Q Life Magazine Q Magazine December 2017 | Page 71

Looking to the future | | Teach for Qatar Thank a Teacher A major element of Teach For Qatar’s work is outreach into the local community to raise the profile and prestige of the teaching profession. A significant recent initiative set out to encourage people across Qatar to recognise the importance their teachers have played in shaping their future. The “Thank a Teacher” campaign, launched to celebrate World Teacher’s Day, received national acclaim. Young people across the country, alongside influential members of the Qatari community, used videos and social media to send messages of appreciation to their teachers, thanking the educators for gifting them with the knowledge and drive to become who they are today. Be a Teacher As promoting the value of the teaching profession is one of Teach for Qatar’s fundamental objectives, the organisation looks to maximise all opportunities to acknowledge the crucial role teachers play in society. important community figures to teach real-life classes and gain first- hand experience of teaching’s many rewards and challenges. The unique and exciting campaign launched in November 2017. Members of the community have the opportunity to nominate people they would like to see teach a class, with the whole campaign promoted on the organisation’s social media channels, @TeachForQatar. One of Teach For Qatar’s initiatives is a social media campaign called “Be a Teacher”, which allows 71