High School English Teacher

TAHIRA Y. MUHAMMAD

ENGLISH & MEDIA STUDIES INSTRUCTOR

Objective

I am seeking an English or ESL teaching position within your institution. I am a passionate American High School English teacher, with 13 years total teaching experience, who fosters a love for literature and language arts in students across the GCC and Africa. Dedicated to creating an inclusive and engaging learning environment that fosters critical thinking and creativity.

2021 AP Language and Literature certification by the College Board New York, USA 2020 Certified Online Educator Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, Dubai, UAE. 2020Certified Design and Online Course in 24 hours Hamdan Bin Mohammad Smart University, Dubai, UAE.

2012 Masters of Arts in TESOL SIT World Learning Graduate School Vermont, USA. 2007 ESL Teaching Certificate Completed November 2007 The Chubb Institute New York, USA, renewed in 2023

1999 Bachelor Science Degree in Journalism English Literature Minor Georgia State University, USA.

2022–Present

Part-Time Virtual Tutor: Tutor Me Education

• I tutored homebound students in grades 6–12 in English and World Studies to become 21st-century teachers.

• Responsible for submitting student progress reports to California and Montgomery school districts

• Tutored Special Needs students according to the criteria of their IEP

• Advised students on how to improve their study skills. 2021-2023

Part-time Time teacher and Educators consultation

• Teachers are trained virtually through an online diploma program that helps new teachers acquire the necessary skills to become 21st century teachers.

• Scored blog entries and gave teachers feedback on further enhancement of their teaching skills.

• I advised teachers on how to improve their lesson plans by incognito and inclusion for special needs according to the standards.

2020-2022

High School English/Journalism Teacher/Public Speaking Teacher/Curriculum Planner School of Research Science

• Responsible for building best practice highly visual-based lesson plans that support the blended learning model.

• Collaborated with a selected team of teachers to share lesson plans to help reduce the workload for online and distance learning.

• Teach 12th grade English and Media courses and AP prep courses.

• Develop curriculum for Creative Media, Journalism and Public Speaking Courses.

• Analyze student data from benchmark tests and develop lesson plans accordingly.

• Increased reading and Lexile levels by 20 percent

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2018-2020

English Teacher/Global Perspectives Teacher IGCSE Cambridge Curriculum Multikids International/ Multikids Africa Accra Ghana West Africa

• Taught IGCSE English to Key Stage 3 and Global Perspectives to Key Stage 4 and 5

• Organized activities such as Literacy Week and Global Day.

• Attended professional development courses such as Sound Write.

• Supported special needs students with dyslexia, cerebral palsy and autism with differentiated learning activities and reading support guidance.

• Prepared lessons to assist students to pass internal SAT past paper exams for Key Stage 3.

• Taught students with online support during the Corona virus outbreak by offering distance learning coursework through use of WhatsApp, video conferences and use of Outlook One Note.

• Created differentiated techniques to help students with autism, dyslexia and cerebral palsy to produce successful learning outcomes.

2017 to 2018

High School English Teacher 11th and 12th

Grade Dubai National School, Dubai

• Prepared graduating senior students with the necessary writing and communication skills for university.

• Taught 11th grade students proper test taking strategies for the TOEFL exams.

• Developed a newsletter club for high school senior boys.

• Taught research paper writing with proper MLA citation. 2015 to 2017

High School English Teacher 9th grade / ESL Support Teacher

(primary-high school) Al Maaref International School, Dubai

• Acted as an ELL support teacher for the documented SEN students. I used the Wilson Reading program along with enhanced EAL strategies to enhance the reading skills of special needs students. Within two months I was able to successfully help SEN students recognize and read sight words.

• Developed lesson plans for the Moral Education Program endorsed by the UAE government.

• Incorporated differentiated learning activities to support the needs of low-level ELL learners from the test results obtained from MAP data input.

• Launched and developed an after-school newsletter. The newsletter helped foster a greater sense of community and family involvement by keeping parents informed of upcoming activities and highlighting past events.

2011 to 2013

Secondary High School English Teacher (British Curriculum IGCSE) International Academy 0f Kuwait

• Prepared students for the English IGSCE British International Curriculum first and second language past paper exams for years 10, 11 and 12 10- year 13 AS.

• Applied multiple learning strategies to prepare students for IGCSE past paper exams for both first and second language.

• Organized cultural language activities after school such as poetry night, plays and other language enhancement activities.

• Attended technology based professional development workshops such as: Wikipedia, Google Docs and Classroom made videos to enhance students’ learning.

• Redirected students exhibiting behavior problems by replacing disruptive, unproductive patterns with positive behavior.

2005-2009

ESL Teaching Assistant

Borough Manhattan Community College

• Tutored English as a Second Language Classes for the Department of Developmental Skills to help improve their essay writing and critical thinking techniques.

• Assisted college ESL Professors with student assignments in the classroom.

• Empowered students to practice their conversational skills centered on topics related to politics, humanitarian rights and community issues.

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