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Nuhaa Smith

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I am a South African but is currently living in Doha, Qatar.

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I am currently living and working in Qatar with my family of four.

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The school I am currently working at is a british curriculum based school giving me insights of teaching strategies from different parts of the world.

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I am currently teaching in Doha, at a school called Newton International School. I am a Cover Teacher, whenever a teacher is off for any particular reason I will then cover their lessons. If there is no cover for the month I have my own personal class where I have EAL lessons for students that need support. Academically and socially.

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Due to COVID-19 the school was forced to start teaching online. I was then given a post as full time online teacher with 20 students. This required me to come up with different teaching strategies that would work for online teaching. Live and prerecorded videos.

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Due to COVIDE-19 the school was forced to close and online teaching had to begin. I was then given the position as full time online teacher with 20 students. I had to adapt and find new strategies to teacher visually. Live lessons and pre recording had to be done.

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I am currently teaching a British curriculum and the school requires me to come up with planning this is an example of a weekly planning sheet.

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I also came to noticed that using animated quizzes helps students prep before an assessment because you are able to go through it with them, also gives a feel of excitement with all the animations going on.

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This is a extra activity that is done everyday being able to show students how to give texture to a picture with only using one pencil but changing the surface it is able to look differently.

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I have found that being able to master excel will help make your admin much easier and faster, whenever I have lists or amounts that needs to be accounted for excel is perfect. Easy, Quick & Efficient!

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Having the ability to use PowerPoints in a lesson in the correct way, the correct age and year group is a great skill to have especially now because of all the advanced technology.

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I myself keep a track of students behavior having it on record at the end of the term if things has not gotten better I would then set a meeting and it will be discussed with the parents.

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Being born in South Africa where the country is full of different people from religious believes to different heritages makes it easy to socialize with students from different backgrounds making them feel comfortable and that it is okay to be different.

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Being in a arabic speaking country getting to a particular place can be a bit difficult due to the language barrier, so by me making PowerPoint direction maps would be perfect for students that have just started or entered the country. Having this skill has helped me out in this area.

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Every teacher has to have a attendance register of their class at the end of the day. I connect mine to a sharable drive with admin saving me time rather than to physically go.

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Setting a proper timetable is very important making sure you are able to get every area in for the day.

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Every week I set a forecast to keep my mind at ease making sure I do not forget any responsibilities that has to be done.

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Making short videos about myself and the introduction can help a lot when welcoming new students. I found making videos with music and pictures helped a lot with catching students attention and interest.

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Once a week I have different extra activities experimenting in different fields giving students an opportunity to find their passion or something they are passionate about.