2025–PresentExecutive Advisory and Educational Institution Development
The career has entered an advanced stage focused on building institutional systems and supporting senior leaders and boards.
Key areas of work
- Designing organisational structures.
- Building authority and accountability matrices.
- Developing job descriptions.
- Building performance indicators.
- Designing evaluation models for leaders and employees.
- Developing training and quality procedures.
- Developing beneficiary-satisfaction systems.
- Building leadership-development programmes.
- Designing operating models.
- Organising the relationship between central management and branches.
- Linking strategy to execution.
- Developing executive dashboards.
- Supporting digital transformation.
- Developing institutional readiness for artificial intelligence.
- Advising general managers and boards of directors.
Current professional value
- This stage integrates experience in education, training, programme design, school development, quality, accreditation, technology, management, strategy and institutional transformation.
Executive advisoryInstitutional transformationBoards
Specialist ProjectTechnical Teacher Standards Development
Dr. Anwar contributed to a project that developed professional standards for technical and vocational teachers.
Measured impact
- Standards were developed for 10 technical specialisations.
Scope of work
- Defining professional competencies.
- Defining required knowledge.
- Defining applied skills.
- Developing performance indicators.
- Linking standards to training.
- Developing teacher-assessment tools.
- Aligning standards with labour-market needs.
10 technical fieldsProfessional competenciesLabour market
Institutional AccreditationInstitutional Quality and ISO 21001 Certification
Dr. Anwar led the design and implementation of an ISO 21001 educational-organisation management system.
Key achievements
- Conducting a gap analysis.
- Developing policies and procedures.
- Defining institutional processes.
- Building a risk-management system.
- Developing beneficiary-satisfaction processes.
- Organising internal audits.
- Leading management review.
- Training employees.
- Preparing the institution for external assessment.
- Achieving ISO 21001 certification.
Professional value
- This experience combined educational quality, process quality, governance, documentation, continuous improvement and accreditation readiness.
ISO 21001Internal auditContinuous improvement
2023–2025Pearson BTEC and Technical Education
Dr. Anwar led the development, accreditation and operation of Pearson BTEC programmes across several fields.
Measured achievements
- More than 20 accredited Pearson programmes.
- Programmes from Level 2 to Level 5.
- Delivery across multiple schools and academies.
- Technical-teacher standards developed across 10 specialisations.
Programme fields
- Education and training.
- Business.
- Engineering.
- Information technology.
- Art and design.
- Technical and vocational education.
Key achievements
- Preparing accreditation files.
- Building the assessment system.
- Developing internal verification.
- Training assessors.
- Training internal verifiers.
- Developing policies.
- Organising learner files.
- Building quality systems.
- Monitoring programme operations.
- Addressing Pearson actions and observations.
- Connecting programmes with labour-market needs.
20+ Pearson programmesLevels 2–510 technical fields
2023–2025Leadership of a Diversified Education Group
Dr. Anwar worked within ISO Group, which included five schools, training academies, Pearson BTEC programmes, an education-technology and AI company, a technical factory and academy, and international education programmes.
His roles covered executive leadership, work with the board, and oversight of programmes, accreditation and quality.
Key achievements
- Leading Pearson programmes across five schools.
- Overseeing Level 2 and Level 3 programmes.
- Overseeing Level 4 and Level 5 programmes.
- Managing programmes in education and training, business, engineering, information technology, and art and design.
- Building assessment and internal-verification systems.
- Preparing programmes for accreditation.
- Developing academic guidance for schools.
- Contributing to technology and artificial-intelligence projects.
- Connecting the academy with the factory and technical applications.
- Developing institutional quality systems.
Measured impact
- More than 20 accredited Pearson programmes.
- Work across 5 schools.
- Programmes in multiple specialisations.
- Technical-teacher standards across 10 specialisations.
5 schools20+ PearsonEducation and technology
2022–2023General Manager of an International School
Dr. Anwar served as General Manager of Al-Manhal International School and led its academic, administrative and operational functions.
Key achievements and responsibilities
- Setting academic goals.
- Overseeing the quality of education.
- Leading curriculum development.
- Overseeing employee recruitment.
- Managing discipline and student affairs.
- Managing relationships with parents.
- Overseeing facilities and operations.
- Preparing budgets and financial plans.
- Developing middle leaders.
- Improving coordination between academic and administrative functions.
- Ensuring that students received appropriate services.
Professional value
- This stage represented a move into comprehensive leadership of an educational institution.
Comprehensive leadershipOperations and budgetsAcademic quality
National ProjectTarbia Programme — Development across 2,000 Schools
Dr. Anwar contributed to the UNICEF-supported Tarbia programme, which targeted approximately 2,000 schools.
Key project areas
- Developing school practices.
- Supporting leaders and teachers.
- Building school teams.
- Strengthening schools’ ability to implement improvement projects.
- Supporting the sustainability of school improvement.
Professional value
- The project strengthened Dr. Anwar’s experience in designing and implementing programmes that reach large numbers of schools and involve international and local partners.
2,000 schoolsUNICEFSustainable improvement
International ProjectHOPES Project — Training Teachers to Integrate Technology
Dr. Anwar helped lead and deliver a HOPES-supported project that strengthened teachers’ and trainers’ capacity to use digital tools effectively in classrooms.
Measured achievements
- More than 700 teachers trained.
- 20 trainers prepared and developed.
- Practical training delivered on integrating technology into education.
- Training materials developed around classroom practice.
- Trainers supported to cascade training to teachers.
- Implementation monitored and application quality assessed.
- Local capacity built to continue the work after project completion.
Project focus
- Using technology in lesson planning.
- Using digital tools in teaching.
- Improving student engagement.
- Designing digital activities.
- Using technology in assessment.
- Supporting teachers to move from theoretical use to classroom application.
Professional value of the achievement
- Designing large-scale training programmes.
- Building a trainer network.
- Developing teachers in educational technology.
- Transferring knowledge.
- Delivering internationally funded projects.
- Ensuring training sustainability after project completion.
700+ teachers20 trainersEducational technology
2018–2022Leading Partnerships, Practicum and Student Services
Dr. Anwar was responsible for partnerships, mentoring, practicum and student services within the teacher-education programme.
Key achievements
- Building a network of school partnerships.
- Organising trainee placement in schools.
- Training school mentors.
- Monitoring practicum quality.
- Managing trainee services.
- Managing complaints and support plans.
- Organising graduation and alumni processes.
- Supporting admissions and registration.
- Coordinating among the academy, university and schools.
- Following up assessments and professional evidence.
Integrated experience
- This stage combined academic administration, trainee experience, operations, partnerships and quality assurance.
School partnershipsPracticumQuality assurance
2018Development of the UAE Teacher-Licensing Framework
Dr. Anwar contributed to the development of the teacher-licensing framework in the United Arab Emirates.
Key achievements
- Contributing to teacher-competency standards.
- Defining professional-licensing requirements.
- Developing teacher-assessment tools.
- Linking licensing to professional development.
- Supporting standards for supervisors and leaders.
- Working with specialised government and consulting organisations.
Professional value
- The project demonstrated capability in national standards, teacher licensing, assessment systems and education-policy development.
UAETeacher licensingNational standards
2017Teacher Development in Saudi Arabia
Dr. Anwar contributed to the design and development of a pre-service teacher programme in Saudi Arabia and supported teachers preparing for Ministry of Education examinations.
Measured achievements
- Designing teacher-training content.
- Delivering 80 workshops.
- Combining face-to-face and online training.
- Converting content into digital materials.
- Training teachers in teaching strategies.
- Training teachers in assessment approaches.
- Supporting preparation for professional recruitment requirements.
Professional value
- The project added practical experience in designing programmes against national standards and delivering them at scale.
80 workshopsSaudi ArabiaBlended learning
2016–2022Leadership of a Professional Teacher-Education Programme
Dr. Anwar worked at Queen Rania Teacher Academy and held several leadership roles within the Teacher Education Professional Diploma.
Roles included
- Leading the mathematics pathway.
- Managing school partnerships.
- Managing practicum.
- Supporting school mentors.
- Managing trainee services.
- Supporting admissions and registration.
- Monitoring assessment and quality.
Key achievements
- Leading development of the mathematics-education pathway.
- Preparing teachers before entry to the profession.
- Overseeing practicum in schools.
- Building partnerships with public and private schools.
- Training school mentors.
- Following up trainee portfolios.
- Standardising assessment approaches.
- Resolving trainee-experience challenges.
- Participating in boards of examiners.
- Coordinating with the University of Jordan.
- Supporting expansion to other universities.
- Moving parts of the programme online after COVID-19.
Measured impact
- 2,800 graduates in the original professional-diploma phase.
- Programme expansion to 4 universities.
- More than 8,000 graduates after scale-up.
- A wide network of placement schools and field partnerships.
Partners
- Ministry of Education.
- University of Jordan.
- UCL Institute of Education.
- Queen Rania Teacher Academy.
- Other Jordanian universities after scale-up.
2,800 graduates4 universities8,000+ after scale-up
2015–PresentFounding Minds Lab for Consulting and Training
Dr. Anwar founded Minds Lab to provide education, training and consulting services to institutions, teachers and young people.
Areas of work
- School development.
- Teacher training.
- Leadership development.
- Programme design.
- Curriculum development.
- Training-package development.
- Life skills.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Educational consultancy.
- Initiative design.
Professional value
- Accumulated experience was transformed from work within a single institution into solutions that could serve multiple organisations.
Educational consultingSchool developmentProgramme design
2014–PresentAuthoring and Educational Content Development
Alongside his executive roles, Dr. Anwar built a professional track in authoring, curriculum design and content development.
Measured achievements
- Authoring 11 life-skills books.
- Developing 4 entrepreneurship and innovation books.
- A total of 15 educational books.
- Developing a mathematics scope-and-sequence guide from Grade 3 to Grade 12.
- Leading the team that developed a science scope-and-sequence guide.
- Developing a teacher guide for children’s programming.
- Developing teacher-training materials in Saudi Arabia.
- Converting training programmes into online content.
- Preparing trainer and participant guides.
- Designing assessment tools and training content.
Professional value
- Knowledge production.
- Curriculum design.
- Programme development.
- Digital-content development.
- Turning experience into scalable tools.
15 booksMathematics and scienceDigital content
2011–2018Developing a School Organisation Serving 5,000 Students
Dr. Anwar joined Omareyah Schools, which served approximately 5,000 students and employed around 650 staff. He worked as Training, Research and Development Manager and Technical Manager, and later as Educational Consultant.
His work focused on turning professional development into a continuing institutional system and linking teacher development to better teaching and organisational performance.
Key achievements
- Building a development system for teachers and supervisors.
- Overseeing internal training programmes.
- Developing employee-performance procedures.
- Supporting the use of technology in education.
- Developing teaching-and-learning improvement projects.
- Supporting teacher-award teams.
- Developing beneficiary-satisfaction mechanisms.
- Linking training with actual school needs.
- Supporting leaders in improving academic performance.
Excellence achievement
- He led and supervised the “Story of Success and Excellence” project, which won first place in the 2014 El Hassan Bin Talal Award for Scientific Excellence.
Professional value
- This stage demonstrated the ability to develop a large school organisation, rather than simply deliver isolated training programmes.
5,000 students650 employees2014 award
2010–2012Developing New Schools and a School Operating Model
Dr. Anwar managed professional development within the USAID-supported Jordan Schools Project, which included the establishment and operation of new schools in several governorates.
His role extended beyond training; he contributed to the educational and operating model from the earliest design stages.
Key achievements
- Overseeing development programmes for around 12 schools.
- Contributing to the establishment of three schools in Aqaba and other schools across Jordan.
- Providing educational recommendations to engineering teams.
- Linking school-building design to teaching and learning requirements.
- Participating in the selection of principals and teachers.
- Supporting the recruitment of school leaders.
- Developing ways to operate classrooms and facilities.
- Following up leadership and teacher-development programmes.
Professional value
- School start-up.
- School-model design.
- Connecting facilities with learning.
- Operating new schools.
- Selecting leaders and staff.
12 schoolsUSAIDNew-school operation
2008–2011Leading Large-Scale National Education Programmes
Dr. Anwar managed several major education projects at CADER and moved from content development into management of programmes, operations, teams, budgets and partnerships.
He was a member of the core management team and supervised a multidisciplinary workforce of approximately 120 employees.
Key responsibilities and achievements
- Preparing the organisation’s annual plans.
- Building programme-delivery and follow-up mechanisms.
- Managing multidisciplinary teams.
- Supervising approximately 120 employees.
- Managing agreements and partner communication.
- Managing budgets, operations, marketing and public relations.
- Recruiting project teams.
- Following up implementation across different regions.
- Building impact-assessment systems.
- Documenting programme results.
- Developing innovative approaches to large-scale training delivery.
Higher Education Diploma in ICT in Education
- An academic programme implemented with Yarmouk University, INHolland University, the Ministry of Education, and partner institutions and schools.
- Dr. Anwar managed operational and academic delivery, trainee and trainer organisation, quality follow-up and field visits.
- More than 7,000 graduates.
- Delivery across multiple regions.
- Management of trainer and trainee networks.
- Nationwide field quality monitoring.
Education Reform Support Programme (ERSP)
- A national programme comprising 17 specialised programmes for novice teachers, in-service teachers, school principals, supervisors and trainers.
- Managing delivery of 17 professional-development programmes.
- Organising training across multiple regions.
- Building a model that enabled the Ministry of Education to continue delivery after project completion.
- Overseeing evaluation, follow-up and quality.
- Developing Ministry trainers to ensure sustainability.
ChangeAgents Master Training Programme
- A six-month programme preparing trainers to lead change in schools and education institutions.
- Selecting trainers, delivering training, following up implementation and building their capacity to become field-based change leaders.
Towards a New School Attitude
- A project implemented with the Jordan Education Initiative that built school teams able to plan and deliver improvement projects.
- Building school teams.
- Developing planning capability.
- Supporting school improvement projects.
- Moving schools from receiving training to leading their own change.
120 employees7,000 ICT graduates17 programmes
2006–2008Programme and Training-Material Design
Dr. Anwar joined CADER as a tutor and content developer and contributed to teacher-training programmes, manuals, training packages and educational materials.
He also assessed the needs of independent schools in Doha and developed materials responsive to schools and teachers.
Key achievements
- Analysing school and teacher needs.
- Designing materials for master trainers.
- Developing programme manuals and training packages.
- Designing customised professional-development programmes.
- Training teachers to integrate technology into teaching.
- Monitoring programme-delivery quality.
- Assessing trainee work.
- Participating in documentation and business-development task forces.
- Contributing content to programmes delivered at scale.
Professional value
- Turning institutional needs into training programmes, manuals, assessment tools and actionable implementation plans.
QatarTraining designQuality assurance
2003–2006From Teaching Mathematics to Improving Learning
Dr. Anwar moved into education as a mathematics teacher in UNRWA schools and later as an academic instructor at Wadi Seer Training Centre.
From the beginning, his work extended beyond explaining the subject to improving mathematics pedagogy, using technology, building assessments, analysing results and helping teachers improve practice.
Key achievements
- Designing interactive e-mathematics lessons.
- Using multimedia to explain mathematical concepts.
- Developing mathematics assessments and analysing student results.
- Training teachers to build higher-quality assessments.
- Training teachers to integrate technology into education.
- Teaching applied mathematics to trainees.
- Preparing presentations and workshops in measurement and assessment.
- Using modern teaching approaches such as multiple intelligences and learning styles.
Professional transition
- The career began in classroom teaching but quickly expanded into education development, teacher training, content design, assessment and analysis of learning outcomes.
Mathematics teachingE-learningAssessment
1998–2003Institutional Foundations and Customer Service
Dr. Anwar began his career at Arab Bank, working directly with customers, performing banking operations, solving problems and training new employees.
This stage established an early understanding of institutions, operational discipline, beneficiary service and relationship management.
Key achievements
- Managing daily customer interactions and solving problems.
- Training new employees in accounts and banking operations.
- Working in an environment requiring accuracy and accountability.
- Developing communication, persuasion and pressure-management skills.
- Preparing training presentations for employees in different banking areas.
Value added by this stage
- The experience built an ability to understand institutions from the inside, work with systems and processes, and connect service quality with beneficiary satisfaction.
Employee trainingCustomer serviceProblem solving
