Our Teachers

We support and encourage our teachers to take formal courses to develop their abilities. We have designed training programmes under our Continuous Professional Development to cater to the training needs of our teachers.

Staff/Teacher Professional Development

We continued to engage with high-quality professional development consultants and trainers to meet our mission and vision in striving to become a model of excellence to support and enhance student learning.

Anti-racism and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) Course

The DEIJ course conducted by NESA (Near East South Asia) Council of Overseas Schools provides schools with training to use collective reflection, dialogue, action planning, and resources to develop needed infrastructure to guarantee that the school environment will respect the dignity and humanity of all members of the school community. As the work of anti-racism, equity, inclusion, belonging, and social justice is an ongoing learning process, NESA believe their work will help manage complex change and create culturally sustaining professional learning communities. The training included the following learning objectives:

• Deepen DEI(B)J knowledge and skills through the lens of well-being
• Engage in constructive conversations around the systems necessary for authentic DEI(B)J
• Develop an action plan to develop and sustain school –specific systems related to DEI(B)J
• Develop knowledge around the inextricable relationship between DEI(B)J and well-being
• Co-curate resources supporting DEI(B)J

NESA Leadership Conference

The NESA Leadership Conference is an engaging community learning experience focused on deep learning, thought leadership, collaboration, and human connection, on the theme of growth and change. Many of the talks focused on inclusivity and belonging.

ICPA Child Safeguarding Training

This course reflects international standards of best practice in protecting children from harm in all areas of programmes, operations, and procedures. The training included group dialogue, reflections, presentations, and interactive scenarios that focused on equipping staff with safeguarding responsibilities and enable them to respond appropriately within the School’s context to child protection concerns.

CIS Global Citizenship and Intercultural Learning

With a focus on difference, as seen through the lens of global citizenship and within intercultural learning, CIS developed a new model of thinking and practice that was shared with participants. Focusing on Teaching and learning; Assessment; Leadership and staff development; and Community engagement.

IB Workshops

International Baccalaureate professional development workshops are formulated to take educators through enlightening learning experiences, further illuminating the values and purpose of IB’s mission. They also serve as a valuable means to ensure schools meet professional learning requirements.

• MYP Language and Literature (Amber Echols)
• MYP Individuals and Societies (Gary Hentz, Dulmini Fernando, Aaron Russo)
• MYP Mathematics (Benson Wallace)
• MYP Performing Arts (Young Kim)
• DP English Literature (Antoney Luvinzu)
• DP Language and Literature (David Poulus)
• DP Biology (Liz Harrison)
• DP Chemistry (Robert LeBlanc)
• DP Mathematics Applications and Interpretations (David Harrison)
• DP French Ab Initio (Melinda Tondeur)

Other workshops our educators participated in include:

• CIS Workshop: Mission Driven Inclusion (presenters – Kamila Sahideen and Samantha Wood)
• Designing Learning Spaces in the PYP
• American Safety and Health Institute Certification/First Aid training