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Pakistan ASCD
Pakistan ASCD (Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development) is an official Affiliate Group of
ASCD, USA, founded in 1943. It provides a platform for educators, policy makers, educational researchers
and students to connect and collaborate to uplift education in Pakistan. It also aims to connect Pakistani
educators with their global counterparts in order to exchange ideas and work to help each other progress.

Comprising of 125,000 members, including school superintendents, principals, teachers, professors, and
advocates from more than 138 countries, the ASCD community also includes 56 affiliate organizations.
ASCD’s non-profit oriented, diverse and non-partisan membership is its greatest strength, projecting a
powerful and unified voice to decision makers around the world.

No Teacher Left Behind
One of Pakistan ASCD’s main aims is to work towards the goal of ‘No Teacher Left Behind’ by:
1. Raising the social status of teachers
2. Providing quality training and support to teachers, especially in low income schools and
underprivileged areas.
3. Creating a platform which helps teachers grow as educational reformers
4. Giving teachers a voice where they can express their concerns and challenges
5. Opening up opportunities for educators to visit, form links and receive training from international
educational organizations in order to bring the latest educational practices to Pakistan.
6. Enabling teachers to teach and learn from global perspectives in collaboration with peers from all
over the world.

To achieve these aims Pakistan ASCD Invites the private and public sector (including policy makers and
members of the planning commission, Ministry of Education, students, parents, the international
community and the society at large) to work together as a think tank for Pakistan’s education sector.

Professional Development
ASCD seeks to provide opportunities for teachers to excel through professional development according
to international standards. We aim to provide training that covers 21st century learning techniques,
effective instructional strategies, how to create differentiated classrooms and other leading educational
practices.

Furthermore, we believe in bringing about reform and development within schools. We are fully
committed to equitable education and for that we aim to provide training opportunities for teachers and
administrators of underprivileged schools, minorities and rural areas through face to face and online
training sessions. We strive to reduce the disparity between urban and rural areas of Pakistan and
elsewhere and to bring international standards of teaching and learning into all schools and colleges of
Pakistan. We believe in the holistic development of each learner and are committed to diversity in
learning.
Pakistan ASCD
179, 3rd Floor, Zuhra Icon, Civic Center, Phase 4, Bahria Town, Islamabad, Pakistan - 44000
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We aim to help local educators access ASCD’s leading edge products and services that can accelerate
their professional development and achieve their school’s performance targets. Our organization is
dedicated to providing the most innovative on-site, online, and blended solutions that are customized,
aligned, and differentiated to meet the needs and goals of our fellow educators.

Publications
We strongly believe that a community can grow immensely when educators connect to share ideas,
experiences, challenges and solutions. This connected community is in keeping with the tradition of its
pioneer organization, ASCD, USA and intends to launch an educational newsletter and journal of
international standards.

The newsletter and journal will publish articles and research on educational practices, suggested
improvements and legislative advocacy. Thereby subscribers all over the world will be able to get useful
information as well as practical and implementable strategies delivered to their email inbox once a month.
Currently, our official blogs for educators and students are up and running.

Legislative Advocacy
For the first time we are providing a forum to bring all stakeholders on one platform and are inviting
students and parents as well to join the debate, in an attempt to answer the following questions:

1. How can educational standards be improved?
2. What aspects of the current curriculum needs to be revised?
3. How can the government support education through legislation?
4. What issues take priority in educational reforms and why?
5. How can teachers from low income schools and underdeveloped areas be granted a better social
status?

We want educators to have an equal voice in advocating legislation. We want to ensure the federal
education policy is shaped by people who know how to educate children. We will also strive hard to
launch issue forums where policy makers find common ground on key issues affecting teaching and
learning.

We strive to reduce the disparity between urban and rural areas of Pakistan and elsewhere, and to
introduce international standards of pedagogy into all schools and colleges of Pakistan. We believe in the
holistic development of each learner and are committed to diversity in learning.

“Whole Child” Initiative
ASCD's Whole Child approach is an effort to transition from a focus on narrowly defined academic
achievement to one that promotes the long-term development and success of all children. Through this
approach, ASCD supports educators, families, community members, and policymakers as they move from
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a vision about educating the whole child to sustainable, collaborative actions. ASCD is joined in this effort
by Whole Child Partner organizations representing the education, arts, health, policy, and community
sectors.

Whole Child Tenets
1. Each student enters school healthy and learns about and practices a healthy lifestyle.
2. Each student learns in an environment that is physically and emotionally safe for students and
adults.
3. Each student is actively engaged in learning and is connected to the school and broader
community.
4. Each student has access to personalized learning and is supported by qualified, caring adults.
5. Each student is challenged academically and prepared for success in college or further study and
for employment and participation in a global environment.

About the Founder
Umair Qureshi is veteran Physics teacher, Educationist, Advocate for change through educational
reforms, teacher trainer, TEDx Speaker, Writer and blogger. He is the CEO of Leaders in Education &
Academic Development (Pvt) Limited, Founder & Executive Director of Pakistan ASCD, visiting faculty
member at Beaconhouse School System Islamabad and Roots IVY F8 Islamabad.

Umair is the first Pakistani who was selected as ASCD Emerging leader by ASCD USA in 2015. He is
passionate to provide quality professional development to the teachers, global connectivity of educators.
He has recently launched an international Educational Magazine ''The Reformer'' on behalf of Pakistan
ASCD.

Umair has trained around 6000 teachers across Pakistan on instructional leadership, questioning
strategies, Evaluation frameworks for school and teachers, 21st-century learning, Understanding by
Design, National Curriculum and SLO based teaching, curriculum development, Leadership roles,
Instructional practices, Lesson Planning and student-centered classrooms.

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