Anna McNerney Kizirian

" Anna Kizirian, was an invited Expert Panelist for the
first ever Dubai International Academic City Forum at Jumeriah Emirates Towers Hotel Dubai" - New Press Release, 2010.

"Mrs. Anna Kizirian, an accomplished educationalist with extensive experience in the United Kingdom, Canada and the Middle East, has been appointed as Head of Schools..." - Emaar Press Release, 2007

"Anna Kizirian has been in the teaching profession since 1975 and has worked in London, Germany, Canada, New York and Bahrain before coming to Dubai." - Gulf News Interview, 2002

"My fondest memories are of meeting my past students, who after graduating are on their way to becoming worthy members of society." - Anna Kizirian, 2002

Anna McNerney Kizirian Curriculum Vitae

Experience

Education

Training Courses/Conferences/Others

Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC), Abu Dhabi

Educational Consultant

Responsibilities:

Assisting Locating the flagship school for Saadiyat Island.
Developing and implementation of a framework for getting the selected providers to the TDIC designated areas.
Providing financial information for the budget.
Providing the framework for allocating branded schools in the region.
Legal requirements for getting schools registered.
Establishing time lines for the overall development of the school including building construction and recruitment.
Facilitating the recruitment process for providers who are new to the region.
Overseeing the curriculum structure.
Travel to international destinations and help identify branded schools, nurseries and other related projects that meet with TDIC requirements for branded educational institutions.
Visited selected top branded educational institutions in the United Kingdom for the selection of a flagship school (December 2 - 11, 2008).
Visited selected top branded educational institutions in the United States of America for the selection of one of the top Visual and Performing Arts Schools (January 17 -30, 2009).
Visited educational institutions in the People Republic of China (Shanghai, Beijing and Suzhou) (February 15 - 21, 2009).

Emaar Education, Raffles International Schools, Dubai

Tan International Group USA and Tan Cau Group Vietnam

Victoria Department of Education and Training, Australia

Innoventures Investment Group

Responsibilities:

(special assignment) Amman International School:

Emirates International School - Dubai. (IB & I/GCSE School)

Responsibilities:

Note: The school enrolment grew from about 600 to 1,800 students during the period of work there.

www.eischools.ae

Bahrain Bayan School, Bahrain. (IB & I/GCSE)

Naseem School -Bahrain

Macmillan Publishing Company

Studied for B.ED. at Stirling University

Cayley Primary School, London

Kildare Elementary School - Edmont, Canada

Cayley Primary School, London

Sacred Heart School, London

Summer Schools 1978-81 Chelsea College

Open University -LondonCourses on Reading Development; Language and Learning; Reading and Individual Development and Action Research Projects.

Computer Skills/Experience

ECIS 2008 Conference

Mac School Computer Course for 1 week in Jordan

3-day course at Emirates International School conducted by WES ‘science Throughout the School’

Monitoring ‘The Quality of Teaching and Learning’ conducted by WES

Current Developments of Work and Using Published Schemes in Mathematics – Key Stages 1 and 2 – WES

British Schools of the Middle East Conference

Tara Conference

NESA Conference

British Schools of the Middle East Conference

Member of Secondary Schools – Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Team for Accreditation of the American Schools of Islamabad, Pakistan

British Schools of the Middle East Conference

Brain Friendly Learning – Fieldwork Education

Tara Conference

NESA Conference

Multi – Sensory Learning – Fieldwork Education

Tara Conference

NESA conference

IB conference, Dubai

NESA conference

British Schools Middle East Conference

Near East South Asia Conference

MYP/IB training course in Dubai

NESA conference in Dubai