Shereen El Alaily
Summary
Early Childhood Educator dedicated to supporting emotional, social and academic development of young children. Trained in developmental stages and knowledgeable about offering safe, nurturing environments to boost Innovative learning.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Preschool Teacher
The Cascade British Nursery
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Planning and delivering lessons designed to facilitate students' social, emotional, and cognitive development.
- Encouraging self-expression through understanding, flexibility, and behavioral reinforcement.
- Tending to students' basic needs by feeding and dressing them.
- Mediating conflict between students.
- Modelling appropriate behaviors, even when not on duty.
- Ensuring that the classroom remains safe and conducive to learning at all times.
- Liaising with families to gain insight into students' home lives.
- Attending staff meetings with full coordination with the class team in order to maximize class productivity & provide a good environment for students.
- Scheduled appointments with parents to discuss student progress and classroom behavior on daily or quarterly basis.
- Developed and implemented classroom routines to address varying student needs.
- Developed monthly lesson plans and activities to engage children and promote innovative learning.
- Gave one-on-one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
Administrative / Teaching professional
BloomingDales Nursery
10.2013 - 11.2021
- Creating a safe, caring and stimulating environment that promotes learning through interactions
- Supervising activity-planning to make sure children's needs are met
- Working closely with parents giving them a high standard of customer service, including regular progress reports
- Working with colleagues and other professionals to make sure that children's needs are met according to the given guidelines
- Full class handling for different age groups starting from 1.6 up to 3 yrs
- Old
- Coordinating with the class team ( assistant & helper) and maintaining good relation in order to maximize productivity & provide good environment for students
- Handling all kinds of teaching responsibilities such as preparing monthly lesson plans, assessing students, writing comments & detailed report cards
- Also attending quarterly planned parents teachers conferences
- Running the nursery in line with environmental, health and safety and fire regulations
- Highly numerate, with an excellent knowledge of finance and budgeting requirements
- Experienced in touring new parents and proceeding with their enrollment process
- Have excellent interpersonal skills with ability to engage positively with staff
- This involves assigning & organizing their daily, weekly and monthly tasks
- Have excellent interpersonal skills with ability to engage positively with
- Parents and attend their daily questions or concerns face to face, by phone or WhatsApp
- Have knowledge of nursery software for students' data entry
- (Financial, basic data) as well as outlining, revising, correcting, typing and final approving teachers monthly given lesson plans to hand in to parents on monthly basis
- Processing financial information / data e.g
- Invoices, fees, banking and purchase orders
- Reporting, managing, and resolving outstanding, pending or ongoing refunds according to the refunds policy
- Ordering equipment and supplies and maintaining an inventory of Nursery assets
- Assisting the Nursery Management with inputting of information on monthly timesheets, including absences and holidays
- Ensuring staff development and maintaining of high performance by taking regular daily rounds and providing a professional feedback
- Taking minutes at confidential meetings as required, including HR meetings and staff meetings
- Maintaining up to date personnel files in accordance with data protection legislation
- Completing the on-boarding and off-boarding of all nursery children, both for new year and in year applications
- Assist nursery staff with any problems they are experiencing in relation to accessing and entering data held on the school's system, providing training and guidance where necessary
- Handling communications professionally and promptly with all visitors and prospective parents
- Answering the phone, acting as first point of contact and providing a professional and friendly service
- Keeping in regular contact with waiting list, providing updates and following up all enquiries promptly
- Supporting marketing and engagement activity, assisting in the preparation of the Nursery newsletter and adverts for the Nursery
- Ensuring efficient and confidential administration systems are in place, e.g
- Recording and filing
- Managing , organizing and scheduling meetings,Events and planned field trips etc.
- Performing general office duties including photocopying, filing, stock orders etc
- Work as part of a team, communicate effectively and build partnerships with children, parents/carers and colleagues
- Good record of attendance
- Able to reflect upon and analyze own performance
- Self-motivated
- Sustaining high standards in all areas of professional workable to work autonomously or with minimal direction.
Free Lancer
09.2009 - 09.2013
- (Exterior & Interior Design)
- Working independently with several clients and design offices as a free lancer, and handled the exteriors and interior designs for some projects such as private villas, commercial offices, etc.
Dealer, Project Manager & Chief of Design Section
Artline General Trading & Cont. Co
11.2008 - 08.2009
- Contribute in establishing a system for the company as a new dealer of a very respectful office furniture brand (Steelcase)
- Play a main role in branding and enhancing public relations with other global office furniture & flooring brands to satisfy all clients' needs
- Manage the client relationship and act as the communication link with all other supporting departments of the company, both giving and receiving information in a just in time fashion
- Communicates with the supporting team and management all the elements of a project, set the tone, the pace, the expected service level and the project goals
- Identify the client needs and presents the appropriate product and service solutions
- Coordinate and present proposals, order write-ups, complete order checklists, present to management the recommended level of pricing and discounts, obtain client agreement and understanding on delivery time frames
- Gather credit information, deposit and signed terms and conditions of payment
- Maintain appropriate levels with the client through installation and account receivable periods, visit to site during installation, when and as appropriate.
Interior Designer & Sales Engineer
Dezine General Trading Co
12.2004 - 01.2006
- Providing extensive Interior Design services to a variety of projects such as villas, hotels, restaurants, cafes, stores, shopping centers, Banks and well known companies
- Interaction with clients on many levels since the very beginning of projects till the final handover
- Performing high coordination and controlling skills when dealing with Drafting Dept., hired contractors, and technical stuff in order to maintain a certain level of quality
- Responsible for day-to-day Project Management and supervision
- Specialized in many sales tasks involving: -Marketing different types of high standard furniture since the company has its mutual contracts with well known international companies in U.S.A., France, Italy and UK
- Achieving certain target of profit on monthly basis as required by company
- Providing accurate time planning, well presented schedules for all executed projects.
Architect & Head of Villa design
Saleh Al Qalaf Consultation Office Kuwait
05.2004 - 08.2004
- Section
- Full Design and coordination for major projects such as medical centers and office buildings, and seeking all the required technical and governmental approvals from concerned sectors (Kuwait municipality & Ministry Of Health)
- Handling Interior / Exterior Villa Design for several clients which enhanced my communication abilities with different minds and personalities and increased my contacts as satisfying my client was my biggest concern
- Accomplishing the highest level of drawing's productivity and perfection considering that well presented drawings is the first attraction point for any client
- Professional Finalizing for drawings that require high presentation skills using Photoshop rendering & CAD drafting
- Using extra graphic skills to design (Books, Logos, and Brochures)
- Applying different landscape concepts to some of the projects I worked on specially villas
- My leading skills gave me a good opportunity in coordinating different Tasks between staff members when handling large scale projects.
Junior Architect
MAC Architects
01.2003 - 03.2004
- Performing all architectural-computer related skills (Drafting, Rendering and Graphic Design)
- Interior / Exterior Design for different types of buildings (Museums, Show-rooms, Banks, Villas)
- Accomplishing the highest level of drawing's productivity considering time & quality
- Performing high presentation skills using Photoshop rendering & CAD drafting
- Contributing in detailed working drawings for important projects such as: (KFH, Kuwait Museum….etc.)
- Academic Experience
- I was involved in different phases of large and medium-size projects providing conceptual designs and 3D modeling images & drawings, preparing modules, presentation and detailed working drawings
- Such as: (Schools, Mosques, Museums, Villas, Cultural centers, Libraries.etc.)
Education
Bachelor of Science - Architecture
College of Engineering Kuwait University
2002
Skills
- Highly organized with an ability to proactively manage workload, competing priorities and meeting deadlines
- Very enthusiastic, with an outgoing personality and a clear sense of customer service that represents the work in a positive and professional way
- Excellent managerial knowledge and skills
- Ensuring that a friendly and effective service is always provided As is working independently with own initiative
- Ability to work under pressure and solve daily problems
- COMPUTER SKILLS
- MS Office ( Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Project)
- AutoCAD 2D
- Photoshop
- Lesson Planning
- Daycare Management
- Activity Planning
- Classroom Organization
- Child Development
- Early Childhood Education
- Classroom Management
Affiliations
Member of Kuwait Society of Engineers.
Very Artistic & Crafty
As a preschool teacher, I pride myself on being very artistic and crafty. My classroom is a vibrant and imaginative space where creativity knows no bounds. I believe that art and crafts are essential tools for young children's development, fostering their fine motor skills, creativity, and self-expression.
I was constantly organizing exciting school events that incorporate these artistic elements. From holiday celebrations to special theme days, I strive to create memorable experiences for both the children and their parents.
My dedication to being artistic and crafty not only provides a fun learning environment for the children but also strengthens the bonds between the school and the families. These experiences help children build their confidence, explore their artistic inclinations, and create lasting memories of their preschool years.
Timeline
Preschool Teacher
The Cascade British Nursery
01.2022 - 01.2023
Administrative / Teaching professional
BloomingDales Nursery
10.2013 - 11.2021
Free Lancer
09.2009 - 09.2013
Dealer, Project Manager & Chief of Design Section
Artline General Trading & Cont. Co
11.2008 - 08.2009
Interior Designer & Sales Engineer
Dezine General Trading Co
12.2004 - 01.2006
Architect & Head of Villa design
Saleh Al Qalaf Consultation Office Kuwait
05.2004 - 08.2004
Junior Architect
MAC Architects
01.2003 - 03.2004
Bachelor of Science - Architecture
College of Engineering Kuwait University
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