Hesham Metwalli is the Director of Accelerator and Special Programs at Sharjah Education Academy. He is a Senior Fellow at the Australian Graduate School of Leadership. He has strategic and state level experience in both Higher Education and K-12.
Mr. Nidal Abounajem has a proven track record in teacher training, school development, and improvement within the field of education. A certified Master Trainer from ATD in the USA, Mr. Abounajem is also adept at designing and delivering comprehensive training frameworks and programs that enhance educators’ leadership skills, instructional methodologies, and track overall professional growth and development. He demonstrated success in fostering positive school cultures and driving continuous improvement initiatives such as the Carnegie Improvement Science program, SMART school transformation initiative with Pearson.
Dr. Nelius Jansen van Vuuren has over 30 years’ experience in education. Starting as a mathematics teacher, Dr. Jansen van Vuuren progressed into educational management, serving as a school principal and school development officer for various schools, while also advising organisations on development practice, ethics, and organisational leadership. He has also taught various MBA and education leadership courses for different universities. Dr. Jansen van Vuuren has also served as a school inspector and was tasked with staff development and leadership improvement practices in various countries. He has published various articles in the field of education and continues to conduct research on best practices in educator professional development. A member of the editorial board of an international journal in education, Dr. Jansen van Vuuren has also supervised masters and doctoral students from various institutions. He is a member of the Cambridge Council for the UAE.
Tahani Awad has been working as a senior trainer at Sharjah Education Academy since 2022. She has extensive experience in the field of education, training, and professional development, which she gained through holding several positions over a period of 23 years.
Maysoon Masoud is an experienced Master Trainer in the Early Childhood Program at the Sharjah Education Academy. She has extensive experience in school education, continuous professional development for teachers and school leaders, managing educational research projects, and developing early childhood educational standards.
Khairia Al Kalam is a Senior Trainer in the Early Childhood Program at Sharjah Education Academy. With over a decade of experience in the field of early childhood education, Al Kalam started her career working as a kindergarten teacher and coordinator in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 2003 to 2017.
Fajir Amin is a Master Trainer in the Early Childhood Program at the Sharjah Education Academy. She has extensive experience in the field of early childhood education. Between 2012 and 2022, she worked as a consultant for educational strategies in various schools in the United States of America.
Da’ad Hidayah is a Master Trainer at Sharjah Education Academy with extensive experience in the field of education. From 2003 to 2013, she worked on development projects for the Jordanian Ministry of Education (MoE), which included the Education Reform for Knowledge Economy project in its first and second cycles (ERfKE I/ ERfKE II).
