Supporting Statement Template – Associate Fellowship

Name Khadija Aljassmi

Institution/organisation/other Higher Colleges of Technology - SJW

Job Title Lecturer

Email address kaljassmi@hct.ac.ae

Your HEA Fellowship Status (if Associate Fellowship

appropriate)

Relationship to Applicant Mentor

How long have you worked with Three semesters (Sep 2017- July 2018)
the applicant (insert dates)

Please check the box below to indicate that you have

read and agree to the following statement:

In submitting your supporting statement you are

confirming that the applicant’s submission relates to
Declaration their Higher Education professional practice and that
your statement is your own work and has been written
specifically for this applicant. If the professional
integrity of the supporting statement is in question it
will not be accepted.

√ I have read and understood the declaration

Date: 11th July 2018

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Supporting Statement

any good or innovative practice and/or contribution to developments by

To whom it may concern,

In my capacity as a lecturer, Department of Education, at Sharjah Women’s College, I write in support
of an application to become an Associate Fellow, made by Mrs. Maryam Al Shamsi. I acted as her
mentor, the Courses she is teaching in, semester 1, and semester 2.

Under my guidance, Mrs. Al Shamsi participated in monitoring students in schools during their
practicum courses in the two semesters, providing an appropriate professional role model for them, as
well as guiding their developing professionalism. However, the more measurable experience that she
gained was in observing and providing appropriate formative feedback both Oral and Written.

As the second semester evolved, she took on a more and more active role both in the formal
observation schedule and in the writing of feedback and reports. She also started teaching the students
about the E-Portfolio guidelines and taught them how to create their own websites using Weebly. The
students were able to create fascinating websites meeting the practicum courses outcomes with the
support of Mrs. Al Shamsi.

Overall, through this practice, Mrs. Al Shamsi established ability across a number of the dimensions as
outlined in the AFHEA ‘framework’. She learned to assess and give useful feedback to learners. In doing
so, she actively contributed to an environment in which students felt supported and where constructive
guidance was the uppermost Education Division Associate Fellow Reference July 2018 priority. Her
commitment to Professional Values in the way that she facilitated learning was apparent. She drew on
specific knowledge to inform both the content of her feedback and her appreciation of how students
learn. She applied some methods for evaluating the effectiveness of teaching and demonstrated a clear
appreciation of quality assurance and enhancement as it impacts the micro-community of the school.
In sum, I have no doubts about offering my support for Mrs. Al Shamsi in her application. While she is
still on her own road of self-development, she already has an impressive range of abilities and personal
and professional qualities that will hold her in very good stead along the way. I wish her the very best.
She is a pleasure to work with. These days, I regard her far more as a peer than as a mentee.r discipline

Khadija Aljassmi
Lecturer, Sharjah Women’s College
Higher Colleges of Technology

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