PD at Beaconhouse
2023-24: The Year in Charts
Generated by the Beaconhouse Research and Development (R&D) Team
"2023-24: The Year in Charts," provides a comprehensive summary of the generic training and support provided by the Professional Development and School Improvement Teams from the Education Department, Education Operations, and Schools in the academic year, 2023-24.
In addition, there is a section dedicated to the subject specific support provided by the Curriculum Team, Education Department.
Our objective is to use a variety of interactive and diverse charts and data visualisations to illustrate the breadth of our training and support.
Mandatory Courses
In 2023-24, 3730 teachers have attended mandatory courses conducted by Instructional Coaches (ICs). A total of 229 sessions of mandatory courses were held all across the country.
SKILL & FLI were conducted by the PDSI Team for ICs and PDSI Leads.
Mandatory Courses of Beaconhouse:
BTPP - Beginner Teachers' Preparatory Programme
DRP - Developing Reflective Practitioners
TRAIN - Teacher Reachout and Induction (For Early Years Teachers)
MIA - Mentoring in Action
SKILL - Skills and Knowledge for Instructional Leadership and Learning
FLI - Facilitate, Lead, and Inspire
Number of Participants in Mandatory Courses
Destination Next
‘Destination Next: Charting a Course for Professional Development’ was held in July 2023 to collaboratively identify PD Goals for the year 2023-24
The three PD goals were: Data Analytics, AI for PD, and EQ for Educators.
‘Destination Next: Speaker Series’ is one of the steps to acheive these goals.
Destination Next Speaker Series was attended by 2160 participants
Destination Next Speaker Series - Feedback
Data Analysis
From November 2022 to May 2024, 174 sessions conducted for 6749 teachers & 826 school leadership team (SLT) members.
Data Analysis training was attended by a total of 7575 participants.
Data Analysis Feedback
Survey results
Overall, 95.6% participants gave positive feedback for the workshop (Agree/Strongly Agree).
Cambridge PDQs
This year 14 cohorts of Certificate level & 4 cohorts of Diploma level PDQs were conducted.
Certificate in Early Years Good Practices (CEYGP) has been launched this year, with 40 participants.
An online Certificate in Education Leadership (CEdL) for UAE schools is currently under progress.
The Bar Chart illustrates the number of enrolled candidates and their results in 3 regions.
The Line Graph shows the success rate of PDQs over the years.
Beaconhouse Excellence Scholarships
In 2022, Beaconhouse Excellence Scholarship for the Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) was introduced.
We partnered with University College London (UCL) for the PGCE, which is accredited by the University of London (UOL) and taught by the top-ranked UCL Institute of Education (IOE).
Every year, Beaconhouse awards Excellence Scholarships worth Rs 8 million to selected members across its national and international schools.
This year, in a spirit of collaboration, the PDSI Team facilitated the Beaconhouse South East Asia (SEA) region in enrolling a separate cohort.
Cluster Support
Continuing with the Cluster Support Programme, the PDSI Team provided support and guidance to schools for formal and informal PD. This year 37 face to face school visits and 105 online cluster support sessions were conducted.
Effectiveness of Cluster Support Conducted by PD Team
Curriculum Training & Support
Curriculum team conducted 356 sessions which includes face to face and online training, coordination meetings, and curriculum orientation sessions.
EY and LP
UP and Middle
EY To Middle
*Combined training provided to both EY and LP.
Student Wellbeing
Student Wellbeing team provided training and orientation sessions to student wellbeing counsellors, parents, teachers and school heads.
PD Goals for 2024-2025
