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29 سبتمبر - 1 اكتوبر 2026 | مركز ذي أرينا الرياض للمعارض والفعاليات| المملكة العربية السعودية.

Dana AbuGoura

Superintendent - Beech Hall School Riyadh

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Dana Abu-Goura is a senior education leader and transformation specialist with 25+ years of experience across K–12 systems and education organizations in the Middle East, and is currently based in Saudi Arabia.

She currently serves as Superintendent at Beech Hall School Riyadh and has held executive leadership roles including Chief Academic Officer, Executive Director, Secretary General, and Executive Director of Schools. Her career spans system-wide reform, governance, quality assurance, accreditation, digital transformation, and large-scale school improvement.

Abu-Goura is a certified EFQM Assessor ,Evaluator, an experienced trainer, and a Business Growth Development Coach, supporting education institutions in strategy, performance excellence, and sustainable growth. She is also an Ed.D. candidate in Educational Leadership and a recognized leader in driving evidence-based improvement, innovation, and organizational impact across the region.

Speaker Sessions

Leaders in Education 1499

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Strategic Guidance & Decision-Making in Times of Change

Session Summary:

Explore how educational leaders navigate complex challenges, make difficult decisions, and maintain institutional vision during periods of rapid transformation and uncertainty. Learn how to:

 

• Master strategic decision-making frameworks and scenario planning for making high-stakes decisions under uncertainty to navigate complex challenges while maintaining institutional integrity and educational quality

• Develop adaptive leadership capabilities to build organisational resilience and agility by fostering adaptive leadership skills

• Implement effective change communication strategies for communicating difficult decisions, managing stakeholder expectations, and building trust during uncertain times

Speakers

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Are You Leading a System or Shaping a Culture? Rethinking School Leadership

Session Summary:

The greatest challenge in schools today isn't curriculum, resources, or students—it's leadership that prioritises systems over people. This dynamic, interactive workshop dismantles traditional assumptions about school leadership, moving beyond titles and compliance to explore how leadership is truly experienced: through culture, wellbeing, trust, and human connection. Through live reflections, collaborative design challenges, and practical frameworks, participants shift from control to influence, hierarchy to shared ownership, performance to purpose. Join this session to:

 

• Analyse the fundamental difference between leading through structures and policies versus leading through values and shared purpose

• Implement practical leadership strategies that shift focus from performance metrics to wellbeing and purpose—using collaborative design challenges to prototype approaches that make schools feel different, not just function differently

• Assess your current leadership approach by examining how it is experienced by teachers, students, and families

• Develop reflective practices and feedback mechanisms that reveal gaps between espoused values and lived reality, enabling continuous alignment between leadership actions and transformational impact

Speakers

التصنيفات

  • Leadership and Professional Development

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