Audrey Juma
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Audrey Juma is the director of the Notre Dame Institute of Education
Notre Dame Institute of Education
The Notre Dame Institute of Education in Karachi, is a teacher education facility in Pakistan.-History:NDIE opened in 1991 with 17 students in the Bachelor of Education programme. Average annual enrolments in the Bachelor of Education course are 55, with 30 in the Masters of Education...

 in Karachi, Pakistan.

She has taught at St. Joseph 's Convent School
St Joseph's Convent School (Karachi)
St. Joseph's Convent School is a Catholic high school for girls located in Saddar Town, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.-History:In the year 1861, Monsignor Steins, Vicar Apostolic of Bombay passing through Belgium, called Mother Marie Therese, Superior General and founder of the Daughter of the Cross,...

, St. Patrick's Girls School, St. Pius X Minor Seminary
St. Pius X Minor Seminary
St. Pius X Minor Seminary is the preparatory seminary in the Archdiocese of Karachi, Pakistan. It had 25 seminarians in January 2010. Father Benjamin Shehzad is the seminary’s rector....

, St. Mary's Urdu High School and St. Lawrence's Girls School
St. Lawrence’s Girls School, Karachi
St. Lawrence's Girls School in Karachi Pakistan is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi.-History:The school was founded in January 1936 by the Sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary with 115 male and female students...

.

In 2001 she was a Senior Instructor at the Aga Khan University-Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED). She has been coordinator of the Early Childhood Programme at the Aga Khan University-Institute for Educational Development since 2003 when the Certificate in Education: Early Childhood Education and Development Programme commenced.

She has also taught on the Social Studies Specialization course at the MEd level. She has worked with the Human Development Programme at the Aga Khan University
Aga Khan University
The Aga Khan University is a coeducational research university spread over three continents. It was granted its charter in 1983 as Pakistan's first private, autonomous university. AKU was founded by His Highness the Aga Khan, and is part of the Aga Khan Development Network...

 in co-facilitating the early childhood education segment of the Human Development graduate seminars and on the curriculum advisory committee to plan the advanced diploma programme in Early Childhood Education. She has also been involved in material development and curricular planning. She is an expert on Early Childhood education.

In 2007 she was awarded a United States Agency for International Development
United States Agency for International Development
The United States Agency for International Development is the United States federal government agency primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid. President John F. Kennedy created USAID in 1961 by executive order to implement development assistance programs in the areas...

( USAID) grant for the evaluation of some Early Childhood Education programs in Pakistan.

Qualifications

She has MEd (Leadership and Management) and MA (General History) degrees from Karachi University, and a MEd (Primary Education) from the Australian Catholic University
Australian Catholic University
Australian Catholic University is a national public university. It has six campuses and offers programs in five faculties throughout Australia.-History:...

. From 2008 – 2011 she worked on a Doctor of Education degree at the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...

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Professional Memberships

Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), USA

Society of Pakistan English Language Teachers (SPELT), Pakistan

American Educational Research Association
American Educational Research Association
The American Educational Research Association, or AERA, was founded in 1916 as a professional organization representing educational researchers in the United States and around the world....

(AERA), USA
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