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Assistant Professor

 

 

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Simeret Kassahun Mekonnen

Address

  • P.O.Box 1094, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
  • Mobile: +251-910-029732
  • E-mail: simretkassahun52@gmail.com
  • Nationality: Ethiopian
  • Date of birth:13- June-1986
  • Birth place :Bahir Dar
  • Marital status: Married
  • Gender: Female
WORK EXPERIENCES

Since 2020 to present in    Teaching, Research and Community Service

Academic rank : Assistant professor 

Name and address of employer: Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

Type of business or sector: Higher Education

Dates: 2008 to 2012/13

Occupation or position held: Lecturer

Main activities and responsibilities: Teaching, Research and Community Service

Name and address of employer: Samara University, Ethiopia

Type of business or sector: Higher Education

 Dates : Since 2017

Occupation or position held: Trainer  

Main activities and responsibilities: Working as a trainer on life skill training given for female school leaders.

Name and address of employer: Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

Type of business or sector: Higher Education

 Dates : Since 2017

 Occupation or position held: Trainer  

 Main activities and responsibilities: Working as a trainer on the training on how to build up gender responsive school clubs prepared by UNESCO-HNA funds-in-trust project on “Enhancing Quality and Relevance of Learning for Adolescent Girls in Ethiopia”.

Name and address of employer: Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

Type of business or sector: Higher Education

Dates : Since 2015/16

Occupation or position held: Trainer 

Main activities and responsibilities: Working as a trainer by developing training manual  for secondary school teachers on life  skill (TOT) prepared by UNESCO-HNA funds-in-trust project on “Enhancing Quality and Relevance of Learning for Adolescent Girls in Ethiopia”.

Name and address of employer: Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

Type of business or sector: Higher Education

Dates : 2015 to 2017/18

Occupation or position held: HDP tutor

Main activities and responsibilities: Collaboratively working with HDP leader in running different sessions and assessing HDC’s progress. 

Name and address of employer: Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

Type of business or sector: Higher Education

Dates: 2012

Occupation or position held: HDP tutor 

Main activities and responsibilities: Collaboratively working with HDP leader in running different sessions and assessing HDC’s progress.

Name and address of employer: Samara University, Ethiopia

Type of business or sector: Higher Education

Dates : Since 2013 to present 

Occupation or position held: Course chair 

Main activities and responsibilities: Following the progress of teaching learning process of the courses under the module

Name and address of employer: Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

Type of business or sector: Higher Education

 Dates : Since 2013 to present 

Occupation or position held: Mentor 

Main activities and responsibilities:  Follow students’ progress in peer lead learning and helping them to be successful by    collaboratively working with their peers. 

Name and address of employer: Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

Type of business or sector: Higher Education

Dates : Since 2014

Occupation or position held: Trainer and Coordinator 

 Main activities and responsibilities: Working as a trainer as well as coordinator on community service project given for primary and secondary school teachers on active learning methods, continuous assessment and action research. 

Name and address of employer: Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

Type of business or sector: Higher Education

Dates : Since 2011

Occupation or position held: Modularization curriculum team coordinator 

Main activities and responsibilities: Coordination of modularization work

Name and address of employer: Samara University, Ethiopia

Type of business or sector: Higher Education
Dates: Since 2009

Occupation or position held: Trainer 

Main activities and responsibilities: Giving training for the newly employed teachers on pedagogical sciences. 

Name and address of employer: Samara University, Ethiopia

Type of business or sector: Higher Education

EDUCATION AND TRAINING                                                   

Dates: 2010 to 2011

Title of qualification awarded: M.Ed. in Educational Psychology with 4.00 CGPA and ‘Excellent’ in Thesis

Name and type of organization providing education and training: Bahir Dar University, College   of Education and Behavioral Sciences

Dates: 2005 to 2009

Title of qualification awarded: B.Ed. in Pedagogical Sciences composite major geography

Name and type of organization providing education and training: Bahir Dar University, College   of Education and Behavioral Sciences

Dates: 2012

Title of qualification awarded: Certified in Higher Diploma Program(HDP)

Name and type of organization providing education and training: Samara University 

Dates: 2012

Title of qualification awarded: Certified in English Language Improvement Program (ELIP)

Name and type of organization providing education and training: Samara University 

Dates: 2016

Title of qualification awarded: Certified  in gender responsive pedagogy training

Name and type of organization providing education and training: UNESCO-Hainan funds-in-trust project

Mother tongue(s): Amharic

Other language(s)

Self-assessment

Understanding

Speaking

Writing

European level (*)

Listening

Reading

Spoken interaction

Spoken production

English

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(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Social skills and competences

Proved ability for teamwork and competitive spirit excellent ability for making positive    working atmosphere, as communicative, hardworking, creative, dynamic, patient, responsible, and good sense for humor, are few of the many characteristics that characterize me. 

Organizational skills and competences:  Team leader skills, strong operational and managerial skills 

Computer skills and competences: Competent with Microsoft Office Programs, AMOS and SPSS 

 RESEARCH  AND  PROJECT PARTICIPATION

  •  Working as assistant researcher on the project entitled with ‘’The Effect of Iodized Salt on Child Development in Amhara Region (McGill University’’
  •  Working as a principal researcher on the research project entitled with ‘’teachers’ expectations of students academic performance as a predictor of their motivation to teach’’.

  •  Trainer and resource person in training of gender responsive pedagogy for primary and secondary school teachers, and school leaders   on the project entitled with 

     “Enhancing Quality and Relevance of Learning for Adolescent Girls in Ethiopia”

  • Trainer and resource person in training of how to build gender responsive parent -teacher association for PTA members on the project entitled with 

     “Enhancing Quality and Relevance of Learning for Adolescent Girls in Ethiopia”

  • Trainer and resource person in training of trainers (ToTs) on life skills of primary and secondary school teachers and girls on the project entitled with 

    “Enhancing Quality and Relevance of Learning for Adolescent Girls in Ethiopia”

  • Trainer and resource person in training of student club leaders and teachers under the theme of “mainstreaming gender issues in the management of school clubs” on the project entitled with 

     “Enhancing Quality and Relevance of Learning for Adolescent Girls in Ethiopia”

     PUBLICATIONS 

  • Simret Kassahun (2014). The Correlation among Teachers’ Expectations and Students’ Motivation, Academic Self Concept and Academic Achievement Journal of Education and Practice, 5(20), 77-81.
  • Simret Kassahun (2013). Teachers' Expectations As Perceived by Students and Its Effect on their Motivation, Academic Self Concept and Academic Achievement. Journal of                 Education and Practice, 5(4), 136-142.
  • Simret Kassahun (2011). The Impacts of Teachers' Expectations on Student Related Variables. Published by VDM Verlag, Berlin, Germany. 
  • Mulisa, F., & Kassahun Mekonnen, S. (2019). The Double-Edged Prospects of Peer-to-Peer Cooperative Learning in Ethiopian Secondary Schools. Small Group Research, 50(4): 493–506
  • Mulisa, F., & Mekonnen, S. K. (2018). The Roles of a Peer-Led Collaborative Learning Approach in Ethiopian Secondary Schools. Bahir Dar Journal of Education, 18(2): 98–116.
  • Mulisa, F., & Kassahun, S. (2019). Teachers’ Expectation of Students' Achievement as a Predictor of Motivation to Teach in Ethiopian Secondary Schools: Implication for Quality Education. Ethiopian Journal of Education and Sciences, 14(2): 28-47.

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