Achieved a Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award – 2007;
Arij Khan
Computer Science Educator
Dubai
Summary
An enthusiastic, creative and versatile educator who is able to teach across a wide range of Computer Science, Business studies and IT topics. A strong background in planning lessons and helping to transform the lives of students. As a highly skilled and competent professional I can turn best practices into high quality, goal-driven results. Aside from technical competencies, my pleasant manner and excellent communication skills allow me to quickly connect with students from all social backgrounds encouraging a positive learning environment.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
12
12
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Computer Science Lead & E-safety Co-Ordinator
American School of Creative Science / Nad Al Sheba
Dubai
08.2019 - Current
- Dubai
- American School of Creative Science (ASCS) is a Bukhatir Education Advancement & Management (BEAM) private school accommodating 438 students from KG-Grade 8
- The school’s reputation for academic excellence couples with a strong Islamic ethos
- ASCS offers an enriched, balanced, and broad American curriculum with an international perspective, in keeping with the US Common Core State
- Standards
- Teaching grade 1-8 across, preparing the curriculum, scheme of work and planning all lessons across the school for Computer Science;
- Trained teachers on how to use various technological tools for teaching such as; Showbie, Socrative, Code.org & Apple tools
- Work with the NEASC leadership team to ensure the school received its accreditation
- Work with Senior Leadership Team to prepare for KHDA inspections
IT and Business Studies Teacher
Computer Science, Preston Manor High School
London
02.2016 - 07.2019
- Preston Manor School is a mixed, co-operative trust school academy accommodating a total of 1063 students aged 11-18
- Preston Manor
- School has two divisions; an upper school (High School Year 7-13) and a lower school (Nursery - Year 6) which was launched in 2014
- Preston Manor School achieved the Digital Schoolhouse London Programme Award which aims to develop a new generation of Computing teachers to teach the Computing curriculum which started on 1 September 2014
- Summary of my experience in this role:
- Responsible for being a year 8 form tutor, monitoring their progression since being their form tutor in year 7;
- Required to teach PSHE weekly; which included learning about citizenship, careers, health, social and environmental topics;
- Monitor student attendance, punctuality and behaviour on a day-to-day basis - the form obtained an award for attendance on several occasions and we were also seen as the best-behaved form in the year;
- Supported a year 9 and year 11 class form tutor by co-tutoring their form group;
- Conducted multiple parents’ evenings through an academic term and also maintained an ongoing relationship with parents/guardians via email correspondence and telephone regarding any concerns or praise for students;
- Provided verbal and written feedback on a regular basis giving students the opportunities to reflect on their work;
- Encouraged interactive learning and incorporated the use of tools: Kahoot, GCSE Pod and Seneca into lessons and homework tasks;
- Teaching Computer Science & IT: Key Stage 3 (year 7, 8 and 9), OCR Cambridge National Information Technologies (IT) (year 10 and 11); OCR Computer Science (year 10); OCR Cambridge Technical IT (Year 12 and 13);
- Developed the Scheme of Work and assessment for Key Stage 3 (year 7-9) taking into account the national curriculum changes and preparing students with the skills needed in key stage 4 by including; E-safety, HTML, Cloud computing, Spreadsheets, Database,
- Project Lifecycle, Computational Thinking, Algorithms, Binary and Python Programming;
- Developed scheme of work for Cambridge Nationals Information Technologies (Year 10-11);
- Teaching Business Studies Key Stage 3 (Year 9) and Key Stage 5 Applied Business Studies (Year 13);
- Developed the scheme of work for Key Stage 5 Applied Business studies;
- Worked with other teachers and administrators to implement a project to enhance the lower schools’ students computing skills
- This provided them with the vital knowledge and confidence to be prepared for the subject in high school; and
- Nationality: British Mobile: +971 (0) 585660508 Email: arijkhn@gmail.com
- Address:1404 South Tower 2, Dubai Creek Residence, Dubai, UAE Driving: Full Driving Licence
- Presented at open evenings to introduce the Computer Science and IT department to prospective year 11 and year 12 students.
ICT and Computing Teacher
Rooks Heath College
London
10.2015 - 01.2016
- Rooks Heath College (RHC) is an 11 – 18 multicultural, inclusive, comprehensive College specialising in Business and Enterprise
- RHC are also known as a ‘Leading Edge School’, accommodating 855 students on roll aged 11 – 16, with 234 students in the Sixth Form
- Summary of my experience in this role:
- Teaching Key Stage 3 (year 7,8 and 9), GCSE ICT (year 10 and 11) and ICT AS-level (Year 12);
- Created rigorous lessons that are aligned with the subject curriculum
- Preparing and marking assignments/course materials for students;
- Enforced high standards of student behaviour by maintaining discipline in the classroom whilst encouraging a fun learning environment;
Business Analyst
General Electric (GE) Healthcare
Amersham
07.2012 - 07.2013
- Worked as part of a global team as well as, collaborating with other teams to prevent & reduce technical issues;
- Communicated issues with internal stakeholders;
- Worked on an email campaign project with the marketing team;
- Gained effective time management skills by meeting deadlines;
- Worked in an extremely busy environment and conducted a variety of tasks such as organizing networking events for staff.
Website Editor
Hatch End High School
London
02.2010 - 09.2010
- Worked as part of a local team to ensure that content on the website is current and accurate
- Provided editorial support to maintain and develop the school website
- Prepared images use on the website using Photoshop and Paint
- Checking and approving submitted content and liaising with content contributors prior to publishing to the live site
- Managed to complete multiple tasks under pressure with short deadlines
- Had responsibilities of training other members of staff within the organization on how to use/edit the website
- The website successfully completed and launched - www.hatchend.harrow.sch.uk
Education
PGCE - Computing
Institute of Education - University College London
01.2015 - 01.2016
BSc (Hons) - Information Systems (Business
Brunel University
01.2010 - 01.2014
A-Level - Business
Hatch End High School
01.2008 - 01.2010
AS - Psychology (D
Ellen Wilkinson High School
01.2002 - 01.2007
Skills
Apple Certified Teacher;
Common Sense Educator;
MS Office proficient – Excel, Word, TEAMS, PowerPoint;
Go 4 Schools – student monitoring software;
SIMS – attendance monitoring software;
Google Classroom – virtual learning environment;
Classroom Monitor - progression tool;
Kahoot – online assessment;
Programming – PROLOG, Python, SQL, Java;Process modelling – Microsoft Visio;Spreadsheets – Microsoft Excel;Database - Microsoft Access;
Mobile Application Development – Android SDK;
ICampus - school management system;
Firefly - virtual learning platform;
Showbie certified - virtual learning platform;
Socrative - online assessment;
Interests
As part of a team I organised a coffee morning which raised £570 for Macmillan cancer support charity;
I have taken part in an educational charity called ‘Envision’ where as a team I have to develop a social and environmental project;
I’ve also volunteered for an organisation called ‘Young Enterprise’ This involved teaching young children about their economy
I enjoy travelling and exploring different cultures/lifestyles from around the world I have been to America, Belgium, Canada, France, India, Maldives, Pakistan, Spain, Portugal, Turkey and United Arab Emirates!
I write blogs to inspire and share my thoughts on anything from technology, news and even fashion - http://arij-khanblogspotcouk
Timeline
Computer Science Lead & E-safety Co-Ordinator
American School of Creative Science / Nad Al Sheba
08.2019 - Current
IT and Business Studies Teacher
Computer Science, Preston Manor High School
02.2016 - 07.2019
ICT and Computing Teacher
Rooks Heath College
10.2015 - 01.2016
PGCE - Computing
Institute of Education - University College London
01.2015 - 01.2016
Business Analyst
General Electric (GE) Healthcare
07.2012 - 07.2013
Website Editor
Hatch End High School
02.2010 - 09.2010
BSc (Hons) - Information Systems (Business
Brunel University
01.2010 - 01.2014
A-Level - Business
Hatch End High School
01.2008 - 01.2010
AS - Psychology (D
Ellen Wilkinson High School
01.2002 - 01.2007