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Iman Samir Ragab
Address Shorooq Compound – Mirdiff, Dubai
112602
Dubai - UAE
Telephone +971566401520
Mobile +97144203080
email iman_rgb@yahoo.com
Skype ID iman.samir.ragab
Professional Profile
Certified as an IBDP Librarian Workshop Leader - IBO - June 2014,
Birmingham, UK.
Start in August 2014 in Dar al Marefa Private School - Dubai, Mirdif -
IBO Certified School as MYP/DP Teacher Librarian and Personal Project
Coordinator.
KHDA School’s Curriculum Committee.
February 2008 – July 2014
Engaged at Green Land Pre Vert International School (GPIS) – IBO Certified
School as the Library Director and Research Supervisor.
I am currently among the IB educator and will start soon the training to be an IB workshop
leader in the near future. I am also designing my own library skills curriculum which is
aligned with the IB mission and philosophy.
Some of my tasks and duties:
- Plan, direct, implement and evaluate the library program to achieve the school and
the IB mission.
- Responsible for all the Library's administrative operations and programs.
- Organize library materials, over 28000 resources, materials, and facilities for effective
and efficient utilization and circulation in an outstanding way.
- Manage and promote a wide range of resources in a variety of formats, traditional
and electronic, and where appropriate, the equipment to access them.
- Set the library policies, rules and regulations.
- Maintain and train effectively the SLS library software for managing the library
resources.
- Maintain the magazines, audiovisual and all materials database.
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- Maintain appropriate records of all library materials..
- Manage, mentor and supervise the library staff ( 7 assistants ), onsite trainings, and
professional development.
- Assist staff and students with new technologies.
- Work as teacher Librarian and supervise the students' Personal Project, other MYP
Project, and teach the rights and responsibilities of users relating to the generation
and flow of information and ideas (e.g., copyright, confidentiality / privacy,
intellectual freedom, plagiarism).
- Help students develop habits of independent reference work and skills in the use of
materials in relation to planned assignments and projects.
- Assist students with reading selection.
- Mediate between learners and resources to enable learners to identify, locate and
access the information they need.
- Prepare all materials needed and work collaboratively with all teachers to support
Units of inquiry.
- Provide all the students and faculty members with resources to supplement the
curriculum.
- Attend all collaborative meetings.
- Advise senior management and other colleagues on policies for the provision of
learning resources across the curriculum
- Responsible of the French section ( data entry, Sessions )
- Support the educational aims and objectives of the school and monitor the
effectiveness of the Library's contribution to learning and teaching.
- Assist teachers in promoting reading and provide reading experiences for students
in groups and as individuals, and provide them with all resources needed
supplemented with resources available outside the school.
- Promote the development of reading and literacy skills for information and recreation
and take a lead in creating a whole-school environment which encourages reading for
pleasure.
- Manage a study environment for both curriculum-based and independent learning.
This involves the management and integration of both physical areas and virtual
learning environments to create positive learning spaces. This involves maintaining
discipline in the library.
- Managing online Information database (like Britannica) subscription and training of
staff/students for better use of the database
- Enable teaching staff to maintain a high level of awareness of professional
development and relevant resources through the provision of appropriate
professional materials and information.
- Setup a new Modern Information Resource Center which includes books and audio
visual aid.
- Present all new policies and facilities to all students and staff.
- Coordinate and cooperate with other professionals Libraries to exchange and sharing
ideas and experience.
- Evaluate and select materials.
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- Determine the needs of students and teachers throughout the academic year and use
the acquisition list to select new materials.
- Attend library-related meetings, workshops and in-service programs.
- Do the periodic inventory of all materials and materials.
- Supervise the withdrawal of outdated and worn out materials.
- Held the international days activities and currents events on the bulletin board.
Feb. 2007 – Jan. 2008
Engaged at Mokatam Language School as Executive Assistant Manager, and
at Green Valley School as Executive Assistant Manager and Head of the
School Library - Prep. stage.
- All secretarial and administrative tasks, calendar scheduling, travel and event
coordination, minute taking, document and presentation preparation, facilities
management, project coordination and senior level correspondence.
- Managing appointments, incoming and outgoing communication, and coordinate
and manage the flow of correspondence and briefings.
- Management of all library's administrative operations/activities.
Sep. 2004 – Feb. 2007
Engaged at ”Al Bashaer Language School National and American section“ as the
Senior Librarian, and Creative International School as the Head of Library
(American Section)
Engaged at
- Apply and met all the standards and quality of the COMMISSION ON
INTERNATIONAL AND TRANS-REGIONAL ACCREDITATION (CITA).
- Evaluate and select materials needed to meet both the curricular and individual
needs of students and teachers.
- Organize library material, equipment, and facilities for effective and efficient
utilization and circulation.
- Plan, equip and maintain attractive facilities.
- Maintain the library catalog.
- Organize and supervise the ordering, checking, processing, and maintaining of
the library material.
- Help student develop habits of independent reference work and skills in the use
of reference material.
- Guide students in finding and using a wide variety of materials.
- Help young students through activities to search and find information.
- Support the curriculum through collection development.
- Plan with teachers the reference work they need or literature activities for their
students.
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Training and Workshops Profile:
- IBDP Workshop Leader Training, Birmingham, UK, 2014.
- Library Management Professional Diploma, Dubai, UAE, 2013.
- IBAEM – DP/MYP/PYP Category 3 Workshops, Madrid, Spain, 2011.
- IBMYP Librarian Workshop, Paris, France, 2008.
- Member in the pilot project – IB Virtual Community.
- Professional development participation in the iFollett workshop in Cairo.
- Inset trainings held in Green Land International School.
- Electronic library cataloging training workshop, Cairo University, Faculty of
Arts,1996.
- Field training in the General Egyptian Book Organization,1994.
- Desire to continue career improvement
- Have a great ambition to improve the learning system, attempt to instill in
students the ability to be self-learners
I have actively attended and still keep on attending several professional development
programs, and workshops around the globe. To keep myself up to date in accordance
with international standards of the school library and how it is integrated in the learning
process to build lifelong learners.
Educational Profile
Graduate Studies
Graduate studies were completed at Cairo University, Faculty of ARTS.
Library and Archives, Library Department.
Year of enrollment Oct. 1991 - Year of graduation May. 1996
School
All years of school education were completed in French school
College Saint Vincent De Paul, 1991
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Language and Computer Skills
French Very Good
English Very Good
German Fair - Goethe Institute courses (1992-1995)
Arabic Mother Tongue
Hobbies
Reading
Cooking
Traveling
Personal Profile
Date of Birth 12.10.1973
Place of Birth Giza, Egypt
Marital Status Married
Professional Referees
Name: Alexandra Perticato
Title: Independent IBMYP Consultant
Land line: +39 02 938 3554
Business Skype: ibperticato2012
Email: alexandra.perticato@gmail.com
Name: Nevine El Sweify
Title: MYP Workshop Leader - Educational Instructor, American University in Cairo
Mobile Phone: +201001006998
Email: nevine_e@aucegypt.edu
Name: Nihal Wanas
Title: Deputy PYP Coordinator at Green Land International School
Mobile Phone: +201223454519
Email: nwanas@greenlandschool.org