ali alhourani, Senior Education Pedagogy  Specialist

ali alhourani

Senior Education Pedagogy Specialist

Save The Children

Location
Jordan
Education
Master's degree, Computer Information Systems
Experience
22 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :22 years, 10 Months

Senior Education Pedagogy Specialist at Save The Children
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since April 2018

- Lead the development of assessment tools related to teachers, children's learning and wellbeing and school environment, analyze results and support the development of action plans.
- Lead the development of technical materials and resources to support in particular teachers that integrate the utilization of new technology approaches in teaching.
- Develop and/or facilitate the development of training materials and resources for wider school community, including school leadership, teachers, including the use of action research and school led initiatives.
- Ensure an integrated holistic approach for the development and implementation of the resources and materials is adopted especially child wellbeing, protection and social and emotional development and participation of children.
- Lead the design and facilitate the implementation of specialized training for teachers, supervisors, school leadership to create quality learning environment in schools.
- Support continuous professional development of teachers through establishing community of practices and teacher's circles and utilizing new technology ( social media, online courses, blended learning approaches).
- Provide technical assistance, coaching and mentorship to relevant projects’ partners, stakeholders and projercts staff.
- Conduct orientation sessions with the school community and parents to help them understand the different components of the projects s .
- Coordinate with projects team to ensure the implementation of the interventions meets the agreed planned milestones in a timely manner. Prepare progress and technical reports and briefs.

Senior Educational Trainer - science at Save the children
  • Jordan - Amman
  • August 2015 to March 2018

• Plan and develop (in coordination with project staff) training activities, including organizing and printing training material, and any other related activities to the training workshops.
• Conduct training workshops, and ensure proper documentation of the training sessions.
• Supervise, support and assess the performance of facilitators and monitors of Makani centers and ITSs.
• Develop the necessary assessment tools in order to assess the performance of facilitators and monitors at Makani centers and ITSs.
• Conduct community of practices sessions and ensure the proper preparation and documentation of the sessions.
• Support the curriculum enhancement team in developing the IFE curriculum.
• Ensure the completion of timely weekly and quality reports as required internally and externally.

Expert Trainer at Queen Rania Teacher Academy
  • Jordan - Amman
  • March 2014 to August 2015

• Advising teachers about the best educational practices in the field
• Supporting teachers in their classes upon utilizing the best practices in teaching.
• Assessing and evaluating science teachers performance.
• Giving Teachers the appropriate feedback about their performance.
• Supervising teachers in their classes.
• Communicating with school principal and keeping him informed about teachers' performance and career path progress
• Evaluating instructional program and teaching effectiveness.
• Coordinating and directing programs related to ensuring compliance with the school’s educational guidelines.
• Overseeing the implementation of in-service training and graduate courses in the core academic areas.
• Collaborating with and monitoring the performance of vendors for the selection of instructional materials to support the staff. Development in core academic areas.
• Consulting with the Principal regarding the needs of the school community, as well as the design and the development of the programs to be offered.
• Working in liaison with other members of staff to assist in promoting a solid education background and environment to aid in the student’s academic learning.
• Directing and coordinating educational activities.
Developing and evaluating education programs to ensure to the school standards.

Expert Trainer at ASK for Human Capacity Building
  • Jordan - Amman
  • November 2011 to February 2014

- Conducting training for all ASK projects.
- Conducting onsite support for all ASK projects.
- Conducting some sort of training need analysis.
- Using a variety of training strategies/ learning experiences such as: Didactic model/ lecture, Group discussions, Role plays and simulations, Small group exercises, Observation, Self- reflection, Feedback sessions, and Evaluative sessions.
- Using in training the most powerful resources which enable relevant quickly and easily improvement.
- Organizing and presenting activities that will reinforce the learning process in a very creative, interesting way.

Master Trainer at CADER (ChangeAgent for Arab development and Education Reform)
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2008 to October 2011

- My responsibility was Training teachers how to use and integrate modern pedagogy with ICT & implement it in their classrooms, and give training courses on soft skills.

Teacher at Ministry of Education
  • Jordan - Amman
  • August 2001 to December 2007

- During this period my responsibility was teaching physics and science courses

ICDL Trainer at Ministry of Education
  • Jordan - Amman
  • April 2003 to December 2007

train the teacher on ICDL skills

Education

Master's degree, Computer Information Systems
  • at Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences
  • February 2007
Bachelor's degree, physics
  • at University of Jordan
  • June 2001

Specialties & Skills

Adult Education
Training
Pedagogy
Education
Science

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Leading Learning (Training)
Training Institute:
Harvard Graduate School of Education – Massachusetts, USA
Date Attended:
February 2021
Compassionate System (Training)
Training Institute:
Center for Systems Awareness, MIT - Massachusetts, USA
Date Attended:
July 2019
ICDL (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2002
Valid Until:
June 2002
ChangeAgents Training Master (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2008
Valid Until:
July 2008