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Location:
Al Falah Plaza
Address:
Emirates Commercial Complex, Al Falah Plaza, Al Ain
Timing:
8am to 4pm
Courses:
Customer Service, Finance: Banking, Life Coaching, Managemen... More
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Overview

With an in-depth knowledge of universities around the world, the Focal Point Career Guidance team offers aptitude testing and career advice alongside exam preparation and university placement counselling. We also specialize in providing support for employers, with psychometric testing and talent evaluation including language, management and personality type assessments. Qualified and experienced exam preparation experts, and native English teachers let you have the best educational experience here.

Address:
Address:
Emirates Commercial Complex, Al Falah Plaza, Al Ain

Specialities

  • Unique tutoring techniques
  • Practicals based learning
  • Interactive classes
  • Experienced tutors

Faculties

  • Judith Finnemore (Highly qualified)   Judith has extensive work experience in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Oman, Saudi Arabia and most recently here in the UAE: firstly as a Secondary School Principal in Sharjah and then as a School Improvement Specialist for Abu Dhabi Education Council. Judith held senior leadership roles in several schools in the UK, succeeding in environments with a high degree of both social and managerial challenge. In addition to this she has been a school governor and a professional mentor for Fast Track and Leadership Pathways programs.
  • Peter Denis (Highly qualified)   He has extensive knowledge of curriculum design, development and implementation. Peter is a member of the British Educational Leadership and Management Society (BELMAS).
  • Reshma Hermon (Highly qualified)   Fifteen years experience in business development and operations, Reshma’s core strength is in driving business growth through identifying opportunities and new market segments, and putting measurable, target-focused plans in place in order to reach required goals – whether a place in the top university of your choice, or sustained growth in your business field.
  • Penelope Schofield (Highly qualified)   Penny has been in education for 12 years, working as a teacher of English, Science and Technology in Australia and the USA. For the last 6 years, she has been in the UAE, both as a teacher and English Teacher Advisor for a school improvement partnership.
  • Amine Hamdan ( Masters in Education from the University of Sunderland, UK,)   Amine specializes in applying different learning strategies and differentiation methods in the classroom, preparing challenging resources and innovative activities that are tailored towards different learning abilities as well as the diverse interests of students and teachers. He is also a seasoned advocate for the effective integration of ICT in teaching and learning.

Timing

8am to 4pm

Segment & Subject Details

Exam Preparation
Exam Preparation:
AIPMT, English, GMAT, GRE, IELTS, IIT JEE, Maths, SAT, TOEFL
Language
Language:
English
Secondary
Secondary:
English as a second language, English language, Mathematics
Business Training
Business Training:
Customer Service, Finance: Banking, Life Coaching, Management Training, Marketing: Communications, Project Management, Public Speaking

Location

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  • Segment:
    Exam Preparation
  • Subject:
    Maths

Course details

The Common Educational Proficiency Assessment is a standardised test with two exams: CEPA-English tests basic English proficiency and CEPA-Math measures basic math skills. All questions in CEPA-Math are written in both English and Arabic. A high CEPA score allows you to skip the Foundations programme and go directly into your chosen subject programme.

Focal Point offers a comprehensive exam preparation course for one or two years with classes two or three evenings per week or at weekends. Our experienced instructors will help you become familiar with the content, topics and testing technique used in the exam so you are fully prepared with the skills and strategies you need before you arrive at the testing centre. 

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  • Duration:
    50 Hour
  • Segment:
    Exam Preparation
  • Subject:
    GMAT

Course details

The GMAT is a standardized test that assesses mathematical, analytical, verbal, reading and writing skills in standard English. The exam helps business schools assess your aptitude to succeed in graduate study programmes in business, finance or management. GMAT is taken online in a registered test centre.

Focal Point offers a comprehensive exam preparation course of 50 hours teaching time plus additional opportunities to practice the test at least 6 times under exam conditions. Our qualified instructors will make sure you are well versed in the testing techniques of the exam – so you can enter the testing centre confident that you have all the necessary skills and strategies to succeed. 

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  • Duration:
    30 Hour
  • Segment:
    Exam Preparation
  • Subject:
    GRE

Course details

The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is a standardized test that aims to measure verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, analytical writing and critical thinking skills that are NOT related to any specific field of study. Your scores are used by admissions panels to supplement your undergraduate records and other qualifications for graduate-level study.

Focal Point offers a comprehensive exam preparation course of 30 hours teaching time plus additional opportunities to practice the test under exam conditions. Our experienced instructors will help you become familiar with each question type and testing technique used in the exam so you are fully prepared with the skills and strategies you need before you arrive at the testing centre.

Based on an initial diagnostic test, we also offer section-specific 1 day workshops to help you enhance your weaker area. 

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  • Duration:
    36 Hour
  • Segment:
    Exam Preparation
  • Subject:
    IELTS

Course details

The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is designed to assess the language ability of candidates who need to study or work where English is the language of communication. There are two forms of the exam: Academic or General. IELTS is recognized by professional bodies, immigration authorities and a large number of employers.

Course Objectives:

  • You will learn exactly what each aspect of the exam entails and become familiar with the different question types.
  • You will be equipped with skills and strategies to help you succeed in the exam.
  • You will know what topics to focus on as you prepare to do the exam.
  • You will do some sample exams in each of the areas; reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
  • You will be fully prepared for each section of the exam.
  • You will go to the exam with the confidence of knowing exactly what to expect.

  • Price:
    AED 450
  • Duration:
    1 Days
  • Schedule:
    10am - 4pm
  • Segment:
    Exam Preparation
  • Subject:
    IELTS

Course details

We offer this 1 day IELTS workshop for people with a high level of English and writing skills who just need to understand the structure of the exam and become familiar with question types and strategies. Our one day IELTS workshop takes you through each section of the IELTS exam, explaining the marking criteria and some key success strategies.

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  • Duration:
    2 Year
  • Schedule:
    2 - 3 Evenings
  • Segment:
    Exam Preparation
  • Subject:
    IIT JEE

Course details

Joint Entrance Examination is a two tier test for admission into engineering programmes in NIT, IIT and other centrally funded technical institutions. The admission screening takes a composite score of your final school grades and your JEE result. A total of three attempts can be made at the JEE.

Focal Point offers a comprehensive exam preparation course for one or two years with classes two or three evenings per week or at weekends. Our experienced instructors will help you become familiar with the content, topics and testing technique used in the exam so you are fully prepared with the skills and strategies you need before you arrive at the testing centre.

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  • Duration:
    2 Year
  • Schedule:
    2 - 3 Evenings
  • Segment:
    Exam Preparation
  • Subject:
    AIPMT

Course details

The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) is a single exam for admission to MBBS and BDS courses. The questions are based on a common syllabus agreed by the Medical Council of India and the exam is conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education. 

Focal Point offers a comprehensive exam preparation course for one or two years with classes two or three evenings per week or at weekends. Our experienced instructors will help you become familiar with the content, topics and testing technique used in the exam so you are fully prepared with the skills and strategies you need before you arrive at the testing centre.

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  • Duration:
    30 Hour
  • Segment:
    Exam Preparation
  • Subject:
    TOEFL

Course details

TOEFL iBT measures the ability to read, write, speak, and listen to English at university level. Each section is taken online. Speaking and Writing are integrated tasks since they involve listening and reading tasks before answering questions.

Focal Point offers a comprehensive exam preparation course of 30 hours teaching time plus additional opportunities to practice the test under exam conditions. Our experienced instructors will help you become familiar with each question type and testing technique used in the exam so you are fully prepared with the skills and strategies you need before you arrive at the testing centre.

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  • Duration:
    1 Days
  • Segment:
    Exam Preparation
  • Subject:
    TOEFL

Course details

We offer this 1 day TOEFL preparation workshop for people with a high level of English and writing skills. TOEFL is a requirement for entry into universities in the USA for non-native English speakers. TOEFL iBT measures the ability to read, write, speak, and listen to English at university level.

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  • Segment:
    Exam Preparation
  • Subject:
    SAT

Course details

Classes for SAT preparation is available with us.

The SAT Reasoning Test or SAT I is a standardized test for college admission and is generally considered one of the most demanding tests a student takes. It aims to assess how well you analyze and solve problems using skills you learned in school. It does not test abstract reasoning.

In addition to the SAT Reasoning Test, SAT Subject Tests allow you to showcase your strength in specific areas to the college admission panel. There are 20 Subject Tests in five general subject areas: English, history, languages, mathematics and science.

Focal Point offers a comprehensive exam preparation course of 30 hours teaching time plus additional opportunities to practice the test under exam conditions. Our experienced instructors will help you become familiar with each question type and testing technique used in the exam so you are fully prepared with the skills and strategies you need before you arrive at the testing centre.

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  • Duration:
    26 Hour
  • Schedule:
    1 Hour
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

Recent research suggests all of us have a preference for one of three styles of learning: visual, auditory or kinaesthetic. Some people have a very strong preference, other people have a more even mixture of two styles. When you know your preferred learning style you can implement strategies and memory aids for note taking and studying that will help you learn and remember things more quickly.

Focal Point offer 26-one hour sessions, once or twice a week at times that suit your schedule. We take the time to understand your difficulties, so you can work at the best level and pace for you.

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  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

Most countries provide workshops for in-coming students and we will make sure you have a place on the appropriate one for you. Topics include academics, cultural orientation, immigration and visas. Complete guidance is provided from our side for the best understandability of the students.

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  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

Careers Guidance Counsellors are experts who have helped hundreds of students like you get into their top choice universities. Our Guidance Consultants have friends and connections in admissions offices worldwide, so we can help give you the inside track on what you need to do to get selected.As a quick starter have a look below at the year planner below to see what stage you could be at right now.

9th Grade

  • Start thinking about university now
  • Identify your interests, aptitude and academic strengths
  • Choose extracurricular activities that will make your university application stand out

10th Grade

  • Focus on securing high grades
  • Identify your interests and strengths
  • Explore options for summer programmes that will hone your profile e.g. volunteer programmes

11th Grade

  • Explore university and college websites
  • Check admission requirements for your favourite colleges
  • Prep smart for the admission tests
  • Identify teachers for your recommendations
  • Make your Guidance Consultant work! Ask them to start conversations with admissions offices for you

12th Grade

  • If you are starting now… you are already late! But we can help.
  • Start application process with the help of your Guidance Consultant
  • Get expert help to review your application essays
  • Start the visa process
  • Attend pre-departure orientation at your Guidance Consultant’s office

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  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

The Focal Point Leadership Program is designed for high school students to develop their leadership and communication skills and then be able to evidence this in a job or college application. It is not always true that only grades are important - oth employers and college application committees look for a well-rounded candidate with diverse experience. The more involvement you have in these and similar programmes, the more they will benefit you, building self-confidence and experience.

Key objectives of the program are as follows:

  • Train you in the areas of communication, decision making and time management.
  • Enable you to be a self-confident and independent thinker.
  • Help you recognize, develop and then evidence your strengths.
  • Empower you to commit to making a meaningful impact both locally and globally.
  • Develop social awareness and a global perspective.
  • Ensure that every student is familiar with applied skills: creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, communication, adaptability, teamwork

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  • Duration:
    2 Month
  • Schedule:
    3 lessons each week
  • Segment:
    Language
  • Subject:
    English

Course details

We offer a range of General English classes for people who want to increase their ability to communicate in English, whether Reading, Writing, Speaking or Listening. Classes are run at different levels, based on your current level of English. We also offer courses that are specially tailored to the workplace needs of a company’s staff, from giving and understanding clear instructions and communicating effectively to professional writing for emails and letters. All of our teachers are native speakers and qualified to teach.

Course objectives:

  • The course will develop your skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening
  • You will increase your understanding of English grammar and word order
  • You will become familiar with a wider range of vocabulary
  • At higher levels you will understand the difference between formal and informal English
  • Improve clarity of speech
  • Build your confidence in using English in professional and social situation

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  • Duration:
    1 Month
  • Segment:
    Language
  • Subject:
    English

Course details

This course is designed to teach you to speak English with a perfect British accent. The focus is on speaking correctly, with a clear understandable (British) accent. This course is ideal for people who speak English as their second language, and who want to raise their speaking level. As a pre-requisite, your English understanding must be at an intermediate level.

Course objectives:

  • The course is highly focussed on speaking.
  • The main focus is to help participants to learn to speak with a perfect British accent.
  • Learn essential elements of speaking English clearly.
  • Learn important keys to the structure of spoken English.
  • Discover a new way of listening, with greater attention to detail than you ever realised was possible.
  • Learn how each English vowel and consonant is spoken.
  • Learn how each of these is pronounced in words.
  • Use these sounds in good sample sentences.
  • There is a strong focus on personal practice and homework, to strengthen your new speaking skills.

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  • Duration:
    2 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

Learners will gain essential skills in the art of effective time management. Know how to set goals and set up the work environment for great productivity. This course is for all levels of employees who have busy work schedules and who need a set of skills and methods that will equip them to more effectively control their time and work environment, to achieve maximum effectiveness.

Programme Content:

  • Setting SMART Goals
  • The Three P’s
  • Prioritizing Your Goals
  • Visualization
  • Prioritizing Your Time, the 80/20 Rule
  • The Urgent/Important Matrix
  • Planning Wisely
  • Creating Your Productivity Journal
  • The Glass Jar: Rocks, Pebbles, Sand, and Water
  • Chunk, Block, and Tackle
  • Tackling Procrastination
  • Eat That Frog!
  • Crisis Management, when the Storm Hits
  • Creating a Plan
  • Organizing Your Workspace
  • Managing Workflow
  • Dealing with E-mail
  • Using Calendars
  • Delegation, when to Delegate
  • To Whom Should You Delegate?
  • Keeping Control
  • Setting a Ritual
  • Ritualizing Sleep, Meals, and Exercise
  • Meeting Management
  • Using the PAT Approach (Purpose, Agenda, Time frame)
  • Alternatives to Meetings
  • Instant Messaging and Chat Rooms
  • Teleconferencing
  • E-Mail Lists, Online groups
  • Collaboration Applications

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  • Duration:
    3 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Management Training

Course details

Middle managers and leaders who need training in the various aspects of being a manager. This course is especially valuable to those who have moved up into management and leadership, but have not had formal training in what a manager really is and what they do. Understanding management and the many facets they need to master in order to be an effective and efficient manager. 

Course contents:

  • What is Management?
  • What Does It Take to Be a Manager?
  • Why Does Management Matter?
  • Ethics and Social Responsibility
  • What is Ethical / Unethical Workplace Behaviour?
  • What is Social Responsibility?
  • Managing Information
  • Strategic Importance of Information
  • Decision-Making
  • What is Rational Decision-Making?
  • Improving Decision-Making
  • The Basics of Control
  • Is Control Necessary or Possible?
  • How and What to Control
  • Control Methods
  • Basics of Organizational Strategy
  • Strategy-Making Process
  • Corporate, Industry, Firm Level Strategies
  • Innovation and Change
  • Organizational Innovation
  • Organizational Change
  • Why Change Occurs and Why it Matters
  • Managing Change
  • Organizational Authority
  • Job Design
  • Managing Teams
  • The Good and the Bad of Using Teams
  • Enhancing Work Team Effectiveness
  • Motivation and Leadership
  • Basics of Motivation
  • Equity Theory
  • Expectancy Theory
  • What is Leadership?
  • Situational Leadership
  • Strategic Leadership

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  • Duration:
    2 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

Managers and employees who have a busy workload. This workshop will show participants how to organize their lives and find those hidden moments. Participants will learn how to establish routines, set goals, create an efficient environment and use time-honoured planning and organizational tools to maximize their personal productivity.

Course contents:

  • Setting SMART Goals
  • The Three P’s
  • Prioritizing Your Goals
  • The Power of Routines
  • Personal Routines, Professional Routines
  • Scheduling Yourself
  • The Simple Secret of Successful Time Management
  • Developing a Tracking System
  • Scheduling Appointments
  • Scheduling Tasks
  • The One-Minute Rule, The Five-Minute Rule
  • Tackling New Tasks and Projects
  • Using Project Management Techniques
  • Creating the Schedule
  • Creating a Workspace, and Physical Layout
  • Using Your Computer Efficiently
  • Organizing Files and Folders
  • Organizing Paper Files, and Electronic Files
  • Archive and Clean-Up of files
  • Managing E-Mail, & making the Most of Your E-mail Program
  • Tackling Procrastination

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  • Duration:
    2 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Management Training

Course details

Managers who are committed to constantly developing and empowering their employees. The course will give the manager the necessary practical skills and methods to effectively coach their employees, to help them overcome areas of weakness and to empower and strengthen them with new skills to lead them to greater productivity.

Course contents:

  • Defining Coaching and Mentoring
  • Introducing the G.R.O.W. Model (Goal setting, Reality check, Options developed, Wrap it up with a plan)
  • Setting Goals in the Context of GROW
  • Identifying Appropriate Goal Areas
  • Understanding the Realities
  • Getting a Picture of Where You Are
  • Exploring the Past
  • Developing Options for growth
  • Identifying Paths
  • Creating the Final Plan
  • Getting Motivated
  • The Importance of Trust
  • Trust and Coaching
  • Providing Feedback, the Feedback Sandwich
  • Providing Constructive Criticism
  • Encouraging Growth and Development
  • Overcoming Roadblocks
  • Re-evaluating Goals
  • Focusing on Progress
  • How to Know When You’ve Achieved Success
  • Transitioning the Coachee
  • How Mentoring Differs from Coaching
  • Blending the Two Models
  • Focusing on the Relationship

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  • Duration:
    2 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

If you want to gain a deeper understanding of yourself and your emotional makeup and how to best interact with people in your work and social environment, then this course is for you. You will gain a new powerful understanding your emotional makeup and how to take control of this. This will help you to enhance your interpersonal relationships, through greater sensitivity and awareness in all your interactions with colleagues and customers.

Course contents:

  • What is Emotional Intelligence?
  • Self-Management
  • Self-Awareness
  • Self-Regulation
  • Self-Motivation               
  • Empathy
  • Skills in Emotional Intelligence
  • How to Accurately Perceive Emotions
  • Use Emotions to Facilitate Thinking
  • Manage Emotions          
  • Verbal Communication Skills
  • Focused Listening          
  • Asking Questions
  • Communicating with Flexibility and Authenticity           
  • Non-Verbal Communication Skills
  • Body Language
  • It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It
  • Social Management and Responsibility
  • Benefits of Emotional Intelligence
  • Articulate your Emotions Using Language
  • Tools to Regulate Your Emotions
  • Seeing the Other Side
  • Self-Management and Self-Awareness
  • Giving in Without Giving Up
  • Gaining Control
  • Using Coping Thoughts
  • Using Relaxation Techniques
  • Bringing it All Together
  • Business Practices (I)
  • Understand Emotions and How to Manage Them in the Workplace
  • Role of Emotional Intelligence at Work
  • Disagreeing Constructively
  • Business Practices (II)
  • Optimism
  • Pessimism
  • The Balance between Optimism and Pessimism
  • Making an Impact
  • Creating a Powerful First Impression
  • Assessing a Situation
  • Being Zealous without Being Offensive

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  • Duration:
    2 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Customer Service

Course details

Sales team, marketing staff and telesales personnel who want to understand the full aspects of delivering outstanding customer service and equip themselves with essential skills to take their own customer service provision to a level of excellence; should take up this course.

Course details:

  • Who Are Customers?
  • What Is Customer Service?
  • Who Are Customer Service Providers?
  • Establishing Your Attitude
  • Appearance Counts!  The Power of a Smile
  • Staying Energized, and Positive
  • Identifying and Addressing Customer Needs
  • Understanding the Customer’s Situation
  • Staying Outside the Box
  • Meeting Basic Needs
  • Going the Extra Mile
  • Generating Return Business
  • Following Up
  • Addressing Complaints
  • Turning Difficult Customers Around
  • In-Person Customer Service
  • Using Body Language to Your Advantage
  • Giving Customer Service over the Phone
  • Telephone Etiquette
  • Providing Electronic Customer Service
  • Understanding Netiquette
  • Recovering Difficult Customers
  • De-Escalating Anger
  • Managing Your Own Emotions
  • Understanding When to Escalate
  • Dealing with Vulgarity, coping with Insults
  • Ten Things You Can Do to WOW Customers

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  • Duration:
    2 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

This course is for managers, marketing personnel and sales staff who want to gain a greater understanding of how to interact with colleagues and customers in a sensitive and effective way. In this program learn how to utilise your personal style, body language, tone of voice and negotiating skills to maximise your impact with all level of people.

Course contents:

  • Verbal Communication Skills
  • Listening and Hearing: They Aren’t the Same Thing
  • Verbal Communication Skills
  • Listening and Hearing: They Aren’t the Same Thing
  • Asking Questions
  • Communicating with Power
  • Non-Verbal Communication Skills
  • Body Language
  • The Signals You Send to Others
  • It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It
  • Making Small Talk and Moving Beyond
  • Starting a Conversation
  • The Four Levels of Conversation             
  • Moving the Conversation Along
  • Asking for Examples
  • Using Repetition
  • Asking for Clarity and Completeness
  • Remembering Names
  • Creating a Powerful Introduction
  • Using Mnemonics
  • Uh-Oh…I’ve Forgotten Your Name
  • Influencing Skills
  • Seeing the Other Side
  • Building a Bridge
  • Giving In Without Giving Up
  • Bringing People to Your Side
  • A Dash of Emotion
  • Plenty of Facts
  • Bringing It All Together
  • Sharing Your Opinion
  • Using I-Messages
  • Disagreeing Constructively
  • Building Consensus
  • Negotiation Basics
  • Preparation
  • Opening, Bargaining, Closing
  • Making an Impact
  • Creating a Powerful First Impression
  • Being Zealous without Being Offensive

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  • Duration:
    3 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

In this course you will understand leadership principles and learn practical methods to improve your leadership style. Gain an appreciation for characteristics of a good leader and the importance of different leadership styles, with practical steps to develop your personal style.

Course contents:

  • The Evolution of Leadership
  • Defining Leadership
  • Characteristics of a Leader
  • Leadership Principles
  • A Brief History of Leadership
  • Three Theories of Leadership
  • Situational Leadership
  • Situational Leadership: Telling
  • Situational Leadership: Selling
  • Situational Leadership: Participating
  • Situational Leadership: Delegating
  • A Personal Inventory
  • An Introduction to Kouzes and Posner
  • A Personal Inventory
  • Creating an Action Plan
  • Modeling the Way
  • Determining Your Way
  • Being an Inspirational Role Model
  • Influencing Others’ Perspectives
  • Inspiring a Shared Vision
  • Choosing Your Vision
  • Communicating Your Vision
  • Identifying the Benefit for Others
  • Challenging the Process              
  • Think outside the Box
  • Developing Your Inner Innovator
  • Seeing Room for Improvement
  • Lobbying for Change
  • Enabling Others to Act
  • Encouraging Growth in Others
  • Creating Mutual Respect
  • The Importance of Trust
  • Encouraging the Heart
  • Sharing Rewards
  • Celebrating Accomplishments
  • Making Celebration Part of Your Culture             
  • Basic Influencing Skills
  • The Art of Persuasion
  • The Principles of Influence
  • Creating an Impact
  • Setting Goals
  • Setting SMART Goals
  • Creating a Long-Term Plan
  • Creating a Support System

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  • Duration:
    2 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Management Training

Course details

Through this program you will gain essential skills in the art of supervision. Understanding different styles of leadership better is a crucial part of this program. The student is made to feel more confident as a supervisor, and will be able to guide and direct the employees towards their maximum effectiveness.

Course contents:

  • Setting Expectations
  • Identifying Opportunities for Improvement and Growth
  • Verbal Expectations, expectations in Writing
  • Setting Goals, & using Cascading Goals
  • The Three P’s (positive, personal, possible)
  • Helping Others Set Goals
  • Assigning Work
  • The Dictatorial Approach
  • The Apple-Picking Approach
  • The Collaborative Approach
  • Degrees of Delegation
  • Level One: Complete Supervision
  • Level Two: Partial Supervision
  • Level Three: Complete Independence
  • Implementing Delegation
  • To Whom Should You Delegate?
  • Monitoring the Results
  • What is Good Feedback
  • Feedback Delivery Tools
  • Managing Your Time, The 80/20 Rule
  • Prioritizing,  the Urgent-Important Matrix
  • Using a Productivity Journal
  • Using Routines to Simplify Your Work
  • Resolving Conflict
  • Using a Conflict Resolution Process
  • Seeking Help from Within the Team
  • Seeking Help from Outside the Team
  • If You’ve been Promoted from within the Team
  • If You’re Leading a Brand New Team
  • A Survival Guide for the New Supervisor
  • Go to Gemba

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  • Duration:
    2 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Management Training

Course details

This course is designed for managers and leaders, who desire to understand and build effective teams, in a variety of settings and for various functions. The manager will understand the types of teams, the forming process of a team, and discover excellent methods for improving team effectiveness.

Course details:

  • Defining Success
  • What is a Team?
  • Factors for Success
  • An Overview of Tuckman and Jensen’s Four-Phase Model
  • Types of Teams
  • The Traditional Team
  • Self-Directed Teams
  • E-Teams
  • The First Stage of Team Development – Forming
  • Hallmarks of This Stage
  • What To Do As A Leader
  • What To Do As A Follower
  • The Second Stage of Team Development – Storming
  • The Hallmarks of This Stage
  • What To Do As A Leader
  • What To Do As A Follower
  • The Third Stage of Team Development – Norming
  • The Hallmarks of This Stage
  • What To Do As A Leader
  • What To Do As A Follower
  • The Fourth Stage of Team Development – Performing
  • Hallmarks of this Stage
  • What To Do As A Leader
  • What To Do As A Follower
  • Team Building Activities    
  • The Benefits and Disadvantages
  • Team-Building Activities That Won’t Make People Cringe
  • Choosing a Location for Team-Building
  • Making the Most of Team Meetings
  • Setting the Time and the Place
  • Trying the 50-Minute Meeting
  • Using Celebrations of All Sizes
  • Solving Problems as a Team
  • The Six Thinking Hats
  • Encouraging Brainstorming
  • Building Consensus
  • Encouraging Teamwork
  • Some Things to Do
  • Some Things to Avoid
  • Some Things to Consider

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  • Duration:
    3 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Project Management

Course details

The course gives managers a strong foundation in understanding the various facets of projects and what is involved in efficient strong project management. Managers are led from the foundations, through design of the project scope, right through the various constraints and monitoring tools, to final completion and project wrap up and review.

Program details:

  • Key Concepts (Part One)
  • What is a Project?
  • What is Project Management?
  • What is a Project Manager?
  • Key Concepts (Part Two)
  • About the Project Management Institute (PMI)    
  • About the Project Management Body Of Knowledge (PMBOK)    
  • The Five Process Groups    
  • The Nine Knowledge Areas
  • The Triple Constraint    
  • Initiation (Part One)    
  • Identifying Your Stakeholders
  • Assessing Needs and Wants
  • Setting a SMART Project Goal    
  • Creating Requirements and Deliverables    
  • Initiation (Part Two)
  • Creating a Statement of Work    
  • Completing the Project Planning Worksheet    
  • Project Planning Worksheet
  • Completing the Project Charter    
  • Planning (Part One)    
  • Managing Expectations    
  • Creating a Task List    
  • Estimating Time    
  • Estimating Resources
  • Estimating Costs
  • Planning (Part Two)
  • Building the Work Breakdown Structure
  • Creating the Schedule
  • Creating a Risk Management Plan
  • Creating a Communication Plan
  • Planning Tools
  • The Gantt Chart    
  • The Network Diagram
  • Using a RACI Chart    
  • Going the Extra Mile: Microsoft Project    
  • Executing the Project
  • Establishing Baselines    
  • Monitoring Project Progress
  • Triple Constraint Reduction Methods
  • Maintaining and Controlling the Project
  • Making the Most of Status Updates
  • Managing Change
  • Monitoring Risks
  • Closing Out
  • Celebrating Successes
  • Learning from Project Challenges
  • Scope Verification    
  • A Final To-Do List   

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  • Duration:
    2 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Marketing: Communications

Course details

You will learn essential inter-personal skills, how to really listen effectively to people, and then how to communicate convincingly and effectively in this course. Your work relationships with colleagues and clients will be enhanced, and your productivity greatly increased; as you pursue this program. 

Course contents:

  • What is Communication?
  • How Do We Communicate?
  • Other Factors in Communication
  • Understanding Communication Barriers
  • An Overview of Common Barriers:  Language Barriers, Cultural Barriers, 
  • Differences in Time and Place.
  • Paraverbal Communication Skills
  • The Power of Pitch
  • The Truth about Tone
  • The Strength of Speed
  • Non-Verbal Communication
  • Understanding the Mehrabian Study
  • All About Body Language
  • Interpreting Gestures
  • Speaking Like a STAR,  15,  S = Situation,  15,  T = Task,  15, A = Action,  15, R = Result
  • Listening Skills
  • Seven Ways to Listen Better Today
  • Understanding Active Listening
  • Sending Good Signals to Others
  • Asking Good Questions
  • Open Questions
  • Closed Questions
  • Probing Questions
  • Appreciative Inquiry
  • The Purpose of AI
  • The Four Stages
  • Examples and Case Studies
  • Mastering the Art of Conversation
  • Level One: Discussing General Topics
  • Level Two: Sharing Ideas and Perspectives
  • Level Three: Sharing Personal Experiences
  • Our Top Networking Tips
  • Advanced Communication Skills
  • Understanding Precipitating Factors
  • Establishing Common Ground
  • Using “I” Messages

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  • Duration:
    3 Month
  • Schedule:
    3 training days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

Effective educational leadership makes the most significant difference in improving learning and successful student outcomes. This may be direct or indirect leadership and be exercised in a number of ways. Ideally, school leaders are ‘instructional’ leaders while those that effect significant and sustained change can be referred to as ‘transformational’. There are virtually no documented examples of schools facing challenge being turned around without the intervention of a powerful, strategic leader. Principals cannot do the whole leadership task by themselves. Leaders are needed at all levels in a school even though accountability remains at the top level.

Participants will:

  • Undertake assessment to determine and understand their own leadership style and how it determines their actions
  • Learn about the traits of very successful school leaders
  • Understand how regulatory authorities assess the capabilities of school leaders
  • Undertake a piece of action research in their own schools before sharing this with other course delegates
  • Learn how to promote their vision or manage change
  • Investigate the strengths and weaknesses of different leadership structures within a school

This course is the nexus of a suite of ‘Leadership’ courses; it may be taken as a stand-alone course or be combined with one or more from the suite.

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  • Duration:
    3 Month
  • Schedule:
    3 training days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

Schools need people to work together efficiently and effectively to realise continuous improvement. Teams enable smoother movement towards targets, prolong forward momentum, and can help the organization to overcome obstacles. The benefits to be gained from teamwork synergies are essential for effective management. This course provides opportunities for blended learning with in-school projects, personal and group mentoring, on-line learning links and face-to-face sessions.

Participants will:

  • Explore the concept of team roles and investigate the dynamics of high performing teams
  • Learn about distributed and participative leadership, legitimate methods of persuasion, vision building and handling conflict
  • Work with the course mentor to develop a relevant in-school project designed to improve an identified area related to their role
  • Understand the values and principles that should underpin how they work with others, including professional communication and management of change
  • Develop the skills necessary for inspiring others

This course is part of a suite of ‘Leadership’ courses; it may be taken as a stand-alone course or be combined with one or more from the suite to obtain either a Bronze, Silver or Gold level Leadership Award.

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  • Duration:
    3 Month
  • Schedule:
    3 training days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Public Speaking

Course details

Communication is a two-way process involving an exchange of ideas and the hallmark of effective communication is the coherent verbal projection of those ideas. This course examines how successful school leaders encourage meaningful dialogue around student achievement and high expectation for all.

Participants will:

  • Undertake a practical appraisal of their own communication skills employing self and peer assessment
  • Learn what good communication looks like
  • Understand that place and time affect the value of different forms of communication and practice using these
  • Undertake an in-school project to improve an area of school communications either related to their role or across the whole school setting
  • Learn how to deal with negative communication including verbal confrontation, written communications, email etiquette, and potentially sensitive meetings
  • Hear from people in business and industry about the importance of effective communication

This course is part of a suite of Leadership courses; it may be taken as a stand-alone course or be combined with one or more from the suite to obtain either a Bronze, Silver or Gold level Leadership Award (see the Leadership Suite page for details).

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  • Duration:
    3 Month
  • Schedule:
    3 training days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

This course will provide delegates with insights into assessment and the tools to critically examine practice in their own schools. Results from schools prove that effective assessment and instruction make the greatest difference to school improvement. There is a wealth of research on which instructional strategies make the biggest difference in student achievement. It is so tempting to choose assessment methods that are “easy to grade,” but best practice tells us that we should choose those methods that best enable us to see if students have a deep understanding of the essential questions.

Meanwhile, data from assessment can be a powerful tool to raise individual student achievement, individual teacher, whole department and whole school performance. However, teachers need support to improve assessment and differentiated instructional practices based on analysis of assessment data. As the key role of a school leader is to be an instructional leader, this support must come from within.

Participants will:

  • Undertake a critical analysis of current assessment practice in their own school
  • Debate the strengths and weaknesses of traditional forms of assessment, examining alternatives to these
  • Establish sound rationale for assessing student work
  • Learn how to create differentiated assessments using increasingly higher-order thinking skills
  • Undertake an in-school project to improve an area of assessment trialling new methods within an area of the school. This will be presented to other delegates and shared on-line

This course is part of a suite of Leadership courses; it may be taken as a stand-alone course or be combined with one or more from the suite to obtain either a Bronze, Silver or Gold level Leadership Award. Please see the Leadership Suite page for details.

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  • Duration:
    3 Days
  • Schedule:
    3 training days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

Effective learning to include relevant, accessible, successful learning may require re-aligning the curriculum. Changing curriculum and setting higher expectations is all well and good, but it will only lead to frustration unless ways are found to help students meet these expectations. This means identifying strategies to help students with a wide range of styles, difficulties, interests and strengths. “Personalization” is structuring experiences and building relationships that make learning meaningful to a given student.

Participants will:

  • Discover what a personalized curriculum looks like
  • Examine the advantages and disadvantages of accelerate programs
  • Assess a number of alternatives to traditional academic curriculums and talk to those who are currently undertaking them or have previously done so
  • Investigate the power of Small Learning Communities
  • Debate the impact of differentiation on student outcomes
  • Undertake an in-school project planning programme for either S.E.N. or Gifted & Talented students. This will be shared with other delegates who will have the opportunity to discuss the programme with those on whom it impacted

This course is part of a suite of Leadership courses; it may be taken as a stand-alone course or be combined with one or more from the suite to obtain either a Bronze, Silver or Gold level Leadership Award (please see the Leadership Suite page for more details).

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  • Duration:
    3 Month
  • Schedule:
    3 training days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

There are many different types of professional development experiences, but most have exposure to just a few. Most define professional development as traditional training workshops, though many other strategies should be part of the professional development system. A top-notch school-wide professional development plan is created by a collaborative team effort. It is realistic, school-wide, clear, detailed and tied to the school’s aims and student achievement goals.

This course will provide delegates with the tools to design a varied, contextualized continuing professional development program that will have the greatest impact on student achievement in their school.

Participants will:

  • Examine traditional professional development experiences and why these are often unsuccessful
  • Discover a variety of alternatives to traditional professional development
  • Take part in an active solutions-focused exercise designed to demonstrate the use of sustainable, experiential learning
  • Devise a model professional development program based on specific  needs
  • Undertake an in-school project which implements some of the alternative techniques for delivering continuing professional development

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  • Duration:
    3 Month
  • Schedule:
    3 training days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

Effective allocation of time and resources is the key to realizing improvements in student achievement. How effectively do school leaders use time? How much time falls into the ‘value-added’ category and how much is wasted? How often is the physical environment and staffing assessed to ensure the best possible allocation, or does historical inertia act as a limiting factor so ‘This is the way it has always been’ is never challenged? These all will be answered as you pursue the program.

Participants will:

  • Consider old versus new thinking on resource allocation and use of time
  • Examine excellent practice using case studies in schools requiring change
  • Assess their own school’s resource allocation using a tried-and-tested diagnostic tool
  • Understand how inspection findings can be used to trigger change in how a school organizes its space, staff and resources
  • Plan more effective allocation of resources in one key area of their own school
  • Learn how to influence those who may be reluctant to allocate additional funding
  • Examine how to restructure the physical environment without requiring additional funding

This course is part of a suite of Leadership courses; it may be taken as a stand-alone course or be combined with one or more from the suite to obtain either a Bronze, Silver or Gold level Leadership Award (please see the Leadership Suite page for more details).

Course details

The Cambridge International Certificate for Teachers and Trainers has now been given an updated syllabus and is now called the Cambridge International Certificate in Teaching and Learning. This is still a practice-based course focussed on classroom teaching skills. Focal Point Management Consultancy is the only accredited centre offering this course in the UAE.

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  • Duration:
    4 Month
  • Segment:
    Other
  • Subject:
    Other

Course details

Cambridge International Certificate in Educational Leadership (CICEL) is a practice-based qualification for continuing professional development, relevant to serving or aspiring leaders that are ready to take up a leadership role in the near future. Candidates can be teaching in Cambridge programmes, e.g. the Cambridge Primary Programme or IGCSE, or in other international, national or local programmes.

The course involves approximately 90 hours of preparation, including formal professional development activities, individual and group study and preparation of the assignment which is done in three parts. As an accredited centre Focal Point will provide dedicated support materials and guidance to candidates.

Focal Point Management Consultancy is the only accredited centre offering this course in the UAE.

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  • Duration:
    4 Month
  • Segment:
    Other
  • Subject:
    Other

Course details

The CICTL is a practice-based qualification for continuing professional development, relevant to all teaching and learning contexts. Candidates can be teaching in Cambridge programmes, e.g. the Cambridge Primary Programme or IGCSE, or in other international, national or local programmes. The Certificate encourages candidates to refresh their approach to teaching and learning. It is ideal for anyone in a teaching or training role who needs to innovate and to update their skills.

Candidates for this program can be full or part-time teachers and trainers working in all sorts of institutions, including schools, colleges, training organizations and companies, and with learners of different ages and stages, from pre-school and primary through to higher, adult and work-based education. They can be new to teaching or have years of experience. Focal Point Management Consultancy is the only accredited centre offering this course in the UAE. 

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  • Duration:
    1 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

An opportunity to look at single or multiple aspects of the school with a view to diagnosing areas for targeted improvement. This could be one department or a whole school focus such as display or literacy. The focus will be decided at a planning meeting prior to the visit. This session is also available prior to an external inspection when applicable inspection criteria will be used.

Programme content :

  • A ‘walk-through’ with senior staff
  • Round-table discussion
  • Lesson observations
  • Feedback and ‘Next Steps’ Session
  • Written report on findings and suggested strategies for improvement (optional at additional cost)

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  • Duration:
    1 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

School principals, or any other leader for that matter, do not single-handedly lead schools to greatness; leadership involves an array of individuals with various tools and structures. This workshop examines how the responsibilities and duties necessary to manage a school well can be shared using the strengths and abilities of the senior team.

Course contents:

  • Learn about the theory of distributed leadership and the reasons why the best schools apply it
  • Examine, in their own context, the responsibilities and duties necessary at all levels in the school
  • Learn how to delegate duties on the basis of personnel strengths
  • Create a distributed leadership structure for their school

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  • Duration:
    3 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

Many schools use baseline assessment to establish student performance and measure progress over time. But how can such data be used to create specific, measurable student targets that underpin student performance on a daily basis? Managing the relationship between challenge and achievability for the individual student demands a high degree of skill and professional expertise on the part of the tutor.

Workshop contents:

  • Accountability at all levels in the school
  • Informing planning
  • Grouping students to realise maximum individual achievement 
  • Learn why baseline assessment data is essential when individual teachers are planning for the specific needs of their students
  • Understand how individual targets can motivate students to exceed expectation
  • Learn how to determine appropriately challenging targets for individual students based on reasonable rates of progress
  • Create systems to track student progress based on targets
  • Learn how to use these systems to improve accountability throughout the school

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  • Duration:
    1 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

Positive Behaviour Management is an interactive workshop designed to apprise teachers of strategies to win over even the most recalcitrant student and create a classroom climate conducive for all learners.

The program contents:

  • Senior Staff and Principals on forensic approaches when dealing with serious breaches of school rules, including managing parents
  • Students on strategies for improving their approach to dealing with difficult or stressful situations in the classroom and making a lasting change
  • Parents on how to work in partnership with the school to ensure a positive outcome when their child exhibits challenging behaviour
  • Examine why the techniques of yesteryear are no longer acceptable, and in some cases no longer legal, when dealing with today’s students
  • Learn how to diffuse difficult situations and ensure a positive outcome for everyone
  • Understand the link between excellent teaching and positive student engagement
  • Understand why devolving responsibility for dealing with challenging students should only be used when all other strategies have been used!

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  • Duration:
    1 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

As said by Lockwood & McLean, if assessment is to be a positive force in education, it must be implemented properly. It cannot be used to merely sort students or to criticise. Its goals must be to improve education. This workshop examines reliable, easily planned alternatives to the culture of ‘test, test, test’ without creating more work.

Program contents : 

  • Decide what effective assessment looks and sounds like
  • Learn how Assessment for Learning is different from Assessment of Learning
  • Examine how Assessment for Learning strategies can enable students, increase motivation, engage learners of all abilities, lead to higher achievement, improve relationships and increase teacher satisfaction
  • Devise assessment tasks based on AfL principles suitable for classroom us
  • Parents on the advantages of AfL techniques for enhancing the learning, achievement and enjoyment of their children.
  • Individual teachers or teams of teachers in one subject specialty in planning and following through an actual AfL task with a group of students. 

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  • Duration:
    1 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

This workshop is aimed at all staff who work with children in schools. The session aims to enhance awareness of the reasons why safeguarding should underpin every aspect of a school’s work. We can offer on-site induction or refresher training for whole staff sessions, discrete groups including those with pastoral responsibility, newly qualified teachers, senior staff and those who run extra-curricular activities. All workshops are contextualized to fit UAE legislation and/or guidance on the safeguarding of children.

Programme content : 

  • Understand why child protection is the responsibility of all staff in collaboration with a number of other stakeholders
  • Learn how to recognize symptoms of abuse, neglect, bullying and low self-esteem in students, and how this may differ according to race, culture and gender
  • How to deal appropriately with disclosures
  • Learn to whom to make a referral and how this should be done
  • Learn how to assess risk in carrying out their professional duties
  • Parents on recognising when their child might be the victim of bullying, the forms bullying may take and strategies for dealing with it
  • Individual teachers or teams of teachers responsible for organising school trips who need to be more fully conversant with sound risk assessment procedure

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  • Duration:
    1 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

As per Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's words, on land and in the sea, our fore-fathers lived and survived in this environment. They were able to do so because they recognised the need to conserve it, to take from it only what they needed to live, and to preserve it for succeeding generations.

This workshop aims to bring the wealth of resource that is the UAE environment into the classroom in all disciplines. The contents for this workshop are as listed below:

  • Hear from organizations involved in protecting the environment in the UAE and learn how they can assist schools in delivering environmental education
  • Learn how the school environment can be used to exemplify theoretical aspects of teaching in any subject using practical examples

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  • Duration:
    1 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

The purpose of display in the classroom is not just to make the room look attractive, though even this will have a positive impact. The best classrooms use display to immerse learners in a world of interesting facts and ideas, promote language and subject-specific vocabulary, model excellent work produced by students and communicate information and teaching points.

Program contents :

  • Explore the power of display
  • Learn how displays of subject-specific vocabulary can be used in myriad ways during a lesson
  • Undertake a practical task to transform a previously dull classroom into a vibrant learning space

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  • Duration:
    1 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Management Training

Course details

In the absence of a carefully structured system of appraisal, people tend to judge the work performance of others, including subordinates, naturally, informally and arbitrarily. But this can create serious motivational, ethical and legal problems in the workplace. Without a structured appraisal system, there is little chance of ensuring that the judgments made will be lawful, fair, defensible and accurate. This workshop examines a school’s particular context and assists Senior managers in setting up a realistic, easily manageable performance management system.

Workshop contents :

  • School owners on devising a specific principal or head teacher performance management plan
  • Heads of administration/Office staff on tailoring the principles of performance management to a business setting
  • Learn how a performance management system can assist a school to deliver its objectives and maintain a continuous pattern of improvement
  • Critically assess the strengths and weaknesses of a sample of performance management systems in everyday use
  • Draw up a viable performance management system for trialing with a group of staff based on job descriptions, school priorities and defined performance standards
  • Learn how to write SMART performance objectives and determine  success criteria
  • Understand the links between intrinsic and extrinsic rewards and performance management – the ‘What’s In It For Me?’ factor

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  • Duration:
    1 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Management Training

Course details

The expectations of senior leaders means they need to manage their time very efficiently and balance the demands of a wide range of stakeholders. This workshop looks at strategies for responding to the daily demands of the senior leader role. This course can be extended to include a session for Heads of Department/Faculty, Curriculum Coordinators and Heads of Year on managing the role efficiently.

Participants will :

  • Explore the theory of ‘efficiency’ and the difference between efficiency and effectiveness
  • Learn forensic approaches to dealing with underperforming staff
  • Explore strategies for dealing with student incidents more efficiently
  • Learn how to run an effective meeting and achieve all its objectives in the shortest possible time
  • Undertake a practical exercise on time management and learn how to prioritise, maximize the use of time and delegate whilst retaining responsibility

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  • Duration:
    2 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

It has been said that Middle Leaders or Middle Managers are the glue that holds the organization together: they work very closely with the teachers and students in their area on a daily basis, know what motivates them and are the drivers of performance. The Middle Leadership Starter Kit is a 2 day course suitable for Middle Leaders of all levels of experience and will be tailored to the specific needs of the school or the course participants. The program content is listed below:

Participants will :

  • Reflect on their own experiences as a Middle Leader and determine those areas of their own performance that need improvement

Schools will then be able to tailor their course slightly according to their needs, by choosing topics from the following areas :

  • Learn the importance of influencing others and delegating according to need and the aptitudes of their team
  • Explore the difference between being a Leader and being a Manager
  • Be apprised of the roles and responsibilities typically associated with being a Middle Leader
  • Identify sound systems for Performance Management and target setting to improve personal productivity, classroom practice and student  achievement
  • Practice aspects of personal and professional time management
  • Understand how to create a culture of high performance and
  • accountability
  • Learn the basic principles of coaching and mentoring
  • Practise the skills of effective written communication
  • Learn how to use departmental evaluation to make a positive contribution to the school’s overall Self Evaluation Form
  • Practice the techniques for running a time-bound yet effective departmental meeting
  • Other topic areas, by request

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  • Duration:
    3 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Management Training

Course details

The most effective professional development is often found within schools. There are few schools that do not have excellent practitioners. However, it can feel really daunting standing up in front of others as the 'expert'. People expect a lot when they go on a course, and a 'run of the mill' training puts people to sleep or fails to energise trainees so desired changes don’t happen.

This course is for those who want to learn how to engage, enliven, inspire and motivate those they present to, giving them simple usable skills and a suite of possible activities for their own workshops. 

Participants will : 

  • Learn to adapt their style and material to suit the situation
  • Acquire some strategies for working with difficult situations and people
  • Understand the importance of prior knowledge when planning a workshop
  • Learn how to plan a well-crafted and well-balanced workshop that caters for different learning styles in the audience whilst meeting people's needs and expectations
  • Make learning and development exciting and creative
  • Make a short presentation to other delegates using the skills and techniques acquired during the course
  • Learn how to craft a quality course evaluation tool

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  • Duration:
    1 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

Effective learning rarely happens by chance. Teachers must use a number of skills from their considerable learning armoury. These include: planning, recording, challenging, demonstrating, securing, managing, adapting, explaining, discussing, interrogating, reviewing, evaluating, modifying, establishing and questioning. They cannot do that without planning.

This workshop uses a basic lesson planning model and gives teachers practical ideas for devising interesting, effective lessons. This workshop can be extended to include whole and half-day sessions for specific departments on planning a series of lessons using active learning approaches and available resources, and paired observation of lessons in action with coaching and feedback.

Participants will :

  • Use the basic 3-part planning model to devise their own lessons
  • Learn how to use a variety of lesson starters to engage students immediately and ensure every minute of lesson time is productive
  • Explore the concept of learning styles and their application in the classroom
  • Understand the importance of differentiation in meeting the needs of all learners
  • Explore techniques for stopping activities efficiently when moving from one part of a lesson to another
  • Learn how to end lessons with effective plenaries that assess student learning

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  • Duration:
    1 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

When evaluating lessons there are a number of variables that need to be considered: the purpose of the observation, the intended audience for feedback, time available and the relationship between the observer and the teacher. Does one focus on a particular aspect or observe all aspects of the lesson? What makes some lessons more effective than others? Are all taught in this workshop.

Participants will :

  • Discuss the features that contribute to the delivery of an excellent lesson
  • Practise recognising evidence these features are present in a lesson
  • Learn to make judgements on less tangible areas observed during lessons
  • Understand the value of ‘triangulating’ evidence from observations when making judgments
  • Practise giving feedback in a variety of situations
  • Learn how to set targets for improvement in teaching that have the greatest impact on student outcomes

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  • Duration:
    1 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

Disaffection is often a rational response on the part of students to particular conditions in classrooms rather than simply a general disposition to deviate from acceptable norms of behaviour. This workshop will give teachers a ‘toolkit’ to help student disaffection in their classroom.

Participants will :

  • Learn to recognise some of the covert behaviours that indicate student disaffection
  • Understand why rewards and punishments are only temporary reprieves
  • Develop a range of strategies to counter disaffection in particular classroom situations
  • Understand how Assessment for Learning can contribute to a student’s perception of success
  • Learn how to work together with school staff and other agencies (such as ADEC) to effect positive change in disaffected students

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  • Duration:
    1 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

Effective teaching is edifying teaching, and people are more likely to be edified when they participate in learning. Asking good questions and directing effective discussions are primary ways to encourage that participation. This workshop provides training for teachers in facilitating thinking through questioning.

In this program the participants will :

  • Explore the power of ‘open’ questions
  • Learn what makes a question ‘smart’
  • Practise asking questions that do not lead to ‘roadblocks’ in the classroom
  • Learn the usefulness of re-direction to gain the attention of the whole class
  • Learn how to write assessment questions that allow students to demonstrate how much they know rather than what has been forgotten

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  • Duration:
    1 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

This workshop fits very neatly with ‘Teaching Beyond the Textbook: problem solving and enquiry-based learning.’ As teachers, we are primarily concerned with providing a precise and often limited body of knowledge. How much time do we spend teaching students the skills they will need to access information to cement their own understanding or follow up on areas of interest? This workshop will demonstrate how independent learning can be part of every classroom.

In this workshop the candidates will :

  • Explore the concept of independent learning
  • Understand why independent learning is required in the context of a rapidly changing world
  • Learn the traits of successful independent learners
  • Be shown strategies for facilitating independent learning in individuals and groups of students
  • Devise a series of lessons to apply workshop learning

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  • Duration:
    1 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

This workshop will demonstrate how to turn textbook information into a problem-solving activity incorporating teamwork, independent learning and opportunities for assessment at all levels. For schools that are very keen to embed the culture of Enterprise and Active Learning, we can offer a practical session involving 50 - 80 students linking a number of cross-curricular areas including the environment, performing arts, health education, business development and cultural awareness. These sessions can be a half or full day workshop, depending on need and age of students. Suitable for Grades 7 - 11 and all curricula.

In the workshop the participants will :

  • Understand why enquiry-based learning is deeper and lasts longer
  • Learn the basic components of enquiry-based learning
  • Explore the application of higher level thinking skills
  • Master the design of problem solving tasks that bring school textbooks alive

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  • Duration:
    1 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

This workshop is designed to help schools understand why parental contact is so important and how systems can assess the quality and effectiveness of current practice. We will conduct a parent information session lasting between 1 – 1 ½ hours following the workshop where we will explain to parents the importance of on-going communication with the school and how to ensure they use opportunities provided to maximise their child’s enjoyment and achievement.

In the training the participants will :

  • Understand why parents are partners when educating a child
  • Learn about the power of community and networks
  • Recognize how to identify different types of parents from the permissive to the authoritarian
  • Examine examples of planned home – school interaction
  • Devise strategies for improving the quality of their own school’s interaction with parents
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  • Duration:
    1 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

The bell goes and students wait to start the lesson. On average, there is an 8 minute gap between the end of one lesson and the actual start of the following lesson, whether staff move and students remain in the same room or vice versa (observed during visits across a wide variety of schools). This workshop will demonstrate how to eliminate ‘wasted’ time at the beginning of each lesson.

During the workshop the participants will :

  • Learn about the importance of the ‘Elevator Pitch’
  • See practical examples of ‘starters’ to ensure learners are engaged in thinking from the first moment
  • Understand how a carefully crafted ‘starter’ can provide a powerful link to new learning
  • Work with others to create a ‘bank’ of generic lesson starters suitable for any subject

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  • Duration:
    1 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

Using groups to help engage and involve students in their learning is an essential part of active learning. Unless specifically planned, it can also present opportunities for students to be off task and allow one or two people to do the work while the others are there in body only. This workshop will demonstrate how to gain the most from group work while eliminating the possible negative effects.

During the training the participants will :

  • Understand why and how group work can improve classroom dynamics and enhance student learning at all levels in a school
  • Explore the concept of group dynamics and roles to ensure all members  are equally involved
  • Understand the link between the success of group work and the clarity of the group task
  • Plan and deliver a small group task utilizing learning from the workshop

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  • Duration:
    2 Days
  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

This whole-staff training demonstrates how taking learning out of the text book is an effective and necessary part of today’s education. The challenge utilises experiential learning as a professional development tool for improving teaching and learning.

Both teaching and support staff are divided into equal teams allowing for different talents and areas of expertise. Each team receives a remit for the challenge based on a topic related to UAE life and culture. The remit sets out a number of compulsory and optional tasks the team must complete. The team can organize themselves in any way they wish to complete the tasks, however a number of visits are made to each group and points are awarded for teamwork and leadership.

In the workshop of two consecutive days, the participants will:

  • Develop teamwork across a whole staff and improve cohesiveness and understanding for the talents of others
  • Experience how enjoyable learning can be outside a textbook and understand how this can be used to improve teaching and learning
  • Increase knowledge and understanding of many aspects of UAE life and culture; woven into the school curriculum
  • Develop their ability to plan quality lessons with a range of assessment opportunities

We also offer a half day workshop on how to run the Step Ahead Challenge with your students as a tool to develop independent learning and problem solving skills.

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  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

Developing Students as Leaders is the main agenda of this training. Intensive learning sessions are available. Comprehensive coaching inclusive of value based learning is done here. During the classes equal amount of attention is paid to each and every learner. Concept clearance sessions are held along with highly useful extensive lecture sessions. Every aspect is tried to be demonstrated by the trainers, during the workshop.

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  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

This workshop focuses on the development of the students' mentoring skills. Every aspect is tried to be demonstrated by the trainers, during the workshop. Intensive learning sessions are available. Comprehensive coaching inclusive of value based learning is done here. During the classes equal amount of attention is paid to each and every learner. Concept clearance sessions are held along with highly useful extensive lecture sessions.

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  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

Support Staff Development Workshop is available here for the students. Interactive learning sessions are included in this program. Comprehensive coaching inclusive of value based learning is done here. During the classes equal amount of attention is paid to each and every learner. Concept clearance sessions are held along with highly useful extensive lecture sessions. Every aspect is tried to be demonstrated by the trainers, during the workshop.

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  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

Workshop on Educational Catering for Gifted and Talented Students in the classroom is done by us. Comprehensive coaching inclusive of value based learning is done here.

During the classes equal amount of attention is paid to each and every learner. Intensive learning sessions are available. Concept clearance sessions are held along with highly useful extensive lecture sessions. Every aspect is tried to be demonstrated by the trainers, during the workshop.

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  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

This training is based education catering for Mild & Moderate Learning Difficulties in the Classroom. Intensive learning sessions are available. During the classes equal amount of attention is paid to each and every learner. 

Comprehensive coaching inclusive of value based learning is done here. Concept clearance sessions are held along with highly useful extensive lecture sessions. Every aspect is tried to be demonstrated by the trainers, during the workshop.

Course details

This workshop is for whole school literacy in English. During the classes equal amount of attention is paid to each and every learner. Comprehensive coaching inclusive of value based learning is done here. Concept clearance sessions are held along with highly useful extensive lecture sessions. Every aspect is tried to be demonstrated by the trainers, during the workshop.

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  • Segment:
    Secondary
  • Subject:
    Mathematics

Course details

The workshop is focused on educating the students on school mathematics. Concept clearance sessions are held along with highly useful extensive lecture sessions. Every aspect is tried to be demonstrated by the trainers, during the workshop.

Intensive learning sessions are available. Comprehensive coaching inclusive of value based learning is done here. During the classes equal amount of attention is paid to each and every learner.

Course details

This is a workshop on Effective Strategies for Primary - Secondary Transition. This training is highly effective for the school kids. Comprehensive coaching inclusive of value based learning is done here. 

Intensive learning sessions are available. During the classes equal amount of attention is paid to each and every learner. Concept clearance sessions are held along with highly useful extensive lecture sessions. Every aspect is tried to be demonstrated by the trainers, during the workshop.

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  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Finance: Banking

Course details

This is a workshop for students conducted by us, on financial awareness. Every aspect is tried to be demonstrated by the trainers, during the workshop. Intensive learning sessions are available for the learners.

Comprehensive coaching inclusive of value based learning is done here. During the classes equal amount of attention is paid to each and every learner. Concept clearance sessions are held along with highly useful extensive lecture sessions.

Course details

It is the responsibility of every educational leader to reduce in-school variation. This workshop deals with the question, such as, whether in-school variation matter? What is its impact on the child?

One way of doing this is by recognising the importance of middle leaders within the school. They are closest in terms of working with other teachers. They also work with students in their own classes too. They will be key to the planning, implementation and best use of the findings to reduce variation. The workshop stresses the importance of involving students in the process.

Course details

Succession Planning Workshop is available with intensive learning sessions. Succession planning is a process for identifying and developing internal people with the potential to fill key leadership positions. Succession planning increases the availability of experienced and capable employees that are prepared to assume these roles as they become available. This workshop focusses on the key factors of Succession Planning in school.

Comprehensive coaching inclusive of value based learning is done here. During the classes equal amount of attention is paid to each and every learner. Concept clearance sessions are held along with highly useful extensive lecture sessions. Every aspect is tried to be demonstrated by the trainers, during the workshop.

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  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

This workshop on work life balance and stress avoidance is intended for school staff or senior students. Concept clearance sessions are held along with highly useful extensive lecture sessions. Every aspect is tried to be demonstrated by the trainers, during the workshop. Comprehensive coaching inclusive of value based learning is done here. During the classes equal amount of attention is paid to each and every learner.

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  • Segment:
    Business Training
  • Subject:
    Life Coaching

Course details

This is workshop on Games as Tutoring Tools. In this we tute you to use games as a mode of teaching. Comprehensive coaching inclusive of value based learning is done here. During the classes equal amount of attention is paid to each and every learner. Concept clearance sessions are held along with highly useful extensive lecture sessions.

Course details

This is workshop conducted by us, for growing in the urge to read in students; especially boys. Girls generally have a better concentration level than boys. Hence, its important to grow in the urge of reading in them; for them to attain better grades. Comprehensive coaching inclusive of value based learning is done in this workshop.

Course details

Citizenship Across the Curriculum advocates the teaching of civic engagement at the educational level, in a wide range of disciplines and courses. Intensive learning sessions are provided for this training. Comprehensive coaching inclusive of value based learning is done. During the classes equal amount of attention is paid to each and every learner.

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