The Education Development Institute (EDI), a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development (QF), has partnered with Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) in Massachusetts to launch a custom-made leadership programme.
The project is entitled ‘Implementing Strategies and Structures to Enhance Teaching and Learning in Qatar Foundation Academies (ETLQ). Falling under QF’s wider, year-round commitment to developing Qatar’s teaching professionals, the programme aims to promote continuous life-long learning and supports the Qatar National Vision 2030.
The unique initiative, specially created by HGSE, was designed to explore multiple frameworks for organisational development and to develop skills in the practice of instructional leadership. Launched with a three-day interactive session in January, which was attended by representatives from QF’s Pre-University Education Office and educators from various Qatar Foundation academies, the project will continue online until May.
“The Harvard programme on ETLQ will enrich our leaders’ insights and skills across a number of areas. These include instructional leadership and understanding of the value of sharing experiences, working collaboratively, and reflecting on practices to implement strategies and structures that will enhance learning in schools,” said Sheikha Noof Ahmed bin Saif al-Thani, director of Institutional Development, Pre-University Education Office.
“The excitement of the participants is palpable. We have been warmly welcomed and look forward to continuing learning together,” said Katherine Merseth, faculty chair for ETLQ and senior lecturer on Education, faculty director, Teacher
Education at HGSE.
Others on the ETLQ faculty team include Deborah Jewell-Sherman, professor of practice, and Tom Cassidy and Habeeb Qaudri, both regular contributors to professional education programmes at HGSE.