Micheal Skillern

Session Summary:

This interactive session explores practical strategies and actionable elements that both students and teachers can implement to develop essential leadership qualities within educational environments. Leadership development extends beyond formal positions, encompassing everyday actions, mindset shifts, and skill-building activities that foster confidence, responsibility, and influence. Participants will discover how classroom practices, extracurricular engagement, and collaborative projects can serve as leadership development opportunities. The session provides concrete tools and techniques that educators can integrate into their teaching practice while simultaneously modeling leadership behaviors, creating a culture where both students and teachers grow as leaders together. Join this session to:

 

• Master practical classroom activities, project-based learning approaches, and peer collaboration methods that naturally build leadership skills in students

• Develop leadership model through teaching practice and instructional techniques that demonstrate leadership qualities while creating opportunities for student leadership growth

• Designing classroom cultures and school-wide initiatives that encourage risk-taking, decision-making, and responsibility-sharing among all community members and create leadership-rich learning environments

• Build student-centered leadership activities, peer mentoring programs, student-led conferences, collaborative problem-solving projects, and community service initiatives that build confidence and influence skills

Speakers

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  Georgios Kormpas | Director of Student Affairs - Al Yamamah University

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  Rubi Mahmood | Lecturer in Initial Teacher Training & International Education - University of Derby

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  Micheal Skillern | Head of Performing Arts - SAES-UDH

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  Dalal Hashisho | Social Emotional Learning SEL Coach - Makers Learning School International

Categories

• Leadership and Professional Development

Session Summary:

Parents are more than stakeholders—they're essential community members. Yet traditional engagement strategies (conferences, newsletters, volunteer sign-ups) often keep them at the periphery of learning. This session explores how interactive classroom experiences transform parent engagement by inviting families to touch, feel, and participate in their child's learning journey. Through practical frameworks, real examples, and video testimonials, discover how to design events that transcend language barriers, generational gaps, and educational assumptions—creating authentic connections between parents, students, and learning that elevate families from observers to active, invested community partners. Join this session to: 

  

• Recognise how hands-on, experiential events create deeper parent connection to student learning compared to traditional engagement methods across diverse family backgrounds, language differences, and educational perspectives. 

• Apply practical frameworks for creating parent engagement events where families actively participate in learning activities alongside their children for making experiences accessible, meaningful, and culturally responsive 

• Implement a strategic shift from stakeholder to community member beyond transactional interactions creating sustainable approaches that position parents as integral members of the school community 

Speakers

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  Micheal Skillern | Head of Performing Arts - SAES-UDH