4th Educational Forum

Ms. Rola Said, Director of Programs, Queen Rania Teacher Academy

A.G. Lafley, the retired Chairman, President and CEO of Procter & Gamble, said, “The scarcest resource in the world today is leadership -- leadership capable of continuously transforming organizations to win in tomorrow’s fast-changing and increasingly more competitive world.”

Effective leadership in the context of this new normal matters more than ever.  In a new world and a new normal, leadership requires a wide range of soft skills. People are forced to come out of their comfort zone, and it is the role of leaders to guide, coach and empower the team to navigate out of the storm.  In a world that is facing a learning crisis, we urgently need to reimagine education.  A new future of learning is emerging.  A future that encourages creativity, and endless imagination in every child.  This could be only achieved through transformational leaders who are innovating with new ways of learning unified by curiosity, creativity and boldness to create learning environments that adapt and adjust to meet the needs of each and every child.

The session will address the role of leaders in

• Enhancing team’s ability to become more adaptive through individual, collective and coordinated change
• Cultivating hope and believing in their own ability to govern change and consider the aspired future as realistic and achievable
• Empowering teams to maximize innovation and creativity
• Establishing strong communication and governance principles, building trust and becoming more transparent about plans
• Building shared purpose in order to anchor a sense of connection and belonging
• Taking tough decisions with integrity, intention and without guilt
• Increasing flexibility, agility and empathy and taking a deeper dive into the growth mindset

Dr. Carlos Vargas Tamez
Chief of Section of Teacher Development – UNESCO
Secretariat of the International Task Force on Teachers  

Ms. Jumana Jaber, Education Specialist, Queen Rania Teacher Academy

A question We all ask ourselves and we also ask other educators.

The world of education, learning, and training & development is changing. This much we already know, but never have we been expecting this fast change for this long period of time.

As learning is becoming more “quick-hit” where only small bits of targeted and hyper-relevant information are provided to participants, the need for a quick change in planning, delivering, and assessing the learning process became a must.

The most important issue that faced most teachers is the need to build students` accountability for their learning. During this session participants will be introduced to techniques that will help them hold their students accountable for their learning a value that will reflect on all of their lives aspects

Dr. Constantine Andoniou,
Associate Professor of Education, ICTs, Digital Communication, New Media & Technologies,
The School of Education, The University of Queensland, Australia,
Department of Education, CAS, ADU

It doesn’t matter whether you are a lawyer, a doctor, a teacher or an engineer you will need strategies that expand the reach of your network, gain a competitive edge, and land better professional opportunities through the startups mind set, and skill sets needed to adapt to the future. Society flourishes when people think entrepreneurial, and they can deeply deploy these strategies.  Infusing entrepreneurship into education has spurred much enthusiasm in the last few decades.  Education and training systems need to keep pace with the new demands of labor markets that are continually challenged by technological disruption, demographic change, shifting business models and the evolving nature of work. The session will focus on Queen Rania Teacher Academy experience in innovation in education and will demonstrate how teachers can be creative in their learning environments and implement entrepreneurial skills in their subjects.

The session will cover:

• Discussion on what’s possible by understanding the education innovation ecosystem.
• New possibilities for the innovative work of students and teachers in learning environments.
• Demonstration of how to develop and manage teams of educators who use disciplined, evidence-based methods of educational innovation and improvement.
• Discussion on essential dispositions to organizing and managing educational innovation and improvement in schools.