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OBJECTIVE
A leader with a passion for
academic inclusion and
student development.
Mentoring Young minds to
learn by discovering,
empowering them to prepare
for a world that’s real and
beyond the boundaries of
school, and create outstanding
learning capabilities with
students. Adding to a history of
success in developing effective
strategies to over reach
curriculum goals.
SKILLS
•Leadership & Mentoring
•Develop Lesson plan with
21st century skills &
sustainability goal
•Research in learning
•E-learning programs
•Study of emerging trends in
education
•Curriculum development
•Collaboration & teamwork
SHAHEEN AHMED
INCLUSION SPECIALIST
EXPERIENCE
INCLUSION SPECIALIST
CRANLEIGH, ABU DHABI •2017-PRESENT
Developing an individual student focusing on behavior and social skill
• Developing IEP and strategies (ABA) to reinforce skills
(teacher guided)
• Setting SMART goals and achieving targets with outcomes
• Monitored, assess and recoded developmental progress
(guided by OT)
• Implemented behavior modification strategies
• Track individual's progress with graphs and daily data collection
• Monitored implemented behavior interventions
• Communicate effectively with the student, family, and colleagues
(teachers /therapists) on students’ progress with reports
• Deliver effective learning activities & resources to support the needs of individual learning in school & home.
• Use of appropriate communication skills for step by step instructions
• Recognizing his sensory needs and facilitating with ABA therapy during school hours.
• Focusing on academic skills - handwriting, independent writing, literacy, phonics and math.
• Guided reading groups, using questioning techniques.
• Focusing, developing and supporting social interaction skills.
• Extra math, Comprehension classes (After school)
• Providing support with transition and life skills SHAHEEN AHMED
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• Assessment & Evaluation
•Inservice training for staff
•Working with NGO’s
•ABA SEN strategies for
autism
•Innovation and technology
resources
•Organization & Planning
•Critical thinking & Decision
making
•CBT & rewiring
• Developing skills to promote self-esteem in a learner
• Trained and motivated differently abled learner to participate in poetry competition and secure winning title.
• Contribute and participate in team meetings. (teacher - parent)
• Plan, prepare, maintain and evaluate learning activities targeting specific subject areas in collaboration with teachers and specialists.
• Held and conducted workshops – for Movement, balance program, handwriting and social skills.
• Best practice work for planning strategies and execution.
• Health, safety in regard to child protection CPDs implemented. STUDENT LEARNING PROFESSIONAL
AMERICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL, ABU DHABI• 2017 –
SUPPLY ROLE
• Coordinate with teachers between grade levels in all subjects
• Develop and implement ideas for resources and class display boards
• Learning support for students in groups or 1-1
• Maintained records of students reading club
• Attended workshops Fontas & Pinnel reading strategies
• Support duties for year level
• Helping pupils to improve their conversational English.
• Taught SEN and small low ability groups.
• Putting up displays in the classroom.
• Arranging homework for schoolchildren.
• Stressing the importance of context to language learning. SHAHEEN AHMED
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HEAD OF YEAR & ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER
GEMS GROUP OF SCHOOLS. 2011-2014
• Coordinating skills and effective strategies as Year Leader with the SLT.
• Conducted in service training in international and Indian education with 21st century and sustainability goal competencies.
• Worked in partnerships with NGO’s and private learning centers in India and UAE
• E-learning programs designed and conducted across different levels for teachers and pupils.
• Developed Best practice in Buddy program, planning strategies and execution
• Research in learning and development applied in classrooms
• Study and evaluation of emerging trends in education.
• Developing lesson plans with critical thinking and problem solving concepts
• Knowledge and awareness of assessment and reporting
• Curriculum development for English Language and CCA’s and CPD’s in an International setting.
• Achieving results for standardized testing and assessments
• Introduced and achieved best practice recognition for Buddy program
• Content development and selecting learning resources for leveled learning
• Planning strategically and effectively to manage change. SHAHEEN AHMED
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• Achieved in raising the level of students through learning support.
• Collaborative activities with students and parents, creating an atmosphere for all to learn and grow.
• Pastoral care for students with special needs and abilities
• Mentoring students in overall development
• Training students to take part in all external school activities
• Fostering an environment where the school community takes ownership of their learning and responsibilities.
• House leader for the whole school, mentoring and motivating students to lead groups
• Cross mapped learning resources with all subjects to give students an experience of the real world problems and solutions.
• Encouraged innovation and entrepreneurship within school
• Working with special needs children.
• Pastoral care for differently abled students. (SEN) EDUCATION
MASTERS OF ENGLISH• MGU, INDIA
MASTERS OF ALLIED PSYCHOLOGY•(ONGOING)
BACHELOR OF ENGLISH• MGU, INDIA
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION• ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY, INDIA POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN SPECIAL EDUCATION• INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED MONTESSORI DIPLOMA• GOVT. OF INDIA
CERTIFICATIONS
• Recognizing and supporting children with Special Needs CACHE UK
• Applied Behavior Analysis certificate for educators SHAHEEN AHMED
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• Geneva Autism Center, Canada
• TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language)
NCFE, UK
• Project based learning through invention
• Henry Ford STEMIE COALITION – US (Michigan)
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapist Life Coach Certification
(Transformation Academy)
• Existential Well-being Counseling – University of KU LEUVEN, Belgium
• Global Social Entrepreneurship
Philanthropy University – Berkeley Haas
• PBL 21 – Designing the 21st century classroom certification
• Healthy and Child Safety – Educare UK
• Certificate in Neuroplasticity (Udemy)
• Certificate in COGMED working memory training
Pearson Academy, India
• Hidden Curriculum: Teaching & increasing social skills for students with Autism
(Pennsylvania training and technical university)
Teaching for success -Understanding SEN (British Council Certificate) VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
EVIDYALOKA, INDIA
CONTENT DEVELOPER VOLUNTEER
BRILLIANT BRATS 2017-PRESENT
CRANLEIGH, ABU DHABI –CCA (After school activity) SHAHEEN AHMED
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Intervention co-curricular workshop after school program For motor skills & handwriting CCA.
AL BATEEN SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL
SUBSTITUTE MONTESSORI TEACHER FS-1
GEMS WINCHESTER ABUDHABI (National curriculum of England SUBSTITUTE TEACHER FOR YEAR 3 (SHORT TERM)
CR8, UAE
VOLUNTEER FOR Special Education Needs workshop
GEMS GROUP OF SCHOOLS 2008-2015
PARENT RELATIONS VOLUNTEER
CCA’s and school events
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WORKSHOPS AND CPD’s
• Hidden Curriculum: Teaching and Increasing Social Skills for Students with Autism- Pennsylvania training and technical assistance network.
• Introduction to Autism - Online series for educators –Geneva center for Autism - Canada
• Took part in a “LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP” conducted by Presentation Convent Schools – Chennai
• Attended workshops conducted as a part of in school training and Reading program
(ADEC)
• Attended in-house workshops for Professional development (GEMS)
• Took part in “Parental Engagement Activities”
• Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System
• Child protection for international schools – Edu care (UK)
• Speech and Language CPD (Cranleigh Abu Dhabi)
• Hemisphere – Think Write Motor skills handwriting (OT, Shelley UK)
• Neurological development for education and learning (UK)
• Safeguarding health and safety (UK- Edu care)
• Dealing with Bereavement and loss (UK Edu care)
• Equality and diversity (Edu care UK)
• Mental wellbeing in young people and children Level 2 (Edu care UK)
• Digital technology (Apple, UK)
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