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CoEJ Spiritual Academies Network (SAN) Madrasah Leadership Teams (MLTs) Workshop

Sunday 8th October 2017 Kents Hill Park Training and Conference Centre,

Milton Keynes

The Council of European Jamaats

Unit 101, 1st Floor Metroline House,118-122 College Road, Harrow HA1 1BQ Tel: + (44) 208 696 5200 Email: [email protected] Web: www.coej.org

Registered Charity in the UK No: 1096111

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Madrasah Name Participants Names

Madressatul Mehdi (Trollhattan) Sameer Bandali

Baab-ul-ilm (Leeds) Noor-ul-Hasan

Shia Ithna’asheri Madressa (Hujjat) Sajjad Govani Aamir Jiwa Ali jawad Hansraj Imran Chatoo Mukhtar Karim

Sharikatul Hussain Saturday Workshop (Leicester)

Sukaina Fazal Sidika Raza Zahra fazal

Sanie Zehra (Paris North) Nassir Charifou

Hyderi Islamic School (South London) Shabniz Kaba Aliasgar Rajabali

Al Mahdi Madrasah (Wessex) Sheikh Fazleabbas Datoo Jamil Bandali

Zainabiya Madrasah (Milton Keynes) Hasnain Datoo

Facilitators Dr Akber Mohamedali Aly Nasser Zinnat Mohamedali Mariam Hassam

Guest speakers Naushad Mehrali Apologies:

Madrasah – leader/ SAN Champion

Zainabiya Madrasah of Marsta -Rubab Ladha Hujjat Saturday Workshop - Ummul Banin Merali Muhammadi Madrasaah Birmingham- Faiza Mawji Shia Ithna Asheri madrasah of Essex - Saira Haji Muhamadi Imambara South Paris - Shamira Baduraly Hussaini Madrasah Peterborough – Kaniz Jessa Rizwan Rahemtulla (safeguarding facilitator) Masuma Jaffer (SAN core team) Sukaina Merchant ( SAN safeguarding lead )

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Background

This was the 3rd Annual Madrasah Leadership Teams workshop. The workshop provides a platform to

liaise, network and share information with each other and to proactively plan for the future.

Objectives of the CoEJ SAN Madrasah Leadership Teams Workshop

1. Provide Madaris a common platform to discuss key strengths and challenges.

2. Networking- Through facilitated sessions and during breaks.

3. Tarbiyya curriculum – update from MCE and sessions by Madaris.

4. Tracking milestones from SAN Contract 2017.

5. Creating a new Contract for 2018.






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Agenda for the CoEJ SAN Madrasah Leadership Teams Workshop and points discussed therein:

Quranic Reflection: Quran recitation by Aliasgar R of 14:24 reflection by Mariam Hassam.

Welcome and context Setting: Aly Nasser: 3rd MLT. Thanked madaris leaders and went through the agenda. Introduction of facilitators: Dr Akber, Zinnat, Aly and Mariam. Dr Akbar talked about the Mentoring scheme and camp COEJ He mentioned there’s a need of Madrasah teachers in camp CoEJ and that the mentoring scheme was nearly off the ground for madaris leaders or teachers.

Participant’s introduction: Participants drew a picture on flipchart and came up to talk about how the picture represented them and what similarities connected them.

Update on MLT Contract 2017 : Please see below

Show and tell slots: Mukhtar Karim (SIM): Talked about the HED (Higher Education of Shia Ithna'asheri Madressa ) and some of the programmes they had been running. He gave examples of: Crisis Management workshop led by an award winning member of the Cabinet Response team. How visiting the WilowBrook Organic farm helped in practising the values of the Ahlul bayt in action. Sajjad Govani(SIM) Talked about:

The SLT (Student leadership team) who were 14 year old student reps. They would come up with ideas for madrasah and it would be the madrasah’s role to support and accommodate them.

Mentors Team at SIM :These are professional teachers who observe classes and provide feedback to teachers

Theme day: Recent example was the Sadqa Day that reinforces charity, visiting the Kabrastaan.

Learning support: Supporting children with Special educational needs through sign language. There was a special class with four students who are taught with sign language.






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Shabniz Kaba(Hyderi): Talked about Mel (Madrasah extended learning)which was learning opportunities outside the curriculum. Examples include:

Understanding surahs through Qfatema Workshops in the month of Ramdhan.

Holding a development day with workshops in Arabic calligraphy, bicycle sessions for children and bringing presents and packing eid gifts for orphans in Iraq.

Organising a summer camp at the end of the year where teachers and students bonded through outdoor activities, praying and sessions. A short clip was shown on camp.

Zahra Fazal (Sharikatul Hussein): Talked about what activities they were doing: Some of the examples she gave were:

Promoting the Islamic calendar month – Talked about khushali, shahadat falling in that particular month.

Grandparents’ day, where grandparents were invited into madrasah.

Parents Coffee morning, to reflect on the 12th Imam. This assisted in getting parents involvement .Sharikatul Hussain had a poster to display their events.

Mukhtar Karim: Talked about replicate UN with the HED at SIM, these enables the children to draft resolutions, give speeches and lobby with other students from different schools and organisations. The skills learnt were transportable between home, work and school. The students would also get an opportunity to win awards through conferences. Nassir Charifou (Sanie Zehra): Talked about how the masael around salaah were being incorporated as part of the Namaaz session they had at Madrasah. Brother Nassir also mentioned how the Gujarati lessons that they were conducting at madrasah had a positive impact by enriching culture and teaching the next generation the value of their mother tongue. The Teaching Skills programme had a positive impact on this language subject since it helped teach, the language through the skills learnt. Resources and strategies were also created by using the principles and strategies learnt at the TSP. To view his powerpoint please click on the link below. https://www.coej.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Saanie-Zehra-2.pdf



https://www.coej.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Saanie-Zehra-2.pdf




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Facilitated Networking

This was a facilitated network session where participants could choose a topic that they were interested in from six prepared topics. Tables then had time to discuss on their table and flipchart down their discussions. Below is what came through on flipchart:

How to improve Madrasah experience for teenage students:

Shift from being taught to mentoring, guiding, spiritual experience – treating them as adults.

Students come back for 1 year service as teaching assistants.

Make classes more relevant, address current issues being faced and having lively discussions.

Using hooks to engage them through: sports, technology and social media.

Show your (teachers) passion for the subject.

Allow use of phone in class for research.

Trips and exposure to the outside world.

Show how to “live” your faith in the real world.

Give them responsibility.

Relate Ahlul bayt (a.s) to modern issues example: Human rights, environment and conflicts.

Making madrasah relevant to their lives.

Be creative otherwise we will lose them.

Not making Madrasah apart from their lives but making madrasah a part of their lives.

How to promote Lifelong learning within our madrasah:

Involve graduates as teaching assistants to become teachers.

Appointing mentors.

Platforms by Madaris incorporating life aspects: A levels, university, career, setting up home, marriage (therefore madrasah to provide support for these).

Inter- Madrasah sport matches/ tournaments.

Partnering with AB societies at universities.

Post Madrasah (year 11)students come in for 1 year as helpers teaching assistant, admin.

Introduce GCSE for post Madrasah this has helped but not ideal.

How should we assess the learning in our Madaris?

Prior to assessment: Essential Question: What is the Madaris target? Develop internally?

Formative assessment :Child friendly so as not to increase burden

Practical akhlaq

Salah assessments not added to exams but should be practical and should take place over the year.






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How to motivate teachers for training:

Teachers themselves promoted it after completion (eg comments/ feedback by whatsapp

group) thus there was less of admin promoting and more of teachers promoting.”Peer

Marketing.”

In house training to help with logistics

Buy in – realising the responsibility of being a teacher.

Formal Inset day (so teachers are aware of upcoming training)

Formal/ professional approach: example CPD folders, certificates provide incentive.






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Tarbiyya update from MCE and sessions with Madaris on Tarbiyya curriculum- Facilitated by Doctor Akbar Mohamedali

Naushad Mehrali, Head of MCE talked about Tarbiyya update, which lessons were ready and what

would be new in 2018. click on the link below to view the slides.

https://www.coej.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/CD-slides-COEJ-MLT.pdf

Shaykh Fazle Abbas Datoo talked about the reasons why Al Mahdi Madrasah, Wessex had been the

first Madrasah to implement Tarbiyya curriculum. One of the main reasons he had bought into the

curriculum was that Madrasah learning should not be disjointed from school and the processes used

to teach at madrasah should be innovative, children should be able to apply Islam in their lives. He felt

that Tarbiyya had the potential to be able to do this. He mentioned he felt supported by MCE in this

journey and although there had been teething problems together they had managed to roll the

curriculum out at Al Mahdi Madrassah.

Aliasgar Rajabali from Hyderi Islamic School presented a powerpoint regarding how the journey at

Hyderi Islamic School had been in adopting the Tarbiyya curriculum and shared some of the feedback

received from students and teachers. To read his power point please click below.

https://www.coej.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Tarbiyah-Journey.pdf

Sajjad Govani from SIM shared his journey on how SIM had embarked on the journey in adopting the

Tarbiyya Curriculum. Please click on the link below for details.

https://us7.campaign-archive.com/?u=bde418795b5ccabd2bced40ab&id=170a831f55

There was a question and answer session on Tarbiyya curriculum. Some of the topics included

assessment and some of the challenges of rolling out the Tarbiyya curriculum.

Action Plan for 2018: Please see below for the contract that was agreed up

Evaluation, feedback and closing circle.



https://www.coej.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/CD-slides-COEJ-MLT.pdf

https://www.coej.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Tarbiyah-Journey.pdf

https://us7.campaign-archive.com/?u=bde418795b5ccabd2bced40ab&id=170a831f55




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MLTs Workshop 2016/17- what we have achieved!

WHAT WE COMMITTED

WHAT WE’VE ACHIEVED

4 NEWSLETTERS IN 2017 4 NEWSLETTERS IN 2017: JAN, APR, JULY, OCT

Circulate the contract and minutes within 4 weeks

CIRCULATED ON 3 DEC 2016

10 TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMS

(The TSP and NPL together)

9 TSPs DONE IN 2017:

SIM (4 TSPs)

ESSEX

BIRMINGHAM

SWITZERLAND

TROLLHATTAN, SWEDEN

HYDERI

4 TSPs SCHEDULED BY DEC 2017:

SIM

MARSTA, SWEDEN and PARIS

10 TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMS

6 NPLs IN 2017

MILTON KEYNES

WESSEX

PARIS

MILTON KEYNES

WATFORD

HYDERI






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1 NPL SCHEDULED BY DEC 2017: WATFORD

SAFEGUARDING GUIDELINES AND

TRAINING

WE SHARED DRAFT SAFEGUARDING POLICIES WITH ALL

MADARIS

SET UP GROUP FOR SAFEGUARDING OFFICERS TO

NETWORK

EDUCARE PROGRAM – SENDING REPORTS TO MADARIS

SAFEGUARDING WORKSHOP

(MAY 2017)

NEXT WORKSHOP IS ON 25 NOV. REMEMBER TO SIGN UP!!!

TEACHER TRAINING GUIDELINES

FOR MADARIS

A SUB-TEAM OF 3 VOLUNTEERS SET UP TO CONSULT WITH

MADARIS AND CREATE DRAFT GUIDELINES

(FATIM PANJWANI, SAIRA HAJI AND FAIZA MAWJI)

6 MADRASAH HEADS COMPLETED THE SURVEY

SIM, HYDERI, HSW, BIRMINGHAM, WESSEX, PARIS (North)

92 TEACHERS COMPLETED THE SURVEY

THE SUB-TEAM CREATED DRAFT GUIDELINES WHICH WERE

CIRCULATED TO ALL MADARIS ON 22 FEB 2017.

ONLINE PRESENCE

PORTARTAL

QUARTERLY SAN CHAMPIONS

TELECONFERENCES

28 JAN 2017

26 APR 2017

12 JUL 2017 – CANCELLED

12 SEP 2017






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STAFF TO DRIVE THE SAN

AGENDA

CoEJ SAN MANAGER FROM JAN 2017

CoEJ SECRETARIAT SUPPORT

Some action points that came up during discussion of the above:

Jamaat officials to clarify that safeguarding still comes under Jamaat trustees and not under COEJ

Follow up minutes to be sent by a certain date so that where people have not been present know what is happening.

Teaching guidelines to be sent again with these minutes so that Madaris can look into them again. Please click the link below for the teacher training guidelines. https://www.coej.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Teacher-training-Guidelines.pdf



https://www.coej.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Teacher-training-Guidelines.pdf




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WHAT YOU COMMITTED WHAT YOU’VE ACHIEVED

Get all teachers to do the Educare program Madaris have been

promoting the

Educare program at

their madrasah

Implement the safeguarding guidelines provided by SAN with an

appointment of a Safeguarding Officer

Appointment of

safeguarding officers

have been done by

Madaris

To create a person specification for the new full time role for CoEJ Done by Sajjad Govani

and

Hasnain Panjwani

Each madrasah will submit at least one news item/best practice for

newsletter per year and circulate newsletter to all stakeholders

We have had most

madaris send in their

best practise

Ensure that the CoEJ SAN teachers training guidelines created by

the sub-team are implemented in your madrasah

These have been

circulated and will be

sent again with these

minutes






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MADRASAH VISITS COEJ SAN HAVE CARRIED OUT THIS YEAR:

Essex

Trollhattan

Hujjat Saturday Workshop

SIM

Wessex

Leicester

La Chaux de Fonds

Doctor Akbar mentioned getting Individual commitments and goals from the Madrasah that were visited would be good practise.

CoEJ SAN has also organised “Train the trainer for the Teaching Skills

programme(TSP)” in partnership with the MCE.

This assists increasing our number of facilitators, who can run the TSP for our

madaris.






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Commitments from CoEJ SAN 2017/2018

1) Teaching Skills Programmes (TSP)

2) Neuro Psychology of Learning Programmes (NPL)

3) TSP Master classes

4) NPL Masterclasses

5) Tarbiyya master class (Needs assessment )

6) Safeguarding training for Madrasah Leaders (webinar/ Physical workshop)

7) Madrasah Visits – to finish visiting all Madaris by end 2018

8) Newsletters quarterly

9) Conducting three SAN Champion teleconference calls in 2018

10) Continue providing safeguarding training for teachers

11) CoEJ SAN Webpage – on it to be a place for FAQ on Tarbiyya, Resource section with links to resource banks

12) Action points / contract from Madrasah visits to be documented

13) Write to MCE to get clarity on learning resource work stream: Can Madaris contribute resources to the MCE portal?

14) Hold MCE to account – for Train The Trainer- Tarbiyya

15) To support and bring together Special needs departments of madaris – by creating whatsapp group and looking into how to support Madaris strengthen their Special education needs department.






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Commitments from Madrasah Leaders 2017-2018

1) Each Madrasah will submit at least one news item/best practice for newsletter per year and circulate newsletter to all stakeholders

2) Continue to promoting all teachers to do the Educare program, the safeguarding workshop, the TSP and NPL

3) Send a link of resources

4) Screen resources before sending

5) Identify number of teachers that still need to go through the TSP and NPL

6) Leaders safeguarding training – to let CoEJ SAN know of a date for training and would it be webinar or a physical workshop

7) By being open and booking a date for an CoEJ SAN visit by end 2018

8) Continue in sending SAN Newsletter to Parents and teachers at their Madrasah



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