Course Details

This whole-staff training demonstrates how taking learning out of the text book is an effective and necessary part of today’s education. The challenge utilises experiential learning as a professional development tool for improving teaching and learning.

Both teaching and support staff are divided into equal teams allowing for different talents and areas of expertise. Each team receives a remit for the challenge based on a topic related to UAE life and culture. The remit sets out a number of compulsory and optional tasks the team must complete. The team can organize themselves in any way they wish to complete the tasks, however a number of visits are made to each group and points are awarded for teamwork and leadership.

In the workshop of two consecutive days, the participants will:

• Develop teamwork across a whole staff and improve cohesiveness and understanding for the talents of others
• Experience how enjoyable learning can be outside a textbook and understand how this can be used to improve teaching and learning
• Increase knowledge and understanding of many aspects of UAE life and culture; woven into the school curriculum
• Develop their ability to plan quality lessons with a range of assessment opportunities

We also offer a half day workshop on how to run the Step Ahead Challenge with your students as a tool to develop independent learning and problem solving skills.