SUN 14 NOVEMBER
Schools across England collaborated to design experimental and quasi-experimental studies looking at the effect of a wide range of teacher workload reduction strategies on pupil attainment, teacher wellbeing and teacher time. The school workload reduction toolkit is a set of practical resources for school leaders and teachers that aim to help reduce workload in a wide range of areas. The Department for Education first published the toolkit in July 2018. It was produced by school leaders, teachers and other sector experts; together with the Department for Education, drawing on successful workload reduction strategies undertaken by schools. In this session you will learn about the toolkit and how it had positive effects on teacher wellbeing, as well as how reducing workload in key areas (such as planning and marking) was associated with improved pupil progress.
Language : English
Topic : Neuroscience
Dr Richard Churches | Lead Adviser - Education Reform and Evidence Based Practice, Education Development TrustStudies are showing that Autism has a much higher prevalence in our mainstream schools than we have previously thought. Louise will provide insight into her experiences over ten years in the UAE and 15 years of working across a variety of settings, supporting thousands of children a mind families. Louise will demonstrate how students with unidentified Autism may present and provide methods to help schools can screen for children who are flying under the radar. The outcome of this sessions is to ensure that awareness and acceptance of Autism is increased and that support is implemented to ensure students have the outcomes they deserve.
Language : English
Topic : SEN / Gifted & Talented
Louise Dawson | Founder, Louise Dawson Educational ServicesWhen we call positive education, we rely on empathy and respect for the child's feelings. The result: a peaceful relationship between parents and children! Through active and positive experience, I am going to talk about: Effective communication is key to positive partnerships with parents. Effective communication involves active listening and clear, respectful speaking. When professionals and parents share knowledge and experience, it’s good for children’s wellbeing and development. .... It is daily work, long-term work, at the expense of daily interrogation. But it pays off if we act positively!
Language : Arabic
Topic : Wellbeing
Nissrine Merhy | Educational Consultant / Trainer, Student Consultancy ServicesJoin Ashley where she will share insights about improving wellbeing provision in the primary school. Wellbeing can often be touched with tokenism and this session will offer some important steps to consider when building your bespoke wellbeing plan and team. Ashley will share some valuable curriculum components you can include which can enhance the overall wellbeing of staff and students alike!
Language : English
Topic : Early Years
Ashley Green | Teacher/Wellbeing Coordinator, JESS DubaiEducation systems are currently facing the challenge of preparing children for a rapidly changing and unpredictable world. In addition, they have to integrate new technologies into the existing education system. Reformed education systems therefore no longer focus on the mere transmission of knowledge, but on strengthening child development and, above all, child competencies. Currently, there is a debate about which competencies will be needed in the future. In this presentation, approaches to conceptualize and implement such future competencies in the education systems of different countries will be presented and discussed.
Language : English
Topic : Leadership and Management
Prof. Wassilios Fthenakis | Honorary President, Didacta AssociationStorytelling is an art as old as humanity itself, and something that all cultures have in common. Reading gives confidence and allows us to communicate more freely. It creates memory pathways and enables us to remember new words. Reading helps us to understand other cultures, increases our general knowledge, expands our vocabulary, and stimulates empathy and imagination. It transforms us, opens us up to other worlds and endless possibilities, and provides us with comfort and reassurance in times of solitude or hardship. With these benefits in mind, this seminar will explore techniques that allow educators to promote reading for pleasure in the classroom; e.g. joining book clubs, introducing literacy-targeted awards, providing choice in reading material, and how to support students who struggle with their reading and writing. I will discuss the benefits of creative writing as a bridge to academic success, providing students with a key to unlocking their own imaginations.
Language : English
Topic : Early Years
Andrew MacLeod | English teacher and recently-published author, Ministry of Education / Zayed Educational Complex DubaiAs hard working educators, this academic year has been one of the toughest to date, not only on our personal wellbeing, but our personal presence in the classroom and delivering lessons with the same expectations as before.
In this interactive session, we look at the brain, the importance of self-care, finding meaning, practical ways to set a routine and steps to live mindfully so we are fully present for our students and most importantly, ourselves. It starts with you.
Language : English
Topic : Early Years
Cas Germain | Life Coach and Educator, Horizon English SchoolWhile exploring Dream Land, Shamma and her friend Dana meet a fairy named Ilah, who shows them her house. Ilah wakes up the two girls and they all go to the park. The ongoing storm starts to go away and Shamma is very amazed, telling Ilah that she indeed is a real fairy.
Language : English
Topic : Early Years
Aysha Aldhaheri | Student, Almadar International School
Dr Helen Wright | Board Chair, International Education Advisor, Executive Leadership CoachLanguage : English
Topic : SEN / Gifted & Talented
Dr. Ateeq Qureshi | Head of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Priory Wellbeing CentresA talk about the growing importance of physical and sport in the modern school curriculum and why as society changes and evolves, time in physical education lessons should not be compromised.
Language : English
Topic : Wellbeing
Niall Statham | Head of PE / SLT, Hartland International School Sound exists in the form of vibrations which are of varying frequencies. The brain is constantly emitting hundreds of vibrations every second. The more powerful your consciousness is the greater the vibrations emanating from your brain will be.
How to bring the balance and harmony to parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system through the vedic techniques which is proven from the ancient time itself, and thereby creating a balanced mental and emotional state to mankind.
Language : English
Topic : Neuroscience
Seema Nambiar | Director, Skanda wellbeing & Skanda yoga CenterMON 15 NOVEMBER
Language : English
Topic : Wellbeing
Sven Maikranz | CEO, Upstrive Education (by MindMotions LLE)Language : English
Topic : Wellbeing
Mandeep Jassal | Behavior Therapist, The Priory Wellbeing CentreThe curiosity of a child leads to so many interesting questions and activities but most importantly creates a solid base of experience on which to build a resilient life. Being curious, exploring new things, is also one of the best stress reducing strategies to deal with the complexities of life. Curiosity builds connections in our brains and increases the brain’s plasticity, which makes the brain more resistant to disease or age related damages.
Language : English
Topic : Leadership and Management
Dr. Gilda Scarfe | CEO and Founder, Positive Ed LtdWith growing recognition that bullying is a complex phenomenon, influenced by multiple factors, research findings to date have understood factors in bullying/victimization within the individual, family, peer group, school and community. Many schools simply tackle bullying by hosting an anti-bullying assembly or short talks. While that might be a good start, experts agree that an annual research-based program that needs to be comprehensive and touch all the risk factors needs to be worked out by schools. Academic study integrated with discipline programs should support academic excellence. At Karachi Grammar School, Positive and Restorative Discipline curriculum (curtails anti-bullying) consists of methods that involve students in focusing on solutions instead of being recipients of punishments and rewards. Children are taught and exercise well-founded social and emotional skills to solve problems in a more positive manner. A framework for creating ‘A Climate for Learning’!
Language : English
Topic : Wellbeing
Siddiqa Sadiq | Facilitator -Digital Learning and Resources, Karachi Grammar SchoolA practical session about how to develop a positive money mindset.
Language : English
Topic : Wellbeing
Sorcha Coyle | Founder, Sorcha Coyle Empowering Expat TeachersLanguage : English
Topic : Early Years
Dana Al-Qinneh | Curriculum Lead, Teacher, Creative Nest NurseryChild abuse or protection can be easily missed by teachers if they are not trained to be aware of the signs. We will provide a variety of solutions on how to safeguard children in your care that will be demonstrated and teachers can reflect upon which technique works for them.
Language : English
Topic : Leadership and Management
Zen Khan | Managing Partner, ZEN Professional DevelopmentDescribing the joys, plus the understandings of Classical Painting and Art, from the Great Tradition in European Painting.
Language : English
Topic : Early Years
Charles Harris | Principal / Owner, Charles Harris InternationalSome students have the knack for painting stunning pictures of their peers, parents, guardians, and teachers. They have a unique way of expressing their gratitude or disapproval. A student once referred to her teacher as amazing and added that he spoke to them like human beings. The utterance resonated with me. Why don't we consistently talk to each other, particularly our children, respectfully and like human beings? I will explore the consequences of not engaging with children appropriately and highlight approaches we could adopt to ensure our children feel eternally valued, genuinely respected, and unreservedly loved.
Language : English
Topic : Wellbeing
Hugh Robinson | Business Teacher, Al Qeyam Boys' SchoolTUE 16 NOVEMBER
Language : English
Topic : Wellbeing
Mark Samways | Director of Wellbeing, The Free Spirit CollectiveThe past 18 months was a very challenging time for all educators. Those in the early years had to adapt their practice in a way that had far reaching negative effects on our youngest children. This led to a conflict when the environment that providers were able to offer contradicted their beliefs and values about best practice in early childhood education. However the pandemic also highlighted the importance of good early years education for young children to ensure a good start to life. Societies and parents have come to appreciate the early years more. Now is the time to move forward in a positive way while holding what we know is right for young children at the heart of our practice. Sarah discusses the pedagogical issues that we must consider and the changes to our practice that should be reflected on to support the best outcomes for every child.
Language : English
Topic : Early Years
Dr. Sarah Rogers | Founder and CEO, Early Years Educational Services & Quest DirectSeveral research studies show that when educators engage Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in academics, it increases students' academic performance, promotes positive social behavior, and decreases conduct problems. When educators use academic programs embedded in SEL, students are successful at school and in their relationships and future careers. This talk seeks to share with educators SEL resources that can improve learning outcomes, builds confidence, motivation, improved academic performance at school, better emotional well-being, and student behavior. Engaging SEL has also become essential to support the SEN students if we are looking for any successful learning this year. Whatever model of instruction our students are receiving this year, focusing on Social-Emotional Learning can accelerate learning for SEN students. This talk will share resources and strategies to support educators in meeting SEN students’ needs.
Language : English
Topic : SEN / Gifted & Talented
Massrat Shaikh | Educational Psychologist, Al Ahlam Training and Higher Education ServicesGlen and Nicki will share their leadership experiences, as Heads of high functioning schools. In these case studies they will share the mistakes they made which lead to “eureka” moments, which put well-being at the center of their thinking, leading to innovation and transformation in this area which resulted in high staff satisfaction and greater organizational success.
They will be drawing on their knowledge of wellbeing, organizational culture and ways of working, to support mental health of teachers and students. Glen and Nicki share the understanding that happy, healthy and inspired staff are key to any successful school and some ways this can be achieved.
Language : English
Topic : Leadership and Management
Glen Radojkovich | Head of School Improvement - IB & British Curriculum Schools, Taaleem Education
Nicki Williams | Head of School Improvement (US), Taaleem School GroupSri Lanka is a country where education is delivered to students in a very traditional way. The education policies within the country changes overnight and this has caused tragic moments with in the country loosing many lives. This clearly shows that there is a huge problem in our education. Aiming these issues I started "Sri Lankan Dreams" to fix these issues and to make sure no more lives will loss in the future. Project Sri Lankan Dream started targeting all four categories Students, Society, Teachers and Education policy makers. In this speech I will discuss regarding experiences we gained from our project and as a general format how we can implement it in any country which has multicultural community and to maintain harmony among them.
Language : English
Topic : Wellbeing
Nuwan Dissanayaka | Founder, Sri Lankan DreamsAlternative treatments for ADHD Simple strategies and measures that any school can take to enable the inclusion of hyperactive people within the school community and their adaptation to the educational environment.
Language : English
Topic : SEN / Gifted & Talented
Maha El Shiwi | Social/ Inclusion Counsellor, FreelancerAdam Laird, Head of Music at Jebel Ali School, Dubai, along with pupil performers, discusses the many challenges involved in music education in the current climate and how, with some creative thinking and embracing new technology, managing the musical expectations of school leaders can be a collaborative and exciting process.
Language : English
Topic : Music / Performing Arts / Sports
Adam Laird | Head of Music, Jebel Ali SchoolLanguage : English
Topic : Early Years
May Zalat | Nursery Director, Blossom Nursery by Babilou Middle East
The 15th edition of GESS Dubai returns
in 2022 with an exhibition showcasing
a wide range of educational products
from suppliers from all corners of the
world and a CPD accredited conference
featuring high level speakers
and innovative content.
Tuesday 15th November: 10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday 16th November 10:00 - 18:00
Thursday 17th November 10:00 - 17:00
We are here to answer any questions you might have.