Ph D Second Language
Resume:
Abir Sleiman Ph.D.
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MA 02191
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Educator with over 15 years of experience in teaching students at different levels.
OBJECTIVE
I am seeking a curriculum designer, teaching, and coordinator position at the English Department in an educational institute where I can maximize my college and secondary teaching experiences, training abilities, and student developmental skills.
SKILLS
Designing Curriculums, Coordinating Programs, Designing Assessments, Training and Development, Recruiting and Enrolling Students, Facilitating Learning Environments, Microsoft Office, Blackboard, Moodle, Canvas, & Teaching Remotely
Certifications and Endorsements
Licensed ESL teacher with SEI Endorsement, skilled in Sheltered English Immersion strategies to support Multilingual learners in diverse classrooms.
EDUCATION
2008-2013 THE HOLY SPIRIT OF KASLIK UNIVERSITY, BEIRUT, LEBANON
Ph.D. in Education with emphasis on Teaching English as a Second Language.
2000-2003 Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
Masters in Education with emphasis on Teaching English as a Second Language
1994-1998 Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
Bachelors of Arts in English Literature & Teaching Diploma Placed twice on Honors List
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Working in School Settings
August 2023 – Present: Uncommon Schools, Roxbury Prep
Instructional Lead for Multilingual Coordinator and Teacher:
Accomplishments:
- Providing coaching and professional development for MLCs.
- Designing the ESL curriculum and sharing resources, such as curriculum guides and sample lesson plans, to help MLCs better support MLL students.
- Working with students from diverse backgrounds.
- Coordinating ESL programs and classes.
- Collaborating with other school staff to support Multilingual learners.
- Designing and administering pre, though, and post-tests to assess students’ language proficiency.
- Integrating technology into ESL classes.
- Meeting with parents and administrators to discuss student needs and program goals.
- Maintaining accurate records and reports on student progress.
- Encouraging a positive learning environment and excellent student teacher interaction.
Working in a Non-Profit Organization
November 2022 to Present: The Jewish Vocational Services
ESL Lecturer specialized in teaching beginner and advanced ESL courses to adult learners
January 2021 – July 2023: Chaldean Community Foundation
Enrollment and ESL Coordinator
GED & ESL Lecturer:
Accomplishments:
-Helping refugees acculturate and assimilate in the community by becoming proficient in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
-Designing the ESL curriculum and working with students from diverse backgrounds.
-Adding two ESL classes to the ESL Department (a literacy class and a Pre-GED class).
-Successfully Increasing enrollment to the program by fifty percent.
-Integrating technology into ESL classes.
-Developing autonomous and independent learners, taking charge of their learning.
-Developing a student-centered learning environment in which students freely express ideas.
September 2020 – September 2021:
Universal Academy
Teaching ELA courses (Grades 6,7, & 8) to Middle School students:
Accomplishments:
-Designing a curriculum following the state’s educational standards for language.
-Conducting engaging online sessions.
-Encouraging a positive learning environment and excellent student teacher interaction.
-Preparing students for standardized tests, planning objectives, and preparing lesson plans.
-Addressing the needs of different kinds of learners from diverse backgrounds.
-Engaging students in collaborative learning and developing their critical thinking skills.
Teaching in University Settings
September 2019 – December 2021:
Wayne State University, Downtown Detroit, Michigan
Lecturer of Academic Writing Classes
May 2016- December 2021:
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan:
Lecturer of Academic Writing and ESL Classes
June 2014- July 2015:
The Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon:
Lecturer of Academic Writing, Public Speaking and Literature Classes
September 2013- June 2015:
The Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon:
Lecturer of Literature Classes
October 2006- July 2015:
Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon:
Lecturer of ESL Classes
October 2006-June 2015
Arab Open University, Beirut, Lebanon:
Lecturer of Reading and Writing Classes
October 2006-July 2015
Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon:
Lecturer of English language Classes
October 2006-June 2013
Lebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon
Lecturer of Reading, Writing, and Literature Classes
Accomplishments:
-Building upon students’ diverse skills, helping them become critical readers and effective writers at university level.
-Teaching students to compose in basic academic genres, using an effective writing process and appropriate language conventions.
-Instructing students on use of digital technology to complete college-level reading and writing tasks.
-Helping students to read carefully, respond analytically and critically, and write in a variety of academic genres, including summary, response, analysis, and reflection, for academic audiences.
-Teaching students to consider rhetorical situations in pieces of writing with guidance on how to integrate reading, research, and writing in academic genres of analysis and argument.
-Instructing students on how to use correct and effective language and organizational skills in preparing, evaluating, and developing different types of oral presentations.
-Offering a critical study of Western Literature from the seventeenth century though the twentieth century.
Teaching in Community Colleges
February 2019 – May 2020:
Macomb Community College, Warren, Michigan
Lecturer of ESL Classes (Grammar, Writing, and Speaking)
January 2017 – June 2020
Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan:
Lecturer of ESL Courses (Reading, Grammar, Listening and Speaking)
September2005- January 2006:
Effat College, Jeddah, K.S.A.
Coordinator of Testing Center:
-Moderating workshops on improving rating Test of Written English (TWE), and Rating TWE exams.
-Coordinator of TWE Ratings
Accomplishments:
-Improving students’ ability to communicate fluently and accurately in academic environments.
-Assisting students in delivering well-organized speeches about different academic topics.
-Developing a student-centered learning environment.
-Designing diagnostic, formative, and summative assessment to measure growth over time.
-Facilitating mastery of the 4 Cs of the 21st century (creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration).
-Engaging students in peer editing and peer coaching to develop their critical thinking skills.
-Helping learners acquire academic language functions and skills, that are needed to master and fully participate in lessons, meeting the grade-level content standards.
-Teaching students the use of context cues, hence come up with meanings of new words.
LANGUAGES
Arabic– native language
English– Fluent speaking, reading and writing.
Publications
Writing STEAM Composition, STEM, and a New Humanities Edited By Vivian Kao, Julia Kiernan
2022
Chapter 13. Local Exigencies in a World of Expectations: STEM Writing Programs and the Great Balancing Act; Vivian Kao, Aviva Gordon, Daniel Moyer, & Abir Sleiman
Professional Development & Conferences
-TESOL International Conference – Chicago, IL (March 2018)
-TESOL International Conference – Tampa, FL (March 2024):
Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching & Learning – Anaheim, CA (February 2018): Delivered a presentation on “An Integrated Approach in the Teaching of Writing”
-NCTE Conference on English Language Arts Education – Boston, MA (November 21)
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