Sara El Arbid, Head of Primary School

Sara El Arbid

Head of Primary School

Al Salam Community School

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, Instruction
Experience
14 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :14 years, 9 Months

Head of Primary School at Al Salam Community School
  • Canada
  • My current job since August 2019

Building and maintaining relationships by establishing regular and effective
communications with all members of the school community, both internally and
externally.
● Founding Senior Leader of an international UK curriculum school.
● Duties include safeguarding of students, leading a team of 100 employees to ensure
that the highest level of quality of education is delivered to students.
● Day to day management of operational duties by working collaboratively with team
members to develop a systematic process for identifying procurement and resource
requirements and work effectively with any discretionary budgets provided.
● Training all members of the team to ensure that all development and improvement
activities are focused on creating impact and raising quality in the school.
● Developing strong teams within the school to spearhead development plans.

Vice Principal at MBK School
  • Canada
  • October 2016 to July 2019
Academic Quality Auditor at AQA
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • January 2012 to July 2016

Coordinated the Self Assessment cycle including the School Improvement Plan as
per the Inspection Framework.
● Implemented, tracked and communicated the School Improvement KPI’s across the
school.
● Use of SPSS and excel to analyse survey and student achievement data, designing
improvement plans based on student data with the team.
● Appraisal Committee Team Leader: Reviewing and Modifying Observation Rubrics.
Training and mentoring teachers to develop and maintain their abilities in teaching and
learning.
● Successful application of an external international membership and accreditation
processes.

Science Teacher and Head of Science at Emirates National School & Choueifat International School
  • Canada
  • October 2008 to July 2011

Met parents and school governors; maintain positive management in the classroom;
methodically provide resources for lessons; simplify lesson plans in line with curriculum
objectives and assist students to prepare for examinations in a 1, 000+ student school.
● Assess and look after 150+ students’ progress throughout the term and work closely
with other staff to efficiently plan and coordinate work.
● Provide informative presentations to students and parents regarding different areas of
studies and ensure that all students fully comprehend all aspects.
● Trained two new Science teachers, emphasizing the importance of classroom control,
time management, course planning, and adherence to curriculum.
● Plan the content to be covered in the class according to the curriculum, the number of
weeks available and the date of the scheduled assessments.
● Adopted distinctive teaching methodologies, documented all lessons, organized
healthy group discussions, and mentored all students.

Education

Master's degree, Instruction
  • at United Arab Emirates University
  • May 2017

Curriculum &

Bachelor's degree, General Science
  • at University of Ottaw
  • May 2008

Specialties & Skills

Appraisal
Training
School Administration
Leadership Education
Interpersonal Skills
TEACHING
BUDGETING
CONTENT MANAGEMENT
LEADERSHIP
MENTORING
MICROSOFT EXCEL
PRESENTATION SKILLS
PROCESS ENGINEERING
PROCUREMENT

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert