Dasman Bilingual School hosts Dr Jay Mctighe
KUWAIT: Dasman Bilingual School organized a workshop conducted by the International Education advisor Dr Jay Mctighe. The workshop took place at Safir Marina Hotel from Feb 16th to Feb 18th, and it was sponsored by The Commercial Bank of Kuwait, The Kuwaiti Man power as Main sponsors and Al-Jiri Holding Group - Al-Bayan Bilingual School - Al-Nibras International Bilingual School and The American International School as Golden Sponsors. Samar Dizmen, the Superintendent of Dasman Bilingual School said that: “Dr Jay Mctighe is an Educational Author and Consultant. He brings a wealth of experience developed from a rich and varied career in education. Dr Jay has an extensive background in Professional Development and is a regular speaker at United states, district conferences and workshops.”
“Over the past few years, Dasman Bilingual School has been implementing the latest trend in education by transitioning to student centered learning when the teachers are facilitators giving students a choice of activities,” Dizmen continued. “Teachers are learners in this process and therefore, Dasman Bilingual School has been offering a wide range of professional developments trainings and workshops with internal and external facilitators. Dr Jay Mctighe is an added value to the education sector.”
On February 18th 2019 a press conference was held at DBS School represented by Adel Al-Sane - CEO of Dasman Bilingual School and Dr Jay Mctighe. Sane commenced: “I would like to welcome Dr Mctighe to Kuwait and to Dasman Bilingual School in particular. We are happy to have him with us and to learn and add new ideas to our educational Knowledge.”
Sane said that “in collaboration with the Commercial bank of Kuwait, Dasman Bilingual School has taken the intiative in developing School’s curriculum by coming up with new ideas because we care about our students who are our priority. We have students with special needs and mainstream. Therefore, we communicate with well-known advisors from Kuwait and outside Kuwait like Dr Mctighe.” Dr Mctighe presented new developed ideas for educators and learners. “Teachers were very interested with the workshop. They have gained their knowledge and experience in education,” concluded Sane.