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CoEJ Spiritual Academies Network (SAN) Madrasah Leadership Teams (MLTs) Workshop
Sunday 8th October 2017 Kents Hill Park Training and Conference Centre,
Milton Keynes
The Council of European Jamaats
Unit 101, 1st Floor Metroline House,118-122 College Road, Harrow HA1 1BQ Tel: + (44) 208 696 5200 Email: [email protected] Web: www.coej.org
Registered Charity in the UK No: 1096111
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Madrasah Name Participants Names
Madressatul Mehdi (Trollhattan) Sameer Bandali
Baab-ul-ilm (Leeds) Noor-ul-Hasan
Shia Ithna’asheri Madressa (Hujjat) Sajjad Govani Aamir Jiwa Ali jawad Hansraj Imran Chatoo Mukhtar Karim
Sharikatul Hussain Saturday Workshop (Leicester)
Sukaina Fazal Sidika Raza Zahra fazal
Sanie Zehra (Paris North) Nassir Charifou
Hyderi Islamic School (South London) Shabniz Kaba Aliasgar Rajabali
Al Mahdi Madrasah (Wessex) Sheikh Fazleabbas Datoo Jamil Bandali
Zainabiya Madrasah (Milton Keynes) Hasnain Datoo
Facilitators Dr Akber Mohamedali Aly Nasser Zinnat Mohamedali Mariam Hassam
Guest speakers Naushad Mehrali Apologies:
Madrasah – leader/ SAN Champion
Zainabiya Madrasah of Marsta -Rubab Ladha Hujjat Saturday Workshop - Ummul Banin Merali Muhammadi Madrasaah Birmingham- Faiza Mawji Shia Ithna Asheri madrasah of Essex - Saira Haji Muhamadi Imambara South Paris - Shamira Baduraly Hussaini Madrasah Peterborough – Kaniz Jessa Rizwan Rahemtulla (safeguarding facilitator) Masuma Jaffer (SAN core team) Sukaina Merchant ( SAN safeguarding lead )
The Council of European Jamaats
Unit 101, 1st Floor Metroline House,118-122 College Road, Harrow HA1 1BQ Tel: + (44) 208 696 5200 Email: [email protected] Web: www.coej.org
Registered Charity in the UK No: 1096111
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Background
This was the 3rd Annual Madrasah Leadership Teams workshop. The workshop provides a platform to
liaise, network and share information with each other and to proactively plan for the future.
Objectives of the CoEJ SAN Madrasah Leadership Teams Workshop
1. Provide Madaris a common platform to discuss key strengths and challenges.
2. Networking- Through facilitated sessions and during breaks.
3. Tarbiyya curriculum – update from MCE and sessions by Madaris.
4. Tracking milestones from SAN Contract 2017.
5. Creating a new Contract for 2018.
The Council of European Jamaats
Unit 101, 1st Floor Metroline House,118-122 College Road, Harrow HA1 1BQ Tel: + (44) 208 696 5200 Email: [email protected] Web: www.coej.org
Registered Charity in the UK No: 1096111
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Agenda for the CoEJ SAN Madrasah Leadership Teams Workshop and points discussed therein:
Quranic Reflection: Quran recitation by Aliasgar R of 14:24 reflection by Mariam Hassam.
Welcome and context Setting: Aly Nasser: 3rd MLT. Thanked madaris leaders and went through the agenda. Introduction of facilitators: Dr Akber, Zinnat, Aly and Mariam. Dr Akbar talked about the Mentoring scheme and camp COEJ He mentioned there’s a need of Madrasah teachers in camp CoEJ and that the mentoring scheme was nearly off the ground for madaris leaders or teachers.
Participant’s introduction: Participants drew a picture on flipchart and came up to talk about how the picture represented them and what similarities connected them.
Update on MLT Contract 2017 : Please see below
Show and tell slots: Mukhtar Karim (SIM): Talked about the HED (Higher Education of Shia Ithna'asheri Madressa ) and some of the programmes they had been running. He gave examples of: Crisis Management workshop led by an award winning member of the Cabinet Response team. How visiting the WilowBrook Organic farm helped in practising the values of the Ahlul bayt in action. Sajjad Govani(SIM) Talked about:
The SLT (Student leadership team) who were 14 year old student reps. They would come up with ideas for madrasah and it would be the madrasah’s role to support and accommodate them.
Mentors Team at SIM :These are professional teachers who observe classes and provide feedback to teachers
Theme day: Recent example was the Sadqa Day that reinforces charity, visiting the Kabrastaan.
Learning support: Supporting children with Special educational needs through sign language. There was a special class with four students who are taught with sign language.
The Council of European Jamaats
Unit 101, 1st Floor Metroline House,118-122 College Road, Harrow HA1 1BQ Tel: + (44) 208 696 5200 Email: [email protected] Web: www.coej.org
Registered Charity in the UK No: 1096111
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Shabniz Kaba(Hyderi): Talked about Mel (Madrasah extended learning)which was learning opportunities outside the curriculum. Examples include:
Understanding surahs through Qfatema Workshops in the month of Ramdhan.
Holding a development day with workshops in Arabic calligraphy, bicycle sessions for children and bringing presents and packing eid gifts for orphans in Iraq.
Organising a summer camp at the end of the year where teachers and students bonded through outdoor activities, praying and sessions. A short clip was shown on camp.
Zahra Fazal (Sharikatul Hussein): Talked about what activities they were doing: Some of the examples she gave were:
Promoting the Islamic calendar month – Talked about khushali, shahadat falling in that particular month.
Grandparents’ day, where grandparents were invited into madrasah.
Parents Coffee morning, to reflect on the 12th Imam. This assisted in getting parents involvement .Sharikatul Hussain had a poster to display their events.
Mukhtar Karim: Talked about replicate UN with the HED at SIM, these enables the children to draft resolutions, give speeches and lobby with other students from different schools and organisations. The skills learnt were transportable between home, work and school. The students would also get an opportunity to win awards through conferences. Nassir Charifou (Sanie Zehra): Talked about how the masael around salaah were being incorporated as part of the Namaaz session they had at Madrasah. Brother Nassir also mentioned how the Gujarati lessons that they were conducting at madrasah had a positive impact by enriching culture and teaching the next generation the value of their mother tongue. The Teaching Skills programme had a positive impact on this language subject since it helped teach, the language through the skills learnt. Resources and strategies were also created by using the principles and strategies learnt at the TSP. To view his powerpoint please click on the link below. https://www.coej.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Saanie-Zehra-2.pdf
The Council of European Jamaats
Unit 101, 1st Floor Metroline House,118-122 College Road, Harrow HA1 1BQ Tel: + (44) 208 696 5200 Email: [email protected] Web: www.coej.org
Registered Charity in the UK No: 1096111
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Facilitated Networking
This was a facilitated network session where participants could choose a topic that they were interested in from six prepared topics. Tables then had time to discuss on their table and flipchart down their discussions. Below is what came through on flipchart:
How to improve Madrasah experience for teenage students:
Shift from being taught to mentoring, guiding, spiritual experience – treating them as adults.
Students come back for 1 year service as teaching assistants.
Make classes more relevant, address current issues being faced and having lively discussions.
Using hooks to engage them through: sports, technology and social media.
Show your (teachers) passion for the subject.
Allow use of phone in class for research.
Trips and exposure to the outside world.
Show how to “live” your faith in the real world.
Give them responsibility.
Relate Ahlul bayt (a.s) to modern issues example: Human rights, environment and conflicts.
Making madrasah relevant to their lives.
Be creative otherwise we will lose them.
Not making Madrasah apart from their lives but making madrasah a part of their lives.
How to promote Lifelong learning within our madrasah:
Involve graduates as teaching assistants to become teachers.
Appointing mentors.
Platforms by Madaris incorporating life aspects: A levels, university, career, setting up home, marriage (therefore madrasah to provide support for these).
Inter- Madrasah sport matches/ tournaments.
Partnering with AB societies at universities.
Post Madrasah (year 11)students come in for 1 year as helpers teaching assistant, admin.
Introduce GCSE for post Madrasah this has helped but not ideal.
How should we assess the learning in our Madaris?
Prior to assessment: Essential Question: What is the Madaris target? Develop internally?
Formative assessment :Child friendly so as not to increase burden
Practical akhlaq
Salah assessments not added to exams but should be practical and should take place over the year.
The Council of European Jamaats
Unit 101, 1st Floor Metroline House,118-122 College Road, Harrow HA1 1BQ Tel: + (44) 208 696 5200 Email: [email protected] Web: www.coej.org
Registered Charity in the UK No: 1096111
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How to motivate teachers for training:
Teachers themselves promoted it after completion (eg comments/ feedback by whatsapp
group) thus there was less of admin promoting and more of teachers promoting.”Peer
Marketing.”
In house training to help with logistics
Buy in – realising the responsibility of being a teacher.
Formal Inset day (so teachers are aware of upcoming training)
Formal/ professional approach: example CPD folders, certificates provide incentive.
The Council of European Jamaats
Unit 101, 1st Floor Metroline House,118-122 College Road, Harrow HA1 1BQ Tel: + (44) 208 696 5200 Email: [email protected] Web: www.coej.org
Registered Charity in the UK No: 1096111
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Tarbiyya update from MCE and sessions with Madaris on Tarbiyya curriculum- Facilitated by Doctor Akbar Mohamedali
Naushad Mehrali, Head of MCE talked about Tarbiyya update, which lessons were ready and what
would be new in 2018. click on the link below to view the slides.
https://www.coej.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/CD-slides-COEJ-MLT.pdf
Shaykh Fazle Abbas Datoo talked about the reasons why Al Mahdi Madrasah, Wessex had been the
first Madrasah to implement Tarbiyya curriculum. One of the main reasons he had bought into the
curriculum was that Madrasah learning should not be disjointed from school and the processes used
to teach at madrasah should be innovative, children should be able to apply Islam in their lives. He felt
that Tarbiyya had the potential to be able to do this. He mentioned he felt supported by MCE in this
journey and although there had been teething problems together they had managed to roll the
curriculum out at Al Mahdi Madrassah.
Aliasgar Rajabali from Hyderi Islamic School presented a powerpoint regarding how the journey at
Hyderi Islamic School had been in adopting the Tarbiyya curriculum and shared some of the feedback
received from students and teachers. To read his power point please click below.
https://www.coej.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Tarbiyah-Journey.pdf
Sajjad Govani from SIM shared his journey on how SIM had embarked on the journey in adopting the
Tarbiyya Curriculum. Please click on the link below for details.
https://us7.campaign-archive.com/?u=bde418795b5ccabd2bced40ab&id=170a831f55
There was a question and answer session on Tarbiyya curriculum. Some of the topics included
assessment and some of the challenges of rolling out the Tarbiyya curriculum.
Action Plan for 2018: Please see below for the contract that was agreed up
Evaluation, feedback and closing circle.
The Council of European Jamaats
Unit 101, 1st Floor Metroline House,118-122 College Road, Harrow HA1 1BQ Tel: + (44) 208 696 5200 Email: [email protected] Web: www.coej.org
Registered Charity in the UK No: 1096111
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MLTs Workshop 2016/17- what we have achieved!
WHAT WE COMMITTED
WHAT WE’VE ACHIEVED
4 NEWSLETTERS IN 2017 4 NEWSLETTERS IN 2017: JAN, APR, JULY, OCT
Circulate the contract and minutes within 4 weeks
CIRCULATED ON 3 DEC 2016
10 TEACHER DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS
(The TSP and NPL together)
9 TSPs DONE IN 2017:
SIM (4 TSPs)
ESSEX
BIRMINGHAM
SWITZERLAND
TROLLHATTAN, SWEDEN
HYDERI
4 TSPs SCHEDULED BY DEC 2017:
SIM
MARSTA, SWEDEN and PARIS
10 TEACHER DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS
6 NPLs IN 2017
MILTON KEYNES
WESSEX
PARIS
MILTON KEYNES
WATFORD
HYDERI
The Council of European Jamaats
Unit 101, 1st Floor Metroline House,118-122 College Road, Harrow HA1 1BQ Tel: + (44) 208 696 5200 Email: [email protected] Web: www.coej.org
Registered Charity in the UK No: 1096111
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1 NPL SCHEDULED BY DEC 2017: WATFORD
SAFEGUARDING GUIDELINES AND
TRAINING
WE SHARED DRAFT SAFEGUARDING POLICIES WITH ALL
MADARIS
SET UP GROUP FOR SAFEGUARDING OFFICERS TO
NETWORK
EDUCARE PROGRAM – SENDING REPORTS TO MADARIS
SAFEGUARDING WORKSHOP
(MAY 2017)
NEXT WORKSHOP IS ON 25 NOV. REMEMBER TO SIGN UP!!!
TEACHER TRAINING GUIDELINES
FOR MADARIS
A SUB-TEAM OF 3 VOLUNTEERS SET UP TO CONSULT WITH
MADARIS AND CREATE DRAFT GUIDELINES
(FATIM PANJWANI, SAIRA HAJI AND FAIZA MAWJI)
6 MADRASAH HEADS COMPLETED THE SURVEY
SIM, HYDERI, HSW, BIRMINGHAM, WESSEX, PARIS (North)
92 TEACHERS COMPLETED THE SURVEY
THE SUB-TEAM CREATED DRAFT GUIDELINES WHICH WERE
CIRCULATED TO ALL MADARIS ON 22 FEB 2017.
ONLINE PRESENCE
PORTARTAL
QUARTERLY SAN CHAMPIONS
TELECONFERENCES
28 JAN 2017
26 APR 2017
12 JUL 2017 – CANCELLED
12 SEP 2017
The Council of European Jamaats
Unit 101, 1st Floor Metroline House,118-122 College Road, Harrow HA1 1BQ Tel: + (44) 208 696 5200 Email: [email protected] Web: www.coej.org
Registered Charity in the UK No: 1096111
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STAFF TO DRIVE THE SAN
AGENDA
CoEJ SAN MANAGER FROM JAN 2017
CoEJ SECRETARIAT SUPPORT
Some action points that came up during discussion of the above:
Jamaat officials to clarify that safeguarding still comes under Jamaat trustees and not under COEJ
Follow up minutes to be sent by a certain date so that where people have not been present know what is happening.
Teaching guidelines to be sent again with these minutes so that Madaris can look into them again. Please click the link below for the teacher training guidelines. https://www.coej.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Teacher-training-Guidelines.pdf
The Council of European Jamaats
Unit 101, 1st Floor Metroline House,118-122 College Road, Harrow HA1 1BQ Tel: + (44) 208 696 5200 Email: [email protected] Web: www.coej.org
Registered Charity in the UK No: 1096111
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WHAT YOU COMMITTED WHAT YOU’VE ACHIEVED
Get all teachers to do the Educare program Madaris have been
promoting the
Educare program at
their madrasah
Implement the safeguarding guidelines provided by SAN with an
appointment of a Safeguarding Officer
Appointment of
safeguarding officers
have been done by
Madaris
To create a person specification for the new full time role for CoEJ Done by Sajjad Govani
and
Hasnain Panjwani
Each madrasah will submit at least one news item/best practice for
newsletter per year and circulate newsletter to all stakeholders
We have had most
madaris send in their
best practise
Ensure that the CoEJ SAN teachers training guidelines created by
the sub-team are implemented in your madrasah
These have been
circulated and will be
sent again with these
minutes
The Council of European Jamaats
Unit 101, 1st Floor Metroline House,118-122 College Road, Harrow HA1 1BQ Tel: + (44) 208 696 5200 Email: [email protected] Web: www.coej.org
Registered Charity in the UK No: 1096111
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MADRASAH VISITS COEJ SAN HAVE CARRIED OUT THIS YEAR:
Essex
Trollhattan
Hujjat Saturday Workshop
SIM
Wessex
Leicester
La Chaux de Fonds
Doctor Akbar mentioned getting Individual commitments and goals from the Madrasah that were visited would be good practise.
CoEJ SAN has also organised “Train the trainer for the Teaching Skills
programme(TSP)” in partnership with the MCE.
This assists increasing our number of facilitators, who can run the TSP for our
madaris.
The Council of European Jamaats
Unit 101, 1st Floor Metroline House,118-122 College Road, Harrow HA1 1BQ Tel: + (44) 208 696 5200 Email: [email protected] Web: www.coej.org
Registered Charity in the UK No: 1096111
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Commitments from CoEJ SAN 2017/2018
1) Teaching Skills Programmes (TSP)
2) Neuro Psychology of Learning Programmes (NPL)
3) TSP Master classes
4) NPL Masterclasses
5) Tarbiyya master class (Needs assessment )
6) Safeguarding training for Madrasah Leaders (webinar/ Physical workshop)
7) Madrasah Visits – to finish visiting all Madaris by end 2018
8) Newsletters quarterly
9) Conducting three SAN Champion teleconference calls in 2018
10) Continue providing safeguarding training for teachers
11) CoEJ SAN Webpage – on it to be a place for FAQ on Tarbiyya, Resource section with links to resource banks
12) Action points / contract from Madrasah visits to be documented
13) Write to MCE to get clarity on learning resource work stream: Can Madaris contribute resources to the MCE portal?
14) Hold MCE to account – for Train The Trainer- Tarbiyya
15) To support and bring together Special needs departments of madaris – by creating whatsapp group and looking into how to support Madaris strengthen their Special education needs department.
The Council of European Jamaats
Unit 101, 1st Floor Metroline House,118-122 College Road, Harrow HA1 1BQ Tel: + (44) 208 696 5200 Email: [email protected] Web: www.coej.org
Registered Charity in the UK No: 1096111
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Commitments from Madrasah Leaders 2017-2018
1) Each Madrasah will submit at least one news item/best practice for newsletter per year and circulate newsletter to all stakeholders
2) Continue to promoting all teachers to do the Educare program, the safeguarding workshop, the TSP and NPL
3) Send a link of resources
4) Screen resources before sending
5) Identify number of teachers that still need to go through the TSP and NPL
6) Leaders safeguarding training – to let CoEJ SAN know of a date for training and would it be webinar or a physical workshop
7) By being open and booking a date for an CoEJ SAN visit by end 2018
8) Continue in sending SAN Newsletter to Parents and teachers at their Madrasah