1. PERSONAL INFORMATION CURRICULUM VITAE NAME : SUSAN WANGARE MURAGE NATIONALITY : KENYAN DATE OF BIRTH : 24th APRIL 1967 MARITAL STATUS : MARRIED RELIGION : CHRISTIAN ADDRESS : P.O. BOX 731 RUARAKA CELL 0722-884522 ID NO. : 9303922 E-mail : susanmwaka89@yahoo.com 2. EDUCATION BACKGROUND UNIVERSITY EDUCATION 1987-1990 : UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI Bachelor of Science (BSc) 1995-1996 : EGRTON UNIVERSITY Post graduate diploma in Education (P.G.D.E.) 2000-2002 : UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI Master of Education in Educational Administration and planning 2005-2011 : UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI PhD degree in Educational Administration.
SECONDARY EDUCATION 1985-1986 : MACHAKOS GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL Form 5 and 6 A Level certificate 1980-1984 : SACRED HEART HIGH SCHOOL Form 1-4 O Level certificate PRIMARY EDUCATION 1972-1979 : MARY CLIFF PRIMARY SCHOOL Mombasa district Std 1-7 3. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION (1) BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.SC) SECONDARY CLASS HONOURS: 1990 Awarded B.Sc degree in BOTANY and ZOOLOGY subjects studied were: History and Physiology of Biology, Entomology, Parasitology, Physiology, Theoretical biology, Biostatics, General genetics project (ii) POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION (P. G. D. E.) 1996 Qualified as a secondary school teacher: Subject studied: Social foundations of education, Education psychology, principles of teaching, education technology, research methods and statistics, fundamentals of curriculum development, education administration and planning, measurement and development and research project. (III) MASTER OF EDUCATION (IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIONAL AND PLANNING) M.Ed 2002 Subject studied: Statistics of educational research, Research methods in education, Education management, Curriculum theory and practice, Policies in educational planning, Curriculum evaluation, Policy studies in educational administration, Theories of educational administration, Educational finance, Personnel management in education, Organizational behavior and Education research project (IV) DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION) PhD- 2011.
Done through Research Thesis entitled Teachers and school factors related to graduate teachers job satisfaction in secondary schools Mombasa District, Coast Province. (V) CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION IN SERVICE TRAINING FOR MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHERS (SMASSE PROJECT 2005) Subjects studied were: Resources utilization for teaching and learning mathematics and science, drugs and substance abuse effecting teaching and learning mathematics and science, team building (VI) CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ON SUBJECT PANEL - 2006 Subject covered: motivation, effective teaching and evaluation. (VII) CERTIFICATE IN H.I.V. /A.I.DS PROGRAMME PEER EDUCATION- 2005 Subjects covered: code of conduct and ethics for teachers, gender empowerment and H.I.V./AIDS, the problem of H.I.V/AIDS and related stigma, living with H.I.V counseling and HIV/AIDS and culture. (V111) CERTIFICATE OF MERIT- 2010 Awarded in recognition of good performance in inter house soccer. (VIII) COMPUTER PROFICIENCY- 2002 While doing my masters of education at the University of Nairobi, I also enrolled privately and did computer courses and became conversant with Ms Word, Ms Excel and Ms PowerPoint. 4. WORK EXPERIENCE (a) 1985 1986 Worked at the Bombolulu workshop of the physically handicapped in Mombasa as a research Assistant. (b) 1996-1997 Secondary school teacher, St Charles lwanga Secondary Schooltaught biology and chemistry (c) 1990-1995 - Secondary school teacher, Tudor day Secondary School (d) 1998 2001 - Secondary school teacher, Kabete High school Head of Science Department (e) 2002 2012- Secondary school teacher, Kamukunji secondary school Teaching Biology and Chemistry. ((f) 2005-2012 Part time lecturer at Department of Educational Studies, UON. (g) 2012- Lecturer- Mount Kenya University (MKU)
(h) 2012- Lecturer- Pwani University (PU) (h) 2012- Lecturer and chairman of Department- Educational Administration, Economics and planning. Pwani University.(PU) SUPERVISION OF MASTERS STUDENTS 1. Nelson N. Ngare- M.Ed Educational planning, Management and Administration. 2. Moses Kipteng - - M.Ed Educational planning, Management and Administration. 5. PUBLICATION AND RESEARCH WORK Murage, S.M. (2013). Teachers and School Factors related to job Satisfaction. Germany, Scholars Press. Murage, W.S & Kibera W.L. (2014). Teachers Related factors that influence secondary school teachers job satisfaction in public secondary schools in Kenya. ISSN 2315-8735- 2014 Apex Journal International. Murage, W.S & Kimani. (2014). School Related factors that influence secondary school teachers job satisfaction in public secondary schools in Kenya. ISSN 2315-8735-2014 Apex Journal International. Murage, W.S & kisaka, J. (2014). Socio-Economic Factors And Students Retention Rates In Public Secondary Schools In Kilifi County, Kenya. AJEST, Vol 2, No. 2 6. CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS ATTENDED. Attended the Curriculum Development and Review Training for the newly chartered public universities in Kenya on 2 nd to 4 th December, 2013 Attended H.I.V/AIDS programme on peer education workshop on 21-24 May 2005 sponsored by Kenya National Union of Teachers on code of conduct and ethics for teachers, gender empowerment and H.I.V/ AIDS, code of conduct and ethics for teachers, counseling and HIV. Attended a workshop in the Ministry of Education on subject panels held at Moi forces academy on 23-24 March, 2006. topics covered were motivation, effective teaching of biology and evaluation. Attended in-service training for secondary schools teachers in mathematics and science. (SMASSE project- 2005) 7. PARTICIPATION IN EXAMINATION COUNCIL 1999-2004: Examiner, Biology O level examination
2004-2005: Supervisor, Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination (KCSE) 2005 2006: Invigilation, Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination (KCSE) 8. POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY 2012- Chairman of Department- Department of Educational Administration, Economics and Planning- Pwani University. 9. AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST Education Administration and management Teacher Education and student support Gender issues 11. SALARY: My gross salary is Ksh.160.000. REFERENCES Prof. Lucy W Kibera Associate Professor Department of Educational Foundations University of Nairobi P. O. Box 90106 Nairobi Dr. Genevieve Wanjala Senior Lecturer and Dean School of Education University of Nairobi P.O. Box 90106 Nairobi Prof. Gerald N. Kimani Deputy Principal (Administration and Finance) Narok University College P.O. BOX 861 Narok.