Sarymsakova Almagul Sessiayevna, was born in the city of Karaganda in 1969.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
2016 - Independent Kazakhstan Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NKAQA), National Expert Certificate, awarded for 3 years term.
2015 - Leadership International Institute at Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov. Leadership international institute (Turan, Almaty), Specialty: (MBA Plus: strategic leadership & management) Diploma certificate.
2003-2006 - Kazakh-American University, Master program
Specialty: Management. Theme of the master's thesis: "Organization of management in the educational process of a non-state university (on the example of the Kazakh-American University)".
1996 - 1999 - Almaty State Conservatory named after Kurmangazy, postgraduate school.
Specialty: ethnomusicologist
1994 - 1996 – Almaty State Conservatory named after Kurmangazy
Specialty: ethnomusicologist
1989 - 1994 – Almaty State Conservatory named after Kurmangazy.
Specialty: dombrist, conductor of the national orchestra;
1985 - 1989 - Tattimbet Musical College, Karaganda.
Specialty: dombrist, conductor of the national orchestra;
May 2011 - received the degree of Candidate of Sciences in 17.00.02 - "Musical Art" specialty. The theme of the thesis: "Zhyry-kyui and en-kyui in the dombra tradition of Kazakhs".
2014, June 10 - Certificate of state registration of exclusive property rights to the object of copyright: a monograph " Zhyry-kyui and en-kyui in the dombra tradition of Kazakhs and their role in the contemporary musical culture of Kazakhstan" from the Committee on Intellectual Property Rights of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan (No. 1827).
WORK EXPERIENCE
Positions:
2017 - Adviser to the Rector of the Kazakh National Conservatory named after Kurmangazy.
2007 - 2017 - Vice-Rector for Science of the International Educational Corporation (IEC), Director of Campus «Kazakh-American University»;
2006 - 2017 - Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of KAU;
2004-2006 - Vice-rector for scientific and methodical work of the KAU;
2001-2004 - Methodologist of KAU Scientific Methodological Council, Scientific Secretary;
1998-2001 - Library Director at KAU (Kazakh-American University);
1998-1999 - office manager of KAU (Kazakh-American University) Business Center;
From 2010 to 2017 - Member of the Board of Directors of the International Educational Corporation
Since January 2015 - associate professor of IEC (International Educational Corporation)
Teaching disciplines: "Organizational behavior", "Self-management"; "Methods of scientific research".
OVERALL WORK EXPERIENCE: 26 years (taking into account studying at the university)
LANGUAGES:
Russian - fluent, Kazakh - medium; English - TOEFL – 500
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Over the past 10 years, including this year, visited 20 universities (study tours) in the world: Israel, Italy, Great Britain, Turkey, Georgia, Malaysia, Northern Cyprus to improve skills, get acquainted with education systems, and enter into agreements of understanding between universities (certificates).
Over 80 papers were published in more than 60 conferences (directions: music, education, management), including 7 articles published in the countries of near and far abroad: in Budapest (Hungary), in St. Petersburg (Russia), in Jerusalem (Israel), in Moscow (Russia), New York (USA), Ardahan (Turkey).
Took part in the development of five normative and methodical documents (regulations, rules) of the university. Twice received a license for the educational activities at School at KAU. As head of university passed 4 university certifications and accreditations (institutional, specialized).
August 21 to August 23, 2017 - Member of the State Commission for the organization and conduct of the repeated UNT (unified national testing) and IT (integrated testing) in 2017.
Since October 2016 - Member of the Dissertation Council for the award of Ph.D. in specialties: 6D040100 - Musicology, 6D042300 - Art management, 6D040500 - Conducting, 6D040200 - Instrumental performance, 6D040400 - Traditional musical art in Kazakh National Conservatory named after Kurmangazy.
Since January 2014 - member of the editorial board of the scientific journal "Bulletin of the International Educational Corporation".
Reviewer of doctoral, master's dissertations and student diploma works of Kazakh National University of Arts (KazNUI) (Astana), Kazakh National Conservatoire named after. Kurmangazy (Almaty), Kazakh National Academy of Arts named after T. Zhurgenov (Almaty).
Since 2012 - Member of the Advisory Board - Editorial Board of the quarterly international journal of social sciences "KARADENİZ BLACK SEA - BLACK SEA" (Turkey).
Since 2000 - deputy editor of KAU scientific journal "Transactions of Kazakh-American University" - "Proceedings of Kazakh-American University", there were 35 issues published.
AWARDS
2017, September - the certificate of honor from Akimat of Almaty city Bostandyk district for contribution to the development of higher education of RK and training of young specialists (№204);
2017, September 15 - medal for the 20th anniversary of the KAU "For a special contribution to the development of Kazakh-American University";
2017, September - a letter of gratitude from the Association of Higher Educational Establishments of the Republic of Kazakhstan for contribution to the development of higher education of the RK and training of young specialists;
2012, June - Honorary Hero of the encyclopedia "The Best People" (second edition of the international book);
2012, September - A.Baitursynov's silver medal from the Association of Higher Educational Establishments of the Republic of Kazakhstan for contribution to the development of higher education of RK and training of young specialists;
2007, December - breastplate of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Honorary Worker of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan" for special merits in the field of education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
SELF-GROWTH & (QUALIFICATION) IMPROVEMENT (for LAST 3 YEARS):
August 14, 2017 - August 18, 2017 - Academic Leadership Success and Research Writing Skills courses, 40 a/h, Professor Patrick Low, Ph.D.(Uni. South Australia), Chartered Marketer and Certified Behavioral Consultant (Singapore), Institute of Innovative and Additional Education (Continuing Professional Certificate).
July 17 - July 31, 2017 - courses on improving the qualifications of pedagogical workers of the general secondary education system: "Forming the professional competence of the head of the educational organization in the conditions of educational modernization", in the amount of 72 hours, the educational and methodical center "Tabys", Almaty (Continuing Professional Certificate UUM-T / s-1338).
2017, March 2 - Seminar: "Structure of the European Higher Education Area for Quality Assurance after Yerevan", NKAO, Astana (Certificate No. 031).
2017, January 27 - NAAR (Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating) seminar: "Higher Education Rating as an Independent Assessment of the Quality of Higher Education", Astana (Continuing Professional Certificate - Registration No. 0059-17).
November 23, 2016 - seminar: "Modern tools of financial and personnel management in universities", organized by JSC "Information and Analytical Center" of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2016, May 26 - participation in the V-Eurasian forum of leaders of higher education. Attended seminars at Nazarbayev University (Astana): "Improvement of academic quality through the annual analytical review of programs (Provost Office)", "Conducting research in the field of education (Higher Education School)" ((Continuing Professional Certificate).
2016, January - courses: "The procedure for external evaluation (audit) of the university and examination of self-assessment reports", NKAQA (national expert certificate for a period of 3 years).
2015, April - seminars on IBA program. PLUS: Master of Business Accelerator "Strategic Leadership and Management" (MBA Plus: strategic leadership and management) Leadership international institute at Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov. Received a diploma certificate.
2015, February 26-27 - seminar-training: "HR Management of Universities", New Economic University. ((Continuing Professional Certificate -24 hours).
On January 2-16, 2015, in Istanbul (Turkey), attended a training course on the Bologna process, Ildyz Technical University ((Continuing Professional Certificate - 72 hours).
January 2-6, 2015 - advanced training courses in Istanbul (Turkey). The theme of the training is "ISO 9001-Quality Management System and Quality in Education" (Certificate).
2014, November 12-21- seminar "Case-study as a method of training" - 36 hours, Kazakhstan Academy of Information and Business.
2014, December - seminar "Modern Effective Methods of Teaching: International Experience" - 6 hours, lecturer: Donald Hoskins, USA, Department of Advanced Studies of the Kazakh Academy of Information and Business ((Continuing Professional Certificate).
2014, December - courses: "Effective methods of teaching in various subject areas" - 72 hours, organized by the Department of Advanced Studies of Kazakh Academy of Information and Business (certificate).
COMPUTER SKILLS: Microsoft Office, Power- Point, Microsoft Excel
PERSONAL MERITS:
High responsibility, diligence, creative approach to work and quality management