Chandini Thakkar Email & Phone Number

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

+ Support and liaise closely with SLT, middle leaders, Head of Inclusion, MSO, PRE, and teachers.+ Work directly with teachers to improve and develop their skills, knowledge and pedagogy so that student outcomes are improved.+ Liaise with Section/Key Stage Leaders and Heads of Department to support the improvement of academic standards in every section of the school.+ As a Head of Keystage, i have worked directly with members of the SLT to support teaching and learning and provide regular updates and reports on teachers’ progress against agreed targets and actions.+ Use mentoring/coaching methods to develop reflective practice in others and encourage the use of new learning strategies.+ Liaise with the Head of Primary to ensure that teaching, learning, and assessment are important components of the appraisal (PDPs) of all teachers and that observation outcomes inform appraisal action plans.+ Support the school’s Vision and Mission as well as all policies, academic standards, and pastoral support, alongside shaping & implementing the educational strategy for the school.+ Handling and managing pastoral care with optimum level of satisfied parents, keeping them updated and involve them for high level of parental engagement.

United Arab Emirates

+ Planned and executed most engaging virtual lesson plans in the challenging remote learning environment with 100% satisfied and happy parents and progress visible in large majority of the children.+ Promoted independent learning and soft skills like collaboration, risk taking,excellent communication skills and being kind and caring amongst the children.+ Made formative and summative assessments for children using a mix of some very effective Early Years tools like Target Tracker, Early learning goals and Tapestry along with direct observations, and portfolio review.+ Brought innovation and made the best use of technology to deliver lessons into the classroom setup by getting hands on some of the most effective tools like the creative and customized Flipcharts using Active Inspire.+ As an Event and After School Activities Coordinator for the period of 3 yearsuntil 2019, have been an active member for planning some of the grand and successful school events like Disney Concert, Kindergarten Graduation Day and Annual Sports Meet, Educational Field trips along with After School Activities in collaboration with vendors outside the school.+ Planned effective parental engagement programs within the school environment and also during virtual learning. Have a set record of over 95% happy parents during my course of tenure of teaching over the years.+ Being a part of the Think Tank committee from 2018 till date.+ Have been inspected by the esteemed HMI during school inspections. Feel honored to have contributed for the school to have been rated as an overall VERY GOOD in their DSIB inspections in 2019.+ Feel equally elevated for being a part of Heritage which has been rated as DEVELOPED in 11 out of 13 parameters and is rated as overall DEVELOPEDschool during the Distance Learning Evaluation in June,2020

Master’S Degree, Advertising & Marketing, A

Bachelor Of Education - Bed, English Language And Literature, General

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Business/Commerce, General

Activities and Societies: Volleyball, Dancing, Singing, Adventure

Bachelor Of Mass Media, Public Relations, Advertising, And Applied Communication