Lead Academic Coach
Interserve Learning & Employment
Total years of experience :26 years, 7 Months
Key Responsibilities:
• The Lead Academic Coach is a senior management position that line/manage the Teaching and Learning Coaches, the Executive Coach and the Student Services Manager;
• A key member of the College Board, contributing to all senior decision-making discussion forums, work collaboratively with other ILE coaches in the college to further the improvement agenda. Promote and advance an agenda of academic excellence;
• Performance manage a team of key ILE senior managers;
• Leading the Quality Assurance manager and developing the Institutional Review Action Plan;
• Schedule regular 1:1 meeting with all direct reports to monitor progress against the College Improvement Plan and contractual milestones;
• Lead the establishment of the Collaborative Partnership between the TVET institution and the Reginal Industrial bodies.
Achievements:
• Developing Personalized Training Plan for 75 Trainers based on Observation, interviews and Survey’s;
• Developing Curriculum review report based on an Internal Review Workgroup and Hands-On Mapping Exercises (training materials) against Saudi Skill Standards and the National Occupational Saudi Standards for both Information Technology department and Business Administration department;
• Developing and delivering a complete Generic Teacher Training program and department’s specific training program;
• Conducting the College Institutional Review with the College Quality board and departmental workgroups;
• Design and implementing a Standard Operational Procedures, SOP’s, for Coaching and Training cycles.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead the establishment of enterprise Partnership in the frame of PPP (Public Private Partnership);
• Providing academic leadership to a team of program and subject leaders, including all HR and related activities, 45 team members;
• Liaising with college internal and external stakeholders to achieve jointly strategic objectives;
• Managing all issues related to academic policies, liaising closely with the College Director and other senior academic staff;
• Leading the implementation of the college Electronic Learning Environment, ELE, Moodle and the MIS system;
• Managing staff development and personal progression, recruiting across all organizational areas;
• Implementation of City &Guilds, (C&G), accreditation;
• Developing a new model of On the Job Training/ Internship program;
• Organizing regularly Search-Conference as an action research methodology to collect data from all stakeholders at once and to find common ground between all private and public partners.
Achievements:
• Establishing an effective and Cooperative Partnership with different employers (external stakeholders) in the labor market under the umbrella of the chamber of industries in the frame of PPP (Public Private Partnership);
• Curriculum review and improvement plan based on the DACUM methodology with different employers from the labor market with consideration of the National Occupational Saudi Standards for the Food Technology department, the Engineering department and the Animal Production department;
• Providing academic leadership to Head of Departments and administrative staff;
• Conducting classrooms and workshops quality assurance auditing sessions.
• Developing and implementing of the college Electronic Learning Environment, ELE, Moodle;
• Achieving City &Guilds, (C&G), Training Center Accreditation standards;
• Developing and implementing an effective onsite On the Job Training/ Internship program.
Key Responsibilities:
• Creating and maintaining the network with the local Education representatives, high school’s directors, Chamber of Commerce and local communities to enhance the college’s connectivity with their communities;
• Managing the recruitment and enrolment of new students and increasing students’ numbers, students’ retention;
• Improving student progression and frequently surveying students feedback;
• Preparing the initial course schedules and staff workload;
• Responsibility for the marketing promotion and National position of the CINOP Colleges in Saudi Arabia;
• Represent CINOP Colleges during monthly Marketing meetings with the College of Excellences, CoE;
• Working effectively with major stakeholders to ensure effective involvements of external stakeholders;
• Leading the communication related to all marketing related topics between CINOP and the College of Excellences.
Achievements:
• Establishing an locale network with the community stakeholders, ensuring college’s connectivity with the community;
• Establishing a collaborative partnership with major stakeholders in the 3 Cities of CINOP Colleges;
• Increasing the number of recruited student in 3 CINOP Colleges; Almejma, Alhassa and Shaqra with 58 %;
• Implementing a complete Generic Teacher Training program creating a quality basis line for the teaching skills;
• Implementing the CINOP academic policy and procedures for teaching and learning.
Key Responsibilities:
• Developing the Project Plan with an action plan;
• Coordinate with the chamber of industries in the project of National Vocational Qualification Standards development project;
• Develop, implement and activate the Terms of References between training centers and external stakeholders;
• Developing the curriculum framework and curriculum Outline that serve the “End users” needs of each employer;
• Developing an effective On Job Training program that meets the business demands of each employer;
• Managing the curriculum developers;
• Managing the teacher training programs to improve knowledge and teaching skills of the training centers;
• Participating in recruitment and selection of technical Key-persons;
• Conducting classroom and workshop quality assurance auditing.
Achievements:
• Leading the establishment phase of Al-watina College of Poulter Technology in Qassim, KSA;
• Delivering a blue print of the foundation year for CINOP Colleges;
• Leading the development of 2 Poultry specialization with 2 curriculum developers for the second year;
• Leading and developing DACUM sessions with different employers to create Colleges’ Qualification Framework.
Key Responsibilities:
• Co-founder of the Dairy and Food Polytechnic in Alkhar, representing CINOP in the steering committee meetings;
• Successfully managing the Polytechnic team and improving retention of the trainees;
• Lead the Electronic Learning Environment, (ELE), Moodle;
• Leading the implementation of the Polytechnic Management Information System, (MIS);
• Successful lead Institutional Review by Saudi Skill Standard, (SSS);
• Lead project review meetings ensuring all deliverables are achieved as agreed in the timescales;
• Quality improvement processes and embedding college policies and procedures;
• Leading the technical course leaders and the senior curriculum developers;
• Leading the curriculum development and the fact finding with different stakeholders at several Almarai divisions;
• Responsible for the internal organization and the planning of work procedures and routines within the organization;
• Ensuring quality management including the integration of operational planning in a cost-conscious environment;
• Work closely with Financial and IT administrative team to ensure college control and encourage ethical business standards.
Achievements:
• Successfully built the Polytechnic from foundation to fully functional operations with a workforce of 55 Academic and non-academic staff members resulting in an annual graduate of 275 trainees;
• Successful Institutional Review nomination by Saudi Skill Standard, (SSS);
• Leadership delivery to the academic and non-academic staff of 55 college employees;
• Implementing a complete Generic Teacher Training program;
• Implementing and operating a Polytechnic Management Information System, MIS;
• The establishment of the Polytechnic Quality Assurance board with representatives from the Saudi Skill Standards.
Key Responsibilities:
• Developing a cooperative learning environment focusing on stimulating student’s participation;
• Curriculum development and course materials for Positive Behavioral Training and motivational Training;
• The delivery of the Rock and Water program, psycho-physical training for students in the age between 16 and 25 years;
• Leading the project planning and finance.
Achievements:
• Leading successfully the collaboration between both education setting in the Netherlands and the Dutch Caribbean Island;
• The delivery of the training and course materials for Positive Behavioral Training for the teaching staff;
Key Responsibilities:
• Establishing the Time-Out project as the first SEN, Special Educational Needs project in Rotterdam for drop out students;
• Providing Positive Behavioral Training and motivational Training for students;
• Advising students and parents regarding the best educational path for their future school carrier;
• Establishing the ICT division in the organization.
Achievements:
• Establishing the Time-Out project as the first Special Educational Needs project in Rotterdam for drop out students with a team of 15 highly professional teachers, behavioral specialists and administrative staff for 45 students between 12 and 18 years;
• The delivery of 3 hours daily Positive Behavior Training for students with behavioral challenges;
• Students counseling, coaching and monitoring, 14 students yearly, to the best educational path for their educational carrier;
• Establishing the ICT division in the organization.
Key Responsibilities:
• Information Technology and Mathematics teacher;
• Counseling between students and schools to create a new educational opportunity for students;
• Setting up an Electronic Learning Environment, (ELE) with a complete examination Platform;
• Class mentor and students consular;
• Head of Mathematics department.
Achievements:
• The delivery of weekly 25 teaching hours in Information Technology and Mathematics, for 7 years;
• Counseling between students and schools to create new educational opportunities for students;
• Establishing an Electronic Learning Environment with an examination Platform;
• Leading the Mathematics department.
• Developing a cooperative Electronic Learning Environment, ELE, focusing on stimulating students participation in the learning process remotely;
• Curriculum development and course materials for Positive Behavior Training and motivational Training;
• Rock and Water program, psycho-physical training for students in the age between 12 and 21 years.
• ICT and Information Technology instructor;
• Head of Mathematics department;
• Mathematics teacher.
Key Responsibilities:
• Coordinating IT projects for several clients;
• Operating and maintaining data management systems for Nedship Bank in Rotterdam, Greece and England;
• PRINCE2® Projects in Controlled Training Environments.
Achievements:
• Maintaining data management systems onsite for Nedship Bank in the Netherlands, Greece and the UK;
• Leading IT projects for several clients;
• The delivery of PRINCE2® Projects in Controlled Training Environments.
Doctor of Education: Higher Education /Technical and Vocational Education (TVET).
Master in Education: Special Educational Needs, (SEN).
B.A. of Education in Mathematics & Information Technology.
BA Education Teachers training Mathematics.
Benha Highschool, Pre-university education