QU ExxonMobil Academy ends after week-long program

Qatar University (QU) and ExxonMobil Qatar two education partners, hosted a luncheon and graduation ceremony to mark the conclusion of the ExxonMobil Teachers Academy in Doha.

Several senior representatives from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, QU and Teach for Qatar (TFQ) attended the event held at QU’s College of Education.

The academy was established in 2012 by ExxonMobil Qatar and QU’s National Centre for Education Development (NCED), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. The academy targets math and science teachers from Qatar’s government schools.

More than 50 teachers took part in this year’s academy in the presence of representatives from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education and TFQ. Around 40 of these teachers are grade seven to nine math and science teachers from Qatar’s government schools; 10 are TFQ fellows, in addition to 13 student teachers from the internship programme at the College of Education.

Over the course of a week, teachers underwent an intensive professional development programme to enhance their teaching skills and deepen their knowledge of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) through teaching tools that will help them explore these subjects with their students.Doha-based educators and instructors from the United States worked with this year’s teachers to develop the skills necessary to integrate STEM successfully into their lessons and enhance learning among students.

A total of 500 teachers have taken part in all the previous academies that ExxonMobil Qatar and QU have organised since 2012.Experts from the academy, QU and the ministry have estimated that these teachers are expected to reach over 20,000 students, creating a considerable impact on Qatar’s education system.