Kajal S. Email & Phone Number

Oakland, California

Oakland, California, United States

• Coordinate the implementation and tracking of the program deliverables for the Oakland Fund for Children and Youth (OFCY) and Afghans Pathways to Wellness grants.
• Facilitate and teach vocational English and life skills lessons to pre-literate, beginner and intermediate adult refugees and English language learners.
• Facilitate and teach naturalization and citizenship classes to eligible adult immigrants and refugees.
• Manage and support classroom volunteer activities and communications.

London, United Kingdom

- Leading West London Synagogue's implementation of the Young Eritrean Refugees Community Project, focusing on integration through cultural exchange and English Language Learning.- Designing holistic, age and cultural appropriate curriculum and facilitating relevant activities to create a safe and trusting space for young refugees and asylum-seekers..

London, United Kingdom

-UpRising is a national charity for young leaders, which provided leadership training to young refugees and asylum-seekers through the “Surviving to Thriving ” project in partnership with British Red Cross and the British Refugee Council.-Advised on curriculum design and implementation with regards to the specific challenges of working with young.

Alameda County

-Managed a caseload of approximately 100 classrooms in the implementation of the “Story-Cycles” book-sharing program.-Designed and implemented new workshop contents to expand the existing offering to support newly arrived refugee families with young children in early learning and literacy.-Grew the refugee arm of the organization from its foundation to.

Oakland, CA

- Responsible for providing a range of resettlement services for newly arrived refugee families in Oakland.- Facilitated referrals to the internal teams and external resources for the family as appropriate.- Managed and monitored the family’s referral progress from enrollment to access.- Maintained detailed and consolidated case file on each family..

Oakland, CA

• Instructed a basic computer literacy class to adult refugees parents.
• Integrated an English as Second Language (ESL) curriculum and the computer literacy program to help refugees better understand the functionality of computer programs while learning English.

Oakland, CA

- Managed a classroom of 12 children between the ages of 2 to 5 years old.- Developed and taught an early childhood education program with interactive lesson plans and with thechildren as the central actors in each activity.- Reported to the supervisor any observations of learning, social and cognitive difficulties.

Master'S Degree, International Child Studies

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Peace Studies And Conflict Resolution- Public Policy Minor

Human Security/Conflict Resolution

Attended the Summer Peace Institute in Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica for a duration of six weeks. Participated in various seminars, lectures.