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Dear ,
Welcome to the first RAKTN newsletter of 2015! We hope you're enjoying a great start to the New Year. In this edition, you can read about how our teachers award event this December took a bold approach to more traditional ceremonies, bringing an interactive and collaborative spirit to the celebration. As a new semester of professional development training now begins, we're excited to add three new courses to our offerings, including one related to improving parents' involvement with their students. In other course news, we've implemented a new attendance policy in order to maximize the productivity of our workshops. Throughout this semester, the competition for best teaching tips will continue, and you can get to know a pair of dynamic teaching sisters through this quarter's Teacher Feature. From all of us on the Teaching and Learning team, have a productive and pleasant semester!
Warm regards,
Luke Zimmermann, Program Manager for Teaching and Learning
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FEATURE ARTICLE 
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Spring 2015 Offers New Opportunities to Local Educators
This spring, the Al Qasimi Foundation's professional development programs are making three new courses available to local educators, including a course designed for social workers, a workshop to support English instructors, and a practical approach to classroom management through action research.
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NEWS & EVENTS
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Innovative Award Ceremony Draws Positive Response
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As participation in the Al Qasimi Foundation's professional development courses has increased over the last five years, the Teaching and Learning department realized that a traditional awards ceremony was no longer appropriate for Ras Al Khaimah's group of professionals. The educators who take part in these courses are dynamic and accomplished, and, this fall, the Foundation decided to host an awards ceremony that reflected these attributes.
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Al Qasimi Foundation Recognized for Supporting Local Inmates
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On December 8, 2014, at the Third Annual Prisoners' Week Opening Ceremony, the United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Interior recognized several institutions for their continued contributions to the personal and professional development of inmates in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. Among those recognized was the Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research, which has been working with the Ras Al Khaimah Correctional Facility since 2012.
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SCHOOL NEWS
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Al Rams School Introduced to Self-Service
On Monday, January 12, 2014, Mr. Abdulla Ateeq, Assistant Principal, and Mr. Bassam, a geology teacher, held the first training workshop on the human resources self-service site at Al Rams School. During the workshop, teachers joined the website and registered their data to complete their transactions without physically visiting the Ras Al Khaimah Education Zone or the Ministry of Education.
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Capacity Development Center Builds National Spirit
At the Capacity Development Center for Special Needs Students in Al Salaf Al Saleh School, Mr. Mohammad Mnower, a special needs teacher, recently held a workshop entitled "Draw a map of the United Arab Emirates." The activity was designed to give students a sense of belonging to the UAE and strong national spirit.
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COMMUNITY CORNER
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Meet Ms. Noora Al Blooshi, an English teacher in Al Bara bin Azeb School, and Ms. Asma Al Blooshi, also an English Teacher, who works at Taryam Omran School. These teachers are passionate about education. Get to know them as they talk about their experience in this field.
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Chicken Soup Series Inspires Educators
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Do you feel you need some inspiration to continue teaching with enthusiasm? Why not read Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teacher Tales for an encouraging reflection on teaching? (Available in Arabic.)
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Professional Development Courses Adopt New Attendance Policy
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As professional development courses begin this month, the Foundation is implementing a new attendance policy, which includes a few tougher rules concerning latecomers. These rules are designed to minimize the disruption to workshops once they have begun.
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Screencasting for Teachers
Learn more about screencasting from one of our latest posts to the Ras Al Khaimah Teachers Network YouTube channel.
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Teaching Tips: A Competition for All Teachers
If you would like to share your favorite teaching tips, please email them to [email protected] to be entered in this year's competition. Results for the best teaching tips will be announced in June 2015. Take a look at one example from a local educator below:
Designed Alliance with Your Students:
In order to identify a particular topic that I want to discuss with my students, I take certain steps at the beginning of the school year and during different periods in the academic year. The issue for discussion may be related to a students' academic performance or behavior at school, their future plans, or another important topic.
I thought about a way that the students can share their points of view freely and openly. So, I start by distributing a piece of paper to the students, and I ask them to write for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, I collect the papers and later read them at home. Then I choose one topic that the students suggested and set a date to discuss the topic with the students. We focus on a different topic during each discussion. This experience produced the following results:
1. Students learned thinking skills.
2. Students learned how to evaluate their behavior and categorize it as positive or negative.
3. The exercise built a bridge of trust and understanding between students and the teacher.
4. The students felt they were important and there was someone there to support them.
5. It promoted positive behavior through counseling, mentoring, and listening.
6. The students felt the importance of the role of the teacher in their lives.
7. This exchange changed students' behavior, and they became more responsible.
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Our Mission
The Ras Al Khaimah Teachers Network exists to enable community educators to collaborate, share knowledge, and support one another.
All teachers and education leaders in Ras Al Khaimah are welcome to join this network, share their experiences, ask questions, and support one another by making Ras Al Khaimah an inspiring and transformative teaching and learning environment.
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