PROPHETIC PEDAGOGY: A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
FOR ISLAMIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS AND LEADERS
Educator Sessions: August 16 - August 27, 2021
Leadership Sessions: August 30 - August 31, 2021
Online - Registration Fee $25
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FOR ISLAMIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS AND LEADERS
Educator Sessions: August 16 - August 27, 2021
Leadership Sessions: August 30 - August 31, 2021
Online - Registration Fee $25
Scroll down to register
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Prophetic Pedagogy explores the teaching styles of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as found in the Qur'an and Sunnah, and complements them with contemporary research on teaching and learning for an Islamic school context.
Prophetic Pedagogy project seeks to provide Islamic school educators with tools, practices, and concepts to help shape education within Islamic schools today. We want educators to be fully equipped to teach the Message of Allah in a global context that doesn’t support faith-based identities, just as the Prophet experienced. We want educators to lead the youth in understanding how to resist oppression and disrupt injustices around them, just as the Prophet demonstrated. And we want educators to be fully engaged in the realities of today’s context, just as the Prophet was fully engaged in his contextual reality. Our educators need to be able to teach students through technology, who struggle with their identity, and who face challenges with social norms and practices. We feel that with a systematic examination of the Prophet’s pedagogy, we will be able to advance teaching practices that can transform today’s Islamic schools to be the schools that Muslims need in today’s day and age.
INSTRUCTORS
Shaykh Abdalla Idris Ali served as imam and director, and founded the first full-time Islamic school in Toronto, Canada. He served as the principal of ISNA Islamic Community School for 17 years. He also served on ISNA’s Executive Council, Majlis Ash-Shura, Youth and Education Committee and as president of ISNA for two terms. He is the chair of the Islamic Media Foundation, a member of NAIT Board, a founding member of CISNA, and chair of ISNA Education Forum. Sheikh Abdalla was appointed director for CIENA in Kansas City, Missouri. He served on the board of trustees of IBERR, which serves minority communities. He is currently working as Senior Community and Religious Advisor at ISNA Canada. |
Rehenuma Asmi, Ph.D., is an executive board member of CICW, and a designer of the teacher training program. She received her bachelors from Georgetown University in Arabic and Government and her Masters in Teaching from American University. She is a graduate of the Columbia University Teachers College where she received a Ph.D. in Anthropology and Education for her doctoral work on education reform and multiculturalism in Qatar. She served as Assistant Professor of Religion and Education at Allegheny College from 2013-7. Dr. Asmi's research interests include multi-cultural and faith based education as well as the socio-cultural effects of education on Muslim women and family life.
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Amaarah DeCuir, Ed.D., is an executive board member of CICW, and a designer of the teacher training program. She is a professorial lecturer in the School of Education at American University in Washington, DC. Dr. DeCuir is an Education Leadership scholar whose work, broadly speaking, focuses on the intersections of leadership, gender, and diverse cultural contexts to advance social justice. She has a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Berkeley, an M.Ed. from Howard University and an Ed.D. from George Washington University. With over 20 years of P-20 teaching and leadership experiences, she uses her work to impact praxis and scholarship. |
SCHEDULE
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August 16 - August 31, 2021
4:00-6:00 PM EST Educator Sessions: Session 1 (August 16th): Developmental Stages Session 2 (August 17th): Gender in the Classroom Session 3 (August 18th): Self-Compassion and Stress Reduction Session 4 (August 19th): Special Education Session 5 (August 23rd): Parables in the Quran Session 6 (August 24th): Animal Stories for Interdisciplinary Studies Part I Session 7 (August 25th): Animal Stories for Interdisciplinary Studies Part II Session 8 (August 26th): Arabic Language Leadership Sessions: Session 9 (August 30th): 10 Stories of Prophetic Leadership, Part I Session 10 (August 31st): 10 Stories of Prophetic Leadership, Part II Note: All session recordings will be made available to registered participants. |
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SPECIAL SESSIONS INSTRUCTORS
Iman Hashem is the 2019 California World Language Teacher of the Year. She is responsible for fostering professional growth opportunities for the region’s World Language teachers. Iman has designed courses for teaching Arabic as a world and heritage language. She is the author of published and unpublished textbooks and multimedia course materials. Iman has shared her exceptional expertise by serving as a consultant for Arabic teaching programs at public and independent institutions, developing standards-based curricula and instructional resources, supervising teacher candidates, and serving as a STARTALK Team Leader.
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Susan Labadi is a certified and experienced Illinois middle/high school educator and administrator with a master’s degree in Teaching from National-Louis University. She is president of Genius School, Inc. which provides professional development programming for schools. Susan is also a certified character coach and advisor to DEFINE360.online, a faith-based social-emotional learning engine. She is a board member for the American Muslim Consumer Consortium (AMCC), Council of Islamic Schools in North America (CISNA), and Susan serves on the faculty of Consultants for Islamic School Excellence (CISE). Her company specializes in Social Media Marketing, Content Development for outreach and promotion, and her workshops focus on teaching excellence, positive school climate, self-improvement, and stress reduction. Currently, she is producing courses and media to share solutions for alleviating stress, anxiety, and depression for teens, busy moms, and education professionals.
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Saja Salih received her bachelor’s degree in Quranic Studies and Psychology from the International Islamic University, Malaysia. She obtained her M.Ed. in Special Education from George Mason University as well as a Virginia License in Learning Disabilities (LD) and Emotional Disturbance (ED) in 2007. With her great passion for teaching, and hard work that engages students in learning through high energy and hands-on-activities, she continues to work as a special education teacher at Fairfax County Public Schools in VA, USA. In addition to being a special ed. teacher, she has been the Equity Lead at her school for the last three years. In that role, she works with admin and Office of Equity to facilitate professional learning and courageous conversations that supports staff’s ability to foster a welcoming school environment that demonstrates cultural responsiveness that support students, families, and colleagues. Mrs. Salih is a writer and a presenter at multiple national and international conferences and workshops related to Islam, Equity, Special and Mental health Education.
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Habeeb Quadri is an educator, author, and youth activist. He’s been in education for over 20 years as a teacher, principal and superintendent of MCC Academy. In August of 2019 Habeeb was awarded the National Distinguished Principal award by the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) which was followed by both the Village of Morton Grove and Skokie each awarding him with a “Habeeb Quadri” day on October 28th and December 2nd. He is currently appointed at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education Principals' Advisory Board where he is a part-time staff member in the Professional Development Program. Habeeb is also a chairman of the Illinois Coalition of Nonpublic Schools (ICNS), representing more than 2,000 private schools. In 2006, Habeeb founded High Quality Educational Consulting, an education consulting company. For all the work he has done in Muslim community, he was also awarded the Lifetime Educational Achievement Award by the Islamic Society of North America. He has also co-authored five books and written over a dozen articles on youth, parenting and education.
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REGISTRATION
Please fill out the form below and click 'Submit." Then, scroll down and complete the $25 payment by clicking "Pay Here." You need to both fill out the form and submit the payment in order to complete the registration. Please note, if you fill out the form but do not complete the payment, your registration will not be considered valid and you will not be able to attend the program until you pay the registration fee.
If you would like us to register your school, please contact us at propheticpedagogy@gmail.com.
Please fill out the form below and click 'Submit." Then, scroll down and complete the $25 payment by clicking "Pay Here." You need to both fill out the form and submit the payment in order to complete the registration. Please note, if you fill out the form but do not complete the payment, your registration will not be considered valid and you will not be able to attend the program until you pay the registration fee.
If you would like us to register your school, please contact us at propheticpedagogy@gmail.com.
