Name:
Ghadah Abdullah Al Akol
Job title:
English Teacher
School name:
Al Hamham Secondary School for girls
How long have you worked in education?
21 years
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What are some of your favourite experiences of teaching in RAK?
When I first started teaching at Osama bin Zaid Primary School for Boys I had trouble dealing with the grade one boys and teaching having to teach four subjects in English. However, after I had taught them for a while I began to love them and they loved me too. I taught them for a year and a half but I had to returned back to Al Hamham Secondary School. Now those boys are in grade five and I still miss and remember them.
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In three sentences describe your dream school.
- An attractive learning environment that provides psychological comfort for teachers and learners
- Equipped with all the requirements of modern techniques which open to the teacher and the learner a wide perspectives of knowledge and science
- School where there are no school bags, where the curricula, exercises and duties are loaded on iPads.
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Why is RAK Teachers' Network useful?
Through the network we can share experiences and important topics with peers and colleagues, as well as finding out about the latest news and updates from training sessions and workshops,. In turn, I inform my school about network news.
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Why do you recommend that other teachers should join?
Being a member of the network gives you the opportunity keep up with the latest events on offer and to get involved. It also offers useful topics for discussion which can be helpful as you in your work as a teacher.
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If you have a really great colleague you'd like to nominate for the Teacher Feature, just let us know. Send a message to Marwah
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Our Mission
To enable educators within Ras al Khaimah to collaborate, share knowledge and support one another.
All teachers within Ras al Khaimah are welcome to join, to share their experiences, to ask questions and to help one another make Ras al Khaimah an inspiring and transformative teaching and learning environment.
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Dear Member,
Hello and welcome to our newsletter! June is the time for exams, the end of the school year and the beginning of the summer holiday. Our newsletters will keep you updated with the schools' latest activities and news as you start your summer vacation soon. In this edition we have included stories from Al Mataf School for girls and Al Najah School for girls. We have compiled resources from the British Council Schools Online site, and the Action Research (part 2) course, and in the Teacher Feature we introduced Ghadah Al Akol, the new RAKTN Ambassador, who tells us about her teaching experience in RAK and the RAK Teachers' Network.
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Have you ever wondered what is going on in all of Ras Al Khaimah's other schools while you are hard at work teaching your students every day? Here's what a couple of schools have been up to over the past month. If you'd like your school's news to be featured just send it in a message, along with a photo, to Marwah.
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Al Mataf Cycle 2 School for girls
On the 1st of May, Al Mataf School held a workers' day celebration, arranged to coincide with the celebration of the World Day of Workers. The teachers honoured a group of workers in recognition of their efforts and the services they provide to the nation, whether they were cleaners or builders. Teachers also honoured the workers in the school and thanked them for their efforts and hard work.
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Al Najah School for girls
Fatima Ibrahim, a student from Al Najah School participated in the 5th Mathematics Olympiad competition and won third place in the editorial section. Another two students, Fatima Rashid and AlYazia Abdullah participated in the Mathematics Olympiad project competition. They received a 3rd place award for the best project (for grades 6 and 7) under the supervision of Kaltham Kaseb. We would like to offer our congratulations to these girls for their hard work
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Al Qasimi Foundation PD Awards Ceremony, Spring 2013
On Wednesday 29 May, more than 130 teachers, school principals and supervisors received certificates for participating in Al Qasimi Foundation's teacher PD courses. We were delighted to welcome Dr Faisal Al Tunaiji, Head of Educational Operations at RAK Education Zone, to present the certificates. The course instructors also recognized one participant from each course as the star participant for demonstrating the greatest interest and enthusiasm, an excellent record of attendance and submitting consistently high quality homework assignments. The following teachers received the award:
- Ahmed Ragab - 21st Century Teaching
- Robert Noah - Classroom Management
- Hend Al Teaniji - Leadership Institute
- Bouthaina Al Yahya - Teaching Methods for Excellence
- Amna Al Shehhi - Teaching Methods for Excellence
The Foundation was delighted to present certificates to so many participants and we look forward to working with many more of you on the courses which begin in September. Details of the program for the next semester will be published in the summer.
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 A great way to share and receive ideas, links and resources with your colleagues on RAK Teachers' Network is to start a discussion. Here are a few discussions you might like to get involved in. Feel free to leave a comment or post a link. |
Al Qasimi Foundation has posted a discussion highlighting the Detoxifying School Accountability report published by the think tank DEMOS. The report takes aim at the target-driven accountability in the English education system: principally, the Ofsted inspection regime, tests and school league tables. The argument of this report is that this has proved profoundly toxic, damaging trust between staff, pupils, parents and policy makers, leading to adverse outcomes for students. Follow the link to the DEMOS website where you can download the report for free.
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Mahmoud Rashad has posted a discussion about his blog, Islamic RAK. Mahmoud's blog won first prize for educational blogs in Ras Al Khaimah. Check out the discussion and then leave your comments for Mahmoud and share your blog.
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Fathia has posted a discussion entitled 'Where can I find more resources in good teaching?' Check out the discussion and share new and good resources to help Fathia and the others to read more about teaching 15-year-olds.
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 The 'Schools' Online' session delivered by Priya Nandagopal from the British Council on the 20th of May. Priya spoke about Connecting Classrooms program, which offers school partnerships and accreditation along with professional development courses for educators and a chance for them to share best practice with international counterparts. Priya also spoke about the benefits of having international school partnerships and demonstrated the new British Council School Online website and its various tools. At the end, she presented a brief introduction to the International School Award. |
 On Sunday 12 May the participants from the Action Research 2 course presented their researching findings. Over the last semester, 4 groups have been attending the workshops, at the Al Qasimi Foundation, to work on implementing proposed research solutions from their original projects and monitoring and evaluating their success. The groups have worked extremely hard on these projects, which include topics such as: Integrating hyperactive students into classroom activities, the impact of a collective heuristic program on academic achievement and the impact of reading strategies on students' achievements. Read more about their research projects here. |
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