Umar Naeem Email & Phone Number

Dubai, AE

Responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Academic Department and the general operations of the centers/branches. This pivotal role involves providing strategic leadership, ensuring academic excellence, and fostering a conducive learning environment. The Academic Coordinator oversees program development, quality assurance, staff.

Dubai

• Develop and oversee the implementation of the school’s vision, strategy and policy reporting directly to the schools’ principals.
• Strategic planning, designing, implementation and monitoring of key Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) programs.
• Work in collaboration with the school principal in order to raise judgements across the school’s performance standards.
• Ensuring plans are aligned with the companies inclusion philosophy, development frameworks, and organisational strategies and goals
• Lead large teams across two schools; managing leave, training, workload management, best practice sharing and developing team future plans.
• Carrying out assessments of pupils with SEND to identify needs and monitor progress - including observations in the classroom and liaising with teachers and parents.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Lead a team comprising of 3 SEND teachers and 6 learning support assistants.
• Used data from various assessments to identify students that may have additional needs.
• Planned and prepared bespoke lessons with the aim of helping students with any gaps in their knowledge.
• Worked on behaviour management strategies with teaching staff.
• Highlighted issues, risks and mitigations specifically for students that have SEND.
• Observed, coached and delivered professional development sessions to staff and workshops for parents on high prevalence learning disorders (dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia).

Birmingham, United Kingdom

• Teaching students based on the national curriculum guidelines.
• Planning, preparing and delivering outstanding lessons, ensuring that I encourage student participation and pupils’ progress.
• Designing and amending learning resources that are varied, appropriate and intellectually challenging for my learners.
• Promoting equality and diversity; adhering to key legislation, regulatory requirements and codes of practice.
• Collaborating with parents, carers, guardians, support workers and other professionals to safeguard and ensure the educational welfare of statemented students who may have special educational needs (SEN).
• Contributing to a team of professionals and supporting the leadership team to implement the school’s development plan in order to improve the experience and achievement of students.

National Professional Qualification Headteachers, Currently Undertaking

National Award For Special Educational Needs And Coordination, Special Education And Teaching

Post Graduate Degree In Education, Teaching, Merit

Bachelor'S Degree, Business And Psychology, 2.1