"Mr. Ahmed Moustafa’s main responsibility at the Saudi Petroleum Services Polytechnic (SPSP) has been to teach English for Technical Purposes skills to Saudi trainees. He taught all aspects of English language proficiency, health and safety skills in various levels.”
Hani Youssef
Academic Senior Instructor
Saudi Petroleum Services Polytechnic
Khafji, Saudi Arabia
"Ahmed has always been driven to develop his skills as a teacher. He came to us a professional teacher, eagerly taking up extra responsibilities such as mentor of the newly appointed teachers. He continued to demonstrate this drive through his tenure at our institution. Mr. Ahmed embraces any opportunity for professional development, which makes him an ideal ESL instructor."
Bashar Abdulaal
Academic Lead Instructor
National Industrial Training Institute
Al Hasa, Saudi Arabia
“During his career with the Institutes of Applied Technology (IAT) Mr. Moustafa has established himself as an exceptionally loyal and dedicated teacher. He is an accomplished English teacher who has a very good rapport with his students and excels in the modern student centred pedagogy.”
Hani Youssef
Academic Senior Instructor
Saudi Petroleum Services Polytechnic
Khafji, Saudi Arabia
"Ahmed has always been driven to develop his skills as a teacher. He came to us a professional teacher, eagerly taking up extra responsibilities such as mentor of the newly appointed teachers. He continued to demonstrate this drive through his tenure at our institution. Mr. Ahmed embraces any opportunity for professional development, which makes him an ideal ESL instructor."
Bashar Abdulaal
Academic Lead Instructor
National Industrial Training Institute
Al Hasa, Saudi Arabia
“During his career with the Institutes of Applied Technology (IAT) Mr. Moustafa has established himself as an exceptionally loyal and dedicated teacher. He is an accomplished English teacher who has a very good rapport with his students and excels in the modern student centred pedagogy.”
Lourens Cronje,
Ph.D.
Principal (2008-2012)
Institute of Applied Technology
Al Ain, UAE
"Ahmed Moustafa’s main responsibility at the college of Applied Sciences has been to teach English for Academic Purposes (EAP) skills to engineering students in the college degree courses conducted exclusively in an English-medium environment. He taught all aspects of English language proficiency, academic and research skills in various levels. I highly recommend Mr. Ahmed Moustafa to any future employer as an English Lecturer or in a capacity related to English language teaching in university foundation programs."
Ali Salman Al-Ajmi
Ministry of Higher Education
Head, Department of English College of Applied Sciences (CAS)
Oman
“I have observed Mr. Moustafa's teaching and I can state with absolute conviction that students in his class are truly fortunate to receive such high-quality instruction. He engages very effectively in differentiated learning strategies and his energetic and positive approach ensure that students remain "on task" and utterly engaged.”
Thomas Francis Sheridan
Principal (2013)
Applied Technology School
Al Ain Campus
UAE
“Ahmed Moustafa has a great rapport
with both his colleagues and students. His ability to connect with his students
and his talent at teaching simple concepts, as well as more advanced topics,
are both truly superior. He is extremely organized and reliable. According to
the students, he is an "engaging speaker", who uses humor and
practical examples to engage students, making even potentially dry and boring
material interesting and thought-provoking ”
Omar Al Noursi, Ph.D.
English Department Head
IAT Al Ain
“ I worked directly with Mr.
Moustafa as English Lead Teacher for three academic years, from 2005 to
2008. Mr. Moustafa has shown demonstrated abilities as an intelligent, highly responsible,
well-organized, and self-motivated teacher in the IAT English Department.When
preparing for class, Mr. Ahmed Moustafa is very thorough in his work. He has a
unique attention to detail in researching, planning, and creating course
material to aid in classroom learning.”
Hekmat Bani Hashim
English Academic Coordinator
IAT Al Ain
A highly professional and experienced
educator, Ahmed Moustafa's habit is to arrive early and stay late at school. He
is always well prepared and has remained current with respect to learning
strategies, methodologies and assessment techniques. Discipline is simply not
an issue in his classes. All these features are recognized by students, fellow
staff and his administrators"
Daniel Tonner
Principal, IAT Al Ain
“From the Beginning Ahmed Moustafa struck me as a hard
working and conscientious Teacher with a great enthusiasm for his work. He
genuinely enjoys his job. Further, he is motivated in developing himself as he
continually challenges his skills through innovative projects. He has the
ability to take seemingly ordinary aspects of his work and turn them into
interactive and comprehensive endeavors”
Zafar Syed
Academic Coordinator
“The professional way in which Mr. Ahmed Moustafa has
presented himself to his colleagues, supervisors, students, and administration
personnel has won him everybody’s respect and admiration. He has always
performed all his duties with great deal of precision, conscientiousness, and
perseverance. He has an amazing ability to work under pressure and conduct
simultaneous multi tasks”
William J. Roden
Academic Director
The military Language Institute
“Mr. Ahmed Moustafa has a strong work ethic and is willing
to put in extra hours to see that mission-critical projects are completed. He
is a thinker, who completes his work with insight and attention to detail. He
makes sure that his personal contributions to the school’s mission effectively
complement those of other members and in that way he is a real “team player”
Dennis Hickman, M. Ed.
EFL Teacher/Assessor
“My favourite qualities of Mr. Ahmed Moustafa are his
kindness and politeness. When others are feeling the strain of stressful times,
Mr. Moustafa has always kept a professional demeanor and a sense of humor. In
both the professional and interpersonal atmosphere of the institute, he is
definitely an asset”
Jonathan Langley
ESL Instructor
“As a teacher, Ahmed Moustafa has also revealed himself to
be very successful and highly regarded by his students and colleagues. His
standard of English and enthusiasm means that he will always be a success in
any class or level he is teaching”
Dr. Nadia Touba
Associate Professor of EFL
Faculty of Education
Alexandria University
"Ahmed has demonstrated that he is a master teacher.
I have only used that term three times in my fifteen years of teaching and
would not use it cavalierly"
Murray Grant
Academic Coordinator
IAT Al Ain
“The relationship between Ahmed Moustafa and his students
is one of the best I have ever seen - and that’s true for his relations with
the staff too”
Michael D. Daniels
EFL Teacher
“Ahmed Moustafa has proved himself to be an active an
enthusiastic member of various professional organizations and has presented a
number of workshops which have addressed numerous ESL, ESP and general
classroom issues. As a colleague, I have attended some of these sessions and
found them to be well-researched, well-organized and well-executed. I would be
happy to attend future sessions that Ahmed conducts”
Kevin West
ESL Instructor
Ahmed Moustafa has always worked to a high level of
productivity and impressed me with his practical and energetic style. Ahmed has
advanced English language skills, a clear understanding of workplace practices
and sound levels of common sense and judgement.
Kevin Smythe
Teacher Coordinator
“Ahmed Moustafa’s involvement with TESOL Arabia shows how
keen he is to develop his professional skills and to share his own experiences
in a collegial way. As a result I see in him a certain depth of understanding
of language learning issues which can be the basis of effective practice in
English teaching”
Lyn Bray, M.Ed. (TESOL), B.A. (Hons)
English Teacher
“Ahmed Moustafa is an exceptional case among non-native
speaker teachers of English”
Dr. Hassan Taman
Head of English Department
Faculty of Education
Alex. University
“Ahmed Moustafa has shown himself to be highly resourceful
and generous with his time and energy, never hesitating to make himself
available for ongoing projects and assignments”
Suzanne M. Koza
English Teacher
“Ahmed Moustafa is also invaluable in creating effective
CALL materials that engage students. His computer skills make him an asset in
integrating technology in the English Language Curriculum”
Azzam Premji
English Teacher
“I would also characterize Ahmed Moustafa as a very
personable fellow who gets along amicably with other teachers and students. I
also know him as a person who pushes himself to accomplish more on the task. I
am sure his career path will continue to be successful as he strives for new
Challenges.
Bruce Dauphin
ESL/EFL Instructor
“Ahmed Moustafa and I have also evaluated student projects
together. This requires an in-depth knowledge of the project criteria and the
grading rubric, as well as an objective viewpoint. Ahmed has also been involved
in other areas of evaluation at the MLI such as administering TOEFL, SOPI, TWE,
TELP, and the ALCPT”
Lori D. Giles
EFL Instructor
“During the course of his employment, Ahmed Moustafa
proved himself to be an able teacher, a hard worker and has consistently been
praised for his expertise and professionalism”
Tiab El Gergawy
MOE Senior Supervisor of English
“I have found Ahmed to be a very cooperative colleague who
will go out of his way to assist both teachers and students. Ahmed is an
extremely competent and able teacher”
Bernard P. Kealey
English Teacher
“Ahmed Moustafa has done all the required tasks to
supervise both international and in-house tests that have been administered to
our students. Furthermore, Ahmed has been put in charge of collating all the
statistical documentation for classes. This includes grades for tests and
projects, attendance and other statistical data that he had to process and
record”
Michael Fields
English Instructor
“Ahmed also has keen skills and sensitivity that enables
him to work effectively with unmotivated and underachieving students. Under a
Remedial Program that I had set up in 2004, Ahmed has been a principal teacher
in the program, and contributed to the program’s success in improving students’
areas of weakness. Also, he has conduced researches on ways to enhance
students’ motivation in the field of teaching English as a Foreign Language”
Colin E. Ogle
Assessment & Testing Coordinator
"In all my years as a teacher, manager and principal,
I have rarely come across a teacher who has introduced so many innovative and
exciting teaching techniques in a classroom. Ahmed's use of technology and
student cantered learning activities is unequalled"
Bernie Roy, Principal
IAT Al Ain
"I have known Ahmed Moustafa through his work at the
Institute of Applied Technology Summer School 2007 in Al Ain, UAE. Ahmed has
worked as an English Teacher and a course developer for the Academic
Preparation Program. In my capacity as a Project Manager, I can testify that
Ahmed has undertaken all his responsibilities with great dedication and
percision"
Deborah Francis
Project Manager
