Contact
0798350702 (Mobile)
Basem Abdelrahman PMP
basemmak@yahoo.com
CPLP
www.linkedin.com/in/basem-
School Management and Leadership at Harvard University
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Jordan
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Top Skills Summary

Training Education is my passion. A passion for developing learning, I have
Staff Development over 20 years of International /MENA experience in education.
Leadership
An Inspiring Chief Executive officer and Development and Training
Languages Director with proven Effective leadership and coaching skills, who led
English ,IELTS(6.5) (Speaking the change in many educational projects and institutions
7.5,Reading 7,Listening 6,Writing 6)

Strong track record of results orientation and evidenced-based

Certifications
decision making excellent personal, interpersonal, and organizational
Top 5 Speed Reading Tips
management skills, trained and coached executives at Alrowad
Creating a Career Plan
group on implementing Improvement Plan and meeting the required
Finance Essentials for Small
Business Actions by the Accreditation bodies 2013-2016 , coached hotel
Embracing Change Mangers while I was CEO at Aqaba hotels Association to meet the
Certified Kaizen Facilitator (CKF) requirement of the capacity building project funded by the USAID
and EU 2011-2012 and coached the ministry of education principals
Publications and supervisors to meet the requirement of Education for knowledge
(Tafawwak) - Excel Series for economy requirement from 2005 -2011. I have more than 10 years of
Qualifying Future Leaders(Link) administrative experience and achievement of senior Management
status in an international education system (American, British and
Dutch)

My Background is in STEM/technical education (Bachelor of Science

and a Master in Management Information systems (Administrative
Technology) and a Diploma in coaching from Inholland University –
the Netherlands)
Full member of the Association of Talent Development (ATD) and
the Association of supervision and curriculum development, The
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) student
member (CIPD level 7 in Human resource development)
Have IELTS 6.5 with speaking 7.5 and Native Arabic Speaker

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Experience
Laureate Vocational Saudi Arabia
Business Trainer/coach/Coordinator/ Program manager
September 2016 - September 2018 (2 years 1 month)
International Tourism & Hospitality College at Al-Madinah

Training and coaching in the Areas of Business planning, budgeting, Finance,

accounting, Project management,Marketing, sales, negotiation, employability
skills and management by objectives
Achievements
Saudi Tourism Award- category of College of Tourism and Hospitality
MOH Health Care diploma graduate upskilling Program manager -Business
development unit at Laureate

Arrowad education group

3 years 8 months

Program and Curriculum Developer -development and implementation

of new vocational specialisms
June 2016 - August 2016 (3 months)
Saudi Arabia,Knowledge Pioneers for Education and Training

Program and Curriculum Developer

Developed the company products, initiatives, and projects; related to
Vocational specialisms ; organized and developed the training materials
accordingly.

Training and Development Manager Reporting to the GM/Principal

January 2013 - June 2016 (3 years 6 months)
Al-Rowad International Schools,Riyadh

Managed training and development at the biggest international school in the

Middle East. The school has 6050 students in one school's compound, located
in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia. The school has British as well as
American Diploma program.
Reporting to the General Manager/principal, I worked mainly on managing
and supervising the implementation of development and training needs of the
teaching and administrative staff at both sections (i.e. the Boys' and Girls').
Developed training plans and programs required to fulfill the department's
tasks while maintaining good implementation. Trained and Coached the
Academic Manager who Manages: (Head of departments, vice principals)
and Administrative Manager who manages: (Finance, HR, IT, Procurement,
Maintenance, Admission, Transportation .....) .worked on qualifying and

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enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of teachers, Administrators, and

other non-teaching staff. Budget setting and budget management.
Achievement
After I had trained, coached School executives on School improvement,
initiated the formation of School Improvement Plan team and trained the team
on how to use different types of data as a basis for that plan.
Worked intensively and collaboratively with the School executives (Principal,
Deputy Principals, and Heads of Departments) in organizational transformation
activities.
Supervised 10 team members (coaches), including participation in the design
and supervision of managerial controls and design and oversight of intensive
team in-service professional development activities. Serving as personal
mentor/coach.
Trained HOD and supervisors to become clinical supervisors /cognitive
coaches and Trainers
Established instructional coaching program, PD department, integrated PD
periods in the timetable, introduced and implemented MOOCs in teacher
PD.and PD plan
AdvanceEd (International Accreditation body) required action completed.

Aqaba Hotels Association

CEO
December 2011 - December 2012 (1 year 1 month)
Aqaba -Jordan

• Chief Executive Director

Achievement
Successfully managed two grants (USAID and EU): budget-setting and budget
management
Hotels member got HACCP certificates
Hotels member participated in the international exhibition like ITB Berlin
Capacity Building for member Hotels
Marketing campaigns
AHA website where Guest can book online
Developing and implementing a training program with the help of Vocational
Lead Teachers and 5-star hotel professionals in Front desks, housekeeping,
kitchen Based on competency TNA conducted

Business Development Center - BDC

Business Trainer
February 2009 - December 2012 (3 years 11 months)

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Yarmouk University

Maharat University: Providing a career head-start to university students

In partnership with universities and colleges around Jordan, Maharat launched
"Maharat Universities" (part of the Maharat Employability program) as a three-
hour accredited undergraduate elective course and it focuses on soft skills
and life skills that develop the students’ capacities in preparation for the labor
market. The course is taught using the Maharat methodology, "Learning by
Doing” and is conducted within an interactive business-like environment,
providing the practical skills necessary for fresh graduates to land successful
careers.
The university I was in:
Yarmouk University, as Business Trainer, I have taught the Maharat University
Course for year 4 Bachelor of Business Administration Students.Business
Skills (Mgt498)

CADER(ChangeAgent for Arab Development and Education Reform)

Senior Master trainer/ Coach,Train the trainer and content consultant
February 2005 - December 2011 (6 years 11 months)
Amman-beside Aldustour Journal-Irbid (yarmouk university) --Aqaba(down
town)

CADER Started as a Joint venture between TU Delft University, Inholland

University, Yarmouk University and FAL holding group to Create Change
Agents in Education by promoting their different skills such as communication
skills, meta-cognitive skills, pedagogical skills, and leadership skills. After an
intensive 8 months, full-time training, I became a Certified Master Trainer
and Coach of change Agents/Diploma Level A School improvement & Level B
Coaching skills 1600 Hours Full time
I was a Master trainer and coach in the High Education Diploma “ICT in
education” which has been awarded by his Highness Prince Hassan for
Scientific Excellence. and successfully Led trainers in the ESP pilot project
“Innovative Use of ICT in the Classroom”. USAID Funded project. where
teachers adopted different ICT integration models in the classroom. integrating
GIS, virtual labs …. in the curriculum.
Also, I made training packages for different programs based on need analysis.
and I was a Co-author of the High education diploma Books and CADER third
batch trainer of trainers on student assessment, teacher training, educational
materials development, educational management, and educational monitoring
and information systems, Also I was a trainer, a coach and train the trainer
for MOE Executives , teachers, educators, mentors, supervisors, and leaders

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in the Education Reform for Knowledge Economy (2005-2014) working

successfully with ministries of education, networks of educators
As a content consultant, I Designed and delivered soft skills and management
skills training courses, Designed principalship training program on how to use
learning management system, make classroom visits, coaching teachers
and Administrators and carry out other academic and administrative tasks in
Public, Private and Vocational Schools where MS office, Camtasia, and other
software used in content development

Ayla Aviation Academy

Leadership program manager - IATA,ICAO MPL COMPETENCY
BASED TRAINING
September 2008 - February 2009 (6 months)
Aqaba

Creation and implementation of all processes related to soft skills development

of students in the Ayla Leadership Program -Multi-Crew Pilot Licence (MPL)
Training. was accountable for full-cycle program management while focusing
on building the soft skills development processes within Ayla. I played a key
role in building relationships with various instructors and trainers within the
company so as program content is integrated into the whole system to facilitate
the career development of program participants
Achievement
Developed a competency-based leadership and management training
program for Pilot students

Amman Baccalureate School

GLOBE(Meteorology,Hydrology,soil,Biosphere,STEM) teacher&Lab
Technician IB DIPLOMA,MYP,IGCSE
August 2000 - February 2005 (4 years 7 months)
Amman

GLOBE is science and education, not just science education. As a science

and education program, GLOBE neither begins nor ends with data collection.
Scientists collect data to gain understanding, and students can do the
same.GLOBE is aligned with NGSS, Common Core and IB curriculum.
My role was to stimulate and reinforce my students' natural interest in their
surroundings, choose measurements and activities that help accomplish
my instructional objectives, prepare students to collect data, aid students'
understanding of the science associated with their measurements, support
students' efforts to gain facility with various analysis techniques.
Facilitated all IB, MYP, IGCSE biology chemistry physics practical work and
experiments
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Achievement
My Grade 6 students learned Satellite Image Analysis by Studying 1999 and
2003 satellite images for Western North Amman, Discovering Deforestation,
after Verification and classification of the plants using the UNESCO MUC, they
used design thinking to propose a solution, they presented and discussed their
findings in GLOBE regional conference in Bahrain.
My students are awarded a digital weather station by Ford Foundation to
conduct a further study with other schools in the region.
My Grade 9 and 10 Students Monitored the Quality of water in a nearby spring
for more than two years and then Visited the local Water Authority lab to verify
their data and results and learn new techniques.

Hashemite University
Lab Technician /Supervisor
August 1998 - August 2000 (2 years 1 month)
Zarqa,Jordan

From A-Z: prepared, equipped, operated and maintained all instruments in

instrumental analysis labs.
coached and delivered practical training for industrial and educational
laboratory technician studying at community colleges in Zarqa (On the Job
training and Coaching)
 www.hu.edu.jo

PHARMA INTERNATIONAL
Chemical Analyst, R&D Quality control /Quality Assurance
November 1997 - August 1998 (10 months)
Amman

conducted quality control procedures and established them, I analyzed

Drug using computerized instruments and developed new methods Using
a computerized spectrophotometer to determine the best absorbance
wavelength

International for Dental Materials

Sales Representative
June 1997 - November 1997 (6 months)
Amman Governorate, Jordan

Built strong relationships with key dental professionals and related office
personnel in the given region, while able to cover dental procedures with
clinical proficiency and business acumen.

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Assisted in building and implementing a sales plan for the assigned area,
managing and tracking customer sales activity and prospective customer
initiatives, achieving sales targets, reporting on sales progress and competitor
and customer activities to sales leader, and assuring that activity is properly
entered into the management system to ensure flawless execution of product
delivery to the customer
Plans, coordinated and executed local educational and sales events, with the
support of other internal resources, intended to augment the business and help
to deliver assigned sales goals.

Education
Harvard University
Certificate in School Management and Leadership, Educational Leadership
and Administration, General · (2018 - 2019)

California State University San Marcos

International Baccalaureate Certificate, Middle Years Program, Teaching and
Learning · (2017 - 2018)

The Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences

Master of Science (M.Sc.), Management Information Systems · (2003 - 2007)

Hogeschool INHOLLAND Rotterdam

Certified Master trainer of change Agents/Diploma School improvement
& Coaching skills 1600 Hours , Training , Coaching and School
Improvement · (2005 - 2005)

Yarmouk University
B.Sc Chemistry (major) Environmental sciences
(minor), Chemistry · (1992 - 1996)

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