Gillian Hendrie, Recruitment Manager

Gillian Hendrie

Recruitment Manager

Quality Education Holding Company

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Diploma, China-specific TEFL
Experience
20 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 6 Months

Recruitment Manager at Quality Education Holding Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since June 2014

Leading a small team of recruiters in advertising current projects, searching for and interviewing suitable candidates, and making appointment recommendations; maintaining the recruitment aspects of the company recruitment portal and ensuring correct documentation has been provided; timely communication with candidates and project managers.

General Manager of the international school in Riyadh at Al Tarbiyah Al Namouthajiyah Schools
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • July 2013 to June 2014

July 2013 - present: Al Tarbiyah Al Namouthajiyah Schools
General Manager of the international school in Riyadh
• Recruitment of teaching staff
* Development of curriculum, supporting documents and resources, and academic plan (Grades 1 - 12)
• Assessment plans for grades 1 - 12
• Teacher training and supervision of teaching and learning
• Quality assurance of assessment
• Creation and development of policies and procedures
• Creation and development of staff, student and parent handbooks
• Preparing the school for accreditation through AdvancED
• Piloting Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) tests
• Regular liaison with school leaders for consistency of approach and continual improvement
• Producing calendar of events
• Reporting to the CEO regularly and on pertinent matters as they arise.

Education Consultant at GEMS Education Solutions
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2012 to June 2013

Based at Kingdom Schools (girls' international secondary school) in Riyadh
• Liaising with and mentoring the principal; mentoring curriculum leaders
• Establishing budgets for school programs
• Weekly training of all teachers in the building
• Coaching math, science, English and social studies teachers, including observing lessons and providing feedback on same
• Monitoring planning documents
• Staff appraisals and reporting on teacher performance
• Recruitment
• Liaising with other stages of the school to ensure overall school improvement.

Education Consultant at School Improvement Partnership
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • August 2009 to March 2012

Working in a girls' high school (Grades 10 - 12) in Abu Dhabi
• Mentoring, coaching and training teachers in planning and pedagogy; implementing the new curriculum and assessment frameworks; improving numeracy
• Working with colleagues to prepare materials for teaching and assessment
• Co- and team-teaching; observing lessons and giving appropriate feedback; reporting on teacher performance
• Providing regular reports on relevant school matters
• Liaising with other advisors in the school
• Working with school administration to improve learning environments.

Teacher of English at Glenelg School of Abu Dhabi
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • May 2008 to July 2009

Teacher of English (Grades 7 - 10).

Education Advisor (Mathematics) at Abu Dhabi Education Council
  • United Arab Emirates
  • August 2007 to May 2008

August 2007 - May 2008: Abu Dhabi Education Council
Education Advisor (Mathematics) in a model school (grades 6 - 9)
Duties were similar to those in my position with SIP with the addition of designing and delivering ESL lessons for teachers.

Teacher at Suzhou Singapore International School
  • China
  • August 2005 to July 2007

Teaching mathematics (Grades 6 - 11), science (Grade 7) and ICT (Grade 7);
* Grade 7 math team leader;
• training two teams competing at the Maths Olympiad, Beijing, in November 2006;
• teaching MYP Theory of Knowledge lesson and assisting in English classes;
Head of House

Teaching English at Japan Exchange and Teaching programme
  • Japan
  • August 1991 to June 1992

Working mainly in Junior High Schools in the city of Okayama, I taught EFL full-time. I had occasional additional duties teaching adults and children in KG and Elementary as well as some cultural exchange visits.

English Teacher at BMUKS (Ministry of Education)
  • Austria
  • September 1988 to June 1989

I taught full-time, divided between two schools: one Hauptschule and one Bundesgymnasium. I taught at all secondary school levels, using mainly games and songs with the younger students, and speeches and analysis with the oldest students. In addition to this I had a special project with a Polish girl who spoke no English or German, and was able to accelerate her learning.

Education

Diploma, China-specific TEFL
  • at Boland School
  • August 2005

2005 China-TEFL Certificate

Diploma, TEFL
  • at Boland School
  • August 2005

2005 International TEFL Diploma

Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and German
  • at Moray House Institute
  • July 1998

1998 Postgraduate Certificate of Education (Sec) in Mathematics and German

Master's degree, German
  • at University of Glasgow
  • June 1991

1991 MA (Hons.) in German at II-i

Specialties & Skills

Policy Design
Teacher Training
Curriculum Development
Assessment
BUDGETS
COACHING
FRAMEWORKS
LIAISON
MENTORING
PROGRESS
RECRUITMENT
SOLUTIONS
TEACHING
TRAINING

Languages

Chinese
Intermediate
Arabic
Intermediate
English
Expert
French
Intermediate
German
Expert
Japanese
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

English Composition: Achieving Expertise (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
Rhetorical Composing (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
Learning How to Learn (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
IB DP (Higher Maths) (Training)
Training Institute:
IB
Date Attended:
August 2006
Duration:
8 hours
MYP (Training)
Training Institute:
IB
Date Attended:
November 2005
Duration:
12 hours

Hobbies

  • Singing
    Member of a choral society and a chamber choir.
  • Scuba Diving
    PADI Open Water PADI Advanced Diver
  • Dancing
    Tango, salsa, ceroc and Scottish country dancing.
  • Reading