DOHA: Teach for Qatar (TFQ) hosted its inaugural stakeholder engagement lunch on the last day of the World Innovation Summit for Education 2014 (WISE), at the Qatar National Convention Centre.
H E Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Founding Chairperson of TFQ and H E Mohammed Abdul Wahed Ali Al Hammadi, the Minister of Education and Higher Education and Secretary General of the Supreme Education Council were present at the ceremony, among other dignitaries.
The event gathered TFQ’s industry and academic partners, independent school principals, and Fellows, to share success stories and discuss the challenges TFQ has encountered on its journey so far.
“This year, TFQ took its first steps in tackling Qatar’s educational challenges, by placing its first cohort of hand-picked Fellows, comprised of graduates and young professionals, into independent schools in Qatar,” said Sheikha Hind bint Hamad.
“With the continued support of our various stakeholders, TFQ continues to work towards empowering Qatar’s students through its Fellowship. Indeed it is creative discussions such as this, which will enable us to continue to draw from Qatar’s young talent pool to inspire the upcoming generation of leaders from inside the classroom to innovatively tackle the challenges Qatar’s students face,” she added.
Representatives from the energy industry and academia heard from TFQ’s first cohort of Fellows about how the first few months into their two-year teaching placements have impacted not only their students, but them as individuals.
“We are always in search of exceptional teachers for our schools and I have been receiving positive feedback about TFQ Fellows,” said Fawzia Al Khater, Head of Education Institute at the Supreme Education Council.
“We are therefore delighted to offer our support to this promising initiative, and we look forward to the knowledge sharing of classroom best practices between TFQ’s Fellows and the teachers in our independent schools, for the overall benefit of Qatar’s wider teaching community.”
School principals from TFQ’s partner independent schools also shared their thoughts on how the TFQ Fellows, placed in their respective schools, have brought about positive change to the classrooms in which they teach.
Teach For Qatar, introduces exceptionally talented young leaders into the independent school system in Qatar by providing graduates and young professionals, both nationals or residents who wish to give back to Qatar, with the opportunity to inspire students through a two-year teaching placement in one of its partner independent schools in Doha. Applications for the Teach For Qatar 2015-2017 Fellowship are now open.
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