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Shamimara Sharif
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Educational Leader
, Government Agency
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Calgary,
Canada
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Dynamic and collaborative professional with 20+ years of experience optimizing and implementing educational policies, programs and systemic structures to improve learning outcomes, behavior support and culturally relevant student-centered programs, while reflecting communities’ diverse needs and backgrounds. |
 Contact Shamimara Sharif
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Area of Expertise: |
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Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
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Government, Governance, Reforms
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Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
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Social, Education, Gender, Youth, Child
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Professional Experience: |
Developed a wide range of successful tools allowing teachers to evaluate student performance and facilitate proactive actions towards student success, including addressing student learning and in-class social-emotional issues. Developed process manuals, checklists and applications to assess student needs and increase student engagement.
Initiated and established a community institution for children with academic issues, liaising with
community and government representatives to manage set-up end-to-end.
Improved school attendance 10%, in addition to increasing student literacy levels while improving staff retention by 30% through adept allocation of teacher resources as school administrator in Nunavut.
Facilitated and coached staff to build an inclusive and innovative classroom teaching learning environment.
Planned and Coordinated conferences and professional development for professional development of educators to facilitate implement the Department of Education mandate.
Budget and program forecast and monitoring for Student Achievement, Department of Education.
Analyzes territorial statistical reports to measure impact of learning support services on student achievement of intended learning outcomes.
In collaboration with family, students and other stakeholders, creates and sets academic and growth-related goals for programs and policies, monitoring progression through to school leaving. Works with
non-instructional, academic support units and community-based agencies to develop, monitor and assess student outcomes.
Lead for the change management and crisis response in a dynamic work environment
Utilizes comprehensive psychological, physiological, language, and other baseline testing as well past classroom and academic reports for a wide demographic of students to develop education plans that introduce extensive modification to educational experience and curriculum requirements.
Ensures that education plan goals meet needs unique to specific communities and students involved in the program by evaluating performance through key learning indicators. Grows success guidelines to review progress and affect change to plans, treating plans as live and ongoing working projects.
Engages academic department heads, faculty members, committee leaders, administrators, and other internal operations teams on long-term program planning, determining optimal strategic partnerships aimed at improving student achievement.
Defines long-term goals, KPIs, performance metrics, and overall operational priorities to be achieved through reformatting of policies and programs, supporting long-term improvements around quality, enrolment, student participation, relationships, and other targeted areas.
Evaluates performance of programs through qualitative and quantitative analysis. Prepares progress reports and summary of key analytics for stakeholders needed to either renew or amend existing educational strategies.
Holds consultancy sessions with internal personnel to develop program requirements and ensure accordance with organizational policies, procedures, and framework. Identifies program models and proposals for completion by staff members to gain executive and department approval.
Oversees the development of funding proposals for contracted services, applying collected data and hands-on experience to select, assess and apply services as needed. Provides effective management of budget for territorial level programs and projects.
Facilitates communication with representatives from internal and external parties to develop and improve existing policies and programs. Develops analysis reports as necessary to help faculty evaluate the effectiveness of tests and test items.
Effective inter-personal, communication skills, and understanding.
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Education: |
Doctor of Education (Enrolled) | University of Calgary Current
Master of Education, Inclusive Education | Acadia University - 2009
Master of Science, Applied Psychology | Annamalai University - 2005
Bachelor of Education| SNDT University - 1986
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Developed a wide range of successful tools allowing teachers to evaluate student performance and facilitate proactive actions towards student success, including addressing student learning and in-class social-emotional issues. Developed process manuals, checklists and applications to assess student needs and increase student engagement.
Initiated and established a community institution for children with academic issues, liaising with
community and government representatives to manage set-up end-to-end.
Improved school attendance 10%, in addition to increasing student literacy levels while improving staff retention by 30% through adept allocation of teacher resources as school administrator in Nunavut.
Facilitated and coached staff to build an inclusive and innovative classroom teaching learning environment.
Planned and Coordinated conferences and professional development for professional development of educators to facilitate implement the Department of Education mandate.
Budget and program forecast and monitoring for Student Achievement, Department of Education.
Analyzes territorial statistical reports to measure impact of learning support services on student achievement of intended learning outcomes.
In collaboration with family, students and other stakeholders, creates and sets academic and growth-related goals for programs and policies, monitoring progression through to school leaving. Works with
non-instructional, academic support units and community-based agencies to develop, monitor and assess student outcomes.
Lead for the change management and crisis response in a dynamic work environment
Utilizes comprehensive psychological, physiological, language, and other baseline testing as well past classroom and academic reports for a wide demographic of students to develop education plans that introduce extensive modification to educational experience and curriculum requirements.
Ensures that education plan goals meet needs unique to specific communities and students involved in the program by evaluating performance through key learning indicators. Grows success guidelines to review progress and affect change to plans, treating plans as live and ongoing working projects.
Engages academic department heads, faculty members, committee leaders, administrators, and other internal operations teams on long-term program planning, determining optimal strategic partnerships aimed at improving student achievement.
Defines long-term goals, KPIs, performance metrics, and overall operational priorities to be achieved through reformatting of policies and programs, supporting long-term improvements around quality, enrolment, student participation, relationships, and other targeted areas.
Evaluates performance of programs through qualitative and quantitative analysis. Prepares progress reports and summary of key analytics for stakeholders needed to either renew or amend existing educational strategies.
Holds consultancy sessions with internal personnel to develop program requirements and ensure accordance with organizational policies, procedures, and framework. Identifies program models and proposals for completion by staff members to gain executive and department approval.
Oversees the development of funding proposals for contracted services, applying collected data and hands-on experience to select, assess and apply services as needed. Provides effective management of budget for territorial level programs and projects.
Facilitates communication with representatives from internal and external parties to develop and improve existing policies and programs. Develops analysis reports as necessary to help faculty evaluate the effectiveness of tests and test items.
Effective inter-personal, communication skills, and understanding.
Council of Ministers Education Canada: Past Member
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Available for: |
- Being headhunted – make me an offer
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Years of Experience:
15-20 years |
Highest Qualification:
Masters |
Languages:
English, Hindi |
Nationality:
Canada
, India
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