NAJIBA NINA PAULUS
MONTEREY,CA
Overview
38
38
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Language Instructor, Assistant professor, GS 9, Step 10, Tenure
Defense Language Institute
- Experienced in teaching theories and applying learning skills and learning styles, and implications
- Experienced in teaching Standard Arabic and the Iraqi dialect to military services men and women (Army, Marine, Air Force, and Navy) listening, reading, speaking, writing, and translation, transcription, interpretation, numbers and SATTS at the Defense Language Intitule
- Trained these students to become linguistics, analysists and cryptologic to contribute to saving nations.
Translator
U.S. State Department
01.2012
- Succeeded in an oral test by the State Department in Washington DC attempting change of job description to work as translator for our military units in Iraq/and or for the American Embassy in Baghdad
- Attended one week training in Arlington, Virginia to prepare for the job, 2012.
Team Leader
Defense Language Institute
01.1996 - 01.2023
- Lead Teams consisted of up to 3 students and sometimes more than 10 teachers from 1996 to 2023 intermittent
- Preparied weekly and yearly master schedules, hourly lesson plans and daily H.W material
- Conducting team meetings with students and teachers
- Assisted newcomers and other teams and represented my department when needed
- Conducted meetings with student’s high-ranking officials to discuss student’s academic and behavioral situations.
Sales Associate
Emporium Department Store
01.1993 - 01.1996
- Practiced sales associate services at Emporium department store, Los Angeles, and Macys Monterey, CA
- 1993-1996, part time and intermittent.
Bank Teller
Bank of America
01.1993 - 01.1994
- Practiced filing and prove center duties at Bank of America, Los Angeles 1993-1994, part time.
Translator
Modesto Seeds Company
01.1992 - 01.1993
- Translated brochures/letters and business documents from English to Arabic and Vice versa for the Modesto Seeds Company to facilitate learning about the technical and the futuristic specifications and plantations of the agricultural seeds, 1992 to 1993
- Facilitated communications between Arabs and Americans for business deals.
English Teacher
Iraqi School
01.1985 - 01.1991
- Taught English as second language for non-native Iraqi students of different of the various Iraqi ethnics, Arabs, Kurds, Turks, Assyrians and Armenian, grades 6 to 12 joiner and school high 1985-1991
- Served the school with tremendous contributions to creating teaching and testing material under difficult social and political situations in the country during the past regime.
Arabic Teacher
Iraqi Government
01.1986 - 01.1989
- Mandated to teach Arabic, reading, and writing to illiterate senior citizens by Iraqi past regime under “The Irradiation of Illiteracy” program 1986-1989.
Education
Two courses at East Carolina University, Authoring Systems for Instructional Product Development (Fall 2013), Instructional Strategies in AD603(Spring 2014) -
Certified Language Instructor, Assistant professor -
SLS certified -
General computer and technology skills -
Mastering Arabic and English language -
Home decorations -
Hand craft skills -
Great skills in communication -
Certified diagnostic assessment -
01.2017
Online, Advanced Professional Writing in English -
10.2016
EDUU 600 Evaluation and Research Method -
Brandman University Monterey campus
01.2016
Official Transcript of Academic Record -
East Carolina University
01.2013
English 301 Academic Writing -
01.1998
General Computer Skills -
Bin Amid center for Professional and trade studies
01.1991
B.A - English Literature
Al-Mustansiryah University
01.1985
High School Diploma - General Education
Baghdad
01.1979
Additional Information - Personality And Performance
Self-motivated, Enthusiastic, Committed to work completion and developments, Highly creative, Adaptable for change, Adapting and developing creativity, Outstanding communication skills, Devoted and an active team member and team leader, Excellent coordinator of staff members to establish quality relationships with clients, Possess self-management to reduce anxiety, Imaginative, Flexible, Constantly looking for ways to challenge and improve, Good listener, Attentive to details, Dynamic, Energetic, Changes pace when necessary, Lively, Spontaneous, Caring, Helpful, Prompt in answering questions, Fair and honest, Professional with sense of integrity, Excellent housewife, Family oriented, Courteous of professional looking with personality and outfit, Likes home designing, Cooking, Walking, Swimming, Compassionate towards serving others in need
Certificates And Rewards
- BA in English Literature
- Evaluated Bachler’s degree credentials from the International Education Research Foundation, I.N.C
- Certificate of Teaching Theories and Applying Skills, Learning Styles, and Implementations trainings
- Certificates of trainings, Risk management, Annual Ethics Trainings, Cyber Security, AD level Awareness, Army Substance Abuse program, Management Science, Suicide Awareness Prevention, Sexual harassment, Combating Trafficking in Persons general Awareness
- Numerous certificates of training on technology, Mac, IPAD, Microsoft Window, Smartboard, and software applications
- Certificate of final scores, 301 writing, Monterey Peninsula College, 3.6, 1997
- DA diagnostic assessment and intervention specialist certificate, 2016
- Team Building certificate
- Basic computer course, 1991
- Certificate of Appreciation, DLI wide annual events, Language Day
- Certificates of service as team leader
- Certificate of raising funds, TSP government program, 2004-2005
- Commandant’s yearly letters of appreciation, DLI’s mission
- Teaching excellence awards, installation commandant, achieving high grades in the final DLPT and the OPI tests, and low attrition, 5
- Certificate of participation, DLI’s immersion program, Fort Ord, 3 times a year
- Certificate of recording MSA and Iraqi dialects, ARABIC/IRAQI basic courses
- Certificate of participation, digitalized voices recording, 2010, New York
- Certificate of appreciation, Arabic online diagnostic Assessment
- Certificate of appreciation, representing my department, 6th Annual Student’s Day, 7th Annual Student’s Day, 8th Annual Student’s Day
- Certificate of appreciation, NetProF project
- Certificate of appreciation, development of the Iraqi program
- Certificates of appreciation, quarterly Classroom Peer Observation Weeks, providing detailed reports
- Commandant’s Coins, completion of 5, 10, 15 and 20, 25 years of service at the Defense Language Institute
- Certificate of participating, LIFT, Flip classroom approaches
- Certificate of participating, student’s learning center, SLC, SLS, teaching culture and vocabulary learning strategies
- Certificates of supporting humanitarian purposes
Community Service
- Volunteer interpretation between social security workers and new arrivals to the states, November 1993
- A member of the Assyrian Church of the East, Modesto, CA since 1992
- Contribution in "Feed the Children" humanitarian project, 1996-2014
- Contribution in "San Jose Hospital/Children's Cancer Research Center", 1998-2017
- Contribution in "The War Wounded Soldiers Project"
- Contribution in "Doctors Without Borders", 2018-present
- Volunteer work at saint Angela Catholic Church, Monterey
Timeline
Translator
U.S. State Department
01.2012
Team Leader
Defense Language Institute
01.1996 - 01.2023
Sales Associate
Emporium Department Store
01.1993 - 01.1996
Bank Teller
Bank of America
01.1993 - 01.1994
Translator
Modesto Seeds Company
01.1992 - 01.1993
Arabic Teacher
Iraqi Government
01.1986 - 01.1989
English Teacher
Iraqi School
01.1985 - 01.1991
Certified Language Instructor, Assistant professor, GS 9, Step 10, Tenure
Defense Language Institute
Two courses at East Carolina University, Authoring Systems for Instructional Product Development (Fall 2013), Instructional Strategies in AD603(Spring 2014) -
Certified Language Instructor, Assistant professor -
SLS certified -
General computer and technology skills -
Mastering Arabic and English language -
Home decorations -
Hand craft skills -
Great skills in communication -
Certified diagnostic assessment -
Online, Advanced Professional Writing in English -
EDUU 600 Evaluation and Research Method -
Brandman University Monterey campus
Official Transcript of Academic Record -
East Carolina University
English 301 Academic Writing -
General Computer Skills -
Bin Amid center for Professional and trade studies
B.A - English Literature
Al-Mustansiryah University
High School Diploma - General Education
Baghdad
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