FATIMA I. GHANDOUR

Mobile: +968******** ~ E-Mail: adam2f@r.postjobfree.com

ASPIRING FOR SENIOR LEVEL ROLES AS:

Teacher ~ Trainer ~ Secretarial Operations

An accomplished educator & administrator with demonstrated ability to teach, motivate, and direct students while maintaining high interest and achievement

AN OVERVIEW

• Educational A result-oriented professional with 17 years of experience in Teaching / Training, Administration, Assessment, Classroom Presentation as well as Secretarial Functions

• as Last associated with Abu-Dhabi International Private School

English Teacher (KG1)

• Proficient in facilitating/coaching by using interactive discussions and “hands-on” approaches to help students learn and

apply concepts in subjects

• Comprehensive understanding of education regulations &

compliance norms

• Highly creative and self-motivated with innovative ideas & concepts for increasing the transference of learning from classroom and motivating students; designing training/resource materials

and delivering in one-on-one and group settings

• Proficient in managing office administration & secretarial support duties involving handling of top & confidential correspondence, document flow, attending visitors and directing various queries to

relevant departments

• Motivated, versatile, enthusiastic and creative educator with a passionate commitment to the academic / social development of students

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Jan’18-present: Al-Shomoukh School/Muctat, Oman (Nursery Lead Teacher) Nov’14-Jun’16: Abu-Dhabi International Private School as English Teacher (KG1) Nov’12-Jul’13: Lebanese Preparatory School, Beirut-Lebanon as English Teacher (Nursery Class) Sep’98-Feb’08: Dent De Lait, Beirut-Lebanon as English Teacher and Head Coordinator (Events and Birthdays) Key Result Areas:

. 6 years of dealing with ‘special needs’ kids and helping in supporting their parents and doctors (Autism, ADHD…)

• Shouldered responsibilities as English Teacher for age group i.e. 2-15

• Taught students “Sign Language” as well as How to Write & Read

• trips Working with the kids on several activities; also taking them on weekly

• Implementing policies, programs, curriculum activities & budgets in a manner that promotes the educational development of

each student and professional development of each staff member

• Providing activities that facilitates the professional growth of the staff and enhances the quality of the instructional program; strengthening good relationships with

students, staff, and parents

• Evaluating student progress in the instructional program by means that include the

maintaining of up-to-date student data

• Assisting new staff and new students and providing opportunities for their input in

the school program

• Recognizing, respecting & nurturing the creative potential of each student; responding to the queries in a spontaneous manner; developing, or obtaining,

training procedure manuals and guides and course materials such as hand-outs

• Coordinating with the faculty members for altering the prevailing courses/

syllabus curriculum/

• Preparing papers; supervising test /examinations for the students, conducting performance evaluation tests and providing detailed feedbacks on areas of

improvement

• Handling students enquires in an efficient manner and escalating their complaints or

problems to and assuring follow-up for the same

• Developing various initiatives for teaching various subjects; evaluating the effectiveness of the teaching schedule

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Apr’11-Nov’12: “Frizzy” as Marketing Assistant

Nov’08-Mar’10: Abu Dhabi Media Company, Abu Dhabi – UAE as Personal Assistant to a Technology Director Key Result Areas:

• Attended urgent enquiries & issues; ensuring that they are brought to the Managing Director’s attention

• Director Provided high quality word processing and document preparation; edited services for the Managing

• Rendered administrative & secretarial support involving efficient handling of correspondence, managing documents,

screening telephone calls & directing various queries to relevant departments

• Prioritized incoming correspondence, including letters, green notes, faxes, e-mail, filter requests for appointments and

arranged internal/external meetings and conference calls

• Fixed appointments & meetings, kept meetings calendar up-to-date, prepared a synopsis of reports and presentations

received from officers as well as preparing Minutes of Meetings

• Made necessary travel arrangements outside Kuwait (either business or personal); booking tickets, hotel reservations, filling visa application forms and relevant

registrations

• Answered telephones calls and queries

received from customer

• Functioned as Representative of the

executive in meetings, seminars and

conferences

• Worked with HR consultants for any Top

position openings, fixing-up many rounds of

interviews, getting the offers done, getting

the seating arrangements done for top

officials

• Translated security paper work from English

to Arabic; delegated the responsibilities of

the executive as per the executives'

instructions

FREELANCING ASSIGNMENTS: As HR Assistant Recruiter - Freelancer from Jun’10-Jul’10 SCHOLASTICS

Diploma in “Childhood Education”- AA Degree/ Lebanese American University (Beirut-Lebanon) Observing Infants in their Classes to Submit a Weekly Report Elective Course in "Photography" Taking Pictures (Colored and Black/White), using a Digital Photography Camera Working on Projects and Themes; Developing Negatives Developing Pictures

Elective Course in "Psychology" & “Journalism

Writing Essays, Speeches & Articles

Writing a Page in the University Magazine about Student Life… Interviewing Students on Campus

Taking Photos Criticizing the "Student Life"

Lebanese Preparatory School-LPS (1992-1998) - Graduated High School on the Honor List International School of Choueifat-ISC-UAE (Nursery-1992) Swimming Team, Basketball Team, Netball Team, Gymnastics Team, Swimming Team & Trampoline team IT Forte: Conversant with MS Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint) and Internet Applications PERSONAL SNIPPETS

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Languages Known:

20th May, 1980

Please mention

Lebanese

Single

English, Arabic & French

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