The Outstanding Schools Middle East Conference took place on the 12-14 October 2021. It brought to together school leaders and practitioners from across the Gulf and the rest of the world, to discuss solutions to current challenges and to explore new opportunities that lie ahead, whilst continuing to support and accelerate students opportunities to learn, grow and to achieve success.
The updated Visible Learning story:
This session will discuss the updates to the many new meta-analyses to develop the fundamental VL story, specifically address the impact of teachers, mindframes, look closer within classrooms, and end with a focus on learning.
Delegates have the option to attend one of the following roundtable discussions. All roundtables are delegate-led and ‘video-on’.
FACILITATOR: Katie Tomlinson, Head of Primary, Sri KDU International School, Malaysia
FACILITATOR: Gillian Hammond, Principal, Repton Abu Dhabi
Delegates have the option to attend one of the following roundtable discussions. All roundtables are delegate-led and ‘video-on’.
FACILITATOR: Christelle Lonez, Primary School Principal, International School of Geneva, Switzerland
FACILITATOR: Vaughan Lewis, Assistant Principal, Qatar Academy for Science and Technology
Education matters, for individuals and for society. However, most of the policies that have been pursued have been directed at the kinds of schools that students attend—policies that, even when well implemented (which most are not) would have limited impact on student achievement.
What matters for student achievement is what happens inside the classroom, and what matters most is the quality of interaction between students and teachers; teachers finding out what their students know, and making appropriate adjustments to their instruction as a result.
*Programme subject to change
The updated Visible Learning story:
This session will discuss the updates to the many new meta-analyses to develop the fundamental VL story, specifically address the impact of teachers, mindframes, look closer within classrooms, and end with a focus on learning.
Delegates have the option to attend one of the following roundtable discussions. All roundtables are delegate-led and ‘video-on’.
FACILITATOR: Piet Jansen, Director of International Relations, Yes We Can Youth Clinics
FACILITATOR: Phil Mathe, Director of Sport, Brighton College Al Ain
Delegates have the option to attend one of the following roundtable discussions. All roundtables are delegate-led and ‘video-on’.
FACILITATOR: Cynthia Bolton, Head of Gifted Education, Qatar Foundation
FACILITATOR: Tom Hadcroft, Senior Vice Principal, DLD College London
FACILITATOR: Louise Dawson, Former Head of Inclusion, Jumeirah College Dubai and Founder, Louise Dawson Educational Services
Education matters, for individuals and for society. However, most of the policies that have been pursued have been directed at the kinds of schools that students attend—policies that, even when well implemented (which most are not) would have limited impact on student achievement.
What matters for student achievement is what happens inside the classroom, and what matters most is the quality of interaction between students and teachers; teachers finding out what their students know, and making appropriate adjustments to their instruction as a result.
*Programme subject to change
In this presentation, Nalini Cook, Head of EMEA Research at ISC Research shares some of the latest trends and data identified by ISC Research that are driving forward the international schools market in the Middle East including priorities around teaching and learning, wellbeing and CPD.
Delegates have the option to attend one of the following roundtable discussions. All roundtables are delegate-led and ‘video-on’.
FACILITATOR: David Cole, Principal, British International School of Ukraine
FACILITATOR: Nicola Taylor, Director of Programmes, LLSE
In this presentation, Dr Andreas Schleicher, Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), will share an update on the latest OECD findings, and discuss how schools must adapt their learning provision for an interconnected world.
*Programme subject to change
Delegates have the option to attend one of the following roundtable discussions. All roundtables are delegate-led and ‘video-on’.
FACILITATOR: Dr Louise Lambert, PhD Editor, Middle East Journal of Positive Psychology, Head of Happiness Research and Policy Design, Happiness Matters
FACILITATOR: Dave Bryan, Deputy Head of School, International School of London, Qatar
FACILITATOR: Simon Walker, Principal, ABA International School Oman
In this presentation, Nalini Cook, Head of EMEA Research at ISC Research shares some of the latest trends and data identified by ISC Research that are driving forward the international schools market in the Middle East including priorities around teaching and learning, wellbeing and CPD.
Delegates have the option to attend one of the following roundtable discussions. All roundtables are delegate-led and ‘video-on’.
FACILITATOR: Natasha Hilton, Strategic Lead, WomenEd, and Head of Primary, Park House English School, Qatar
FACILITATOR: Iain Henderson, Deputy Head (Educational Developments and Partnerships), Wellington College, UK
In this presentation, Dr Andreas Schleicher, Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), will share an update on the latest OECD findings, and discuss how schools must adapt their learning provision for an interconnected world.
*Programme subject to change
Dr Terence Brady has been working on creating a new and innovative school curriculum in line with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s National Vision 2030. In this session, school leaders and curriculum developers will gain practical advice and guidance on how to transform a traditional curriculum into a forward-thinking and creative curriculum fit for the 21st Century.
Key learning points will include:
Mable Therapy is the UK’s leading online speech and language therapy and counselling provider. As well as delivering therapy as a schools’ and private service, their team of clinicians deliver training to school staff in supporting students’ SEND and mental health needs. In recent years they’ve combined their expertise in these two disciplines to examine the importance of mental health and communication as predictors of long-term well-being and academic achievement.
In this session school leaders will learn how to:
Dr Kapono Ciotti from the American International School in Egypt will share key learning points around how they saw the culture of the school change by coaching just a handful of teachers with studies showing that highly effective teachers are the single most influential factor in attaining positive student achievement. In this session, school leaders will learn and understand the need to create a highly efficient workforce to impact on not only student achievement, but also school-wide improvement.
Key learning points will include:
This session will be led by a representative from a leading GSCEPod international subscribing school.
In this session GCSEPod & co will walk you through best practice, tips, hints, and cognitive science on a leading ed-tech platform.
Now used in 40+ countries, GCSEPod and its international subscribing schools will use this session to invite all attendees to an interactive workshop to gain a deeper insight into the platform that is building confidence, raising attainment and reducing teacher workload across the globe.
This session will cover the importance of adopting and implementing a successful approach to emotional literacy which will help nurture a more grounded, engaged and intrinsically motivated pupil. Here, school leaders will:
In this session, Dr Helen Wright, Board Chair and international education advisor (and former UK/international school principal) and Matthew Savage, former Principal of ICS Amman and now an international education consultant, join forces to explore what good governance can and could look like in an international school. Drawing on their own experiences, and on the successful outcomes of their blended online course for Board members of international schools, #betterboards, they will explore what good governance could, and arguably should, look like in outstanding schools in the region.
Principals and senior leaders will be encouraged to see their school through the eyes of their Board, and challenged to think about the agency they have (and could have more of) in managing their Board.
Key learning points will include:
As the first and only international school in the Gulf to receive the Silver Standard Mental Health Award, from the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools, the British School Al Khubairat will share how they have developed and delivered an outstanding mental health and wellbeing provision to both students and staff.
In this session, school leaders will:
In this 1-hour workshop, you will get the opportunity to hear how Education Perfect (EP) resources support students’ development of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in Arabic B/Arabic as a foreign language. You’ll also have the opportunity to hear the innovative ways schools throughout the Middle East are using EP to enhance their Arabic departments’ teaching and learning programmes, and to support the delivery of engaging, and interactive Arabic lessons across all year levels.
Ask Melissa and Philippa any questions you might have about EP’s Arabic course, and have fun trying out a lesson or two yourself to experience the resources first-hand!
In this session, you will learn the key requirements of what makes up an effective teacher CPD programme and where to focus teacher CPD priorities so that they are best equipped to deal with pandemic related challenges.
Key discussion points will include:
Led by Simon O’Grady, CEO of High Performance Learning, this workshop will explore strategic
school challenges; world class school features; and moving from regulatory outstanding to self-improving world class.
*Programme subject to change