Counsellor & Educational Advocacy Liaison

• May 2022 - Present

Casual Relief Teacher

• Mar 2022 - Present

Supervised Professional Counselling Practice

• Feb 2021 - Oct 2021

• Delivered face-to-face, phone and online video counselling sessions to students and parents using evidence-based therapies such as CBT and ACT • Focused on making therapy engaging for students using playful and creative therapeutic activities • Taught children effective problem-solving, social, and coping skills and helped them identify and communicate their emotions • Built rapport with students and parents through conveying empathy, understanding, listening and psychoeducational information • Adhered to school systems procedures and rules, ACA and PACFA Codes of Conduct and Ethics and referred to professional literature • Engaged in several professional development training and mental health programs • Regular collaboration and consultation with supervisor, colleagues, and school’s principal Show less

LOTE Teacher

• Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

• Developed and implemented LOTE weekly lesson plans suitable for different students’ levels • Tutored small groups and implemented Fountas and Pinnell Literacy Intervention Program • Increased students’ interest in learning and researching about the Arabic culture as well as using Arabic language for classroom routines and with friends and families • Developed and implemented LOTE weekly lesson plans suitable for different students’ levels • Tutored small groups and implemented Fountas and Pinnell Literacy Intervention Program • Increased students’ interest in learning and researching about the Arabic culture as well as using Arabic language for classroom routines and with friends and families

LOTE Teacher

• Jul 2015 - Dec 2018

• Demonstrated a thorough understanding of the Victorian Curriculum where all lesson were detailed, well planned and suitable for different students’ levels • Assessed children’s reading, writing, speaking, and listening • Attended all team teaching weekly plans, staff meetings, curriculum days and PD sessions • Increased students’ abilities to understand their Islamic religion through acquiring the skills of reading and comprehension in the Arabic language • Demonstrated a thorough understanding of the Victorian Curriculum where all lesson were detailed, well planned and suitable for different students’ levels • Assessed children’s reading, writing, speaking, and listening • Attended all team teaching weekly plans, staff meetings, curriculum days and PD sessions • Increased students’ abilities to understand their Islamic religion through acquiring the skills of reading and comprehension in the Arabic language

Science Teacher

• 2011 - 2012

Biology Teacher

• Sep 2010 - May 2011

Teaching Biology and Chemistry for Grades 7, 8 & 9 Teaching Biology and Chemistry for Grades 7, 8 & 9

Science Teacher

• Aug 2007 - Jun 2010

Biology Teacher

• Sep 2005 - May 2007

• Obtained excellent outcomes in the Lebanese official exams of 2006 with a 99% student pass rate in Biology and Chemistry • Obtained excellent outcomes in the Lebanese official exams of 2006 with a 99% student pass rate in Biology and Chemistry

Science Teacher

• Sep 2004 - May 2005