Director of the Women Centre
English Gate Academy
Total years of experience :26 years, 11 Months
Job Description
1. Lead, plan, direct, support and coordinate all English language programs.
2. Oversee academic, personnel, and administrative affairs of the center to ensure quality education and program profitability.
3. Create short-term and long-term business plans for the academy.
4. Start new projects and open new doors in ELT, e.g. CELTA / DELTA, teacher training in addition to developing new marketing strategies for the Public Programs, IELTS preparation courses and Junior programs.
5. Assisting the General Director on all strategic and tactical matters as they relate to curriculum development, course planning, teacher performance, new business, pricing and execution of various courses and programs.
Achievements:
1. English Gate Academy (EGA) has been authorized as a CELTA venue by Cambridge English as a CELTA venue with given code 10294 TEA 0003
2. EGA delivered its first commercial CELTA program in partnership with IH London and IH Galway in October 2015.
3. EGA has been authorized as a venue to run DELTA Module 2 Orientation course.
4. EGA has been authorized as an IELTS test venue by the British Council
Job Description
1. Lead, plan, direct, support and coordinate all English language programs.
2. Oversee academic, personnel, and administrative affairs of the center to ensure quality education and program profitability.
3. Create short-term and long-term business plans for the academy.
4. Start new projects and open new doors in ELT, e.g. CELTA / DELTA, teacher training in addition to developing new marketing strategies for the Public Programs, IELTS preparation courses and Junior programs.
5. Assisting the General Director on all strategic and tactical matters as they relate to curriculum development, course planning, teacher performance, new business, pricing and execution of various courses and programs.
Achievements:
1. English Gate Academy (EGA) has been authorized as a CELTA venue by Cambridge English as a CELTA venue with given code 10294 TEA 0003
2. EGA delivered its first commercial CELTA program in partnership with IH London and IH Galway in October 2015.
3. EGA has been authorized as a venue to run DELTA Module 2 Orientation course.
4. EGA has been authorized as an IELTS test venue by the British Council
1. Providing on-going orientation, training and supervision for my team of instructors (including observation and feedback) as well as those who may be joining the project at different times during the semester.
2. Leading weekly staff meetings in which professional development as well as review of logistics and student issues are discussed, assuring that appropriate instructor collaboration and mentoring are occurring.
3. Establishing reporting procedures for instructors regarding classroom, campus and other logistical matters.
4. Helping insure that instructors' logistical issues regarding housing, transport, etc. are promptly addressed.
5. Overseeing student placement and continuous and final assessment
6. Overseeing all administrative record keeping and reporting, which include transmission of such data my superiors in the Head Offices of Interlink, Colorado and EGA, Riyadh.
7. Implementing INTERLINK/EGA/TVTC rules and policies involving students' and instructors' attendance and punctuality, dress and behavior.
8. Handling student problems or complaints
9. Participating actively in the meetings and events in the college.
1. Provide training and support to team of new and experienced Site Directors.
2. Lead Regional Site Directors’ meeting to ensure consistency across the sites, maintaining discipline and meeting the Site Directors’ and Teachers’ needs as well.
3. Share all records of all Regional sites using the gDrive to make sure information is up to date and reliable.
4. Promote timely and effective idea sharing between Site Directors
5. Moderate and fosters the SD Linked-In Group
6. Direct quarterly in-person workshops to foster cross-pollination of ideas
7. Supervise Site Director working groups
8. Support and advise working group activities
9. Advise the Country Director regarding Site Directors’ ideas and problems
10. Coordinate with the Country Director and the Training Manager for situations relating to Site Directors which require follow-up
General Responsibilities and Accountabilities
1. Assist with the implementation of the policies for the day to day operational management of the teaching staff within agreed budgets and timescales.
2. Assist in the allocation of teaching resources.
3. Ensure teachers are observing the Code of Conduct on a daily basis.
4. Ensure teaching records are accurate and completed in a timely manner.
5. Provide academic counselling and mentoring for students.
6. Assist with the delivery of an appropriate professional development programme for the academic staff.
7. Be part of the Senior Academic team, assist with an effective quality assurance programme and provide reports, assessments and final certificates at agreed times.
8. Provide assistance with necessary academic administration tasks as required.
9. Deputise for the Team Leader as required.
10. Ensure activities meet with and integrate with organisational requirements for quality management, health and safety, legal stipulations, risk management and general duty of care.
Specific Responsibilities
Assist with:-
11. Placement testing: administering and marking
12. Student mentoring
13. Teacher training and professional development
14. Summative and formative assessments
15. Student counselling and complaints
1. Market and prepare marketing material for EFL/ELT activities whether a conference, presentations, workshops or any related events
2. Plan regular workshops on different teaching methodologies.
3. Prepare material and course outline of new courses for teachers to use.
4. Give regular/when needed training to the teachers and manage demo schedules given by the teachers.
5. Pay class visits to the teachers as part of the teachers’ regular evaluation and assessment and also part of the Teachers’ skills developing plan.
6. Market NE courses/workshops in universities, Ministry of Education & schools.
7. Analyze the market needs, supervise, give instructions and set plans to marketing team.
8. Set short/long-term business plans for the company
9. Construct a weekly/monthly marketing plan for oneself and team.
10. Give Education Consultancy and supervise the English Departments in schools under the name of NE.
10. Teach different English classes.
1. Responsible for developing material for the Middle East with cooperation with the Publishing Department in Macmillan Office, UK
2. Comparing & writing reports on competing books in the market.
3. Revising, editing and commenting on new material sent by the authors to be confirmed.
4. Managing focus groups (teachers’ meetings) in the office to overview new material.
5. Arranging school visits for publishers, editors and authors from Macmillan, UK.
6. Giving Teacher Trainings, workshops & seminars in hotels and schools on Macmillan material and general Teaching Methodology.
1. Responsible for visiting schools which are OUP books users and helping teachers teach the material and giving them specific and general training.
2. Promoting OUP material after setting a promotion plan on recommending the suitable material for each school.
3. Helping the Publishing Department in the UK by writing reports on forthcoming material that they send and need Advisor's feedback in schools. So I take the material and meet with Advisors either at school or at Oxford office and write their feedback in a report and send it to the Publishing Department in the UK.
4. Edit the forthcoming material from the teaching perspective and send it to the authors for making amendments.
5. Arrange school visits for publishers, editors and authors from OUP, UK.
6. Prepare for workshops, seminars and conferences in Egypt.
7. Giving seminars & trainings to teachers on teaching methodology and ways to teach OUP material
* Responsible for teaching English to upper elementary levels.
* Responsible ffor preparing material for grades that I teach. For example, preparing exams, students' assessments & evaluations, practice sheets for revision.
* Paying class visits to non-experienced teachers.
* giving demos and supervising demos given by other teachers as part of their professional development.
* Recruiting new teachers by making phone calls, conducting interviews, preparing for a demo lesson to be given by the new teacher as part of her interview.
My job at this stage was to
* teach English to KG/ Lower primary stages
* use perepared material in class
* help in preparing examinations and worksheets
• TEFL Certificate from the International TEFL Teacher Training (ITTT): 120 hours of face to face studying including 6 hours of practicum (location: Alexandria, Egypt). Grade achieved: A
• CIDTT (Cambridge International Diploma for Teachers and Trainers) at The British Council, Cairo. (2 years scholarship including class observation of approximately 10 hours)
Kindly see my attached CV