Awatef Masri received her BA in English Literature from An-Najah University in Nablus.
Since 2000, she has been working as a headmistress of a number of secondary schools in Palestine. Most recently, she has served as headmistress at Al- Aeshiya Secondary Girl’s School where she manages and directs the entire school, including teachers, students, programs, and many other activities.
In addition to all her responsibilities and duties as a headmistress, Ms. Masri has also attended various teaching and educators’ seminars in the United States and Britain throughout her career.
In June 2012 Awatef graduated with a master’s degree in educational policy studies and evaluation from the University of Kentucky.
Abdul Fattah Shamleh is the Director of the Institute of Public Administration at An Najah National University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Public
Launched in October 2005, the Palestinian Faculty Development Program (PFDP) aims to increase capacity within the higher education sector in the West Bank and Gaza and address long-term issues of reform in teaching and learning practices. The program, which is funded by USAID and the Open Society Institute (OSI) and administered by AMIDEAST and OSI, has three main objectives: 1) to promote the expansion, retention, and professional development of promising academics teaching in the social sciences and humanities; 2) to revitalize and reform teaching in these areas at Palestinian higher education institutions, and 3) promote an institutional culture of teaching and learning. The following is a description of PFDP program components.