Governance at ASCS

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‘Where Every Child is Special’

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Our Mission is ‘To develop the potential of every child and inspire responsibility through knowledge within an environment that builds character and provides opportunity, challenge and support.

Al Salam aims to create inspiring learning environments which are driven by discovery, equipped for change and renown for excellence’. Our aspiration for graduates is to be ambitious, well-rounded individuals who are firmly grounded in future-ready skills, moral values and social responsibility.

Our Al Salam schools seek to provide an experience that extends beyond ‘Schooling’. This means that the educational experience will be one that enriches both hearts and minds of our children. Their journey with us is one which will enable them to recognise ‘responsibility through knowledge’.

Children at Al Salam will be encouraged to appreciate abundance, cooperation and synergy, and be inspired to flourish as agents of change who, guided by faith and a sense of purpose, create a better future for our world.

Their experience at Al Salam will enable our young learners:

•  to see opportunity in the world and to treat failure as a step in the journey towards success

• to internalise their responsibility and capacity as inheritors of the present and future of this world

• to discern truth for what it is and to have the drive to pursue it, and to discern falsehood for what it is and to have the courage to challenge it.

Our aim is for our students to graduate with the qualifications, connections, values and motives to be successful contributors to a brighter future.

 

Purpose of Al Salam Governance

1. to help the school set and drive its vision, mission, and strategy
2. to scrutinize the school’s performance and hold the school to account
3. to act as a critical friend to the school’s leadership, by providing constructive advice and support. The GB’s constant concern is for the questions: ‘is the school good enough?’ and ‘is the school meeting its promises?’

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SJ Governance Priorities:

• SEND/Inclusion
• Child Protection and Safeguarding
• Teaching and Learning and Community

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Sue Johnston

Mrs. Sue Johnston is the CEO and Founder of Al Salam Private School and Nursery and has been in the field of education for over 38 years. She and her late husband established the school after humble beginnings as a Nursery in Diera. She has nurtured the growth of the school to its current state, offering quality education for over 1200 students from Nursery to Year 12. In doing so she has continued to develop and promote the beliefs of ‘a good education for all children’ and ‘every child is special’.

She has been in Dubai for over 33 years as a teacher, leader, and entrepreneur and continues to be deeply involved at all levels of the school and nursery.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”team-member-box”][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”2033″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]

TG Governance Priorities:

• Strategic planning and partnerships
• Teaching, Learning, Curriculum and Assessment
• Business and Administration

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Taher Gharib

Taher Gharib is the Director at Salam Education and Chair of the Executive Committee. He is responsible for overseeing the performance and  wider academic and strategic direction of the schools. He was born and grew up in the United Arab Emirates and returned to the UAE  after obtaining his Undergraduate degree in Neuroscience and Behaviour from Canada and an MSc in Developmental Neuroscience from Kings College London.

He began working at Al Salam in 2011 and continued on to be awarded an M.Ed in Educational Leadership from Zayed University and is also a graduate of the Stanford LEAD programme.

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AG Governance Priorities:

• Operations and facilities
• Safety and safeguarding

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Ayman Gharib

Having a background in specialist vehicle mechanics and Degree in Animation as well as a number of courses in facilities and building management, Ayman Gharib has experience in a number of fields from creating custom vehicles to service management.

He joined Al Salam School in 2013 as Facilities Coordinator, managing the maintenance, cleaning as well as upkeep and improvement of the school premises.

In 2015 he took over the role of Operations Manager, taking on a supervisory role to the Security and Transport departments of the school, improving processes and procedures used in the smooth operation of the day to day requirements of the building and oversaw improvement plans for the facility by the addition of a multi-purpose gym hall.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”team-member-box”][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”3964″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]

RT Governance Priorities:

• Strategy and Leadership development

• Educational standards and excellence

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Ralph Tabberer

Ralph is an alumni of Plymouth College after which he attended Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, gaining a MA in Economics, Social and Political Science. In addition, he gained a PGCE from Brunel University.

Ralph was a teacher and completed 10 years’ of research study into how children learn before joining the Civil Service. A highly successful career led to his appointment in 2000, as Chief Executive of the TTA (Teacher Training Agency), which became the TDA (Training and Development Agency for Schools), and was the UK’s most senior official for schools under the Blair Government. In 2009, he came to the Middle East as Chief Schools Officer and Chief Operating Officer for GEMS Education.

After 4 years in charge of their schools, he set up his own companies in the UK and UAE that provide governments, investors and operators with financial, planning, educational and marketing support for their schools. and is a visiting professor at Warwick University and University College London.

Ralph has been associated with Al Salam since 2016 where he was part of the core inspiration to open ASCS and supported the strategic and operational stages for its launch in 2019.

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MK Governance Priorities:

• SEND / Inclusion and Provision for Emiratis Areas
• Wellbeing
• Policy and accountability

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Margi Kulsoom

Margi takes up her position on the Board of Governors of Al Salam, with a wide range of educational and special educational experience behind her, both as a Speech and Language Therapist internationally, and as a Governor of the Walthamstow School for Girls in London for five years.

In Dubai, she provides weekly consultancy in Al Salam school, in which she observes and advises on a range of pupils about whom there are concerns.

Margi has worked in Ethiopia and China for short periods. Prior to that, in Pakistan, working with a group of local people and parents, she set up two special schools in NWFP, Pakistan. She also became Special Advisor to the Pakistan Federal Government on Special Education, providing national training for professionals working with children with special needs. Children with disabilities previously hidden away and a symbol of shame, started to be accepted in Pakistan society.

In London, during more than 20 years as a UK qualified Speech and Language Therapy Manager, she achieved significant improvements in four London Speech and Language Therapy services.

Margi has worked alongside Education colleagues closely throughout her career, pushing forward the philosophy of including children with special needs in mainstream schools. She believes strongly in the benefits of a joint approach to meeting the child’s needs, 24/7, to maximise the practice opportunities and to learn and train parents, teachers assistants and other professionals, especially through hands-on informal working.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”team-member-box”][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”2041″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]

MAA Governance Priorities:

• Legal and governmental
• Security and sustainability compliance

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Masood Alawar

Masood Al Awar is the CEO of Medallion Associate a real estate investment advisory firm with global network. He has over 30 years of extensive experience in banking, government and real estate.

Al Awar also served prominent real estate firms starting with EMAAR properties, SOROUH Real estate PJSC, TASWEEK Real estate and also DUBAI PROPERTIES, where he held executive roles and practiced the entire development life cycle in both emirates Dubai & Abu Dhabi.

Al Awar also played a key role in planning of ‘Smart Living City’, the first event that gathered decision-makers, experts and professionals from around the world to discuss and promote the latest technologies and innovations related to smart cities and smart human capital.

Al Awar holds an MBA degree from the University of Glamorgan in wales UK 1998 and graduated as first batch of HH sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Leadership Development Program in 2005. He also held a government position in the Finance Department of Dubai Police.

Al Awar has combined both government and private sector experiences to pursue a new real estate investment approach in the UAE. He also has the distortional achievement of beating the six times world champion of Snooker Steve Davis in Dubai while representing UAE as a Snooker Champion in 1990. He is a proud father of two Al Salam Students and three highly successful Al Salam Alumni who are making their mark at both the academic and professional level.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”team-member-box”][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”2042″][vc_column_text]

MS Governance Priorities:

• Finance issues and devolved budget

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Manav Someddar

Manav is a Senior Wealth Manager with Wehbe Financial Services. He is a double postgraduate with Masters in business administration from University of Liverpool, United Kingdom and Masters in Management studies from university of Mumbai, India.

Manav has over 12 years of versatile experience in the Banking & Investment domain. He is primarily responsible for designing and managing customized wealth management solutions for clients, both on an Advisory and Discretionary basis.

Having initially majored in the field of Bio-chemistry, he found his calling in Entrepreneurship and created a cosmetic brand called “B’atude”, which boasts a premium organic skin care range. He was directly involved in brand creation, product development, supply chain and global sales and marketing. The brand is currently present in 3 countries and expanding rapidly.

Manav is a proud father of two and parent at Al Salam School. He serves on the board of governors representing the financial committee.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”team-member-box”][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”2043″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]

WN Governance Priorities:

• Technology, data and Communications
• Digital Security and data management
• Tech investment and smooth operation of systems

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Wael Nafii

Wael is a Y Combinator alumnus and serial entrepreneur who has co-founded startups in the Silicon Valley and the Middle East.

He was one of the early employees of Careem and held roles including VP of Product Development and was Careem’s MD of Platforms, leading Careem’s vision to become a Super App company. Wael has built technology products used by tens of millions of users worldwide, featured in publications such as TechCrunch, TheNextWeb, Engadget, and many others. He is has been advisor to many VCs and startups in the region and is passionate about building tech capacity and fostering entrepreneurship in the MENA region.

Currently, Wael is now a Partner at Raed Ventures where he works with founders to create and scale breakthrough companies in the MENA region.

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