An initiative of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Connected Community in the GCC, the Teacher Summit seeks to improve teaching and learning and connect education professionals throughout the MENA region to the resources provided by ASCD. Founded in 1943, ASCD is the global leader in developing and delivering innovative programs, products, and services that empower educators to support the success of each learner. The association provides expert and innovative solutions in the professional development, capacity building, and educational leadership essential to the way educators learn, teach and lead.
This regional event is a platform for American curriculum teachers to engage and learn with renowned educators and scholars. Topics at the summit will address best practices in leadership, data, curriculum, and English Language Arts, Math, Science standards and more. The audience for this conference will include classroom teachers, heads of department, program coordinators, school administrators, and organizations active in the educational sector.
Deborah J. Short, PhD, founded Academic Language Research & Training, LLC and
provides professional development on academic literacy, English-medium instruction and content-based English language learning worldwide. Dr. Short co-developed the
research-validated SIOP Model and has directed research and evaluation studies on
English language learners and educational programs for the Carnegie Corporation of
New York, Rockefeller Foundation, U.S. Department of Education, and others. She co-
designed SIOP professional development for the Savvas Learning Company.
Publications include SIOP Model books for Pearson, The 6 Principles books for TESOL, ESL textbooks for National Geographic Learning, and professional journal articles. She has presented at conferences in the U.S., Canada, the Middle East, Europe, South America, China, and New Zealand. She has taught ESL and EFL in New York, California, Virginia, and the DR Congo. She was President of TESOL International Association for 2020-21.
Hosted By: Nathan Bowling and Leisa Grace Wilson
This dialogue will include a talk about lessons we learned and also lessons we wish others would have learned from Covid, and how we can do better for students going forward
Hosted By: Shelley Reinhart
Teachers will leave this session with an understanding of their own personal cultural worldview. They will examine how this worldview shapes the way they teach, design lesson plans, and manage their classrooms. They will then consider their students’ cultural worldviews and examine whether their current teaching practices are culturally inclusive for all.
This workshop will include audience participation with Mentimeter, an engaging slideshow and talk, small group discussions, and handouts.
Hosted By: Shelley Reinhart
Administrators will leave this session with an understanding of their own personal cultural worldview using the practical Three Colors of Worldview tool. They will examine how this worldview impacts the culture they intentionally create in their school. They will consider the families and student’s that attend their school and examine whether their current school culture is culturally inclusive for all.
This workshop will include audience participation with Mentimeter, an engaging slideshow and talk, small group discussions, and handouts.
Hosted By: Ambreen Mohammad
This highly interactive session provides an overview of the talent management functions related to attracting, developing, motivating and retaining high performing teachers. The session utilizes case studies, rubrics, and videos to provide an engaging experience. Topics include analysis of learner ready teachers, the Widget Effect in teacher evaluation, components of an effective evaluation system, and strategies to develop high potential teachers.
Hosted By: Tara Frost
Harness your students’ knowledge of apps and Apple technologies by integrating app design into your elementary curriculum. This session will be a deep dive into Keynote on the iPad and will use the Apple App Design Journal as a resource. Attendees will leave with their own app prototype and enhanced knowledge of Keynote.
Hosted By: Rhonda Kotb and Dereck Lindquist
How do you create passionate, engaged, and risk-taking mathematicians inside of your classrooms?
Math has been portrayed as a subject that you either know or don’t. If you don’t, then you’re a lost cause! With the research and assistance of Jo Boaler’s Mathematical Mindsets, this session is going to show you how to change the narrative of creating the above type of students. In this session, you will investigate:
Hosted By: Hope Teague – Bowling & Cristina Calera
Designed with middle and high school teachers in mind, this workshop will review the importance of engaging students in daily dialogue and critical conversations. We will explore a range of practical strategies to increase student voice and ownership of their learning, including ways to differentiate to reach all learners. Everyone is welcome–whether you consider yourself an expert or a novice in cultivating student discussions.
Hosted By: Casie Gaebler
Digital notebooks are powerful learning tools that can be utilized in any subject area and for most grade levels to support self-directed learning and differentiation. In this workshop, participants will be introduced to a variety of methods for designing their own digital notebooks that support students’ learning through the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Specifically, participants will learn how digital notebooks can facilitate the three UDL learning guidelines of multiple means of engagement, representation, and action and expression. In addition, participants will learn the basics of digital notebook design, how to incorporate tech tools for learning, and use exemplar digital notebooks from a range of subject areas to guide them in creating their own digital notebooks.
Hosted By: Maria Vitoratos
The workshop will begin by redefining careers guidance and introduce the key elements that careers research and industry leaders are advising for youth preparedness for future careers. Maria will bring her experience from over two decades of education and careers practice to demonstrate how easy it is to embed careers education into daily lessons. The workshop experience will be interactive and the participants can expect to leave with concrete actions, new awareness that they can bring back to their institution to enrich the quality of the careers guidance for their students.
Hosted By: Sania Greens-Reynolds
Some children struggle to read, speak, write and compute not just simply because they lack the basic skills but more so because they lack the basic confidence required to be risk-takers, communicators, reflective thinkers, and inquirers.
The NEA asserts that confident students are more likely to speak in class, and ask for help when needed. They absorb material faster and are more excited to learn.
Developing students’ confidence should be every educator’s, parent’s, and people who work with children first and foremost priority. This session will equip you with innovative and seamless strategies that you can implement in your teaching learning context right away.
Hosted By: Ashley Green
Join Ashley to learn about creative wellbeing and character strengths and how they can both benefit staff and student wellbeing.
Hosted By: Mohamed Bamatraf
In this session, educators will be shown how you can use the technology to publish great resources and share them with whole world via Resourceya. Teachers will become publishers of their resources and able to access resources from other teachers around the globe.
Hosted By: Dima Yousef
Implementing various teaching approaches and exploring classroom practices are at the core of a teacher’s daily routine to influence learning, achieve intended outcomes, engage students, and ensure innovation in the learning process. Moreover, to help our students survive in today’s competitive world, they should become globally competent and have essential skills such as creativity, curiosity, and critical thinking. Through active learning strategies and use of technology, teachers can develop these skills, improve student engagement, and facilitate a student-centered learning environment.
The workshop will
Hosted By: Kendria R. Johnson
We will explore the stress triggers that contribute to teacher burnout.
Hosted By:
Dr. Jason Johnson
Dr. Evrim Erbilgin
Dr. Jennifer Robinson
Dr. Serigne Gningue
Dr. Adeeb Jarrah
In this learning session, participants will have the opportunity to develop an understanding for the importance of teacher leadership through Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK). The participants will also have the opportunity to explore and discuss the various strategies to promote teacher leadership, which can improve students’ achievement.
Hosted By:
Dr. Jason Johnson
Dr. Evrim Erbilgin
Dr. Jennifer Robinson
Dr. Serigne Gningue
Dr. Adeeb Jarrah
In this learning session, participants will have the opportunity to develop an understanding of metacognition, its strategies, and its importance to increase student learning. The participants will also have the opportunity to explore, discuss, practice, and implement various strategies and how these strategies could improve students’ achievement.
Hosted By: Catherine O’Connell
This session will look at research carried out in the UAE across 12 educational institutions. We will look at how, simple collaboration, facilitated in a structured way lead to improved outcomes in ALL campuses that participated in Inspection Reports. Looking at how the CoP was formed and established and the processes used to bring practitioners together and build connectivity and rapport. We will delve into the structure of the community, roles, responsibilities and the key driving factors to its success.
Hosted By:
Salma Soliman
Denis Arseniev
Myra Kirmani
Jay Leong
Sarah Al-Hajj
Our panel will centre around providing ideas that teachers can implement in their classrooms that from our perspective will improve students’ skills and experience in the classroom.
Hosted By: Amine Hamdan & Shady Elkassas
Problem Based Learning, Project Based Learning and Performance Based learning (3 Ps) cultivate an effective learning environment. This session will interactively highlight the impact of the 3Ps through the lens of selected Inspections and Accreditation frameworks.
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