Q Life Magazine Q Magazine December 2017 | Page 70

| Issue 3 Teach for Qatar The Power of One, the Potential of Many Part of the global Teach For All network, Teach For Qatar is a local non-governmental organisation working to enhance the educational experience of Qatar’s students. Teach For Qatar plays an integral role in Qatar’s development by educating, inspiring and equipping Qatar’s future generations to shape the nation’s growth and success. While education is recognised as being of paramount importance to Qatar’s future success, teaching is not currently considered a top career choice and too few of the best graduates go to work in the education system. This is what Teach For Qatar is actively seeking to address. Teach For Qatar aims to help develop quality education in Qatar by empowering young talent to become transformational leaders in the classroom, school and community. It encourages exceptionally talented leaders to work in the public school system through a two-year teaching and development programme known as the Leadership Journey. 70 The Leadership Journey also aims to promote the importance of teaching in preparing future generations for success, and its centrality in realising the Human Development Pillar of QNV 2030. By working with its local partner schools to identify high-priority subjects, Teach For Qatar focuses on recruiting and training Fellows to teach English, Mathematics and Science at Grades 5 to 9. Arabic will soon be added as an additional subject area. Teach