1. Y DEVELOPMENT OF USTAADS?
by KEY CONSULTING - eseedat
together we open the doors
to management, teaching & learning

2. TYPES OF EDUCATORS the drive and the skills
There are those who are
locked in yesterday and today
There are those who dream
of tomorrow and even beyond
And then there are those who
have the commitment
the drive and the skills
to make such dreams come true.

3. IHSAAN is excellence in our worship of Allah SWT
is derived from the root word “hasuna” which is to be beautiful, proper, good, appropriate
etymologist Khurram Murad extends its application to all facets of our lives to mean “to do a thing well, to achieve excellence”

4. MUHASABAH is the gift of Imam Ghazzali RA to Muslims
advocates ongoing introspection and self-evaluation in the quest for self-improvement
should not be stop-start and unrelated activities
should be an inner compulsion, an urge to excel

5. SO WHAT DO WE IMPROVE?
If you look into a mirror and do not like what you see
What will you do?
Change the mirror? (Independent Quality Assurance Agency)
Revealed knowledge will not change
but the ustaad has to change to be relevant and to achieve excellence

6. SOME REALITIES IN OUR CLASSROOMS
Children have changed
Classroom Management has changed
ICT based teaching and learning is a reality
Integration of revealed and acquired knowledge is increasingly essential
In addition to learning about Islam, children need “spiritual survival skills”

7. The story of the
eagle

8. The eagle has the longest lifespan amongst birds

9. When it reaches its 40’s, its long and flexible talons can no longer grab prey

10. Its long and sharp beak becomes bent

11. Then, the eagle is left with only two options: die or go through a painful process of change which lasts 150 days

12. The process requires that the eagle fly to a mountain top and sit on its nest

13. There the eagle knocks its beak against a rock until it plucks it out

14. After plucking it out, the eagle will wait for a new beak to grow back and then it will pluck out its talons

15. When its new talons grow back, the eagle starts plucking out its old, aged feathers

16. And after 5 months, the eagle takes its famous flight of rebirth and lives for 30 more years

17. Why is change needed?

18. Many times, in order to survive, we have to start a change process

19. We sometimes need to get rid of old memories, habits and other past traditions

20. Only freed from past burdens, can we take advantage of the present

21. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes

22. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates astonishing results

23. Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, Not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life

24. When it rains, most birds head for shelter; the eagle is the only bird that, in order to avoid the rain, starts flying above the cloud

25. If you focus on results, you will never change

26. If you focus on change, you will get results

27. Let’s change, to make a change!