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Mais Jamleh

Lees summit,Missouri

Summary

Experienced and passionate early childhood educator with over 15 years of leadership in Montessori and traditional preschool settings. Skilled in curriculum development, staff training, and creating inclusive, nurturing environments that support every child’s growth. Successfully led school teams, improved learning outcomes, and built strong family-school partnerships. Committed to fostering a love of learning and contributing to high-quality early education in the U.S.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Kindergarten and Nursery Principal

Rawabi English Academy
08.2018 - 06.2024
  • Company Overview: Palestinian school accredited by Cambridge.
  • Responsible for leading and managing the kindergarten and nursery programs.
  • This includes implementing Cambridge curricula, fostering a safe and nurturing environment, ensuring the holistic development of children, managing staff, engaging with parents, and ensuring compliance with educational standards.
  • Monitor students' progress and provide students and teachers with assistance in resolving any problems.
  • Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff and recommend personnel actions for programs and services.
  • Set educational standards and goals and help establish policies, procedures, and programs to carry them out.
  • Determine the scope of educational program offerings and prepare drafts of program schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements.
  • Palestinian school accredited by Cambridge.

Kindergarten Teacher

Rawabi English Academy
08.2016 - 08.2018
  • Create age-appropriate lesson plans to introduce young students to reading, math, science, history and physical education subjects.
  • Present lessons to the entire class group as well as arrange for small group learning stations based on educational themes to address a variety of learning styles.
  • Teach students social skills, academic concepts, how to follow a schedule and how to comply with rules in individual and group settings to prepare for elementary education.
  • Make student observations regarding their strengths, abilities and areas of improvement, and report to parents and specialized educators if necessary, for further testing and intervention.
  • Grade student work and help individual students remediate their performance to enable them to perform at grade level or higher.
  • Teach and enforce individualized classroom and playground rules for order and safety in the school.
  • Cooperate and collaborate with school administration to satisfy school objectives, including preparing students for standardized testing and health screenings.

Preschool Director

American Academy Kindergarten
10.2013 - 07.2016
  • Overseeing the daily operations and administration of the kindergarten section, ensuring the effective implementation of the American curriculum, managing staff, supporting student learning, engaging with parents, and maintaining a safe and nurturing environment conducive to early childhood development.
  • Oversee the implementation of the American curriculum in all kindergarten classrooms.
  • Ensure that lesson plans and teaching methods are aligned with curriculum standards and goals.
  • Collaborate with teachers to develop engaging and age-appropriate learning activities.
  • Organize and facilitate parent-teacher meetings, workshops, and other activities to promote parental involvement in the educational process.
  • Address parental concerns and inquiries in a timely and professional manner.
  • Coordinate with other departments, such as admissions, finance, and facilities, to support school operations.

Montessori Teacher

Pioneers Baccalaureate schools
01.2007 - 09.2013
  • Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
  • Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, Reading, Writing, personal hygiene, and social skills.
  • Establish and enforce rules for behavior, and procedures for maintaining order.
  • Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
  • Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.

Project Coordinator

Women and Family Affairs Center
06.2006 - 12.2006
  • Educational and Awareness sessions for WAFAC's women groups within the Social Community Awareness Program.
  • Coordinating meetings.
  • Creating a project management calendar.
  • Developing project strategies.
  • Administrative duties.

Education

Master degree - Educational counseling

Birzait University
01.2023

EARLY CHILD HOOD DIPLOMA COURSE -

International Center for Montessori education
Amman
08.2007

Bachelor - psychology

An-Najah National University
01.2005

Literary section -

Alhajah Rashda School
01.2001

Skills

  • Native in Arabic
  • Fluent in English
  • Coordination and networking with institutions
  • Ability to work with different age groups
  • Ability to work with a team
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Leadership

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 11/23/82

Training

  • Canada - Ottawa, 7th Educational International Conference, 07/01/15
  • Morocco - Marrakech, 3rd Women's International Conference, 02/01/18
  • USA - Pittsburgh, Present Palestine in AFT Conference, 07/01/18
  • Norway - Oslo, Nordic Way Conference for Early Childhood, 04/01/19
  • Thailand - Bangkok, 8th Educational International Conference, 07/01/20
  • Turkey - Marmaris, International Conference on Social Science Studies (IConSoS), 04/01/23, Present a research paper titled: Relationship between the use of social media short-video sharing and fear of missing out among primary school children
  • International Centre for Montessori Education Teacher Training College, 478
  • The Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture: Introduction to Mental Health and Crisis Intervention, 50
  • Save the Children & Association Psychiatrists and Social Workers: Classroom based on Intervention (CBI), 55
  • The Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation: Psycho-social Intervention Program (We Care), 100
  • Palestinian Center for Democracy and Conflict Resolution: Activating and Strengthening the Role of Youth in the Process of Reform, 60

Cellphone

+1(816)4690259

Conferences

  • IConSoS 2023 – Marmaris, Turkey
    Presenter: Relationship between social media short-video sharing and FOMO in primary school children
    8th Educational International Conference – Bangkok, Thailand (July 2020)
    Nordic Way Conference for Early Childhood – Oslo, Norway (April 2019)
    AFT Conference (American Federation of Teachers) – Pittsburgh, USA (July 2018)
    Presented on educational realities in Palestine
    3rd Women’s International Conference – Marrakech, Morocco (Feb 2018)
    7th Educational International Conference – Ottawa, Canada (July 2015)

Timeline

Kindergarten and Nursery Principal

Rawabi English Academy
08.2018 - 06.2024

Kindergarten Teacher

Rawabi English Academy
08.2016 - 08.2018

Preschool Director

American Academy Kindergarten
10.2013 - 07.2016

Montessori Teacher

Pioneers Baccalaureate schools
01.2007 - 09.2013

Project Coordinator

Women and Family Affairs Center
06.2006 - 12.2006

Master degree - Educational counseling

Birzait University

EARLY CHILD HOOD DIPLOMA COURSE -

International Center for Montessori education

Bachelor - psychology

An-Najah National University

Literary section -

Alhajah Rashda School
Mais Jamleh