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Sawsan Dalaq

Children’s Museum

Country: Jordan

Biography:

Sawsan Dalaq is the Director of the Children’s Museum Jordan, a leading Museum in both Jordan and the Arab region. The Children’s Museum was established in 2007 through the vision and support of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah and aims to support the national learning and educational agenda.

In her current position, Ms. Dalaq is leading the process of taking the Children’s Museum to the next level by enhancing its services, programs and educational content. The Museum also developed a Master Plan for the renovation of its exhibit hall as well as setting key priorities and objectives for the next few years to better adapt to local and regional challenges.

Previous experience includes: Director of e-Initiatives at Jordan’s Ministry of ICT where she led the Government’s efforts in capacity building in the ICT sector and in bridging the digital gap through education and community development; She also held the position of Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations at the Office of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah and was responsible for setting-up and running the EU Information and Communication Center in Jordan.

She is a graduate in International Relations and Development Studies from the University of Sussex in the UK.

Status: Confirmed

Papers/Presentations

Attracting Schools – the Science, the System and the Process

-Learning Objective/s:

Session attendees will learn how they can establish a solid offering as well as a system for working with schools and attracting them as a primary stakeholder. The session will also cover outreach and going beyond the boundaries.

-Content:

The session will be presented in two parts: Outreach to the community and establishing a solid relationship with schools as main stakeholders.

As learning institutions, we have a responsibility to reach out to as many people as possible. We make the impossible become a tangible reality when we inspire future generations to be innovators themselves. However, outreach is not the goal but the tool: during the session a model for successful outreach including a Mobile Children’s Museum will be shared.

We also need schools to visit our museums and centers but how do we bring them and how do we keep them interested? The key factors in putting together a solid content as well as a system for working with schools will be presented. Schools have different needs and there is never a one size fits all. Attendees will be presented with examples of schools’ programming: how to start, the challenges, the system, maintaining a positive relationship and development of specialized interactive workshops.

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