Abeer Ali Okaz

Abeer is an educational consultant, Director of the English Language Centre, Cambridge CELTA Centre Manager, and CELTA/DELTA Tutor at Pharos University in Alexandria (PUA). Abeer has been part of PUA’s managing team since 2013. She oversees academic operations for English programs, supervises hybrid learning, and designs learning materials. Her career began in the late 1990s, after earning degrees from Purdue University in the USA and the American University in Cairo (AUC). She also completed teacher training at Exeter College, Oxford. Abeer is currently pursuing a Doctor of Education in Leadership and Innovation at Purdue University Global.

Abeer has 28 years of experience, eleven of which focused on strategic and organizational management. Her vast experience ranged from management and training to designing materials, teaching at private schools, the AUC, the Arab Academy for Science and Technology (AAST), and America-Mideast Educational & Training Services (AMIDEAST).

Abeer has published in international journals, done training in Ireland, the USA, the UK, KSA, Kyiv, and South Africa, and presented at several conferences. She is an academic consultant for Transform ELT, NILE, EAQUALS, and British Council Egypt. She is an active member of IATEFL LTSIG, ELT Ireland, Nile TESOL, TESOL International Association, International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT), and English Without Borders (EWB). Abeer does a lot of volunteer work, including reviewing manuscripts for the Journal of Education and Learning, writing chapter reviews, serving as the former content manager of the IATEFL LTSIG, and mentoring teachers in Algeria as part of the Equal Voices in ELT (EVE Algeria) initiative.

Abeer’s professional special interests include teacher training, curriculum development, leadership and innovation, educational psychology, and working closely with her staff on professional development.

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