Leading an Islamic School is no small task. Strong leadership is essential to achieving the results and comprehensive excellence desired in our schools.
In this webinar, Sr. Asma Ahmadi will explore the role of school leaders in supporting academic excellence and creating safe and caring learning spaces for all students. The best practices that will be presented are relevant and practical to the contemporary principals’ work.
After attending this webinar, you will be able to:
Asma Ahmadi is the part time principal of Alfurqan Kitchener School in Kitchener, Ontario. She is also an instructor at Western University at the pre-service Teacher Education Program. She is currently a PhD candidate in Critical Policy, Equity and Leadership Studies. Asma is part of a team of researchers exploring the works of Principals in Ontario, sponsored by the Ministry of Education of Ontario. Asma has over 10 years of experience working in classrooms. She has also been working as an Education Consultant for Islamic Schools and Islamic School Leaders. She has recently been interviewed by the National Post on her contribution to the book Discipline, Devotion, and Dissent: Jewish, Catholic, and Islamic Schooling in Canada. Asma attends conferences regularly and has presented on principals' work; equity and inclusiveness; the purpose of islamic schools and supporting minority students. Asma is a certified teacher and a certified principal in Ontario.
In this webinar, Sr. Asma Ahmadi will explore the role of school leaders in supporting academic excellence and creating safe and caring learning spaces for all students. The best practices that will be presented are relevant and practical to the contemporary principals’ work.
After attending this webinar, you will be able to:
- Identify the five best practices of school leaders
- Reflect on your own personal leadership resources (cognitive, social and psychological)
- Develop strategies to stimulate professional growth through standards of practice and ethics
- Appreciate and affirm individual difference, and different centers of knowledge, experiences, capacities and histories.
WEBINAR ORIGINALLY HELD ON SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2014, PRESENTED BY ASMA AHMADI. TO WATCH THE WEBINAR, pls follow this link - http://islamicteachereducation.com/webinars/leading-islamic-schools-effectively-building-on-best-practices-in-principals-work/
Asma Ahmadi is the part time principal of Alfurqan Kitchener School in Kitchener, Ontario. She is also an instructor at Western University at the pre-service Teacher Education Program. She is currently a PhD candidate in Critical Policy, Equity and Leadership Studies. Asma is part of a team of researchers exploring the works of Principals in Ontario, sponsored by the Ministry of Education of Ontario. Asma has over 10 years of experience working in classrooms. She has also been working as an Education Consultant for Islamic Schools and Islamic School Leaders. She has recently been interviewed by the National Post on her contribution to the book Discipline, Devotion, and Dissent: Jewish, Catholic, and Islamic Schooling in Canada. Asma attends conferences regularly and has presented on principals' work; equity and inclusiveness; the purpose of islamic schools and supporting minority students. Asma is a certified teacher and a certified principal in Ontario.
