Saima Sharif Ismail

British Orchard Nursery is the most awarded nursery chain in the Middle East, awarded ISO certification for quality, environment, and health safety.

• Delivered high-quality educational environment and nurtured diverse population of preschool children.
• Developed curriculum to advance physical, emotional, social and cognitive growth of children.
• Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance.
• Worked with teaching staff to evaluate individual progress and recommend appropriate learning plans.
• Maintained well-controlled classrooms by clearly outlining standards and reinforcing positive behaviors.
• Identified signs of emotional and developmental problems in children and reported to parents.
• Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
• Completed intensive leadership training and provided training to colleagues on applied behavior analysis.
• Worked with students with moderate to severe autism to increase life skills.
• Designed and implemented point system to encourage positive behavior.
• Assisted and supervised 45 children through entire school day.

• Monitored and evaluated educational programs to maintain high-quality performance objectives and standards.
• Established instructional practices driven by statistical performance data.
• Communicated policies and procedures to students and parents regarding student behavior.
• Encouraged interdepartmental and cross-functional teams collaboration in development and support of student activities, programs and lessons.

• Tasks/Achievements
• Set up room and other equipment, Check out exam papers and other materials and carry out admin work before exam.
• Secured testing materials and maintained confidentiality of all details.
• Maintained compliance with test center policies, practices and procedures.
• Supervised 9 final exams for approximately 35 students at conclusion of each semester

• Instructed junior primary students in English lessons
• Collaborated with co-teachers to set up small library section in each class, consisting of 30 books equal to number of children registered in class, which should finish reading in one month.
• Used Microsoft Word and other software tools to create documents and other communications.

• Implemented multiple musical and art-related activities that improved students creative skills as well increased learning motivation by 30% to other learning standards
• Developed and coordinated educational field trips for students, with such success that it was implemented across all classrooms while receiving 95% positive feedback from parents and students
• Commended by Nursery's administration for automating student record keeping, resulting in 20% reduction in administrative tasks, as well as 25% increase accuracy in different tasks.
• Generated revenue of 15000/DHS by organizing recycled things inter-house fair.
• Established literacy and arithmetic essence to students, providing additional support when needed.
• Implemented 3 Rs (Reduce Recycle Reuse) lesson and integrated in seven areas of learning e.g
• Literacy, Numeracy, Role play,
• Investigation area, Reading corner, Playdough and ICT corner