DOHA: Qatar Career Fair, a centre under Qatar Foundation which aims to spread career awareness and establish a career culture in society, and the US Embassy in Doha concluded a Career Counsellors Training Workshop, attended by 50 school counsellors from public and private schools in the country.
The five-day workshop, held at Education City, provided comprehensive, interactive professional development opportunities to school counsellors in Qatar. It also provided basic- to mid-level training to equip counsellors with the resources, knowledge, and strategies they need to effectively guide Qatari students in career and college planning and the college admissions process.
The latest workshop consisted of a series of lectures, guided group activities, group assignments, and presentations that allowed school counsellors to learn more about helping school students through the college counselling process. In addition, the workshop covered many aspects of career and college counselling such as how to create a community of learners, the college admissions process, career searches, counselling calendar, and ethical standards.
Qatar Career Fair and the US Embassy in Doha hosted Margo McCoy, a US Licensed Professional Counsellor, to conduct the five-day workshop. She has decades of experience as a college counsellor in international schools around the world, as well as the US public school system.
In a press statement issued yesterday, Abdulla Al Mansoori, Director of Qatar Career Fair, said: “This workshop was the latest in a series of career training programmes that Qatar Career Fair has been engaged in, important for us to assist counsellors enhance their skills to pass on invaluable advice and guidance to our youth in helping them chart their career paths.”
US Ambassador in Qatar, Dana Shell Smith said: “Study in the US and the American universities at Education City have a critical role to play in forging strong educational and cultural ties between Qataris and Americans. These educational exchanges are facilitating the robust exchange of ideas and perspectives in Qatar that seeks to become a bridge between the East and West, and in building the country’s own human capital to manage the rapid growth and modernisation.”
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DOHA: Nearly 1,200 Qatari students are currently studying in the United States, up almost 20 percent from last year, a press statement issued by Qatar Foundation to announce successful conclusion of a training workshop for school counsellors here said yesterday. According to the statement, further educational exchange opportunities for US and Qatari students continue to grow.
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