Enabling Collaboration, Sharing, & Support for Educators

Welcome to the November edition of the Ras Al Khaimah Teachers Network (RAKTN) newsletter! We are almost at the end of the term, and our current offering of professional development courses will be finishing soon.

In this newsletter, you can read about the upcoming second part of Ras Al Khaimah Teacher Exchange Program, explore new resources available through the RAKTN, and get to know the latest RAK School News.

We would like to thank you all for being a part of the Foundation's professional development programs and we look forward to seeing you all next term.

Warm regards,
Dr. Natasha Ridge
Executive Director

News & Events
Ras Al Khaimah Teacher Exchange Program

In April 2015, the Al Qasimi Foundation organized the first part of the Ras Al Khaimah Teacher Exchange Program in collaboration with the Malaysian Ministry of Education. The Al Qasimi Foundation sent 12 educators from Ras Al Khaimah Government Schools to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to provide an opportunity for RAK teachers to develop their knowledge and skills of pedagogy and learning environments in Malaysia. Through this visit, the RAK educators benefited from first-hand experience of the Malaysian education system. 

We are pleased to announce that next year in May the Al Qasimi Foundation will host the Malaysian educators’ on a visit to the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.

The Al Qasimi Foundation will collaborate with the Ministry of Education Ras Al Khaimah Educational Zone to organize the Malaysian educators’ visits to several government schools in Ras Al Khaimah. Through this, we hope they will learn about the educational system in Ras Al Khaimah and the UAE.

In addition, the Al Qasimi Foundation will organize tours to help the Malaysian educators to gain a deeper understanding of the culture of Ras Al Khaimah and the UAE.
Professional Development Courses

The Al Qasimi Foundation would like to thank all of the instructors and teaching assistants for their hard work and efforts on this term’s professional development courses. The Foundation would also like to thank all of the participants for their good attendance, active participation, and the outstanding quality of their homework this semester.

Registration for the new professional development programs will open at the end of the January 2017, and sessions will begin again in mid-February 2017.

New programs will be offered next semester, including one with a focus on STEM as well as other courses to meet the needs and demands of the RAK educators.  If you have a course you would like to see offered, please let us know.

Further details of new the professional programs will be available on the Al Qasimi Foundation website at the end of January 2017, including information on course registration and application deadlines.

Teaching Resources

Check out the links below for resources that may be helpful to use with your students in the classroom:



School News
Ever wonder what’s going on at other Ras Al Khaimah schools while you’re hard at work teaching your students? Here’s what schools have been up to over the last three months. If you’d like your school’s news to be featured send a message to Hanadi at hanadi@alqasimfoundation.rak.ae.

Ghalilah Primary School for Boys  

On Monday, July 11, 2016, Mr. Saeed Ahmed Rabba the school principal of the Ghalila School for Boys, and officials from the 2016 Reading Project, organized a field trip for 55 students from the sixth grade to the Book Fair in the Emirate of Sharjah. This trip was to support the 2016 Year of Reading that the leaders of the UAE intended to promote reading culture in the county. This initiative was meant to encourage students to read more and to also engage them with their school curriculum.
Zahrat Al Madaeen Primary School for Girls 

Students from Zahrat Al Madaeen School have participated in the Spelling Bee competition under the supervision of Asma Hamidan, an English teacher. The competition has been organized by the Department of English Language at the Ministry of Education. The school level competition took place on Monday, July 11, 2016 and five students were nominated to participate in the emirate level competition. The students were recognized for their outstanding participation in the contest, which was held at the Al Bahar School in the Emirate of Fujairah on Wednesday, November 9, 2016.

Our Mission

The Ras Al Khaimah Teachers Network exists to enable community educators to collaborate, share knowledge, and support one another.

All teachers and education leaders in Ras Al Khaimah are welcome to join this network, share their experiences, ask questions, and support one another by making Ras Al Khaimah an inspiring and transformative teaching and learning environment.
Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research
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