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Low-scoring school teachers receive training for academic improvement

Adec provides professional development training to leaders and teachers from 60 private schools which received a low score during the Irtiqa’a inspection.

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Olivia Olarte-Ulherr

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Published: Tue 5 Nov 2013, 10:39 AM

Last updated: Sat 4 Apr 2015, 10:56 AM

They form the first batch of the ‘Reyada’ (leadership or lead) programme by the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec), which aims to train school leaders and teachers on the development of their schools. Training is underway in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain.

In the July inspection report made public by Adec for the first time, majority of private schools in the emirate were found to be not up to standards. Teaching quality and student learning were the major shortfalls. School leadership was also an issue.

The 2011-2013 inspections, which evaluated 146 schools across the emirate, showed that 66 per cent or 100 schools were “in need of significant improvement”.

Of these, 38 per cent scored “unsatisfactory”, 21 per cent “very unsatisfactory” and seven per cent “poor”.

The training programme will help ensure effective leadership and enable schools to improve, provide access to relevant leadership resources and research, and provide ongoing coaching and/or mentoring and measure impact on teaching and learning and student outcomes.

Specific training for Arabic language, Islamic education and Social Studies teachers will also be added to the programme in the near future, along with specific training in child protection, inclusion and special education needs.

According to Adec, this academic year, every private school was assigned a School Development Partner who will work and support the school in its “improvement journey”.