WORK EXPERIENCE

 

 

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LANGUAGES, INTERCULTURAL,

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION

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 2016 - Present, University IGS Group, Paris, Lyon &Toulouse, France   

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Full Professor

Director, Pedagogy and Innovation (national and transversal service to all entities)

Dean Founder of the School of Trainers

Main tasks:

• Write and put into practice the group’s educational and innovation strategy

• Implement active learning and modernized access to the digital

• Pilot and coordinate the Department of Technology, Digital Teaching and Learning Lab departments (Paris, Lyon and Toulouse)

• Validate the evolution of the LMS Platform (Moodle)

• Accompany work for improvement and evaluation of teaching and learning

• Pilot the implementation of a training plan for Pedagogy and digital innovation for teachers (face-to-face, online, Blended Learning)

• Consolidate the budget for purchases of digital educational resources for all of the group’s activities

• Provide activity managers and teachers with research projects in pedagogy

• Teaching Managing Intercultural Studies at the American Business School of Paris (ABS)

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2012 – 2016, University of Montreal, HEC & Polytechnic, Canada

 

University Teaching Consultant, Teaching Support Services, Office of the Associate Vice President for Academic Studies

Main tasks:

• Accompanying professors, deans & directors in creating new programs & curricula

• Modifying or evaluating programs, Instructional Design, coaching pedagogical meetings

• Providing individual academic advice to teachers, techno-pedagogical support to a specific project

• Training deans, directors & professors and workshop facilitation

• Producing Educational resources for teachers (videos, guides, interactive modules), special projects, ad hoc mandates, participation in institutional committees

• Collaboration with other centers and universities (conferences, writing articles), etc.

 

Professor of: Didactics, French as a Foreign Language, Pedagogy & French as a Language of Business in Canada, Leadership, etc. at the Faculty of Continuing Education

 

Development Consultant, Validating Learning Schema

Main tasks:

• Working on a “Francization” project, a partnership between The University of Montreal & the Ministry of Immigration and Cultural Communities (MICC)

• Developing & validating educational materials in competency-based task & evaluation rubrics to teachers of French as a Second Language across Quebec and Canada[1]

 

[1] "Acting to interact" is part of the implementation of the French Framework Program for adult immigrants in Quebec and the Quebec scale levels of French proficiency for immigrants’ adults according to the FLI (French immersion) approach

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2010 - Present, Polytechnic University, Valenciennes, France

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Researcher, Visu laboratory 

 

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2008 - 2015, Middlebury College & MMLA [2], United States of America

2015, Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy, Québec

 

Director of the French Academy

Main tasks:

• Provide interviews for language teachers and define the program Curriculum

• Coach teachers on the Academy Immersion Curriculum and provide hands-on coaching to teaching staff to implement the academy immersion curriculum

• Follow up on student language proficiency level and communicate with parents concerning academic matters

• Leading daily faculty meetings and addressing academic violations

• Conduct frequent class observation and provide effective, meaningful feedback to the faculty

• Plan for, and execute academy events

• Support the language pledge

• Serve as primary point person for all incidents with staff, students or parents

 

Director of the French School

Main tasks:

• Hiring/Evaluating Faculty & staff, coaching professors,

• Overseeing the instructional & Co-curricular programs,

• Organizing cultural & academic events on campus,

• Overseeing the academic issues & results,

• Handling students complains,

• Inviting guest speakers, overseeing the admission process, etc.

• Teaching Oral Communication for advanced students.

 

Professor for Master students

Courses taught:

• Phonetics and Oral Communication

• Francophone culture

• Francophone Civilization

• Religion, Peace and Security in the Middle East

• Women conditions in the world

 

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2009 – 2012, University of Ottawa, Canada

 

Professor, Faculty of Arts, Official languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI)

Courses taught:

• Political & legal French language for Native English teachers aiming to teach courses of Political Science and Criminology in French

• French as a Foreign Language

• Management and Leadership

• Grammar & Oral skills

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2002 – 2012, Antonine University , Lebanon

Associate Vice-President for Academic & International Affairs Office

Director & founder of the School of Languages & Resources (CLER)

Teacher-researcher, FLM, FLE, FLS

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2003 – 2010, Associate Vice-President for Academic & International Affairs Office

Main tasks:

• Preparing dual programs with international universities, participating in the negotiation and implementation of inter-university cooperation agreements with international partner universities in Europe and North America: signing 15 agreements with universities[1] (in Europe, North America, Asia, etc.)

• Promoting the establishment of dual scientific research, organizing scientific events: symposium, seminars, conferences, workshops, encouraging dual publications and dual-degree programs

• Organizing international seminars and colloquium, developing new programs

• Organizing faculty and student exchange

• Overseeing the quality of instructional programs

• Reassessing & reorganizing academic programs

 

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2005 - 2012,  Director & founder of the School of Languages & Resources (CLER)

Main tasks:

• Developing curricula & following up with teachers (coaching, mentoring)

• Testing, evaluating & modifying curricula based on expected results, adapting and assessing needs

• Managing & evaluating the instructional & co-curricular programs

• Hiring, training, evaluating & managing faculty and staff

• Establishing a development plan for the department (conference, seminars, symposium, etc.)

• Providing training workshops, technical support and resources

• Providing assessment programs

• Establishing learning communities

• Maintaining relationships with experts in order to find opportunities for students (internship, language immersion, etc.)

• Managing the conflicts that arise with stakeholders always in the context of academic excellence

• Ensuring effective & transparent coordination with the University Border: financially, academic wise, educational wise, etc.

• Managing the budget

• Benchmarking & competitiveness with other universities

• Coaching students

• Developing cooperation with international bodies to educational level (AUF, Cultural Services of English and French embassies)

• Handling Students’ complains

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• 2004 - 2012, Antonine University, Lebanon 

Full Professor

Courses taught:

• French for Specific Purposes, French as a Second Language, Information Technology & Didactics

Main tasks:

• Teaching and research

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 2005 – Present, Trainer of professors and teachers from the Middle-East, Maghreb and European countries 

Main topics:

French as a Foreign Language and ICT[1] in the daily classroom; Assessment in the CEFRL (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) DELF/DALF; Research Methodology; Collaborative Writing: Writing a Novel on E-Learning Platform; French for Specific Purposes; Language Teaching and Intercultural; Culture of Peace in Education; Pedagogical Project; Oral/written assessment and feedback, How to write a syllabus? How to make a detailed plan of pedagogical activity? How to use mind map tools? Teaching big class Size, Mindmap tools, interactive lectures, flipped classroom, etc.

 

[1] Information & Communication Technology    

 

1994 – 2011, La Sagesse School Clemenceau, Lebanon  

Secondary School French Language Coordinator and Teacher

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INTERNATIONAL LAW & POLITICAL SCIENCE

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 2002 - 2012 , Antonine University & La Sagesse University, Lebanon

 

Lecturer of International and Middle Eastern Policy Analysis, Faculty of Political Sciences & Diplomacy

Courses taught:

Introduction to International Relations; Comparative Political Institutions; History of Political Ideas; the Arab-Israeli Conflict; the Policy of the Mediterranean Countries & Introduction to Political Systems in Arab Countries; UNIFIL & Peacekeeping Forces;

The Water Issue in the Middle East; Sustainable Development and Environmental Challenges; the Environment: a Global Public Good; International Summits of the Environment; Introduction to International Environmental Law & Education for Environmental Protection, etc.

 

2002 - 2003   Lebanese University, Lebanon

Teacher of Legal & Political Specific French Language

Courses taught: Faculty of Law & Political Sciences for master students

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