaching career began in 2012 when she started teaching English to underprivileged children in Government schools in association with NGOs. During these years, she understood that most of the children, irrespective of urban or rural background, has difficulty in reading English which led to milestone delays in their academics. Her quest for an effective reading programme that has simple, step by step, fun-filled approach to learning led to Jolly Phonics - a UK based child-centric reading programme that teaches literacy through phonics. <br> <br>\n\nShalini, an accredited Jolly Trainer, is now actively involved in training teachers and has trained 5000 + teachers in Jolly Phonics & Grammar from 300+ private schools and teacher training institutes. She also serves as academic consultant and curriculum planner in many of these schools and takes great pride in helping these schools move from rote learning to Jolly Phonics scientific English learning methodology. And now, she has extended her services to other areas of literacy such as creative writing, comprehension, all about the English Alphabetic Code, reading - spelling intervention & assessments and evaluation of existing literacy programmes in schools.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-box\"><a href=\"\" class=\"theme-btn\">Contact Us<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6eddbda elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6eddbda\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9732d6b\" data-id=\"9732d6b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a16970 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a16970\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.5 - 14-03-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong class=\"text-uppercase\">ACHIEVEMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS<br \/><br \/><\/strong><\/p><p>\u2022 Successfully completed Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) course through British Council, specially designed by Cambridge University for English Teachers.<br \/><br \/>\u2022 Frequently attend various Workshops, Conferences and Seminars on Phonics \/ Literacy Development programmes in India and abroad.<br \/><br \/>\u2022 Has attended the\u00a0<strong>51st RELC International Conference on Teaching Literacies &#8211; Emerging Pathways and Possibilities in Language Education,<\/strong>\u00a0held at Singapore, where delegates from various countries participated and shared the best practices in Language Teaching across the globe.<br \/><br \/>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Attended Workshops on \u201cCreative Thinking \u2013 The 21st Century Skill\u201d by Allen Davenport, ELT Consultant, ASEAN for Cambridge University Press.<\/strong><br \/><br \/>\u2022 Was conferred \u201cThe Best Women Entrepreneur \u2013 Inspiration 2016\u201d at the conference for teaching society by Project<strong>\u00a0Brand India.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5874fef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5874fef\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-781e731\" data-id=\"781e731\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58a438f elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-about_us_one\" data-id=\"58a438f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"about_us_one.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"about-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-12 col-sm-12 image-column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-box wow fadeInLeft\" data-wow-delay=\"0ms\" data-wow-duration=\"1500ms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"image image-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpphonics.businessdragan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/co-founder.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"image image-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-12 col-sm-12 content-column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sec-title style-two\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>MRS. SHARMILA RAVI,<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"about_us\">CO FOUNDER, PHONICS POWER\n\nPROFESSIONAL JOLLY PHONICS TRAINER<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bold-text\">A decade long stint as a kindergarten teacher gave Sharmila a wonderful opportunity to experience the unconditional love of children and understand the shortcomings of mainstream school curriculum. The bond, children had with her and the faith shown by their parents inspired her to search for alternatives to rote learning. She believes that the superficial language teaching methods followed by schools at the foundation level neither prepare children for primary level learning nor nurture their love for reading. <br><br>Rote learning creates parrots instead of well nurtured human beings; repetition of words and reproducing letters from the blackboard does not enable or kindle children\u2019s thought processes. Her search for alternative teaching methodology took wings when she met Mrs Shainaz Jussa of Phonic Kids, Mumbai and learnt the Jolly Phonic methodology from her. Jolly Phonics propelled her dream of empowering children to enjoy the pleasure of reading and to help them communicate their ideas and thoughts without fear. <br><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Twelve years of hands-on teaching experience and her understanding of Jolly Phonics methodology has given Sharmila the confidence to cofound Phonics Power with Shalini and to chase her dream of taking Jolly Phonics teaching methodology to every child.\n\n<br><br>A postgraduate in Commerce, Sharmila started her professional career with an International Bank. A PG Diploma in Early Childhood Education at Kothari Academy for Women, Chennai enabled her to work as a kindergarten teacher in a reputed CBSE School in Chennai, which gave her the opportunity to enter into the realm of kindergarten education and eventually discover the joy of learning and teaching.\n\nSharmila has successfully completed the official Jolly Phonics Teacher Training Course conducted by CPD College, Ireland.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-box\"><a href=\"\" class=\"theme-btn\">Contact Us<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-afdeaf7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"afdeaf7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e3431ba\" data-id=\"e3431ba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MRS. 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