IIS STEP SCHOLARSHIP TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 1.1 Overall Scholarship Aims The Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS) offers a Scholarship to Ismaili students who have been accepted onto the Secondary Teacher Education Programme (STEP). This two-year academic programme of study is delivered in London and leads to two post graduate qualifications; a Master of Arts in Muslim Societies and Civilisations awarded by SOAS and a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Reflective Practices awarded by University College London. The STEP award is only valid if both the qualifications mentioned above are awarded. Students who do not graduate from the Secondary Teacher Education Programme will not be eligible for IIS Alumni privileges or to begin employment with ITREB as STEP teachers. The Scholarship promotes the broad aims of STEP including but not limited to: • Evolving and sustaining a cadre of Ismaili Muslim teachers who are acquainted with the content informing the IIS Secondary Curriculum and who will implement the curriculum; • Developing teachers’ reflective and critical stances and professional capacities informed through field-based practice, foundational educational training, and contemporary educational principles, theories and literature; • Developing within the teachers a critical understanding of curriculum implementation, evaluation, and assessment, particularly in relation to the IIS’ Secondary Curriculum; • Enhancing and fostering educational leadership skills and qualities amongst the teachers; • Addressing the needs of the Ismaili Tariqah and Religious Education Boards (ITREB) by professionally training teachers.
