Sheena Bahra
Essex
Summary
Experienced educator in Higher and Further education, with experience of teaching UG and PG courses. Experienced and skilled in content development for both online and traditional learning environments. Currently a Doctorate student in Curriculum and Instructional Leadership with research project on Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Learning.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Doctoral Intern
Digital Learning Institute
01.2025 - 04.2025
- To create mircolearning syllabus for a new series of courses.
- To develop a series of storyboards.
- Collaborate with the founder and instructional designers.
- To review and provide recommendations to a course.
Academic partnership link tutor- Business
Leeds Trinity University
05.2023 - 10.2024
- To coordinate the UG and PG business course amongst the partner
- Attend as a guest speaker
- Partner visits
- Regularly meet with partner level leads
- Train partner level leads on marking, module assessments
- Carry out teaching observations of partner staff
- Regular weekly meetings with partner tutors and level leads
- Attend academic misconduct meetings
- Standardisation meetings with partner staff
- Module audits of partner staff
- Attend ethical approval boards for partner college
- Highly collaborative role
Seminar tutor & Dissertation supervisor for MSc & MBA
Glasgow Caledonian University – London Campus
02.2023 - 09.2024
- Dissertation supervisor for MSc and MBA students
- PG seminar teaching
- Marking assessments and supporting students
Unit Coordinator/ module leader FY & Business tutor FY
University of Bedfordshire
09.2020 - 07.2021
- Coordinating/ leading unit across 5 sites which includes partnership colleges
- Conducting pre-unit meetings, post unit meetings, pre-moderation meetings
- Development of resources / assessments and pedagogy for unit i.e., guest speakers etc
- Conducting assessment support
- Working with other departments like student interventions and study hub to encourage student achievement
- Worked on the development of a new foundation year
- Attending a scrutiny event for new course
- Examine board meeting
- Conducted viva meetings and academic guidance meetings with students
- Conducting online learning walks and observations of tutors on unit
- Taught online for most of this employment as well as campus teaching with hybrid approach
Business Subject lead for international foundation diploma
Oxford International Education Group
02.2022 - 08.2022
- Responsible for content development, assessment design and setting
- Holding pre and post unit meetings, students’ progression, and outcomes
- Working with tutors, collecting grades, attending the pre-assessment boards, revision and assessment workshops, training tutors on marking, feedback, and moderations
- Provide student support when needed
- Content creation includes, designing assessments, examination papers, markers guide, revision guides, weekly teaching content and managing the VLE
- Marking and moderation and collecting student grades
Foundation Degree Year & Degree year one Lecturer
London School of Commence- University of Bedfordshire
Birmingham
06.2019 - 11.2020
- Delivering using a range of teaching strategies
- Preparing students for examinations
- Marking examination scripts
- Collaboration with UC from the university on unit and assessments
Business lecturer/joint unit leader FY and Degree year one
Regents College London – University of Bolton
02.2020 - 09.2020
- Lecturing on Degree programs year one
- Content development
- Providing one to one support
- Using innovative teaching methods in the class
- Joint leadership of content development for foundation year with collaboration with other key tutors on FY
BTEC Business Subject leader/ Lecturer L3
Barnfield College (Luton)
Luton
11.2018 - 04.2019
- Assessing, IV, delivering
- Arranging guest speakers’ visits
- Developing activities for open day events
- One to one support
- Revision activities
Tourism HND courses leader/ Lecturer and FE
Wakefield College of further and Higher Education
07.2017 - 12.2017
- Prepare lessons
- Develop course handbooks
- Module handbooks
- Learning materials
- Assignment briefs
- IV of briefs
- Collaboration with tutors on delivery
Business Lecturer & HNC Course Leader
Havering College of Further and Higher Education
01.2016 - 12.2016
- Preparing SOW
- Lesson Plans
- Content development for HNC online
- Personal tutor
- Special needs support
- Writing student reports
- Tracking student progress
- Monitoring student attendance
- Internal verification of assignment briefs
- Assignment scripts and development of online learning
- Collaborating and meeting other teaching staff regarding units
Module Leader & Business Lecturer in HND level 4&5
Nelson College London
11.2012 - 03.2014
- Preparing unit handbook
- Preparing assignment brief
- Designing assignment key answers
- Preparing SOW
- Preparing lesson plans
- Designing teaching resources
- One to one student support
- Lecturing
- Marking scripts
- Internal verification of marked scripts & teaching resources
- Attending IV meetings
- Attending QAA meetings
- Following quality code B
- Checking delivery of module
- Reviewing delivery of modules
- Uploaded Materials on VLE
Lecturer for ABE levels 5, 6 &7 / course leader for Tourism
West London Business College
07.2012 - 09.2013
- Teaching, planning lesson Plans
- Designing formative tests
- Marking tests
- Giving feedback
- Preparing PowerPoint slides
- Designing handouts
- One to one support
- Arranging educational visits
- Preparing report on educational visit
- Uploading materials & quizzes on student portal
- Planning SOW
- Attending teacher training days/ activities
- Designing inclusive activities for sessions
- Preparing students for examinations
- Module evaluations & reviews
Education
Doctor of Education - Curriculum and Instructional Leadership
Anderson University
America institution (Hybrid programme) Professional Diploma - Digital Learning Design
Digital Learning institute
Higher Education Teaching Certificate -
Harvard University
Master of Arts - Higher Professional Education
IOE, University College London
DTLLS - Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong learning sector leading to QTLS Status)
OCR
Master of Science - Business Management
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Bachelor of Science Hons - Business Management
University of Hull
Skills
- Instructional designer
- Content creation
- Rise 360
- Storyline 360
- Interactivity video creation
- Course development
- Module leadership
- Teaching skills
- Assessing skills
- Digital assessment design
- Research skills
- Student support
- Mentorship
- Teaching observations
Industry Experience 2003-date
- SBSEEL Vritual World Ltd
- Consultancy Services to’ Educate Me Group ‘on educational courses and Widening Participation. 2021 to 2024
- Consultancy Services to ‘Beyond Just Now ’on educational courses, service work and coaching. - 2022-2022
- Paralegal / Legal Secretary in conveyancing, immigration & civil law. 2007-2010
- HSBC Customer Service 2004-2006
- Lloyds TSB Customer Service 2003 – 2004
Gaps in CV
- My working history has been around my care repsonsibilities over the years. Which I am now free of.
- Care responsibilities for my father, 2019 to 2023
- Health issue, 2014-2016
- Care responsibilities for grandmother, 2005-2009
Timeline
Doctoral Intern
Digital Learning Institute
01.2025 - 04.2025
Academic partnership link tutor- Business
Leeds Trinity University
05.2023 - 10.2024
Seminar tutor & Dissertation supervisor for MSc & MBA
Glasgow Caledonian University – London Campus
02.2023 - 09.2024
Business Subject lead for international foundation diploma
Oxford International Education Group
02.2022 - 08.2022
Unit Coordinator/ module leader FY & Business tutor FY
University of Bedfordshire
09.2020 - 07.2021
Business lecturer/joint unit leader FY and Degree year one
Regents College London – University of Bolton
02.2020 - 09.2020
Foundation Degree Year & Degree year one Lecturer
London School of Commence- University of Bedfordshire
06.2019 - 11.2020
BTEC Business Subject leader/ Lecturer L3
Barnfield College (Luton)
11.2018 - 04.2019
Tourism HND courses leader/ Lecturer and FE
Wakefield College of further and Higher Education
07.2017 - 12.2017
Business Lecturer & HNC Course Leader
Havering College of Further and Higher Education
01.2016 - 12.2016
Module Leader & Business Lecturer in HND level 4&5
Nelson College London
11.2012 - 03.2014
Lecturer for ABE levels 5, 6 &7 / course leader for Tourism
West London Business College
07.2012 - 09.2013
Doctor of Education - Curriculum and Instructional Leadership
Anderson University
Professional Diploma - Digital Learning Design
Digital Learning institute
Higher Education Teaching Certificate -
Harvard University
Master of Arts - Higher Professional Education
IOE, University College London
DTLLS - Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong learning sector leading to QTLS Status)
OCR
Master of Science - Business Management
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Bachelor of Science Hons - Business Management
University of Hull
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