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EDUCATION
Drexel University; Philadelphia, PA, USA
PhD in Educational Leadership and Learning Technologies, expected graduation Spring 2020
Concentration: Educational Leadership and Policy
Wilson Reading System Certification (Level 1), June 2018
The American University in Cairo; Cairo, Egypt
Master of Arts in International and Comparative Education, Fall 2014
Concentration: International Education Development and Policy
Thesis: “The Influence of the DSM on School Discipline Policy and Classroom Management in Private International Schools in Egypt”
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Fall 2007
Minor: English Literature
Major GPA: 3.81 (on a 4.00 scale)
Cumulative GPA: 3.61 (on a 4.00 scale)
Dean’s Honor Roll
The American International School in Cairo; Cairo, Egypt
International Baccalaureate Diploma, June 2004
High Honors Society, Academic School Year 2003-2004
American Diploma, June 2004
High Honors Society, Academic School Year 2003-2004
PUBLICATIONS
Provinzano, K., Sondergeld, T. A., Ammar, A. A., Meloche, A. (under review). A community school reform initiative for middle grades urban and newcomer students: Using mixed methods to examine student academic and non-academic outcomes over time and compared to a matched sample.
Ammar, A. A. (Global) Literacy Education [Book Chapter - under review]
Severino, L., DeCarlo, M. J. T., Sondergeld, T., Izzetoglu, M., Ammar, A. A. (2018).Validation Study of an Eighth Grade Reading Comprehension Assessment. Research in Middle Level Education Online, 41(10), 1-16.
Alderfer, K. B., Donaldson, L., Ammar, A. A., Hammrich, P., Greenberg, J., Lin, X., Liu, H., & Kelly, K. (Spring/Summer 2018). Play with Data. Pennsylvania Educational Leadership, 38(1), 4-14.
Ammar, A. (2018). Evaluation of a Summer Literacy Camp for Struggling Readers. Drexel School of Education Doctoral Student Briefs.
PUBLICATIONS & PROJECTS IN PROGRESS
Ammar, A. A., Delaney, B., Provinzano, K., & Sondergeld, T. A. (in progress) Language arts and literacy outcomes in a community school. Journal TBD.
Ammar, A. A., & DeCarlo, M. J. T (in progress). Egypt: A Special Education Policy Discourse Analysis. Journal TBD
Gullo, D., Ammar, A. A., & Impellizeri, W. (in progress). Factors predicting academic and social competence in third grade students. Journal TBD.
Ammar, A. A., DeCarlo, M. J. T., & Connell, J. (in progress). International comparative analysis of autism: Egypt and the USA.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Ammar, A. A., & DeCarlo, M. J. T. (2019, October). Egypt: A Special Education Policy Discourse Analysis. Presented at the International Conference for Quantitative Ethnography (ICQE), Madison, Wisconsin, USA. (Abstract published in supplemental proceedings)
Severino, L., DeCarlo, M. J. T., Sondergeld, T., Izzetoglu, M., Ammar, A. A. (November 2017). Piloting a New Technology for Adolescent Reading Comprehension. Paper Presented at the ICERI 2017, Seville, Spain.
Ammar, A. A., Skaggs, J. A. (March 2016). The Influence of the DSM on School Discipline Policy and Classroom Management in Private International Schools in Egypt. Paper presented at the Seventh Annual GCES Symposium, Arab Open University, Kuwait City, Kuwait. (Peer Reviewed)
TECHNICAL REPORTS
Ammar, A., Bright, K., Donaldson, J., Donaldson, L., Thomas-El, S, & Sondergeld, T. A. (2017). 2016 Drexel SoE PhD student program evaluation report. Drexel University School of Education, 1-24.
Bright, K., Donaldson, L., Ammar, A., & Hammrich, P. (2017). 2017 Camp Play with Data Report. Drexel University School of Education, 1-39.
CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS
Ammar, A. A. (2020, June). What’s “Special” about Special Education Policy? The Politics of Perception in Egypt. Presented at Drexel’s School of Education’s The Global Education Colloquium, Philadelphia, PA, USA. (Invited; UPCOMING)
Ammar, A. A., & DeCarlo, M. J. T. (2020, April). Egypt: A Special Education Policy Analysis for Equity and Access. Presented at the American Education Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA, USA. (UPCOMING)
Ammar, A. A., & DeCarlo, M. J. T. (2019, October). Egypt: A Special Education Policy Discourse Analysis Using Quantitative Ethnography. Presented at the International Conference for Quantitative Ethnography (ICQE), Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Severino, L., DeCarlo, M. J. T., & Ammar, A. A. (2019, November). Assessing Reading Comprehension. Presented at the Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD), San Antonio, Texas, USA.
O'Rourke, H., Restle, M., Ammar, A. A., & Ferreri, K. (May 2019). Literacy Alive: A Grassroot Program Seeking to Improve Literacy Skills (Alpha Theta Chi Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, Drexel University). Presented at Teachers College's Teaching in Trying Times, New York City, NY, USA.
Ammar, A. A., & DeCarlo, M. J. T. (2019, April). Egypt: A Special Education Policy Discourse Analysis. Presented at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), San Francisco, CA, USA.
Ammar, A. A., & DeCarlo, M. J. T. (2019, April). Student Test Taking Strategies When Answering Multiple Choice Vocabulary Questions. Presented at the American Education Research Association (AERA), Toronto, Canada.
DeCarlo, M. J. T., Sondergeld, T., Severino, L., Izzetoglu, M., & Ammar, A. A. (2019, April). A Validation Study of an Adolescent Technology-Based Reading Comprehension Assessment. Presented at the American Education Research Association (AERA), Toronto, Canada.
Ammar, A. A. (2019, February). Exploring Special Education Policy in the Middle East and North Africa: An Egyptian Case Study. Presented at the Pencils and Policy Conference Presented by Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Ammar, A. A., & Severino, L. (2018, November). Teacher Professional Development of Effective Reading Instruction for Struggling Readers. Presented at the International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI), Seville, Spain.
Ammar, A. A., & Severino, L. (2018, November). Equalizing the Summer Slide for Early Urban Readers. Presented at the International Conference on Urban Education (ICUE), Nassau, Bahamas.
Severino, L., & Ammar, A. A. (October, 2018). Results of a Summer Literacy Program for Struggling Readers. Presented at the Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD), Portland, OR, USA.
Ammar, A. A., & Severino, L. (2018, August). Evaluation of a Summer Literacy Camp for Struggling Readers. Presented at the European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA), Budapest, Hungary.
Ammar, A. A. (2018, April). Student Test Taking Strategies When Answering Multiple Choice Vocabulary Questions. Presented at Drexel Emerging Scholars, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Ammar, A. A. (2018, April). An Evaluation of a Summer Literacy Program. Presented at Drexel School of Education’s Doctoral Colloquium, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Ammar, A. A. (2018, March). A Comparative Policy Analysis: Special Education in Egypt and the United States. Presented at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Mexico City, Mexico.
Severino, L., DeCarlo, M. J. T., Sondergeld, T., Izzetoglu, M., Ammar, A. A. (November 2017). Piloting a New Technology for Adolescent Reading Comprehension. Presented at the International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI), Seville, Spain.
Severino, L., DeCarlo, M. J. T., Sondergeld, T., Izzetoglu, M., & Ammar, A. A. (October 2017). Developing a Reading Comprehension Assessment for Progress Monitoring: Looking for validity in a measure. Presented at the Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD), Baltimore, MD, USA
Ammar, A. A. (2017, April). Development and Pilot of an Assessment Instrument for Adolescent Reading Comprehension. Presented at Drexel Emerging Scholars, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Ammar, A. A. (2017, March). The Influence of the DSM on School Discipline Policy and Classroom Management in Private International Schools in Egypt. Presented at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Atlanta, GA, USA.
Ammar, A. A. (2016, April). The Influence of the DSM on School Discipline Policy and Classroom Management in Private International Schools in Egypt. Presented at the The Gulf Comparative Education Society (GCES), Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Ammar, A. A. (2015, December). The Influence of the DSM on School Discipline Policy and Classroom Management in Private International Schools in Egypt. Presented at the Oxford Education Research Symposium, Oxford, UK.
FUNDED RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
“ACE: Adolescent Comprehension Evaluation.” National Science Foundation I-Corps Teams Award: Severino, L. (PI), Tecce DeCarlo, M.J. (Co-PI, Technical Lead), Ammar, A. (Entrepreneurial Lead), Edelbut, P. (Industry Mentor). (2018-19). $50,000.
“ACE: Adolescent Comprehension Evaluation.” National Science Foundation I-Corps Sites Award Summer: Severino, L. (PI), Tecce DeCarlo, M.J. (Co-PI, Technical Lead), Ammar, A. (Entrepreneurial Lead), Edelbut, P. (Industry Mentor). (2018). $3,000.
WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS
Drexel University’s Online Council Learning Fellows
Applying the Quality Matters (QM) Rubric Workshop, November 5-19, 2019
Advanced Pedagogy and Instructional Design Workshop, February 10-March 13, 2020
Ammar, A. A., & DeCarlo, M. J. T. (2019, October). Egypt: A Special Education Policy Discourse Analysis. Doctoral Consortium Workshop at the International Conference for Quantitative Ethnography (ICQE), Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
The purpose of the Doctoral Consortium Workshop is to look at how our current discourse analysis paper can benefit from the quantitative ethnographic perspective.
The Doctoral Consortium is fully funded by ICQE for the select doctoral students whose proposals were accepted.
International Baccalaureate Workshop
Category 1 Workshop in Performing Arts in London, UK, June 2013
Certificate awarded
Behman Psychiatric Hospital; Cairo, Egypt, February-March 2009
Clinical Psychology Training
Certificate Awarded
AFFILIATIONS
Drexel's School of Education's Graduate Student Association: The Gnomes
Co-Founder
Vice President & Treasurer (2018-2019)
Treasurer (2019-2020)
Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), Drexel University Chapter
Literacy Alive! Chair (2019-2020)
Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
Middle East SIG
Co-Chair (2019-2021)
Study Abroad and International Students SIG
Global Literacy SIG
Early Career Development Group
American Education Research Association (AERA)
Division A: Administration, Organization, & Leadership, 2017-present
Division C: Learning and Instruction,2019-present
Division G: Social Context of Education, 2017-2018
Division H: Research, Evaluation, and Assessment in Schools, 2019-present
Division L: Educational Policy and Politics, 2016-present
Special Education Research Student SIG, 2017-present
Writing and Literacies (SIG #137), 2017-present
Vocabulary (SIG#133), 2018-present
Special and Inclusive Education Research Student (SIG #113), 2019-present
International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI)
2019 Advisory Board
Council for Learning Disabilities
European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA)
The Gulf Comparative Education Society (GCES)
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS
Drexel University; Philadelphia, PA, USA
Drexel's School of Education's Graduate Student Association: The Gnomes
Co-Founder
Vice President & Treasurer (2018-2019)
Treasurer (2019-2020)
Member (2018-ongoing)
Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), Drexel University Chapter
Literacy Alive! Chair (2019-2020)
Member (2018-ongoing)
The American University in Cairo; Cairo, Egypt
AUC Psych Club (Fall 2007)
Vice President
Entrepreneur’s Society (Fall 2004-Fall 2005)
Specialized in Internal Public Relations and Promotions
Organized the second and third annual "Business Plan Competition"
COMMUNITY SERVICE AND OUTREACH
Drexel University; Philadelphia, PA, USA
Drexel’s School of Education: Strategic Planning Committee Member, 2019-present
Drexel's School of Education's Graduate Student Association: The Gnomes
Co-Founder
Vice President & Treasurer (2018-2019)
Treasurer (2019-2020)
Member (2018-ongoing)
Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), Drexel University Chapter
Literacy Alive! Chair (2019-2020)
Member (2018-ongoing)
Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
Middle East SIG:
Co-Chair (2019-2021)
2019 Conference Panel Chair
2018 Conference Panel Chair
Reviewer:
General Pool, 2018-present
Middle East SIG, 2018-present
Global Literacy SIG, 2018, present
Inclusive Education, 2018-present
Gender and Education, 2019-present
Citizenship and Democratic Education SIG, 2019-present
International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI)
2019 Advisory Board
Reviewer (2019)
PA-Name's 20th Annual Conference
Hosted by Critical Conversations in Urban Education (CCUE) at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, March 2018
Volunteer
Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL)
The 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, Philadelphia, PA, USA, June 2018
Reviewer
Volunteer
Green Land Pre Vert International School; Cairo, Egypt
MYP2 Community and Service Project, Academic School Year 2014-2015
Supervised student visit to Special Needs School in Imbaba, Cairo
Supervised student fundraising efforts for Special Needs School in Imbaba, Cairo
The American International School in Cairo; Cairo, Egypt
AIS4Egypt Community Service Club, 2002-2004
Vice President, Academic School Year 2003-2004
AWARDS
Graduate Assistantship. (2016-2020). Drexel University, full tuition and stipend.
WORK EXPERIENCE & TRAINING
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
School of Education, September 2016-Present
Research Assistant
Program Evaluations, Spring 2019-ongoing
Adolescent Comprehension Evaluation (ACE), Fall 2016-Winter 2019
Summer Literacy Program, Spring 2017-Winter 2019
Teacher Assistant
EDU 780: Common Capstone Research Course, Fall 2019
EDUP 780: Practitioner Capstone Course 1, Summer 2019
EDLS 575: Responding to Children's and Young Adult Literature, Summer 2019
EDU 780: Common Capstone Research Course, Spring 2019
EDUC 835: Survey Research Methods, Spring 2019
EDUC 308: Creating a Positive Classroom Environment, Spring 2019
EDUC 308: Creating a Positive Classroom Environment, Spring 2018
EDEX 266/566: Literacy and Content Skill Development in Individuals with Disabilities, Spring 2018
EDEX 566: Literacy and Content Skill Development in Individuals with Disabilities, Spring 2017
EDEX 266: Literacy and Content Skill Development in Individuals with Disabilities, Spring 2017
EDLS 624: Multisensory Practicum I, Fall 2016
EDLS 622: Basic Word Study I, Fall 2016
Adjunct Instructor
2018 Summer Quarter:
EDEX 350: Low Incidence Disabilities
EDEX 550: Low Incidence Disabilities
2017 Summer Quarter:
EDEX 542: Fundamentals of Special Education
PD Content Developer
Assessment Instructional Material, September 2019-ongoing
PD for Faculty
Online Water Cooler Videos
Curriculum Developer & Instructor:
Young Dragons Summer Camp, Summer 2019
Literacy Curriculum
Site Director:
Summer Literacy Camp, Summer 2018
Summer Literacy Camp, Summer 2017
English Learning Center:
Special Programs Graduate Assistant:
Dominican Republic Teacher Training Pilot Program, Summer 2019
Lanzhou University Pilot Program, Summer 2019
IELTS Exam Invigilator, Summer 2019
The American University in Cairo; Cairo, Egypt
Graduate School of Education, March 2016
Consultant/Project Director: USAID/USWDP One Week Study Tour for Afghan Ministry of Higher Education project in preparing to transition to English-language instruction in public universities
Graduate School of Education, May 2015-June 2015 (Summer Session)
Instructor: Professional Educator Diploma in Teaching Adolescent Learners
International Baccalaureate Organization, December 2015-Present
MYP Examiner
Personal Project
English Language & Literature
Green Land Pre Vert International School; Cairo, Egypt
Middle Years Program (MYP), August 2009-July 2015
English Language & Literature Department Leader, September 2014-July 2015
English Language A/Language & Literature Teacher, August 2009-July 2015
MYP4 (2009-2011; 2013-2015)
MYP2 (2012-2015)
MYP3 (2012)
MYP5 (2009-2011)
English Language B Teacher, Academic School Years 2010-2011; 2012-2013
PPCS/PEI4 (2011; May-June 2014)
PPCS2 (2012-2013)
Drama Teacher, Academic School Years 2009-2010; 2012-2014
MYP4 (2009-2010; 2012; 2013-2014)
MYP2 (2013-2014)
MYP5 (2013-2014)
Humanities Teacher, September 2013-July 2015
MYP1 (2013-2014)
MYP2 (2014-2015)
MYP4 (2014-2015)
Middle School Model United Nations Advisor, March 2013-July 2015
MYP Student Council Advisor, September 2013-July 2015
MYP Personal Project Supervisor, September 2009-July 2015
MYP Personal Project Committee Member, August 2013-July 2015
Country Project Supervisor, September 2012-July 2015
MYP Counselor, School Year 2009-2010
Insight Magazine; Cairo, Egypt, January-May 2008
Project Manager: “Best of Cairo Guide”
Staff Writer
Sales & Advertising
Little Einstein Nursery – “IQ Enhancement Program”; Cairo, Egypt, August-October 2007
Co-Teacher in two-year old and three-year old classrooms
Promoters Advertising Agency; Cairo, Egypt, July-August 2003
Training in various aspects of advertising
The American International School in Cairo; Cairo Egypt, June-July 2003
Summer School English Teacher’s Assistant
Google Sites
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