Professional Studies for Primary School Teachers' Foundation Level All three parts of the Professional Studies for Primary School Teachers' foundation course were delivered over three consecutive Saturdays in London. The course was
Foundation who covered the topic of ‘Using Dialogic Principles to develop thinking in the Primary Classroom’.
Professional Studies for Headteachers The first two parts of our Headteachers’ course took place this term. Unit 1 was on ‘Developing Effective School Systems’ and was delivered by Sr. Firdos Qazi. Unit 2 was on ‘Ensuring accountability & Effective use of school performance data’ and was delivered by Humaira Saleem, Headteacher, Suffah Primary School. The remaining four parts will be delivered over the coming months.
Muslim Head Teacher's Forum Headteachers from across London and the surrounding areas have met four times since the start of the autumn term to discuss a variety of themes including: Bullying and delivered by three experienced practitioners, including Sr. Humaira Saleem, Headteacher of Suffah Primary School, who covered the topic of 'Classroom Management, Organisation and Delivery', Br. Majid Ishaque, Deputy-Headteacher of Al-Noor Primary School who covered the topic of 'Planning and Assessment', and Sr. Foziya Reddy, Headteacher of Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation who covered the topic of 'Children and Individual Needs'.
Professional Studies for Primary School Teachers' Advanced Level Following the Foundation Level course, the Professional Studies for Primary School Teachers' Advanced level course was delivered over three consecutive Saturdays in London. The course was delivered by three experienced practitioners, including Sr. Humaira Saleem, Headteacher of Suffah Primary School, who covered the topic of ''Creative Curriculum: How to plan an integrated, creative and skills based curriculum to reignite learning in children', Sr.
Someera Butt, Headteacher of Al-Noor Primary School who covered the topic of 'Unleashing Potential - Promoting the Emotional Development of Pupils', and Sr. Farah Ahmed & Sr. Foziya Reddy, Headteachers of Islamic Shakhsiyah
emotional development; Dealing with complaints; Whole School Literacy and the New Ofsted Inspection Framework and Quality Assurance of Teaching and Learning. The forum has also had the pleasure of being joined by Siôn Humphreys from the National Association of Headteachers (NAHT) who has contributed to the themes of each meeting.
SCETT 30th Anniversary Annual Conference 2011: 'Teacher Education: Past, Present and Future' On Friday 25 November, Br. Amjad Malik, School Leadership Development Coordinator for Nida Trust spoke at the SCETT (Standing Committee for the Education and Training of Teachers) 30th Anniversary Annual Conference 2011 entitled 'Teacher Education: Past, Present and Future'. Br. Amjad presented a case study from Nida Trust which included the work of our You Teach Programme in supporting ethnic minority teachers in schools.