United Arab Emirates School
Principal, Dr. Jake Madden, Set to Release Book “School Improvement in the UAE”
This latest book, “School Improvement
in the UAE” by Dr. Jake Madden, continues his school improvement research by providing
teachers and school and education system leaders with an insight into what
school improvement requires and, importantly, how to implement such a program
in a school in the UAE.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – April 5,
2020 - The United
Arab Emirates has a bold plan, Vision 21, for its people and their
future. At the heart of this plan is a
call for schools to pursue excellence in teaching and learning to position
young people for successful adulthood in a world where technology, innovation,
and creativity are the mainstream. At the forefront is author and Executive
Principal Dr. Jake Madden, whose body of work positions school leaders to
incorporate teaching improvement strategies that embody data-driven practice. Madden’s new book, “School Improvement in the
UAE: A Practical Implementation of the School Effectiveness Literature,” is set
for release May 1, 2020. Published by Oxford Global Press and available on
Lulu.com, in true Madden style, this book provides an easy to read an account
of the reasons for change and the context in which change must occur. This
informative backdrop leads to an elaboration of his improvement model, and the leadership
approaches required.
Madden says, “The UAE is a relatively new country, forty-eight-years-old,
and education is unique in this country. Our school is growing in leaps and
bounds, and I want to let others know why. My school develops a model for learning, which focuses
on improving teacher capacity. The model has yielded great results for our
school.”
With the
education system in an uproar across the world due to the CO-VID 19 pandemic,
educators are scrambling for ways to improve learning once schools reopen.
Madden says, “My book should help shed light onto schools greatest resource --
the classroom teacher. I believe in the teacher as a researcher. My work
reveals that once a teacher understands how they impact learning, then they
become more focused on providing personalized learning for their students.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Jake Madden is the Executive
Principal at Al Yasat, a private school offering a bilingual American education
in Arabic and English with a strong emphasis on the respect and values of the
local culture in Abu Dhabi. He has enjoyed a successful teaching and principal
leadership career over the last thirty years building teacher capacity through
the development of learning in the contemporary world, the promotion of
flexible learning spaces to meet the needs of the 21st-century learner and
curriculum for global mindedness.
Phone: +971564686902
