Heba Abboud Email & Phone Number

• Provide PBLA training, guidance, mentoring and support to colleagues, program and students• Deliver workshops to colleagues related to PBLA implementation in their own classroom• Meet one-on-one with teachers to discuss PBLA-related topics (includes CLB, Task-Based Instruction and Task-based Assessment)• Facilitate small group, informal discussions among instructors. Share practices and strategize solutions to issues raised• Observe teachers and provide feedback and/or suggestions as a peer/colleague• Take over a teacher’s class to free the teacher to undertake task-based language where necessary• Team-teach and carry out demonstration lessons where necessary• Communicate with program manager to ensure effective co-ordination of the project, progress, implementation and any needs or concerns

• Design PBLA based module plans as well as daily lesson plans following the Canadian Language Benchmarks• Develop a diversity of course materials that are based on the Curriculum Guidelines in a task-based program for CLBs 4-5-6• Conduct on-going needs assessments with learners, assist them to set learning goals and develop lessons accordingly• Design assessment tasks for on-going evaluation of learners’ progress based on the Canadian Language Benchmarks and PBLA guidelines• Assist learners in organizing and updating the PBLA Language Companions (learner portfolios) as evidence of their learning progress• Prepare learners’ conference summary and progress reports. Conduct one-on-one interviews with learners to provide feedback on learning progress• Integrate online resources and delivery tools such as Avenue (Moodle) in a blended training approach• Maintain attendance records and other documentation as required

• Prepare students for entry into an English-speaking higher education program, either at the college or the university level.• Teach the Academic Word List, lecture listening and note taking, critical thinking skills, essay writing, research and citation skills, academic honesty, and other academic behaviour.• Prepare, select and use appropriate teaching learning materials, including creating own materials.

PBLA lead for the LINC program at Algonquin College Language Institute:• Deliver workshops related to PBLA implementation.• Meet one on one with teachers to discuss PBLA-related topics (including the CLB, Task-Based Instruction, and Task-Based Assessment).• Facilitate informal small-group discussions.• Observe teachers and provide feedback and/or suggestions as a peer and colleague

• Develop and maintain an inclusive & equitable classroom atmosphere where participants are welcome and engaged in learning.• Facilitate program delivery using the LINC courseware while applying best practices in blended learning.• Assess student progress in-class through Portfolio-Based Language Assessments, completing Learner Conference Summaries and Progress Reports and advancing students to the next level of learning when appropriate.

Tesl Certificate, Teaching English As A Second Or Foreign Language/Esl Language Instructor, Honours Degree

Honours degree

Bachelor'S Degree, Biochemistry