Upper Middle School (grades 7-8): Teaching of US History & World History. Create educational lessons, activities, and assessments for gifted learners. Also serve as UMS academic advisor to a small group of students. Lower/Upper High School (grades 9-12): Teaching of US History, World History, Economics US Government & Politics. Teach content as well as supervise and guide students in their research projects.Department Chair: Lead a small team of history/social studies teachers at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Responsible for curriculum development, adherence to standards, interdisciplinary coordination across departments, teacher observations & feedback, educator development & growth, and department budget

Taught four sections of 9th grade Geography, two sections of 10th grade World History, and three sections of 11th grade Western History; created educational lessons, activities, and assessments for non-native English speakers (Emerati nationals).First-ever American teacher to serve at the school.Inaugurated the world history and geography classes in the English language at DMES (They were previously taught in Arabic).Established the implementation of the US style of education at DMES.Assisted in the creation and development of DMES’s first-ever college and career counseling department.Served as the school’s contact with US colleges and universities.Worked closely with EducationUSA to educate and prepare UAE students for the challenges and expectations involved in US higher education.

Teach two four-hour sections of ESL to adult international students.Cover grammar, writing, conversation, and listening skills; administer assessments to measure progress. Develop individualized student academic plans carefully tailored to address each student's special language needs.Create lessons that teach formal grammatical English as well as informal conversational English. Use Smartboard technology to further student achievement, develop student presentation skills, and maintain student engagement.Maintain abreast of student computer and language lab progress. Conduct extra tutoring sessions for struggling students.Advise and counsel students having academic, social, or personal difficulties. Central role in curriculum design, revision, and development.

Taught 3-5 sections of history, including world and modern history.Created and developed lectures, activities, debates, role-plays, assessments, exams.Evaluated and counseled students for acceptance or rejection into the AP course track. Administered/proctored PSAT testing. Created and developed an honors world history course which effectively presented an active, global experience focusing on global structures and patterns integrating sociology, philosophy, and economics. Created and developed a modern history elective in response to proven student interest in current events and human rights. Taught the creation of the modern Middle East, modern China, US civil rights history, and the history of race & genocide. Integrated audio-visual content via power point, photographs, online museum exhibitions, documentaries, etc. Designed and implemented a documentary production lesson and project into my history courses in order to broaden student experience in the practice of history. Efficiently transformed my history classes to operate paperless in a 1:1 student-laptop classroom ratio. Created an electronic classroom experience. Contributed to a revision of history department curriculum content for grades 6-12 to provide a more systematic process of history education. Created, submitted, and promoted a formal continuum of research/writing skill development to increase student proficiency, building from grade 6 to 12. Designed the continuum to work in concert and cooperation with English department curricula. Provided needed guidance and assistance to colleagues uncomfortable or facing difficulty with integrating technology in the classroom.