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
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