Our Teachers
Who Are We?
We are a team of British Muslim educators, trained in the traditional Islamic Sciences and modern pedagogy. Our team includes professionals in the wider education sector as qualified teachers and school leadership. Most importantly we are also parents.
Our experience of running madrassahs dates back over 24 years and we have been running our current schools since 2008.
We are Sunni, nonpartisan to any sub-sects and do not push political ideologies.
Our teachers are trained in modern and traditional teaching methods. Teachers teach subjects by specialism e.g. Our Arabic teachers are native Arabs with qualifications and experience in teaching Arabic to non-native learners. Tajwid teachers have Ijaza or formal training to the level they are permitted to teach.
We support and monitor teacher performance closely by our teacher development programme. Teachers are regularly observed throughout the year and attend regular feedback and appraisal sessions. They attend ongoing training and inset days every year.
A Good Teacher
A teacher is the most important component to the child’s educational provision. Our lasting memories of educational experiences are linked to the person and personality of our teachers, whose behaviour and attitudes play an instrumental role in shaping the way we see the world from a young age.
A good teacher can make up for any shortfalls in books, resources and even curriculum. Since our primary mission is the nurture and character development of young people with higher values and morals, the experiential and modelling dimensions of education are of great importance. These things are constructed by the teacher.
The Prophet (SAW) led as the best of examples (uswah hasanah) and taught by demonstration. His demonstration not only acts as the modelling of the desired learning activity, but for educators, it also acts as an example of his careful attention to selecting the optimum mode of delivery suited to his subjects. A demonstration of an Islamic pedagogy.
An understanding of Islamic pedagogy can also be derived, from a brief inspection of Allah’s educational approach in the style and delivery of the Qur’an and his relationship with His messengers. It is a pedagogy that encourages contemplation and criticality, compelling the learner to take a personal journey to reach conviction and a mature faith.
We at Fouz invest heavily in our teacher training programme. We want the very best for both our team and students and do this by following a thorough recruitment process, training programme and by providing support and monitoring our teachers regularly to ensure that they make the most from our benefits and progression routes.
