A Moment with
A MOMENT WITH
SHADY ELKASSAS
A MOMENT WITH
SHADY ELKASSAS
BY LEISA GRACE WILSON
I
f you have spent any time on social
media, you would have heard
of influencers. An influencer on
social media normally refers to
an individual who has the power to
affect the purchasing decisions of
others because of his/her authority,
knowledge, position or relationship
with his/her audience. But what about
education? Do we have people working
in education who could be considered
as influencers? I certainly think so.
Having worked in education for the
past two decades, I have noticed that
there is always a group of educators
with whom people are actively
engaged. These are the educators
who are always sharing what works and
what does not work in their classrooms
or schools. They are not afraid to try
new things, conduct action research in
their schools and classrooms.
They make it a point of their duty, to
ensure that their students are well
catered for. They may not be the
most popular educators, but they
certainly have a following both online
and offline. They have distinguished
themselves in their areas of expertise
within education. In this ‘A Moment
With’ feature. we get to know more
about Shady Elkassas, who recently
won the
Middle East Education
Influencer Award during the Middle
East School Leadership Conference
which was held in Dubai on October
9-10,2018.
Shady Elkassas hails from Cairo,
Egypt. His father who is a geologist,
embedded the love of science in him
from an early age. Shady is currently
the Assistant Principal for Academics
at The Sharjah American International
School, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
He describes himself as a visionary
with several years of experience in
teaching and an innate ability to
inspire students. He holds a Master’s
of Science in Education from Walden
University, an Executive Management
Diploma from the American University