Uzma Ranjha

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Brooklyn NY 11205

Cell: 718-***-****

Professional Profile

Cooperative, patient, dynamic, result-oriented and caring professional committed to helping students learn. Strong talent to develop and implement creative hands-on curriculum that helps every student and is in-line with their learning ability and style hence empowering them to succeed and reach their full potential and achieve individual goals.

Superior interpersonal and excellent communication skills enable to work with parents and faculty to meet the needs of the students and help create multicultural awareness and promote the philosophy and goals of the school. In addition, contribute for the optimal utilization of resources in order to accomplish the organizational goals while developing, polishing my own career and growing with the organization.

Areas of Expertise

Effective Listening, ESL, Innovative Curriculum Development, Team Teaching, Assessment Tools, Guided Study, Individualized Education Plans, Elementary Education (all subjects), Class Room Management, Mentoring & Motivation, Textbook Review & Selection, Cultural & Diversity Sensitivity.

Career Accomplishments

•Augmented student learning through one-on-one instructions

•Increased reading levels devoting additional time on reading and Language Arts

•Modified Curriculum to accommodate different reading and writing levels within the classroom

•Maintained effective behavioral management within the classroom by incorporating motivational activities and positive reinforcement strategies and successfully increased student learning

•Motivated students to take charge of their own learning, document progress, to enhance understanding and performance

•Provided supplemental in-class and cooperative ESL support in developing and implementing diverse curriculum

Professional Experience

Worked as academic coordinator/ teacher and discipline - at the schools listed below for the past 15 years

Preparatory School Islamabad: August 2013- April 2014

Subjects taught: Social studies and religious studies, grades 9 and 10.

Froebel’s International School, Islamabad: August 2012- June 2013

Subjects taught: Social Studies, grade 8 and 9

Fountainhead School Islamabad: 2007-2012

Subjects taught: History, Geography, English and Law, grades 9, 10 and 11

Khaldunia High School, Islamabad: 2007-2010

Subjects taught: History and Geography, grades 9 and 10

Roots School System, Islamabad: Started 2002-2007

Academic coordinator/headmistress

City School, Rawalpindi: 2001-2002

Subjects taught: ESl, grade 9 and 10

Bahria Foundation, Kahuta: 2000-2002

Subject taught: English, grade 7, 8 and 9

Al Madinah School, Brooklyn, New York: September 2014- June 2015

Subject taught: English Language Arts and Global Studies, Grades 9 and 10.

Al Madrasa Al Islamiya, Brooklyn New York

Currently teaching English Language Arts to 5th,6th,& 7th Grades

Education

Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan

•B Ed (Education)

Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan

•MSc

Punjab University, Pakistan

•B.A (Political Science, Economics)

Kinnaird College Lahore (Punjab University, Lahore)

•High school: Convent of Jesus and Mary, Lahore

Other Skills

•MS office (Excel, MS-word, Power Point)

•Languages: English, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi

•Leadership, Team player, critical thinking, excellent problem solving

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