Islamic School Teacher Training

August 30 @ 9:30 am - August 31 @ 4:30 pm EDT

$80.00

Bringing Joy to Your Classroom

Aug. 30 & Aug. 31, 2025

9:30 am – 4:30 pm each day

Ummah Nabawiah Masjid, 2074 Kipling Avenue, Etobicoke, ON

Mark your calendars for Aug. 30 & Aug. 31, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm! In partnership with Ummah Nabawiah Masjid, we’re delighted to offer a two-day teacher training program with experts Imam Belal Ahmad, Dr. Fadwa Elashi, and Beena Ahmed.

Attendees will receive the Sound Vision Canada teacher training workbook and other valuable resources. A Sound Vision Canada teacher training certificate will be issued upon completion of the program. Educators, school administrators, homeschooling parents, and aspiring teachers are all welcome. This training is open to full-time, part-time, and weekend Islamic School teachers, and anyone passionate about Islamic education!

Imam Belal Ahmad is an Islamic scholar, school administrator, and khateeb. He currently serves as the principal of an elementary school within the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. In addition to his role in education, he runs an after-school maktab program at a local masjid in Hamilton and regularly delivers khutbas at various masajid in the area. Imam Belal is also a director of the Canadian Council of Muslim Theologians (CCMT), where he leads the organization’s education department.

Dr. Fadwa Elashi is a former assistant professor of developmental psychology with five years of experience teaching courses on educational psychology, learning through play, and child development. She has published several peer-reviewed research articles in the field of child development and often reviews manuscripts for consideration for publication in major academic journals. Her profound passion for fostering optimal and equitable learning environments for all children is what drove her to establish Nectar Education.

Beena Ahmed has been an educator for more than 15 years and currently works with the Peel Board of Education. She holds a Master of Education in Curriculum Pedagogy and Teacher Development from OISE. She started her career working at an Islamic School teaching various grades, later being promoted to take on a school leadership position as a vice-principal. Beena is passionate about teacher professional growth and development; she continues to work with organizations that invest in promoting teaching as a lifelong learning process.

Why is Sound Vision Canada training teachers? We’re training educators so that children attending Islamic school classes:

1. Fall in love with our Creator and feel attached in their hearts to our deen.

2. Feel a strong bond with their caring teachers.

3. Want to go back to Islamic school!

Training Modules:

Spiritual Preparation of the Teacher

Nurturing the Whole Child

Building a Positive Classroom Culture

Designing Engaging Lessons

Training Learning Objectives:

1. To learn about the teaching qualities of the Prophet (PBUH)

2. To engage in self-reflection

3. To learn how to engage the whole child and develop purposeful, creative lessons

4. To learn strategies we can use to develop a positive classroom culture

5. To learn how to create a welcoming and inclusive classroom

6. To introduce a framework for classroom behaviour management

7. To share experiences and practical knowledge

8. To encourage ongoing steps towards personal and spiritual growth

*IMPORTANT*

We will be in touch with registrants via email. To ensure smooth communication, please add the following to your trusted contacts:

marketing@soundvisioncanada.org

info@soundvisioncanada.org

Registration includes refreshments. Lunch information will be shared with registrants.

Please note tickets are nonrefundable.

Individuals requiring financial assistance may email info@soundvisioncanada.org.

Details

Start:: August 30 @ 9:30 am EDT
End:: August 31 @ 4:30 pm EDT
Cost:: $80.00