Ahmad Chehouri
Beirut ■ Lebanon
Phone: +961 5 467275, Mobile: +961 3 009182
E-mail: [email protected]; Skype: ahmad.chehouri1
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Nationality : Canadian
Member of the International Society for Technology in Education ISTE www.iste.org
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Education
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1990-1995
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Concordia University, Montréal, Quebec Canada
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Bachelor in Computer Science (BSc.), Information Systems Option
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Work Experience
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Aug. 2009- Present
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SABIS® Educational Services (SES) – Adma, Lebanon
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Computer Science - ICT Subject Coordinator, ICT Curriculum Designer/Manager :
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§ Develop, manage, and supervise computing curriculum for SABIS® schools in 5 regions (Middle East, Arabian Gulf, North Africa and Europe, West Asia, and USA) including corporate contracted schools and partnership (PPP), and SABIS University (Erbil).
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§ Alignment to standards of regional locations: Accomplished alignment to ISTE-NETS based technology standards, also to UAE’s ADEC standards.
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§ Setup computing curriculum scope and sequence to author SABIS® books of aligned content for grades k-9.
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§ Supervise external examinations for secondary grade levels (grades 9-12) including IGCSE, AP, A-level, O-Level and ICDL.
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§ Authoring and producing SABIS computer textbooks (school and university).
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§ Academic support including exam generation, annual distributions (pacing charts), reporting and controlling question banks.
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Sept. 1996- Aug. 2008
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Le Lycée National Schools – Choeifat, Lebanon
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Computer Science Head of Department
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§ Coordinator: Supervise, coordinate and control teacher performance, recruitment of computer teachers, setting and modifying curriculum.
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§ Teacher: ICT teacher to grades 7-12.
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§ Trainer: Trained over 120 teachers and employees in multiple workshops on computer literacy and internet use, and basic hardware skills.
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§ Instructor: Set and conducted educational workshops included on education technology and applying cross curriculum.
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Sept.1998- Jul. 2006
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Arab Vocational Institution - Beirut, Lebanon
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Part time lecturer and instructor
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§ Lecturer: for vocational TS 3rd year courses: Software engineering and database design methodology (Merise).
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§ Instructor - Project Supervisor: Microsoft Access instructor and supervisor of the final graduation project in software Engineering
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Projects
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Jan.1999- Jul. 1999
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National Center for Research and Development (Lebanese Ministry of Education division):
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§ National computer curriculum reviewer and updater: selected as a committee member to review and maintain the official computer curriculum.
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Sept. 2007- Aug. 2009
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Center for Authoring and Publishing – Beirut, Lebanon
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§ Curriculum setup: setup a computer curriculum in Arabic language including scope and sequence to grades 1 - 6.
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§ Co-author: computer textbooks and teacher guides in Arabic language starting from grade 1.
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§ Instructional designer: designed multimedia student activities to apply and evaluate skills learned in textbooks, and following a cross curriculum approach with science, Math and Languages.
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Current Projects
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Adaptation to the US Common Core
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Alignment to the UK ICT National Curriculum
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Workshops
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Sept. 2001
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“Integrating Computers in the Classroom”
American University of Beirut, Dr. Hussein Yaghi
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Sept. 2002
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“Problem Solving Skills for Intermediate Students - Using Logo Programming”
American University of Beirut, Dr. Hussein Yaghi
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Sept. 2003
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“Mind Mapping, Using the Inspiration Software”
International College, Mr. Mahmud Shehab
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Sept. 2004
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“Macromedia Flash for Teachers”
International College, Mr. Mahmud Shehab
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Publications
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Le Lycée National Schools
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§ ICT Textbooks: Grades 7 to 11.
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Center for Authoring and Publishing
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§ Grades 1 and 2 computer textbooks, activity books, teacher guides and multimedia CDs.
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SABIS Educational Services
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§ Grades 2, 3, and 4 computer textbooks.
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§ College textbooks:
- Introduction to Computer Systems
- Interactive Multimedia
- Multimedia and Image Processing
- Database Design and Implementation
- Principles of Software Engineering
- Education Technology Practice for ICT Teachers
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Computer Skills
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Databases and Programming
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§ Microsoft Access, SQL, Visual Basic, Small Basic, VB.NET, HTML,C, C++, Pascal.
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Other Skills
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Business
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§ Fundamental knowledge in: Marketing, accounting, economics, finance, and statistics.
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General
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§ Presentation with multimedia
§ Internet research
§ Technical writing
§ Mathematics
§ Use of instructional technology (Whiteboards, multimedia projectors, overhead projectors, …)
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Languages
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English
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Arabic
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French
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Speak
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Fluent
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Fluent
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Fair
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Read
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Fluent
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Fluent
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Fair
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Write
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Fluent
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Fluent
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Fair
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Interests
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Reading, sports, music, photography.
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References
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Contact
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Position
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Contact Info
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Dr. Zahi Ramadan
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Operations Director-Higher Education SABIS® Educational Services
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9613269923
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Dr. Nehmeh Safa
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Deputy Director at GeoProjects Publishing
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96170655899
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Mr. Haitham Zebian
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Principal of Le Lycée National Schools
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9615805500
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