Live Workshops

DLP Academy offers live monthly workshops to its members on topics that cultivate and nurture better educators and leaders. See our schedule of workshops below. 

Equipping educators with practical tools to teach writing to learners

Dates: Saturdays at 11 AM CT from January 8 – 28 2022

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Date: Saturday Feb. 5 2022 at 11 AM CT

Details and registration link coming soon

A workshop designed specifically for teachers on how to handle finances

Date: Saturday Feb. 26 2022 at 11 AM CT

Details and registration link coming soon

Writing Workshop

Equipping educators with practical tools to teach writing to learners

What's Covered In This Workshop?

This workshop will be divided into 4 interactive sessions, each one being 1.5 hours

Psychology of Writing

This session will examine the psychological and cognitive underpinnings of the process of writing. This is designed to help teachers understand the complexities learners face in writing via the English language.

Writing Strategies

This module looks at writing as a process and the importance of scaffolding writing, taking it step by step so that learners master each step before graduating to more complex structures.

Importance of Feedback

We will look at the importance of feedback given current research as well as the different methods that can be used to give appropriate feedback to students of various competencies.

Tackling Plagiarism

This session will examine plagiarism and the cultural and academic implications of it. It will help participants to identify it as well as correct remedy the problem.

About the Instructor

Sulaiman Jenkins​

Sulaiman Jenkins is an academic scholar and a researcher in the field of applied linguistics. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, he has been teaching as a professor of English in Saudi Arabia for over 16 years. He has published a number of articles in top-tier journals and his research interests concern race and identity.

Register For The Writing Workshop

Fill out the form below to join us from Jan. 8 – 28 (Saturdays at 11 AM CT) for this workshop. Details will be emailed to you before the workshop begins.

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Sulaiman Jenkins

Sulaiman Jenkins is an academic scholar and a researcher in the field of applied linguistics. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, he has been teaching as a professor of English in Saudi Arabia for over 16 years. He has published a number of articles in top-tier journals and his research interests concern race and identity. His academic journey began with Prep for Prep 9, an elite nonprofit organization dedicated to the elevation of gifted minority students in NYC. From there, he graduated from some of America’s most prestigious academic institutions (St. Andrew’s School ’99/New York University ’04) and with his education hopes to produce significant pieces of writing that help America examine issues that are sensitive yet central to his lived experiences growing up in the inner city: namely, race relations, police brutality, drugs and gang violence, incarceration and the prison system, and employment discrimination.

Ismail Abdur-Rahman

Ismail is a Startup Business Coach, 10X Performance Strategist, International Business Developer, Financial Coach. He’s the founder of iVIBES Consulting, which is an acronym that stands for Virtual Integrated Business and Entrepreneurship Solutions.  He is passionate about spreading entrepreneurial thinking as a way to reduce unemployment and empower those who have been systematically marginalized and disenfranchised. He has more than 20 years of experience and has launched several startups.

Imran Nanlawala

Imran began his career as an ESL teacher but he quickly learned that his passion for helping others succeed didn’t stop at just teaching them English. He founded Digital Learning Partners and now works as a Digital Transformation Consultant to help businesses and organizations achieve their goals, no matter how big or small. Having a background in leadership, and combining that with his extensive knowledge in health, fitness and green living, Imran also created The WalaWay, a podcast which helps people reach their greatest potential.

Habeeb Quadri

Habeeb Quadri has been an educator and administrator in public and private schools and a youth mentor for more than 25 years. He received the prestigious National Distinguished Principal award from the National Association of Elementary School Principals. He is also on the Harvard University Graduate School of Education Principals’ Advisory Boardand the Boards of the Illinois Coalition of Non-Public School. He is passionate about education and helping his community.