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Under the leadership of Dr. Charlie Haddad, ELCJHL Director of Education, the ELCJHL Schools and Educational Programs pursue the mission of providing a happy, productive, and safe environment for students, teachers, administrators, support staff and parents. The participation of students, families, and staff is essential to creating a true school democracy and a sense of community and ownership by all. Parent and student councils play a key role as we pursue our strategic goals and adapt to the evolving needs of the Palestinian community.
The ELCJHL Schools and Educational Programs employ more than 200 educators in full and part-time positions as teachers, administrators, support staff and social workers. Nearly all faculty and staff are Palestinian, and most come from the Bethlehem, Ramallah, or Jerusalem areas. Many grew up attending our Lutheran schools. Most teachers and administrators have Bachelor’s degrees from local or international universities, and many have pursued Master’s degrees in education or in their fields of specialization.
Based at the Martin Luther Community Development Center, Mr. Salameh Bishara, Ms. Georgette Hazboun Rabadi, and international volunteers support the Director of Education in offering enrichment for educators and administering the development of the educational ministries. Recent workshops have addressed non-violent education, the use of children’s literature to enhance the English curriculum, and current theories of kindergarten education and learning.
Dr. Charlie D. Haddad, the ELCJHL Director of Education, was born in Jerusalem in 1957. He graduated from St. George's High School in Jerusalem in 1975. In 1981 he graduated from the Engineering school of the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A., with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree and a Master of Engineering (M.E.) degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Between 1983 and 1988, he was a member of the Faculty of Engineering at Birzeit University, the largest Palestinian university, located approximately 23 kilometers north of Jerusalem. In 1988 he began work on his Ph. D. degree at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in northeastern England and received a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering in 1991. He then returned to Birzeit University and continued on the Faculty of Engineering until 1995. Between 1992 and 2000, he was the director of the Vocational Training School of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Beit Hanina, part of East Jerusalem.
In 2000, he became the first principal of the ELCJHL's newly-founded Dar al-Kalima Evangelical Lutheran School in Bethlehem. He accepted his present appointment as the ELCJHL Director of Education in 2002.
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Mr. Salameh Bishara, Resource and Curriculum Development Officer and Programs/Projects/Activities Coordinator
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Ms. Georgette Hazboun Rabadi, Educational Development and Liaison Officer
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