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SABRI g. Bebawi, PhD
Improving Education - Ensuring
Success - Inspiring Mind |
SKILLFUL
PROFESSOR
...committed to guiding learners
to succeed while inspiring a passion for learning, reading and writing
Creative
Educator, Inspiring Lecturer and Qualified Professor with a Doctorate Degree
coupled with 25 years experience instructing college students, securing
resources, and implementing effective programs. Background includes law and
journalism
SUMMARY
OF QUALIFICATIONS
- An enthusiastic,
creative, and passionate teacher, mentor and advisor who believes that
all students can learn and thrive in a learning environment that is
stimulating, comforting and appropriate to their unique talents and
abilities.
- Specializations include: English as a Second Language
(ESL), College English, Journalism and Instructional Technology.
- Instructional Leadership - Use a balanced blend of
motivational and targeted instruction methodologies to enhance curricula,
meet students' specific needs, focus on the three "R"s - rigor, relevancy and
relationships.
- Engage Parents Ð
Work closely with parents
throughout career, repeated successes securing a high level of parental
involvement.
- Leverage Resources / Strategic
Collaborations - Work closely with district leaders and community partners to encourage
parental involvement and strong community alliances.
- Utilize a visionary approach
with consistency to help students past the threshold of not-knowing to
knowing and develop to their fullest extent.
EDUCATION
- PhD,
Education and Educational Technology, Capella University, Minneapolis, MN -1995 Dissertation
- Graduate
Teaching Certificate in Online Teaching, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA - 1999
- Master
of Science, TESOL, California State University, Fullerton, CA - 1994
- Bachelor
of Arts in Communications, California State University, Fullerton, CA - 1987
- LL.B. Faculty
of Law,
Cairo University, Egypt - 1977
PROFESSIONAL
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
San Jose City
College, San Jose, CA, USA
June
1999 - December 2010
Tenure
Professor: English, ESL, Journalism, Instructional Technology
- Facilitate four classes per
semester.
- Utilize multiple assessments in
compliance with district and state requirements to inform instruction.
- Use innovative methods and
materials to produce effective learning experiences including
cooperative learning, thematic instruction and differentiation.
Highlighted Achievements
- Contributed to a significant
increase in student retention
- Contributed to a significant
increase in success rates
- Provided instructional and
administration leadership
- Developed courses in English
Grammar, Writing and Instructional Technology
- Mentored and coached
instructors to help improve their competencies in teaching English Grammar
and using technology in the classroom
- Developed and launched the
college's first online program and mentored teachers and students to
help them use two online delivery platforms: WebCT and Blackboard
- Increased enrollment and
retention in online classes
- Participated in developing a
language lab and built and maintained an ESL Online Lab
Long
Beach City College, Long Beach, CA. USA August
1989 - June 1999
Adjunct Instructor: ESL & English
- Instructed continuing adult
education students on English as a Second Language courses, providing
various levels of instruction in grammar, conversation, reading, writing
and pronunciation.
- Instructed main-stream
college students on advanced English grammar and freshman composition
- Started a Newsletter written
and produced by my writing students
- Incorporated in-house
collegiate and external resources to develop lesson plans; create and
administer tests; and provide students with feedback targeting areas of
improvement and align their strengths with course objectives and
intended outcomes.
- Consulted with adults
regarding learning techniques, such as active learning, total activity
approach, total physical response and suggestopedia.
- Developed the college's first
use of technology in the classroom
- Developed the college's first
online program
Golden west College, Huntington Beach, CA, USA
August 1989 - June 1999
Adjunct Instructor: ESL & English
- Instructed continuing adult
education students on English as a Second Language courses, providing
various levels of instruction in grammar, conversation, reading, writing
and pronunciation.
- Instructed main-stream
college students on advanced English grammar and freshman composition
- Incorporated in-house
collegiate and external resources to develop lesson plans; create and
administer tests; and provide students with feedback targeting areas of
improvement and align their strengths with course objectives and
intended outcomes.
- Consulted with adults
regarding learning techniques, such as active learning, total activity
approach, total physical response and suggestopedia.
- Developed the college's first
use of technology in the classroom
- Developed the college's first
online program
Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA,
USA
August 1989 - June 1999
Adjunct Instructor: ESL Advanced Composition
Conducted classroom instruction; prepared daily
lesson plans; administered tests; provided feedback on learning achievements
and needs for improvement.
OTHER PART-TIME INSTRUCTOR
EXPERIENCE
- Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA,
USA English
for Specific
Purpose
1993 - 1996
- NOCCCD, CA,
USA
English Instructor
1990 - 1996
COMMUNITY SERVICE
- Catholic Charities, Anaheim, CA,
USA Instructor/Culture
Advisor
1994
- 1998
- UCC, Long Beach, CA,
USA -ESL/Citizenship Instructor
1986
- 1989
- Sisters
of San Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA, Newsletter
Editor
1985 - 1986
- Poet of Merit Award, 1989; The American Poetry
Anthology
- Poet of the Year Nomination, 1988; APA
Honorary Board Member, AA Press Guild, LA
- SBN-13:
978-0615457413
ISBN-10: 061545741X
LCCN: 2011904313 Library of
Congress
- ISBN-13: 978-0615467870
ISBN-10: 0615467873
- ISBN-13:
978-1461030751
- ISBN-10: 1461030757
- LCCN: Library of
Congress
ASSOCIATIONS AND CERTIFICATION
- Fellow of the Salzburg Institute On
Globalization, Salzburg, Austria
- California Teachers Credentials, Valid for Life
- Teachers of English to Speakers of other Languages
- California Teachers Association
- National Education Association of the United States
- Continuing Education Faculty Association
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