Samina Raja

Dedicated, resourceful education professional with proven ability to create and monitor policies and practices that promote a safe learning environment, ensure a school culture that encourages continuous improvements for teachers and students, develop an environment that encourages open communication with colleagues, students, and the community and mentor educators in the creation and implementation of class instruction, lesson plans, and student assessment in conjunction with state learning regulations.

Regional Director Schools - SKANS School System - Rawalpindi

(2018)

• Provide strategic direction in the school system.
• Develop standardized curriculum
• Assess teaching methods, monitor student achievement, encourage parent involvement, revise policies and procedures.
• Administer the budget, hire and evaluate staff.
• Ensure facilities and develop resources.

Regional Subject Coordinator/Coordinator Matric Schools, Regional Office Northern Region - The City School - Islamabad

(2018 - 2018)

• Quality assurance in learning and teaching NR schools
• Analyzing NR Schools Results
• Developing Subject Development Plan
• Monitoring and supporting schools in academics
• Exam paper Sampling
• School Visits

Examination Coordinator Northern Region, Regional Office - The City School - Islamabad

(2017 - 2018)

• Ensuring preparation of quality unified examination and identifying paper setters for unified examination.
• Training teachers for setting quality examination papers from class level 3-A-Levels to meet the international standard of assessments based on Bloom’s Taxonomy.
• Planning and coordinating with schools the smooth execution of examination ensuring the standard and secrecy.
• Coordinating with the Head office for liaising between schools and HO during examination.
• Pre-and post-examination preparation including evaluation of result analysis.

Headmistress, Senior Section, Satellite Town Campus - The City School - Rawalpindi

(2013 - 2017)

• Hiring the required manpower.
• Drafting the School Development Plan to achieve academic excellence, enhancement of in-born skills of students, a healthy climate/culture in the school, projection of the image of the school to the community.
• Sharing the vision with the school community. Evolve procedures and tools for continuous assessment of student progress, testing and measurement.
• Device formats to gather data at various times at various levels and under various headings
• Counseling students for academic, personal guidance.
• Arranging presentations for higher education opportunities.
• Meeting weak students and their parents for individual guidance.
• Plan and organize extracurricular activities e.g. debates, annual functions, open-days, competitions etc.

Headmistress, Harley Street Campus - The City School - Rawalpindi

(2009 - 2013)

Headmistress, Senior Branch - The City School - Mirpur AJK

(2002 - 2009)

Headmistress, Nursery Branch - The City School - Mirpur AJK

(2000 - 2002)

Senior Mistress - The City School - Mirpur Branch AJK

(1999 - 2000)

Primary Years Education - WAIKATO University, New Zealand (2012)

Post Graduate Diploma Course - Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland (2002)

Post Graduate Certificate Course - Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland (2000)

Bachelors of the Arts - The University of Karachi (1992)