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Mustapha Kojo Forson
Accra
Summary
Dedicated Education Leader with extensive experience in teaching and social work, specializing in development studies. Skilled in fostering nurturing environments that promote creativity and collaboration. Committed to supporting students, faculty, and families while ensuring compliance with academic standards. Utilizes strong technical and analytical abilities to enhance educational outcomes through compassionate guidance.
Overview
38
38
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal
Crown Prince Academy
Accra
08.2025 - Current
- Strategic Leadership and Vision: The Principal provides strategic direction by setting a clear vision, promoting innovation, and ensuring the achievement of high academic standards.
- Academic and Curriculum Management: The Principal oversees teaching and learning by supervising curriculum implementation, assessment, and instructional quality across the school.
- Managed, supported, and developed staff through recruitment, mentoring, evaluation, and performance monitoring to enhance instructional effectiveness.
- Ensured effective running of the school by managing administrative systems, policies, resources, and daily operations to create a conducive learning environment.
- Promoted student well-being and represented the school by fostering positive relationships with students, parents, and the wider community to enhance engagement and support.
General Manager - Walter Pimpong Educational Foundation
International Needs Ghana
Accra
03.2015 - 08.2025
- Assures that the curricular scope and sequence, as well as instructional strategies, reflect the school’s progressive, humanistic and religious philosophy and goals of International Needs Ghana.
- Provides day to day educational leadership for the school.
- Executed the school’s broad educational mission and policies set by the school Management Committee.
- Established productive working conditions while overseeing discipline, training, and development for all staff.
- Supervise all staff, both teaching and non-teaching.
- Recommended enrolment objectives based on student characteristics and qualities to enhance school success and implemented targeted programs.
- Implemented formal and informal programs to foster high moral standards and conduct within the school community.
Provisional Deputy Registrar
WAMEC College of Engineering & Technology
Accra
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Collaborated with Founder, Provisional President, and staff on accreditation processes with the National Accreditation Board (NAB) to ensure compliance with educational standards.
- Collaborated with Founder, Provisional President, and staff on affiliation processes with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to enhance institutional relationships.
- Completed tasks assigned by the Founder to support organizational goals.
Manager (Voluntary)
Precious Jesus School
Accra
09.2013 - 12.2014
- Managed day-to-day operations of the school, maintaining discipline and upholding high academic standards.
- Developed short, medium, and long-term strategies for school development to enhance educational outcomes.
- Monitored adherence to the school curriculum by all teachers and departments.
- Supervising, appraising and evaluating staff in the school.
- Organize training programs for the staff.
- Collaborated with national educational authorities to align school practices with current national and international standards, providing periodic updates to the Educational Director and School Proprietor.
Country Director
Bethany Christian Services Global, Ghana
Accra
01.2011 - 04.2013
- Represented Bethany Christian Services Global, LLC in Ghana, facilitating communication and collaboration with local stakeholders.
- Worked with government authorities, courts, child institutions, and other organizations in identifying vulnerable children and placing them in caring families.
- Established and strengthened office operations in Ghana and hired qualified personnel and provided adequate supervision and established strong management systems, policies and procedures for personnel and program services;
- Worked in collaboration with other organizations or agencies to assist in coordinating services to children and families;
- Recruited, trained and licensed 82 families as foster parents.
- Successfully prepared and placed 9 children with foster families.
- Organized training for over 1500 people to help them understand foster care and the need to place all children in a caring family environment for proper growth and development.
- Prepared 16 children from Osu Children’s Home for adoption and completed 5 cases.
- Successfully registered the organization with the Registrar General's department and the Department of Social Welfare.
- Provided regular and timely program outcome and financial reports to Bethany Christian Services Global, LLC;
National Pedagogical Advisor
SOS Children’s Villages Ghana
Accra
01.2007 - 01.2011
- Ensuring technical supervision and evaluation of heads of SOS Pedagogical units in the country (Heads of School, Village Directors, Social Workers, Youth Counselors).
- Training of Heads of Units and pedagogical personnel (mothers, aunties, teachers and youth leaders).
- Conceiving strategies of integration and harmonization of pedagogical work between Children’s Villages, Youth Facilities, Kindergarten and Schools and Vocational Training Centres in the country.
- Implemented basic pedagogical concepts, minimal norms, rules and procedures established by Board of Directors, Regional Office and National Office in socio-education.
- Coordinated and updated national pedagogical projects to align with evolving educational policies.
- Ensuring that pedagogical methods utilized in SOS Children’s Villages, Youth Facilities, Kindergartens, Schools and Vocational Training Centres are effective and efficient and are adapted to the national context and the needs, capacities, and personal aspirations of the Children, Youth and Pupils.
- Initiate, encourage and assist in research-actions in socio-educational issues and give technical view on the results of the research.
- Facilitated National Pedagogical Committee meetings by organizing agendas and guiding discussions to drive strategic initiatives.
- Participate in the preparation of the National Action Plan by providing elements pertaining to pedagogical domain.
- Coordinated the development and implementation of the organization’s 2009 – 2016 Strategic and Annual Plans.
- Prepared and submitted Annual Reports to the International Offices.
- Led the recruiting and training of over 50 teachers and 50 caregivers (mothers).
- Developed modules for the training of school heads, village directors and caregivers.
- Led the organization to conduct Child Rights Situation Analysis (a research) in six Regions in Ghana.
- Assumed the responsibility of the National Focal Person for Child Rights and Protection in the organization from 2009 to 2011.
- Supervised 4 village directors, 6 heads of schools, 4 social workers, 4 youth counsellors.
- Linked the organization with the School of Social Work, Sweden University for collaboration. Supervised their students who came for an internship.
- Developed the personal activity plan/performance agreement of the National Director and conducted his self-appraisal for his mid-year and end of year evaluation.
Headmaster
Datus Complex Schools Ltd.
Kasoa
10.2006 - 08.2007
- Managed daily operations of the school, maintaining discipline and high academic standards.
- Ensuring that the school curriculum is adhered to by all teachers/departments.
- Supervising, appraising and evaluating staff in the school.
- Preparing short, medium and long-term development strategies for the school.
- Identifying possible training programs for the staff with the help of the educational director.
- Evaluated the overall performance of pupils by collaborating with parents.
- Collaborated with national educational authorities to align school practices with current education standards, providing periodic reports to educational director and school proprietor.
Subject Teacher – Social Studies
Odoben Secondary School
Agona Odoben
01.2001 - 01.2006
- Prepared final year students for their SSSCE and later WASSCE.
- Head of Social Studies Department - 2001 –2006.
- Supervised social studies teachers, fostering professional development and collaboration.
- Assistant Headmaster - 2003 – 2006.
- Oversaw academic activities in the school.
- Created and organized academic timetable, optimizing class scheduling for enhanced learning experience.
- Planned and supervised internal examinations, ensuring compliance with educational standards and integrity.
- Supervised the conduct of West African Examination Council external examinations in the school.
Headmaster / Subject Teacher
L. A. Junior Secondary School
Adansi Mprakyire
01.1994 - 01.1998
- Coordinated daily operations of school, ensuring discipline and upholding academic standards.
- Instructed Agricultural science, Mathematics, and Social Studies while preparing students for success in WAEC examinations.
- Led curriculum development for diverse educational programs at junior secondary level.
- Oversaw faculty recruitment, training, and performance evaluations for teaching staff.
- Managed daily school operations, ensuring a safe and productive learning environment.
Classroom Teacher - National Service Personnel
Breman Nwomaso JSS
Br. Nwomaso
01.1989 - 01.1992
- Delivered instruction in agricultural science, mathematics, and social studies, fostering student understanding.
- Coordinated sports programs and managed projects to enhance student engagement and participation.
- Developed engaging lesson plans tailored to diverse student needs.
- Facilitated classroom discussions to encourage critical thinking and participation.
- Implemented assessment strategies to evaluate student progress effectively.
Education
PhD. - Adult Education and Human Resource Studies
University of Ghana
Accra, Ghana03-2026
M. A. - Development Studies
University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Ghana09-2013
B. Ed - Social Studies
University College of Education
Winneba, Ghana06-2002
Diploma - Social Studies Education
University College of Education
Winneba, Ghana06-2001
Teacher’s Certificate ‘A’ - Education
Komenda Training College
Komenda, Ghana06-1994
G.C.E. Advanced Level -
Boa Amponsem Secondary School
Dunkwa on Offin, Ghana06-1989
G.C.E. Ordinary Level -
Mando Secondary School
Ajumako Mando, Ghana06-1987
Skills
- Training development
- Project management
- Planning and evaluation skills
- Microsoft Office expertise
- Excellent facilitation skills
- Team collaboration
- Child engagement strategies
- Works with minimal or no supervision
- Good interpersonal skills
Awards
2003, Regional Best Teacher Award Winner (Third position) - Secondary Division - Central Region
References
- Mrs. Helena Obeng – Asamoah, 233245084631, National Director, Department of Children, Accra, Greater Accra, nellybright@yahoo.com
- Mr. Kojo Mattah, 233244312329, P. O. Box AB 75, Abeka, Accra, Greater Accra, kojomattah@yahoo.com
- Rev. Theophilus Quaye, 233244645325, Human Resource Manager, SOS Children’s Villages, Ghana, Post Office Box 16657, Accra, Greater Accra, Theophilus.quaye@sosghana.org
Languages
- Akan (Fante and Twi)
- English
Personal Information
- Hobbies: Teaching Young people, Gardening, Cooking
- Date of Birth: 09/03/67
- Nationality: Ghanaian
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
Principal
Crown Prince Academy
08.2025 - Current
General Manager - Walter Pimpong Educational Foundation
International Needs Ghana
03.2015 - 08.2025
Provisional Deputy Registrar
WAMEC College of Engineering & Technology
01.2014 - 01.2015
Manager (Voluntary)
Precious Jesus School
09.2013 - 12.2014
Country Director
Bethany Christian Services Global, Ghana
01.2011 - 04.2013
National Pedagogical Advisor
SOS Children’s Villages Ghana
01.2007 - 01.2011
Headmaster
Datus Complex Schools Ltd.
10.2006 - 08.2007
Subject Teacher – Social Studies
Odoben Secondary School
01.2001 - 01.2006
Headmaster / Subject Teacher
L. A. Junior Secondary School
01.1994 - 01.1998
Classroom Teacher - National Service Personnel
Breman Nwomaso JSS
01.1989 - 01.1992
PhD. - Adult Education and Human Resource Studies
University of Ghana
M. A. - Development Studies
University of Cape Coast
B. Ed - Social Studies
University College of Education
Diploma - Social Studies Education
University College of Education
Teacher’s Certificate ‘A’ - Education
Komenda Training College
G.C.E. Advanced Level -
Boa Amponsem Secondary School
G.C.E. Ordinary Level -
Mando Secondary School