Quality British Education in Saudi Arabia
Professional Development at DBGS Update - June 2010
Our third term started with two teacher workdays. It was an ideal opportunity for us to catch up with some CIS (Council of International Schools) accreditation committee work and to have some in-house staff development sessions too.
There followed a busy term with our final workshop taking place in the last week of the term.
Presentations open to all staff included ‘Mind Friendly Learning’, ‘Local Resources for Children with Special Needs’, ‘Take time for Yourself and Relax’ and two on ‘Gifted and Talented Children’. These were feedback sessions following out of Kingdom courses attended by staff.
Four teachers attended in-service training courses in the UAE and Oman this term and they will be giving presentations to the rest of the staff on our return after the summer break.
Four teachers were awarded their Masters of Science Degree in Multi Disciplinary Studies at a ceremony in May after two years of hard work.
Several staff members will be attending courses during the summer holiday to prepare them for teaching the International Baccalaureate Diploma ready for when this starts in 2011.
Plans for staff development sessions are already in place for the start of the new school year. Apart from course feedback we will be continuing to work on our school development plan for CIS.
We have had an extremely busy year with many teachers attending courses that were out of the Kingdom. The following feedback sessions have been to the benefit of all staff and I would like to thank all the teachers who gave up their time to further our staff development at DBGS.
Ros Power
Professional Development Coordinator
Dhahran British Grammar School
