Travel, baking, art
Fatima Fakir
Teacher
Crosby, Johannesburg,GP
Summary
- Hardworking Educator with 14 years of distinguished experience. Extensive knowledge of Maths ( Grades 4- 7 ) and dedication to effective technology integration. Confident and detailed-oriented with dedication to organization and effective collaboration with various co-workers.
- Highly skilled Educator with experience instructing students on STREAM and design thinking methodology through real-world applications.
- Passionate Teacher with more than 14 years of experience developing and implementing diverse curriculums covering wide range of subjects. Highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive classroom instruction and observation. Successful in helping students develop strong literacy, numeracy, social and learning skills.
Overview
2
2
Languages
4
4
Certifications
8
8
years of post-secondary education
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Educator
Ministry of Education Abu
Grade 2 English , Maths and Science Educator , Abu Dhabi ( UAE )
08.2015 - 10.2020
- Familiarized myself with curriculum demands from the department for Science and English and provided training to teachers regarding changes that were made as and when needed.
- Implemented STREAM to engage students, increasing classroom collaboration in creativity, critical thinking, communication and design thinking methods in English, Math and Science.
- Worked with STREAM team of educators on Design Thinking Project and participated in meetings, project plans, school initiatives and community outreach programmes.
- Attended STREAM workshops and visited other schools implementing STREAM in order to learn new strategies and bring them to life in the classroom.
- Used online teaching methods and techniques to promote learning during COVID 19. Promoted the use of different programmes such as MS. TEAMS; MS. Whiteboard; Padlet; McGrawHill; BoClips; Twig; Youtube videos; TigTag Juniour; Starfall.com amongst to engage learners' and provide a positive learning experience.
- Implemented different technologies such as Powerpoint presentations, educational videos and songs and manipulatives to engage students in class instruction and diversify approaches.
- Modified lessons and curriculum to accommodate diverse learners by using strategies such as peer-assisted learning and group work.
- Managed classroom activities, parent conferences, and lesson plans.
- Collaborated with adults and children to provide safe and educational experience.
- Chose materials and developed lesson plans to enhance skills for individual students.
- Used designated student database to document student grades.
- Shifted between formal and informal methods of teaching to keep students interested, including roleplay, practical activities and experiments.
- Participated in department meetings to provide input to colleagues about student achievement and improvement.
- Promoted physical, mental and social development by implementing classroom games.
- Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Collaborated with teaching staff to devise and implement coordinated educational strategies and student support networks.
- Boosted cultural awareness by incorporating children's literature from world cultures.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Assumed leadership roles by means of teacher training sessions.
- Implemented reading and writing programmes to increase student literacy and support school reading programs ( Online teaching and Reading Programme )
- Prepared quizzes, tests and examinations to gauge how well students were learning.
Educator
Horizonview Primary
Grade 5 Maths Teacher , Johannesburg
01.2015 - 06.2015
- Managed classroom activities, parent conferences, and lesson plans.
- Collaborated with adults and children to provide safe and educational experience.
- Chose materials and developed lesson plans to enhance skills for individual students.
- Implemented different technologies such as educational videos and songs and manipulatives to engage students in class instruction and diversify approaches.
- Modified lessons and curriculum to accommodate diverse learners by using strategies such as peer-assisted learning and group work.
- Used designated student database to document student grades.
- Shifted between formal and informal methods of teaching to keep students interested, including roleplay, practical activities and experiments.
- Participated in department meetings to provide input to colleagues about student achievement and improvement.
- Promoted physical, mental and social development by implementing classroom games.
- Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Collaborated with teaching staff to devise and implement coordinated educational strategies and student support networks.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Prepared quizzes, tests and examinations to gauge how well students were learning.
Educator
Sama Primary School
Maths Grade 5. English Grades 5 to 7, Johannesburg
07.2012 - 12.2014
- Trained learners' for speech contest, newspaper quiz, book quiz. School took first position for book quiz ( 2014 ).
- Coordinator for Eagles ( Yellow House ) team for school sports day. Team won first place and excelled across the categories.
- Planned excursions for learners' and taught parents (ladies) to bake for Womens' Cooking Programme. Coordinated marked day events as class teacher.
- Moderated tests and exams for other teachers and marked tests for new learners applying to the school.
- Familiarized myself with curriculum demands from the department as and when they were updated and reported changes to upper management.
- Managed classroom activities, parent conferences, and lesson plans.
- Collaborated with adults and children to provide safe and educational experience.
- Chose materials and developed lesson plans to enhance skills for individual students.
- Modified lessons and curriculum to accommodate diverse learners by using strategies such as peer-assisted learning and group work.
- Used designated student database to document student grades.
- Shifted between formal and informal methods of teaching to keep students interested, including roleplay, practical activities and experiments.
- Participated in department meetings to provide input to colleagues about student achievement and improvement.
- Promoted physical, mental and social development by implementing classroom games.
- Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Collaborated with teaching staff to devise and implement coordinated educational strategies and student support networks.
- Boosted cultural awareness by incorporating children's literature from world cultures.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Prepared quizzes, tests and examinations to gauge how well students were learning.
Educator
Libra Primary School
Grades 2, 5, 6, 7, Johannesburg
10.2010 - 06.2012
- 2010 : Maths - Grade 6; Arts and Culture Grade 5; Physical Education - Grade 2.
- 2011 : Maths - Grade 5; Arts and Culture - Grade 7 ; Life Orientation - Grade 7.
- 2012 : Maths - Grade 5 ; Natural Science Grade 5.
- Moderated tests and exams for other teachers and marked tests for new learners applying to the school.
- Soccer coach for under 10 boys along with another teacher.
- Managed classroom activities, parent conferences, and lesson plans.
- Collaborated with adults and children to provide safe and educational experience.
- Chose materials and developed lesson plans to enhance skills for individual students.
- Modified lessons and curriculum to accommodate diverse learners by using strategies such as peer-assisted learning and group work.
- Used designated student database to document student grades.
- Shifted between formal and informal methods of teaching to keep students interested, including roleplay, practical activities and experiments.
- Participated in department meetings to provide input to colleagues about student achievement and improvement.
- Promoted physical, mental and social development by implementing classroom games.
- Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Collaborated with teaching staff to devise and implement coordinated educational strategies and student support networks.
- Boosted cultural awareness by incorporating children's literature from world cultures.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Prepared quizzes, tests and examinations to gauge how well students were learning.
Educator
Sparrow Combined (LSEN Highschool )
Entrepreneurship Level 1 and 2 , Johannesburg
01.2009 - 07.2009
- Moderated tests and exams for other teachers and marked tests for new learners applying to the school.
- Netball coach for girls along with another teacher.
- Managed classroom activities, parent conferences, and lesson plans.
- Collaborated with adults and children to provide safe and educational experience.
- Chose materials and developed lesson plans to enhance skills for individual students.
- Modified lessons and curriculum to accommodate diverse learners by using strategies such as peer-assisted learning and group work.
- Used designated student database to document student grades.
- Shifted between formal and informal methods of teaching to keep students interested, including roleplay, practical activities and experiments.
- Participated in department meetings to provide input to colleagues about student achievement and improvement.
- Promoted physical, mental and social development by implementing classroom games.
- Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Collaborated with teaching staff to devise and implement coordinated educational strategies and student support networks.
- Boosted cultural awareness by incorporating children's literature from world cultures.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Prepared quizzes, tests and examinations to gauge how well students were learning.
Educator
Sparrow Combined ( LSEN Highschool )
English Level 1 , Johannesburg
01.2010 - 09.2010
- Moderated tests and exams for other teachers and marked tests for new learners applying to the school.
- Netball coach for girls along with another educator.
- Managed classroom activities, parent conferences, and lesson plans.
- Collaborated with adults and children to provide safe and educational experience.
- Chose materials and developed lesson plans to enhance skills for individual students.
- Modified lessons and curriculum to accommodate diverse learners by using strategies such as peer-assisted learning and group work.
- Used designated student database to document student grades.
- Shifted between formal and informal methods of teaching to keep students interested, including roleplay, practical activities and experiments.
- Participated in department meetings to provide input to colleagues about student achievement and improvement.
- Promoted physical, mental and social development by implementing classroom games.
- Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Collaborated with teaching staff to devise and implement coordinated educational strategies and student support networks.
- Boosted cultural awareness by incorporating children's literature from world cultures.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Met with students, parents and administrators to address and resolve students' behavioral and academic issues.
- Prepared quizzes, tests and examinations to gauge how well students were learning.
Educator
Impala Crescent Primary School
Grades 5 and 7 , Johannesburg
01.2006 - 12.2007
- Grade 5 : Economics and Management Sciences; Natural Science; Literacy and Social Science.
- Grade 7 : Maths; English, Literacy, Human Movement.
- Coordinated the first (trial) local Systemic Evaluation for Maths that preceded National Standardized Tests along with a team of educators' from different schools in Lenasia. ( 2007 ) I changed schools and the project was discontinued the next year.
- Conducted two THRASS ( Teaching Handwriting Reading and Spelling Skills ) workshops ( July to August 2006 )
- Member of School Governing Body - in charge of advertising along with two other individuals ; Scribe ( 2006 - 2007 )
- Trained learners' for speech contest, newspaper quiz, book quiz. School took sixth position for book quiz.
- Soccer coach for under 10 boys.
- Soccer coach for under 11 boys. Won a medal in Pretoria for under 11 age group. Played against different schools in the region.
- Moderated tests and exams for other teachers and marked tests for new learners applying to the school.
- Managed classroom activities, parent conferences, and lesson plans.
- Collaborated with adults and children to provide safe and educational experience.
- Chose materials and developed lesson plans to enhance skills for individual students.
- Modified lessons and curriculum to accommodate diverse learners by using strategies such as peer-assisted learning and group work.
- Used designated student database to document student grades.
- Shifted between formal and informal methods of teaching to keep students interested, including roleplay, practical activities and experiments.
- Participated in department meetings to provide input to colleagues about student achievement and improvement.
- Promoted physical, mental and social development by implementing classroom games.
- Communicated frequently with parents, students and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Collaborated with teaching staff to devise and implement coordinated educational strategies and student support networks.
- Boosted cultural awareness by incorporating children's literature from world cultures.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Prepared quizzes, tests and examinations to gauge how well students were learning.
Education
B. Ed. Honours - Education
University Of Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa 01.2008 - 01.2010
B. Prim. Ed. - Education
University Of Witwatersrand
Johannesburg , South Africa 01.2002 - 12.2005
NQF Level 6 Fundamentals of Project Management - Project Management
University Of Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa 01.2013 - 12.2013
Fundamentals of Business Accounting With Pastel - Accounting
University Of Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa 01.2014 - 12.2014
Skills
Online Teaching
Teams, MS Whiteboard, Padlet, McGrawHill, Boclips, Twig, Tig Tag Juniour
Communication
Project managementLeadership Skills
Self-motivated, adaptable, reliant
Networking and Interpersonal Skills
Ability to work individually or as part of a team
Time Management
School administration
Peer mentoring
Group and individual instruction (Learners )
Differentiated instruction
Parent interaction
Adult Education
Curriculum Development
Classroom management
Student records management
Special education
Lesson Planning
Classroom technology
SMART Board aptitude
Student-centered learning
Learner assessment
Certification
Advanced level
Work Availability
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Quote
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln
Timeline
Educator
Ministry of Education Abu
08.2015 - 10.2020
Educator
Horizonview Primary
01.2015 - 06.2015
Fundamentals of Business Accounting With Pastel - Accounting
University Of Witwatersrand
01.2014 - 12.2014
NQF Level 6 Fundamentals of Project Management - Project Management
University Of Witwatersrand
01.2013 - 12.2013
Educator
Sama Primary School
07.2012 - 12.2014
Educator
Libra Primary School
10.2010 - 06.2012
Educator
Sparrow Combined ( LSEN Highschool )
01.2010 - 09.2010
Educator
Sparrow Combined (LSEN Highschool )
01.2009 - 07.2009
B. Ed. Honours - Education
University Of Witwatersrand
01.2008 - 01.2010
Educator
Impala Crescent Primary School
01.2006 - 12.2007
B. Prim. Ed. - Education
University Of Witwatersrand
01.2002 - 12.2005