Teach Middle East Magazine Issue 3 Volume 2 Jan-Feb 2015 | Page 6

EDITOR’S MESSAGE... Teach UAE Magazine® EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Carolyn Lee [email protected] ART DIRECTOR A.Thiruveraga Pandian [email protected] +971 50 508 1431 SALES MANAGER Grace Wilson [email protected] CONNECT. DEVELOP. EMPOWER. Let our New Year’s resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word. - Goran Persson A new year has dawned and we meet it with gratitude and anticipation. We are excited to see all the great things that will unfold in the education sector in this region and the world. All of us at Teach UAE Magazine are working hard to ensure that we bring our educators here in the UAE and the MENA region authentic, relevant and context specific articles, which will play a vital role in their professional and personal development throughout the year. Our social media channels and our regular newsletter updates are designed to ensure that our educators never miss a beat. We have also partnered with some of the most influential education exhibitions in the region. Teach UAE Magazine will feature heavily in GESS Dubai 2015 and will be available in the GESS Dubai VIP lounge. We would love to meet you. Visit us at Stand E22 at the GESS Dubai Exhibition from February 24th -26th, 2015 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Visitors to our stand will be treated to complimentary copies of the magazine, as well as exciting promotional items. In this issue, we look at the elusive worklife balance for teachers and find out from our educators, what they do to remain healthy. We also talk with students and teachers at the Al Bateen Secondary 6 | Jan - Feb 2015 | | School in Abu Dhabi, to learn more about how to strike a good balance between studying and pursuing extra-curricular activities. Students also share with us who their favourite teachers are and why. The ground breaking Global Teacher Prize is making waves in the education sector all over the world and Teach UAE Magazine is proud to be one of its official partners. In our A Moment With feature, we talk to Mr. Sunny Varkey, the man behind this fantastic prize, which seeks to recognise the tremendous work being done by teachers from all over the world. The Class Time section of the magazine is packed with articles that will help to take your teaching to the next level. From how to win over your students’ parents to helping your second language learners excel, there is something for everyone. When work is done, turn to our After The Bell section of the magazine. It certainly will give you a reason or two to wake up earlier in the mornings. Have a great New Year from all of us here at Teach UAE Magazine! ____________________ CAROLYN LEE Editorial Director Class Time CONTRIBUTORS Aaron Crotty, Maryann Reid, Aisha Shakti Hakim, Carolyn Lee, Leisa Simapili, Betina Feuntes, Dr Kaizad Kermani, Alona Ballard, Melissa Monney, Jenny Murray, Rahima Jabeen, Chassie Selouane, PreSha Barnes , Dr Thomas Gamboa Jr. PUBLISHED BY Moftah Publishing FZ LLC (Registered at Fujairah Creative City) ADVERTISING [email protected] WEBSITE www.teachuae.com www.facebook.com/TeachUAEMagazine Copyright 2015 Moftah Publishing FZ LLC. All rights reserved. Neither this publication nor any part of it may be reproduced