Assistant Professor Special Education

Malalai Popal 818-***-**** **********@*****.***

WORK EXPERIENCE

International Communications Associates (ICA): 12/17/2023 to Present

•Preparing materials from internet

•Recording audios from BBC Pashto

•Arrange grammar according to the student’s knowledge level

Curriculum Developer: UML Pashto Department: March 2023 – August 2023

•Revising Pashto curriculum

•Researching new materials, audios, and videos

•Peer review and suggestions for further improvement

•FAC secretarial Duties

Assistant Professor: DLIFLC, Pashto Department (2013-2017 & 2019-03/2023)

•Teach in accordance with ICC and IRP training

•Conduct Diagnostic Assessment Interviews and counseling sessions

•Transcribe adios and videos for classroom teaching and prepare materials for SA

•Assist students learning the Afghan culture and customs

•Create new adios for the Pashto curriculum

•Grade daily and unit quizzes, tests

Continuing Education, Distance Learning Directorate, 2017-2019

•Evaluated and revised the 16-week, 12-week, 4-week and 2-week Dari curricula

•Taught 4-week and 6-week courses in Dari in person in detachments in Texas and Georgia

•Taught Dari and Pashto by phone, and Pashto Basic Course in the classroom

•Taught advanced Pashto classes in person at the DoD Center

Paraprofessional: CHIME Charter Middle School, Woodland Hills, CA, 09/2007-

04/2013

•Contributed to the effectiveness of the Special Education team using appropriate communications, problem-solving and conflict management strategies

•Instructed students with special needs

•Tailored instruction to special needs students as specified by Individual Educational Programs (IEPs) while working with other professionals and para-educators on the service delivery team.

•Assisted in the maintenance of student records

Math Teacher Assistant and Supplemental Instructor Leader (SIL): California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, 09/2000 - 05/2008.

•Taught math classes independently in college Algebra and Business Algebra • Served as a Teacher Assistant for several university math courses in the Mathematics Department and Math Lab.

•Monitored student progress with tests and homework

•Created answer keys for tests while helping students prepare for assessments

EDUCATION

California State University Monterey Bay, CA

Master of Art in Education/Instruction and Curriculum, 05/ 2018

California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA BS Degree: Science and Mathematics, 08/2012

Kabul Polytechnic Institute - Kabul, Afghanistan BS Degree: Chemical Engineering, 12/1980

LANGUAGES

English, Dari, Pashto, and Persian Farsi

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