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O.R.B.I.T.S. CONSULTING
by Manal Zeineddine
After two decades in educational leadership, Manal Zeineddine speaks about the urge to have intrinsically-motivated, interdependent, emotionally stable communities, in alignment with academic achievement. She has founded O.R.B.I.T.S. Development Code, a vital approach to community empowerment and leadership consciousness. Institutions can foster potential development and sustainability in all areas. "Make your mark! Walk your talk! Be present in your community, genuine and true. Know that every generous gesture, tiny or enormous, ripples through you, your family and all those around you."
Episodes
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Episode 33: Eric Sheninger - Disruptive Thinking in Full Swing
This episode features Eric Sheninger from USA, a best-selling author, a thought leader, an innovator, a risk-taking educator, an eloquent speaker, and the CEO of Aspire Change EDU consultancy. Eric shares his story about breaking free from conformity and compliance and calls all schools to take...
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Episode 32: Vesna Alic – Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Food Education
This episode is special as we talk about an area of learning that needs to be fostered in schools. Vesna Alic from Slovenia, a business and educational consultant, trainer,and project manager in agriculture and social entrepreneurship, explains the challenges in agriculture and social...
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Episode 31: From Human Resources (HR) to Human Power (HP): On-boarding 30-35-35 Rule
This episode is related to HR in general and on-boarding in particular. While there are always duties, there are also rights. Human resources (HR) is better seen as human power (HP), that can tremendously contribute to any institution when given well-tailored support, guidance, and appreciation…
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Episode 30: Education is Not Enough - Learning is a Six-fold Structure
This is a core episode, as it discusses learning from my approach for conscious learning and being. Learning is a hexagon-shaped structure within which three practices operate. It sets questions, such as no matter what high credentials we receive, we still stumble and fall in both professional…
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Episode 29: ChatGPT, Google Bard: A Deeper Look
This is an episode that discusses chatbots from macro and micro angles. Though it does not explain the technical aspects of chatbots, it does shed the light on the infinite capabilities of ChatGPT and chatbots in general and the radical facilitation they bring to the world. It also considers the...
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Episode 28: Inge Rozendal - Higher Ed and Primary Education: A Pendulum at Continuous Swing
This episode features Inge Rozendal (she/her) from The Netherlands. Inge is a learning designer & consultant in Higher Ed and assessment and a didactics trainer. Her focus is on regenerating education through a holistic approach that connects familiar practices and norms to our passions and…
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Episode 27: New Year 2023 - Choosing to Be "Us"
This is a bonus episode, released at the beginning of this new year 2023. It is a personal outlook of a period that ended, the few years that passed, and a new one that is just starting. While the past years were years of deep thinking and clearing of old patterns, the coming one is a softer...
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Episode 26: Pirjo Suhonen - Doubling Impact With The Finnish Double-Flip Classroom
This episode features Pirjo Suhonen from Finland, the founder of ALO Finland Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). Through the digital teacher training, Pirjo focuses on teachers as the Best App, who are offered the opportunity to experience digitally authentic ways and methods with Finnish…
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Episode 25: Britta Simon - HeartMath Coach and Mentor Explaining Heart-Brain Coherence
This episode features Britta Simon from Germany. Britta is a personal resilience coach certified by the Institute of HeartMath and specializes in sustainable stress management, self-regulation & sensitive trauma recovery. She works with individuals & teams to help them combat their inner chaos…
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Episode 24: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Choice, Action or Both
This episode addresses Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), fundamental themes that are interrelated and may still be underrated in "schools" with the continuous emphasis on testing and achievements. The episode is an extract from 21st Century Series (ORBITS Model), a globally-oriented series...
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Episode 23: Jihan Najjar - Recruitment Through the Lens of a Job Search Coach
This episode features Jihan Najjar, a job search coach and Sr. HR generalist. Speaking from Greece, Jihan shares insights from an international recruiter and a coach’s perspective about basic principles for a successful job search. She outlines strategies that ensure mutual value…
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Episode 22: Bringing Together all Disciplines - 21st Century Learning ORBITS Model
This episode presents 21st century learning from ORBITS perspective, highlighting its four components: Cognitive rigor, technology, social-emotional rigor and global citizenship (also from ORBITS perspective). The key is to catch the essence of learning for life, learning for continuous growth…
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Episode 21: Benjamin Freud, Ph.D. - Student-Centered Learning: Deeper and Beyond
This is an open talk that features Benjamin Freud, the educator who advocates more questions than answers, in a mutual exchange with the host about how skills taught in class remain limited, how curricula and assessment can be redesigned to meet our multidisciplinary real-world needs, and how…
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Episode 20: New Year Motivational Verb Calendar for Educators and Seekers of Achievement, Peace and Balance
As part of ORBITS conscious learning and being, this is a calendar featuring the twelve months of this new year 2022 through verb statements for every letter of every month. These statements encompass personal and professional development of educators and any person seeking achievement, balance…
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Episode 19: Stuart Chambers - A Call to Recognize Humanity and Build on COP26
Stuart Chambers, an environmentalist and a film producer, speaks about the importance of doing good and being kind in our communities. Our talk comes in unison with COP26 discussions and calls for immediate action as Stuart emphasizes the role of individuals, families, schools, and unions in...
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Episode 18 : Assessment of STEM (Areas of Focus and Tools)
This episode briefly explains STEM field disciplines, its academic and non-academic areas of focus, and the tools that can be used for assessment. When quantitative and qualitative research is put into proper implementation, STEM becomes more reliable and engaging in K-12 schools. For more on…
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Episode 17 : STEM through ORBITS Perspective - A Way to Accelerate Learning
This is a part of a STEM conference talk that I presented in, explaining STEM from the perspective of my ORBITS approach. It is important to acknowledge the need for immediate action, even if partially at first, in order to assist in the acceleration stage needed now after the pandemic. More…
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Episode 16: Zeina Fayoumi - Youth Leadership In and Beyond Schools
This episode features Zeina Fayoumi, a certified John Maxwell coach, speaker, and trainer. Zeina shares significant knowledge about youth developmental stage, various types of 21st century skills needed for youth readiness for higher studies and the workplace, their empowerment both by schools…
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Episode 15: Harnessing Learning and Being - An Excerpt from my New Series "The Quantum"
This is an excerpt to introduce my new series "The Quantum". This series supports my approach in understanding our inner selves and the world around us. We, educators, have the opportunity to embrace the uncertainties, that outline the world and our surroundings, and in this process unlearn,...
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Episode 14: Home Cooperation - A Focus Urgency During the Pandemic [From O.R.B.I.T.S. EduCOVID Series]
This episode addresses the fifth and last of the five urgency areas that EduCOVID handled, how schools can better utilize home cooperation for more effective teaching, learning, and social and emotional responses. The episode is an extract from EduCOVID, a globally-oriented series that I have…
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Episode 13: Inclusion - A Focus Urgency During the Pandemic [From O.R.B.I.T.S. EduCOVID Series]
This episode addresses the fourth of the five urgency areas that EduCOVID handled, how schools can strengthen their inclusive education, focusing on all learning needs and merging them within a healthy class environment. The episode is an extract from EduCOVID, a globally-oriented series that I...
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Episode 12: Alignment to School Statement and Curriculum- A Focus Urgency During the Pandemic [From O.R.B.I.T.S. EduCOVID Series]
This episode addresses the third of the five urgency areas that EduCOVID handled, how schools maintain and strengthen their alignment to their visions, missions, objectives, and values and alignment to curriculum. The episode is an extract from EduCOVID, a globally-oriented series that I have…
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Episode 11 : Academic Achievements and Losses- A Focus Urgency During the Pandemic [From O.R.B.I.T.S. EduCOVID Series]
As schools prepare for 2021-2022, this episode addresses the second of the five urgency areas that EduCOVID handled, how curriculum, instruction, and assessment can increase learning gains and curb learning losses. The episode is an extract from EduCOVID, a series that I have been sending since...
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Episode 10 : Nominate an "Invisible Hero" with Isabelle Blum and Manal Zeineddine
Isabelle Blum, an environmental scientist and art creator from Switzerland, and Manal Zeineddine are bringing the attention of education, environment, and the overall community, to individuals, who have been silently contributing to their communities. "Invisible Heroes" is a simple initiative,...
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Episode 9 : Carl Garner - Emotional Intelligence Mapping Tool for Verbalizing and Qualifying Emotions
Carl Garner, director of psychology and education, speaks about the Emotional Intelligence Mapping tool that he has created. This proactive tool, that resembles London tube map, simplifies complicated emotions for the purpose of enhancing emotional literacy in schools and other types of...
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Episode 8 : Accountability - A Focus Urgency During the Pandemic [From O.R.B.I.T.S. EduCOVID Series]
As schools prepare for 2021-2022, this series of episodes provides a coverage of aspects, encountered through the past months, as we tackled COVID disruptions in schools. This is an extract from EduCOVID, a series that I have been sending, and will continue to send, through my monthly…
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Episode 7: My Initiatives - Soft Skills and Sustainability Projects for Learners and Quality Ed Programs for Leaders
This episode provides more information about the two initiatives that I have launched for learners and leaders. The two projects for learners endorse 21st century skills, mainly critical thinking, self-regulation, communication, agency, accountability, and innovation. The projects foster...
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Episode 6: Marghanita Hughs: How Nature Art Fosters Creativity and Connection
This episode welcomes the first guest – Marghanita Hughs, a nature art educator, who facilitates her classes in nature. She speaks about the need to rethink education, allowing children to explore their creative intelligence. Marghanita shares strategies to make nature part of the learning…
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Episode 5 : Our Finland Expo 2020 Dubai Entry on Sustainability : Green and White Contracts !
This is a BONUS episode, inspired by our entry on the theme of sustainability for Finland Expo 2020 Dubai competition. The competition shared ingenious ideas of children, as they expressed wishes for a greener and more sustainable world. My daughter's entry, shared in her own voice in this…
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Episode 4 : O.R.B.I.T.S. - My Transdisciplinary Approach for Quality Education and Leadership
This episode highlights the approach that I have devised over the past twenty years as a teacher and a director. O.R.B.I.T.S. entails multiple disciplines towards a deeper, more conscious, and thriving education. The episode includes the three phases of the research, reaching its name and theme.…
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Episode 3 : From an Experience into an Approach: Sharing My Story - Part 3
This episode signals the ending of a three-part story of my twenty year journey in education as a teacher and a director, building an overview of future epsiodes. Real-life experiences are powerful because through experiencing, one activates the mind, the heart, and the senses, sharpening...
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From an Experience into an Approach: Sharing My Story - Part 2
This episode is the second part of my story in the field. It paves the way towards O.R.B.I.T.S. , the approach that I have developed over the past 20 years. More hands-on lessons, through which my role as an educator was being carved, giving me the chance to create a brighter community for me and...
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From an Experience into an Approach: Sharing My Story - Part 1
Every journey has a trigger, and a path, that does not fully unfold at the beginning. However, when we observe with a caring heart, record observations with a keen eye, and act with a clear, unbiased intention, we realize that, as educators, we are here to explore and develop potential. As years...
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After two decades in educational leadership, Manal Zeineddine speaks about the urge to have intrinsically-motivated, interdependent, emotionally stable communities, in alignment with academic achievement. She has founded O.R.B.I.T.S. Development Code, a vital approach to community empowerment and leadership consciousness. Institutions can foster potential development and sustainability in all areas. "Make your mark! Walk your talk! Be present in your community, genuine and true. Know that every generous gesture, tiny or enormous, ripples through you, your family and all those around you."
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