Head of Primary School
Qurum Private School
Total years of experience :13 years, 9 Months
• Deliver biweekly workshops to teaching staff on lesson planning, pedagogy and best practices in teaching.
• Lead weekly planning meetings with teachers to help them implement new techniques, giving model lessons in grades 1-6.
• Align primary and secondary curriculum and update current assessment practices.
• Liaise with parents, teachers and management to ensure clear and effective communication.
• Interview possible teaching candidates and work with management to develop staff.
• Conduct teacher observations and provide staff with constructive feedback as to areas of improvement.
• Evaluate current and future teaching resources for effectiveness and cultural appropriateness.
• Advise management on decisions directly related to teaching, learning and assessment.
• Coordinate with IT to ensure accessibility to updated educational applications
• Taught IB DP courses English B and Theory of Knowledge to junior DP students.
• Established a MYP language acquisition program for grade 6 students and taught language and literature classes to grade 7 and 8 girls.
• Assessed, designed and delivered monthly IB Extended Essay trainings to support DP students and guide supervisors.
• Created handbooks, timelines and course materials.
• Attended IB trainings and disseminated relevant information to colleagues.
• Trained essay supervisors, mentored DP students and monitored progress
Worked alongside CEO to enrich company’s position within the public eye and build strong client relationships by:
• Creating company literature and promotional materials to educate current and future clientele.
• Reporting on case studies and market trends to promote products and services.
• Proofreading and revising all communications between company and client base.
• Assessed, designed and delivered monthly IB Extended Essay trainings to support supervisors and DP students.
• Planned, organized and developed presentations and materials focusing on meeting student needs while aligning with IB standards and criteria.
• Trained essay supervisors, mentored DP students and monitored progress.
Collaborated with director to support a non-profit, multimedia organization in becoming more self-sustaining by:
• Spearheading a capacity building project, researching and writing applications and tracking donations.
• Identifying staffing and training needs to reach organizational objectives.
• Analyzing data and creating visual aids to assist in understanding of expenditures and revenue.
• Leading an outreach campaign to gain community awareness and hire talented employees.
• Editing English news articles and creating marketing materials
• Design and execute engaging lessons that teach English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
• Create a classroom culture of support, acceptance and respect among diverse populations of students by facilitating discussions focused on important aspects of cross-cultural communication
• Develop assignments that build competence in giving formal, academic presentations
• Create activities and projects to prepare students for higher education beyond the ESL levels
Montgomery County Public Schools, South Lakes Elementary
ESOL Teacher, Gaithersburg, MD, November 2012-present
• Plan for and provide English language development instruction for students in kindergarten through fifth grade utilizing latest research backed methodologies
• Develop and implement differentiated small group lessons focusing on the language needed to access the curriculum
• Co-teach reading and writing lessons with content teachers to support ESOL students during whole class instruction
• Support classroom teachers by helping them write language objectives and utilize strategies and scaffolds to ensure ELLs are able to access content
• Participate in weekly SIOP training and planning meetings
• Collaborate with administrators, counselors, teachers and other school staff about individual ESOL students and their needs
• Serve as a resource for information regarding ESOL students, cultural and linguistic differences, English language development, and the ESOL instructional program
• Prepare students for and administer WIDA ACCESS and other standardized assessments
• Support students in the process of adjustment to the academic and cultural environment in MCPS
• Serve as a translator and liason for Spanish speaking parents and classroom teachers
· Coached students in giving presentations and help them gain confidence in arguing persuasively in debates
· Developed syllabus and course materials and manage Blackboard site to communicate with students Planned engaging lessons which gave students opportunities to interact using the target language structures and vocabulary
· Supervised a team of 4 teachers in creating 40 model lessons which reached level appropriate objectives
· Coordinated schedules and facilitated meetings to workshop and review model lessons
· Developed materials and lessons utilizing a task based approach for upper level ESL classes
· Created and maintained a website which organized lessons and materials by level
MAT, ESOL, August 2012 American University; Washington, DC Cumulative GPA: 3.90/4.0 Relevant Courses and Projects: • English Language Teaching I: Created a content based unit plan on US Constitution and Bill of Rights • Principles of Effective Instruction: Devised differentiated lessons to meet needs of multiple styles of learners • Principles of Linguistics: Designed and conducted research project exploring the use of idiomatic speech across cultures and reported on the findings • Reading and Writing in the ESL/EFL Classroom: Designed content based reading and writing lesson plans utilizing SIOP model • English Language Teaching II: Incorporated technology, differentiation, and multiple styles of grouping in a task-based unit plan with a focus on communication
The Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory, Washington, DC, Sept 2003-Sept 2005 Relevant courses and Projects: The Actor's Process, Principals of Realism, Character and Emotion, Voice I &II, Movement; Acted in Angels in America, Anna Christie, and The Cherry Orchard; Served as assistant director of the Russian Readings
BA, English Major, Theater Studies Minor, May 2003 Old Dominion University; Norfolk, VA Relevant Courses: English Linguistics, Advanced Composition, Women Writers, British Literature and American Literature