Pakistani Educational Leadership Narrative: QURAT-UL-AIN YOUSEF

ABOUT ME: QURAT-UL-AIN YOUSEF

PROFESSION:
TEACHER & HOMOEOPATHIC DOCTOR

I have been teaching in j.m.a school for more than 3 years

I run my clinic in evening .

DESIGNATION

I perform multitask such as managing as well as teaching. I teach Pakistan studies and Islamiat

I have done b.a & also I have done b.s in HMS

PROVINCE:I belong to Karachi Sindh Pakistan. Karachi is the biggest city of Pakistan .

ABOUT KARACHI

Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the financial capital of Pakistan, and the capital of the province of Sindh. It is the 20th largest city of the world, in terms of metropolitan population and is the 3rd largest city in the world by population is Pakistan's premier centre of banking, industry, and trade. Karachi is also home to Pakistan's largest corporations, including those that are involved in textiles, shipping, automotive industry, entertainment, the arts, fashion, advertising, publishing, software development and medical research. The city is also a major hub of higher education in South Asia and the wider Islamic World. Karachi has been ranked as a Beta world city, as of 2008.

Karachi enjoys its prominent position due to its geographical location on a bay, making it the financial capital of the country. It is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. It was the original capital of Pakistan until the construction of Islamabad and is the location of the Port of Karachi and Port Bin Qasim, one of the region's largest and busiest ports. The city's population increased dramatically at the time of independence, when hundreds of thousands of refugees from India, Burma and other parts of South Asia came to settle in the city.

Karachi city is spread over 3,530 km2 (1,360 sq mi) in area. It is locally known as the "City of Lights" for its liveliness, and the "City of the Quaid", having been the birth and burial place of Quaid-e-Azam (Muhammad Ali Jinnah), the founder of Pakistan, who also made the city his home after Pakistan's independence.

FAMILY:

I have four siblings, two sisters and two brothers.

Both sisters have been married.

My father is an accountant in a private firm.

My mother is house wife

PERSONAL INTEREST:

I BELIEVE THAT TEACHING IS VERY RESPACTABLE PROFESSION THAT’S WHY professionally a doctor but patiently. I am a teacher

GOALS:

IM NOT DOING A JOB for a sake of money. My intention is to educate most of the poor students who want to be educated but can not afford good education. For this sake I want good training which I can get through this program. I want to educate my community because I belong to that community where there is no value of education only they got primary & secondary education. They stopped their education & search a job.

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

I am a private school teacher .I teach in “j.m.a school”. It is a community-based school which i belong to (memon). .my school is in Karachi. It has 2 branches, i.e.; one share-e-liaqut and second one is on Siddiquabad. There are 600 students in Liaqatabad and 400 in Siddiquabad. Both of these schools are covering only 420 squares per metre. Most of the students are getting free of cost education. Whereas, rest of the students have to pay only a nominal fee of Rs. 500/- only. A total of 44 teachers have been hired to teach in both campuses. There are computer labs and laboratries recently established for the students. All subjects book &copies gives them free .students whose got 80 %.organization give them scholar ship.

It is important to mention over here that the community does not accept any kind of donations from other organizations. It’s the memon community who is wholy responsible for this work and always ready to support humanity.

NEEDS OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION:

My school is cover in very small area, that’s why there is no outside activity for students, small area should be necessary for the students .where student go for the play and take assembly.

In my school, computer labs and laboratories recently established for the students but chemicals and instruments are not sufficient for students .in one instrument 5 to 6 students work

together. Also shortage of computers. In sufficient chairs, in sufficient no of trained teachers

 There is need to increase  salary of teachers in order to ensure that. In my school;most of the students work to supplement their family income or lively hood who are engage in work during school hours, it is necessary to introduce flexible school time tables. Conduct a meeting to highlight the importance of education for both girls and boys and encourage parents to send their children. Montessori department should be separated from the primary & secondary section because children read curiously & weeping ,playing etc that cause senior students disturb & they did not concentration in their studies.

NON-SIBI REFLECTION:

Non-sibi is a volunteer work. Professionally I am a homeopathic doctor but currently I am working as a teacher. I am not doing a job for the sake of money. My school is a community base school which I belong to. In our school most of the students are getting free of cost education. My intention is to educate most of the poor students who want to be educated but cannot afford good education.

It is important to mention their memon community which I belong who is wholly responsible for this work & always ready to support humanity. I perform multiple tasks such as teaching as well as managing the school. I encourage the parents to send them to schools to continue their studies because in my community there is no value of education.

REFLECTION ON MAX ACADEMY

We went to max academy. Its story, gives us strength to do any work in life with hopeful & with heartily I was really impressed. I met his mother.

About curriculum, their curriculum was totally based on courage which was very fascinated to me.

REFLECTION ABOUT

WASHINGTON

After this trip I’m so much glad to my organizer it’s a unforgettable part in my life 1st day in trolley trip I saw many monuments like moon light white house capital statue of Einstein memorial, martin Luther king jr monument .Abraham Lincoln memorial.2nd day we went to state department we took our certificates its very precious moments .we went to Pakistan embassy & met with sherry rehman she is a political leader.im so much exited for this tour because my teaching subject is history, I have taken pictures & videos which I show the students. Also we had taken lunch & dinner in kabbab palace its very delicious food. We travel in a metro. We visited museums its very benefit for my student national museum, air and space museum. Last day we went VOA,we enjoy & fun so much .

GOALS:

ACTIVITY-BASE CLASS:

My goal is to conduct a teacher training course in which participants will learn methods for increasing the amount of active learning time in the classroom. Topics include classroom management techniques; teaching roles and procedures; and handling discipline positively, quickly, and fairly.

Traditional Pakistani educational system is not beneficial for the students and this training will bring a great change to our traditional school education system. I came to know about latest technologies and different methods of teaching and can help teachers understand the psychological and pedagogical needs of their students. I will also help teachers create modern classroom management protocols in light of the latest education methods.

The ability to create and maintain an orderly, productive classroom environment is essential to effective teaching. There is more to effective teaching than classroom management, although well-run, stimulating, and task-oriented classrooms appear to be essential to learning. Effective classroom managers apply a systematic approach, one that requires preparation and planning.

In my school, teachers come to class and say “take out your book. Read line by line. Describe the paragraph and mark the question answer written on the board”. This type of teaching is boring for students and their skill and creativity are not developed. It is important to change instruction from lectures to activity base.

OBJECTIVES:

Teachers will be able to:

teach cooperatively
provide a friendly learning environment
be able to develop interesting activities to teach their subjects
engage their students in different learning activities
think critically about their teaching
effective observation and monitoring skills
give effective directions
use effective listening & speaking skills
form quality questions
encourage students appropriately

PROCEDURE:

I will conduct teacher training workshops on four consecutive Saturdays. The Purpose of this workshop is to equip teachers with innovative classroom strategies. Each Saturday I will cover a different topic:

1st Saturday: Workshop about classroom management

I will explain the teachers by the presentation. How could they engage their students in classroom

With oral & visual presentation, I will discuss with teachers what the problem they face is

(Activity of jig sawing with teachers, as done by Ms. Christie Sweeney.)

2^nd Saturday: Lesson planning