Within the framework of the cooperation of the Faculty of Education at Ain Shams University with the Armed Forces Vocational Education and Training Department, a course for directors of educational institutions was opened in the presence of the Dean of the Faculty of Education, Prof. Safaa Shehata, Major General Staff Officer/Tariq Abdel-Al, Director of the Armed Forces Vocational Education and Training Department, Major General Staff Officer /Mohamed El-Azabi, Chief of Staff of the Department of Vocational Education and Training, and advisors to the Director for Qualification and Preparation of Teachers, Dean/ Ahmed Fouad, Dean/ Abdel Hamid Zaytoun.

The opening was attended by a group of professors from the Faculty of Education participating in the training, including Prof. Abdel Nasser Rashad, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Graduate Studies and Research, Prof. Farea Hassan, Prof. Mustafa Raslan, Prof. Zainab Khalifa, Prof. Osama Jibril, Director of the University Education Development Center, Dr. Heba Sami, Dr. Zainab Shaaban.

The course continues during the period from 1/28/2024 to 4/14/2024 (Sunday of each week only), during which a group of selected topics will be studied to qualify trainees in the techniques of managing educational institutions. Among the topics that will be trained on are:

• Managing educational institutions in light of comprehensive quality

• Time management and delegation of authority

• Managing anger situations

• Counseling and psychological guidance in the educational field

• Professional conflict management style – communication skills

• Preparing educational research to solve problems in educational facilities

• Strategic planning for institutional managers

• Design curricula in light of competencies and skills

• Developing human capabilities

• The effectiveness of administrative decisions in educational institutions

• The twenty-first century

• How to deal with different types of trainees

• Body language and dialogue management

• Technological innovations

• Behavioral problems and deviations and how to deal with them

• Skills (competencies) of members of the supervisory and teaching staff

• Positive thinking skills/desire for change

• Presentation skills