FARAH AL SAWAF
Lead Principal
Al Ain
Summary
Looking for a suitable placement to exploit my educational leadership capabilities and work experience in the educational leadership field, Skilled at building and leading strong team environments and developing open communications.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Lead Principal
Alef Education Consultancy
08.2023 - Current
- Lead a team of 16 members in the school implementaion team to achieve projects milestones and objectives.
- Researched and incorporated new educational trends and instructional strategies to optimize education effectiveness.
- Performed classroom evaluations to assess teacher strategies and effectiveness.
- Mentored newly hired educators and provided encouragement and feedback.
- Established instructional practices driven through statistical performance data.
- Champion Alef Education program goals and value propositions for Senior school leaders, Principals, and their school communities
- Train senior school leaders to support effective usage of the platform, the platform data, and reports
- Facilitate and support the collection and analysis of student and teacher data using a variety of tools to identify gaps and suggest solutions for improvement
- Communicate complex customer needs and problems to internal senior leaders, recommending strategies and solutions that support Alef Education's ability to deliver value for the schools
- Efficiently manage and/or escalate customer/school support requests, problems and Questions.
Senior Digital Learning Implementation Specialist
Alef Education Consultancy
07.2022
- Support other team members by leading learning communities on how to meet related OKRs
- Build and maintain customer relationships with the school leadership team and teachers to facilitate the effective usage of the Alef Platform
- Train school leaders to support effective usage of the platform, the platform data, and other features such as the Academy
- Facilitates and supports the collection and analysis of student and teacher data using a variety of tools to identify gaps and suggest solutions
- Communicates complex customer needs and problems to senior leaders, recommending strategies and solutions
- Lead retrospective session/focus groups to reflect on monitoring OKRs progress using digital tools available
- Drive change management and adoption of new education strategies, content, and product features, maintaining a theme of Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
- Reports product issues and problems competently and with appropriate urgency to support sustainable utilization and adoption goals
- Facilitates communication among internal teams regarding opportunities that will enhance teacher utilization and adoption
- Facilitate sharing best practices in supporting customer success
- Support in developing the right tools and resources to monitor adoption, ensuring teams are equipped to work productively and achieve key results
- Aligns education product/service goals with teachers and school leaders' needs
- Ensures proper technical spec is adhered to while maintaining proper learning capacity levels to support adult learning principle
- Participates in cross-functional meetings to support the proper allocation of equipment, curriculum, and training needs.
Digital Learning Implementation Specialist
Alef Education Consultancy
07.2019
- Builds and maintains customer relationships with school stakeholders, focusing on both school leadership team and teacher relationships to facilitate the effective usage of the Alef Platform to serve their education-related needs
- Facilitates and supports the collection and analysis of student and teacher data using a variety of tools to identify gaps and suggest solutions for improvement
- Develops a deep understanding of teacher and school leadership needs by anticipating, identifying, and promoting opportunities for Alef Education to deliver value-added services
- Provide ongoing support for teachers who are using the Alef Platform
- Conduct training events such as professional Learning Communities, meetings, coaching sessions, and Alef events
- Conduct online training and coaching sessions for teachers and school admins during the distance learning period
- Use data to develop teachers, students, and schools' performance
- Regular class visits followed by a detailed report, and action plans to ensure ongoing improvement of teachers' performance and students' progress
- Participate in writing the mathematics content, assessments checking, and providing the answer keys of the revision sheets that are uploaded to the platform
- Participate in writing model lesson plans for teachers who are using Alef academy and the platform
- Acting as an E-Learning consultant for the PVT schools during the distance learning period.
Mathematics Teacher for Middle and High School
Liwa International School for Girls
01.2019
- Mathematics teacher for grades (7 to 10) American Curriculums
- (Pearson Schools)
- G-Suite trainer within the school community
- Participating in developing the Math curriculum and instructional design for grades 7-10.
Mathematics Teacher for Middle and High School
Al Ittihad National Private School / AL Ain Campus
09.2010
- Mathematics teacher for grades (4 to 8) American Curriculums
- (Harcourt and Holt Schools)
- A lead teacher for grades 4 to 8 academic years 2014-2016
- A pilot teacher of STEM
- A lead teacher of the SCF project powered by ADEC
- A pilot project for integrating E-education in the curriculum by using the tablet in the classroom as the main resource.
IT Support Engineer
CERT-Higher Colleges of Technology (part time)
06.2010
- IT Engineer deploying laptops images for the summer challenge
- Handling all the Software problems in Windows Operating system and Company's applications
- Handling the IT problems working on {Trouble shooting, configuration and Installing} many applications and Company's Programs on vary O/S Like: Windows Vista Arabic and English.
Education
Master of Arts in Online Education Leadership and Management -
Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University
01.2020 - 04.2022
Professional diploma in Methods of Teaching - undefined
AbuDhabi University
01.2018 - 04.2019
Bachelor of Science in Communication Engineering - undefined
College of Electronics Engineering, University of Mosul
01.2002 - 04.2006
High School Certificate - undefined
Qurttoba High School
01.1999 - 04.2002
Skills
Policy and Procedure Adherence
Awards And Acknowledgements
- A Certified School Inspector/ Inspection Skills Training by Tribal - 06/2023
- NCFE Level 3 Award in Education and Training / Emirates College for Advance Education- 07/2021
- Google Certified Coach - 05/2021
- Google Certified Trainer - 07/2020
- Apple Certified Teacher - 11/2018
- An official registered member of the Iraqi Engineering Society - 03/2007
- Certificate of CISCO CCNA Exploration: Network Fundamentals- 08/2009
Training And Workshops
- TESOL Arabia 2019
- The effective use of iPad in the classroom 2019
- GIZMOS for learning 2018
- All students should participate in strategies
- Casio scientific calculators
- Classroom management by (ADEC)
- Chosen as the best teacher of the school
- Go Math. A path into 21st-century skills and educational excellence
- Oxford University workshop (Creating great young thinkers)
- Lesson plan foundation by Razi education
- MMUN (Montessori United Nations model school)
- Handled professional development about critical thinking and problem-solving strategies in the classroom.
- Handled professional development of how to make use of online resources.
- Cognition education for students' competency framework by ADEC
- A pilot project of STEM
- A pilot project for grade 7 use of Intel education tablets
- An ADEC-certified pilot teacher for the SCF project for privet schools
- Led the best class in Innovation Day 2016
- Chosen as the best classroom teacher in 2014-2015
- Participate in a workshop (Cooperative learning structures)
Contacts
+(971) 50 428 9585, farrooha.m@gmail.com
Personal Information
- Number of Children: 2 Boys
- Date of Birth: 06/30/84
- Nationality: Iraqi
- Driving License: UAE driving license since 2010
- Marital Status: Married
- Visa Status: UAE Golden Visa Holder
Timeline
Lead Principal
Alef Education Consultancy
08.2023 - Current
Senior Digital Learning Implementation Specialist
Alef Education Consultancy
07.2022
Master of Arts in Online Education Leadership and Management -
Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University
01.2020 - 04.2022
Digital Learning Implementation Specialist
Alef Education Consultancy
07.2019
Mathematics Teacher for Middle and High School
Liwa International School for Girls
01.2019
Professional diploma in Methods of Teaching - undefined
AbuDhabi University
01.2018 - 04.2019
Mathematics Teacher for Middle and High School
Al Ittihad National Private School / AL Ain Campus
09.2010
IT Support Engineer
CERT-Higher Colleges of Technology (part time)
06.2010
Bachelor of Science in Communication Engineering - undefined
College of Electronics Engineering, University of Mosul
01.2002 - 04.2006
High School Certificate - undefined
Qurttoba High School
01.1999 - 04.2002
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