COVER LETTER

Howida M. Moustafa
125 High Pointe Drive
Spring Grove, PA 17362
503/724-9000 (m); 503/724-9001 (m); 717/435-5050 (h);
howida@ksu.edu
US Citizen
Dear Sir:
My name is Howida Moustafa; I am graduate Student at the College of Education in the
Department of Curriculum and Instructions at Kansas State University. I expected to
finish my master degree by the end of 2014. I graduated with a master degree in Teaching
English as a Foreign Language from the Department of Modern Language (MLANG),
Kansas State University (KSU), Manhattan, KS, USA in 2012. I also had a bachelor in
accounting from the college of business, Cairo University, Egypt in 1997. I live in Spring
Grove, PA and previously I used to live in Manhattan, KS for 5 years with my husband
and kids. My husband is a professor of nuclear engineering and Nanotechnology at
Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt. Before, he used to work at the
department mechanical and nuclear engineering at KSU. Before joining KSU, I used to
work as a substitute teacher at Hillsboro School District, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA during
my husband work at Intel Corporation from 2005-2009. Before moving to Portland,
Oregon. I worked as a teacher at the Madison Islamic Summer School, Madison,
Wisconsin, USA while my husband was studying for his PhD in nuclear engineering at
University of Wisconsin Madison, USA from 1999 to 2005.
I completed my Bachelor degree in Business from Cairo University in 1997. After
graduation, I moved to USA to accompany my husband during his graduate studies.
I have extensive teaching experience for K-12 students as well as adults in during
my graduate study at KSU. At KSU I taught lectures for undergraduate students in the
English Language Program ELP as part of my practical training for the Master degree.
I believe that my work experience makes me a strong candidate for the position at your
department. For more details, please consult the attached resume. Please feel free to
contact me in case you need further information.
Sincerely
Howida M. Moustafa
Graduate Student,
College of Education
Curriculum and Instruction Department
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
Phone: (503)724-9000 Cell, (503)724-9001 Cell
Email: howida@ksu.edu

CURRICULUM VITAE
Howida M. Moustafa
125 High Pointe Drive
Spring Grove, PA 17362
503/724-9000 (m); 503/724-9001 (m); 717/435-5050 (h);
howida@ksu.edu
US Citizen

OBJECTIVE

A challenging position in the area of Instructional Design and online learning or

Teaching English as a Foreign Language TEFL in K-12 or academic institution.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Instructional Designer/Technologiest for K-12 or college level online courses.

Teaching English as Foreign Language for adults.
Teaching English as Foreign Language for K-12 grades
Detail oriented with strong communication and organization skills and ability to
work independently or in a team setting

EDUCATION

MS Educational Computing, Design and Online Learning ECDOL, Kansas

State University, Manhattan, KS, Expected: 12/2014
(http://coe.ksu.edu/annex/ecdol/)
MS Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Kansas State University,
Manhattan, KS: 12/2012
(http://catalog.k-state.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=2&poid=3797&returnto=153)

BS Accounting, Cairo University, Egypt, 06/1997

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Hillsboro School District, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA
Taught classes for K-12 students as substitute teacher

2007-2009

Madison Islamic Summer School, Madison Wisconsin USA

Taught Islamic and Arabic classes for K-12 students

2001-2005

Cairo University, Egypt

Undergraduate student in the school of business, accounting branch.

1993-1997

COMPUTER SKILLS

Platforms: MS Windows
Programming & Computer languages: MS Office 2010, MS 360,
Dreamweaver, Web design

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Arabic: fluent reading, writing and speaking

English: excellent reading, writing and speaking

ECDOL MASTER COURSES

Course
EDCI 763

Description
Instructional Design

Term
Fall 2013

Units
3.00

EDCI 887

Prosem 1/Cmpt/Dis Ed

Fall 2013

3.00

EDCI 786

Top/In Curr & Instr (Top/Dreamweaver Web

Design)

Spring 2013

3.00

EDCI 718

Learning Technology

Spring 2013

3.00

EDCI 803

Curriculum Develop

Spring 2014

3.00

EDCI 888

Proseminar 2

Spring 2014

3.00

Culture & Lang in Classrm Prac

Summer
2011

3.00

ESL/Dual Lang Method

Summer
2011

3.00

EDCI 786

Top/In Curr & Instr (Top/Educ Gaming &

Simulations)

Summer
2014

3.00

EDCI 786

Top/In Curr & Instr (Top/K-12 Virtual

Classrooms)

Summer
2014

3.00

EDCI 786

Top/In Curr & Instr (Top/Meet Needs of All

Students)

Fall 2014

3.00

EDCI 890

Masters Project

Fall 2014

1.00

EDCI 760

Action Research in Education

Fall 2014

3.00

EDCI 763

Instructional Design

Fall 2013

3.00

EDCI 740
EDCI 720

TEFL MASTER COURSES

Course
DAS 152

Description
Advanced English (Adv.

Term

Units

Fall 2009

6.00

English/Reading/Vocab)
DAS 152

Advanced English (Adv.

English/Listening)

Fall 2009

3.00

DAS 030

English Lang Program

Orientation

Fall 2009

0.00

DAS 152

Advanced English (Adv.

English/Writ
Communication)

Fall 2009

6.00

DAS 154

Advanced Part-time
English (Top/Writing)

Spring
2010

6.00

COMM 780

Intercultural
Communication

Spring
2010

3.00

DAS 030

Intro to English Language

Program

Spring
2010

0.00

GRAD 704

Practical/Adult
TESL/TEFL: Writ Com

Spring
2010

2.00

GRAD 703

Practical/Adult
TESL/TEFL: Oral Com

Fall 2010

2.00

GRAD 702

TESL/TEFL for Adult

Learners

Fall 2010

2.00

EDCI 943

Principles College Teach

Fall 2010

3.00

MLANG 710

Foreign Language
Pedagogy

Fall 2010

3.00

COMM 756

Practical/Communication
& Conflict

Spring
2011

3.00

MLANG 770

Theories of 2nd Language

Acquisition

Spring
2011

3.00

MLANG 899

Research in Modern
Languages

EDCEP 502

Is/Counsel/ Ed Psych

MLANG 899

Research in Modern
Languages

Spring of
2012

5.00