TMi Brochure by Najam Amin

OEGC TMI - Overview

Passion. Purpose. Pride.

Oxford Education Group of Canada (OEGC) is a Canadian based education and mentorship company focused on delivering educational training, development and mentorship specific for educators and school administrators.

OEGC offers TMI – Teacher Mentoring Initiative, a unique and comprehensive teacher-training and development programme for certified in-service teaching professionals. Our programme reflects the latest trends in education, research and development in areas including student-centered learning, project based learning and cooperative group work. An integral feature of our programme is innovative training strategies and practice based learning supplemented by continuous support and mentoring.

Learn more at: www.oegc.ca

What we do Strengthening the Community.

One Teacher at a Time.

With a long standing history in delivering education at the primary, elementary, secondary and post-secondary level, OEGC is now launching its long term commitment to raise the standards of student learning through training and mentoring within the Gulf region. We offer a comprehensive school improvement programme that offers a total commitment to bring desired change to your school. We achieve this goal by training and mentoring educators through-out the academic year, beginning with identifying challenges, devising solutions, providing custom training workshops, continual support and mentoring and finally producing progress reports on learning outcomes.

The OEGC Total Turnaround Teacher-Training programme is unique. It aims at understanding the needs and desires of the management, the staff, the students and the parents and then working rigorously to find solutions and offer necessary training. We understand and appreciate the hard work you and your team regularly puts in to shape your school’s unique culture. We also recognize that you are always striving for excellence and devising new policies and strategize for further improvement.

Our team of professional teaching experts, at OEGC, is passionate about realizing your dream for excellence and bringing your school at par with the most effective schools in the world. To achieve this goal our team of professionals will provide periodic inspection and workshops specifically designed to cater your unique needs. Furthermore we assist you by providing regular support in implementing change by monitoring and mentoring your staff in a friendly way. This will be achieved by providing a complete training programme and continuous mentoring in the form of assessment of learning and extending further support where needed. This would help your staff build effective planning and teaching skills, improve classroom management skills, provide optimal learning opportunity for all students and integrate activities that would enhance learning and prospects for growth.

Through institutes, workshops, courses and customized services, we provide the knowledge, skills, motivation and resources to build capacity - skills, practices and mindsets - to respond to educational change. Our courses are aimed for experienced educators and other professionals at all stages of their careers.

Our program and institutes are relevant and flexible, offering the quality that is required to build preferred standards in your whole school environment.

OEGC’s whole school Total Turnaround Teacher-Training Program provides participants with new tools in teaching pedagogy and instructional English skills to become better teachers. Participants will interact with OEGC faculty and researchers for assistance in learning continual support, during their visits to your school.

Learn more at: www.OEGC.ca

Educators are confronted daily with complex challenges unique to their school’s environment. Directly accountable to the Ministry of Education, administrators and educators must skill fully balance individual student educational needs with set curriculum standards, must meticulously plan and implement financial budgets, and must capably manage school revenues and expenses all while satisfying the needs of the many stakeholders (students, staff, parents and governors) invested in their school’s success. The team of teaching/mentoring professionals at OEGC assist with combating these challenges every step of the way. We do this by identifying, diagnosing, training/mentoring with customized solutions.

Main Themes and Topics: • • • • • • • • •

Introduction to the key concepts for whole school improvement Planning for effective delivery of lessons Creating an inclusive classroom Instruction for critical thinking and problem solving Cooperative learning styles Effective teaching to a wide range of student abilities Teaching effectively using technology Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting Instructional English (optional)

OEGC brings you a taste of Canadian education that is ranked among the top education systems in the world.

We customize the system to suit the cultural needs of the Gulf region and to the unique educational requirements of your school.

The programs are led by the best teaching professionals and professors.

No need to travel across the globe in the pursuit of excellence, we bring it to your door. We not only train your staff in innovative techniques and strategies that shape the educational trends of the 21st century but we stay with you in your journey every step of the way through-out the year.

Customized Delivery Method • • • • • •

In-Class Lectures Group Discussions One-on-one mentoring Case Studies School visits throughout the school year Teachers roundtable for building mutual support for finding solutions

Reports

Reports will be submitted at the conclusion of initial diagnostic survey as well as towards the end of the academic year to provide feedback on learning in order to plan future directions.

Recognition of Learning: At the end of each programme we not only recognize each teacher by presenting them with a certificate but we will also acknowledge each school by presenting them with a plaque displaying their commitment to continuous development.

Learn more at: www.OEGC.ca

President’s Letter Dear Friends, it gives me great pleasure and pride to share the concept of TMI as a bold new strategy for empowering the ducation sector in many profound ways.

Our aim for TMI is to improve the standard of education and bring new opportunities to people everywhere, sometimes changing lives in profound ways.

TMI’s mission charges us to advance knowledge and equip the teaching community to bring knowledge to bear on the world’s great challenges for the betterment of human kind.

The evolutio of TMI is a step in the right direction and purest manifestation of this mission.

I thank you for taking the time to view our profile. Our number one objective is your success in this field. I believe this is the most exciting and valuable work you undertake and I am happy you are going to be part of the TMI community. graduates. Make the decision to invest in yourself and your professional career for the betterment of students. This could be the best year of your life!

TMI is here for you. We hope you will leverage its potential to enhanced your knowledge and make the world a better place for us all.

Sincerely, Mohammed Wajiddudin President TMI, OEGC.

Message from

the Director of Teacher Training Dear Fellow Educators, AssalamuAlaikum, “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.� — William Butler Yeats We are excited about bringing a total support system for the schools in Gulf Region. A unique programme that begins with a dialogue with all stakeholders in schools, including ministry of education, school management, novice and senior teachers; students and their parents and continues on to diagnosing the issues that matter most to all.

We then provide solutions not only in form of training but staying with you through-out the academic year providing you with necessary support and guidance required in the implementation of innovative ideas that bring the welcoming change. We stay focused in supporting beginning and experienced teachers as they develop into high quality practitioners who have a strong impact on student achievement.

We understand the importance of retaining the trained staff and help you in cultivating a network where all feel supported and appreciated. Teachers at the beginning of their careers are not the only ones who need support; it is required in all phases of their career. Teachers need time and support to continue developing as effective teachers who have a specific vision of effective teaching that they are working towards. Teachers are so often isolated, with increasing demands and pressures to succeed. With our continual support we are positive that the undue pressures can be eased of while we support learning and development every step of the way.

With our focus on improving the quality of teaching, creating systems of support, increasing job satisfaction and teacher quality, and retaining excellent teachers, we are poised to make a difference in the school system. We cannot maintain a culture where an excellent novice teacher is likely to have moved on before she is ready to make a major impact on student achievement, or where any teacher is left alone to learn to teach across the career. Strong instructional improvement programs like ours aim to keep teachers motivated and help them develop as high quality educators from the beginning of their career. Guided by a specific vision of teaching that we are mentoring towards, OEGC is prepared to train and guide effective practice with comprehensive support.

Looking forward to working with you, Syeda Rufeeda Bukhari Director Language and Teacher Education Programme

Syeda Rufeeda Bukhari Syeda Rufeeda Bukhari is the Director of Teacher Training at Oxford Education Group of Canada. She studied at the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education at the University of Toronto towards her Master’s degree, in the department of Curriculum Teaching and Learning specializing in Languages and Literacies. She also studied Comparative International Development in Education gaining insight into global education trends. Her research interests include second language learning, teacher education & development and social equity and justice.

Ms. Bukhari holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Professional Studies from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow UK. She is also certified as a professional in Teaching English as Foreign Language from Royal Society of Arts and University of Cambridge, UK. Her professional experiences include teaching English language at elementary and secondary levels; working as department head, headmistress and school principal in multiple countries. Ms. Bukhari had taught English and later headed O’ Levels in a multinational private school following Cambridge System. Later she taught English and social sciences in Toronto Canada before being promoted as the principal of the school.

Ms. Bukhari has been a member of various educational organizations such as AAAL, CIES, CIESC and SPELT. She had presented scholarly papers at several international conferences organized by the aforementioned. Ms. Bukhari has deep interest in and a vast experience of teacher training, mentoring and development.

Diagnosing the Problems and Finding Solutions Our team of experts can help diagnose various issues that can be addressed to optimize learning, enhance teaching effectiveness and reduce lost classroom time used in disciplining. This could be done by taking an indepth look at one department such as Mathematics, science or English language or it can be a whole school approach. A meeting with senior staff and the principal will be arranged prior to our team’s visit in order to discuss the needs identified by school authorities.

Depending on length, the visit could include: • • • • • • •

A tour of the school along with principal or senior staff Lesson observations and mentoring Assistance and guidance in writing effective lessons plans Bi-Monthly Workshops (to see details of some of the workshops please click here) Bi-monthly inspection Feedback with recommendations for follow up Written report on findings and suggested strategies for improvement*

Total Turnaround Teacher-Training Programme Total Turnaround Teacher-Training Programme is a complete solution to address the issues that make your school a place where all feel safe, welcome and appreciated. We walk with you around the school observe and discuss various aspects that can benefit from our training.

We stay with you through-out the school-year to help implement the intended improvement by providing training, guidance, mentoring and support. Our periodic training and inspection makes it easy to adjust to the gradual change without feeling overwhelmed. We can help you improve writing your curriculum, yet help move your focus from curriculum based-teaching to child-centered learning.

We believe all children can learn and can train new and senior staff, how to reach out to varied learners. We shift focus from end of the term assessment to periodic, varied assessment that helps support learning. Our programme is completely customized to suit the unique needs and desires of the stakeholders (ministry of education, school management, staff members, students and parents).

List of Workshops and Institutes • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Efficient Leadership for Effective Schools Mentoring: Providing Support required by Novice Teachers Becoming Effective in the First Year of teaching Building Winning Teaching Teams Creating SMART Lesson Plans Managing Misbehaviour Positively Cooperative Group Work Cooperative Discipline Portfolios for Learning Independent Learners Varied Assessment Varied learning styles IQ vs EQ Effective Questioning Strategies Developing Probing and inquisitive Minds Maximizing Classroom Engagement Motivating the Unmotivated Developing Reading Skills Teaching Writing Skills Effectively Grammar can be Fun for Learners Making Mathematics Fun Making Science lessons Exciting and Enjoyable Training the Trainer English for Teachers

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