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The IB has introduced a new series of workshops focused on leadership in IB World Schools. The workshops are led by an outstanding and diverse group of IB World School leaders who are passionate about sharing their knowledge IB leaders are adaptive, globally and locally engaged and and experiences to build a community of strategic inspire commitment to create a better world through and innovative IB leaders. education by leadership grounded in professional inquiry. Dr. Jeff Aitken College in Hong Kong, I focus on creating the Kathy Derrick Head of School, St John’s-Kilmarnock School (SJK) conditions whereby exceptional teachers are Vice Principal, Clearwater Bay School Ontario, Canada able to offer the very best learning Hong Kong I have written and worked for the IB as experiences and outcomes for students. I have gained an extensive range of Deputy Chief, Principal Leadership is a complex set of attitudes, skills, educational experiences by Examiner, workshop leader understandings, experiences and personal leading workshops and and evaluator for IB’s attributes that allow a person to move visiting IB World Schools global Quality Assurance individuals, groups or organizations forward to across more than 20 Framework. In November an agreed vision or goal. countries. I have held 2014, I was elected to the IB leadership positions in Heads Council. I served as Dr. Gerard Calnin Singapore, Australia and Assistant Head of the British International Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Hong Kong. Additionally, I have worked School in Singapore. I was also a teacher , Australia with leadership teams across Asia Pacific in and school leader at the American the implementation of the IB PYP. I believe In the past 30 years, I have held senior International School in Caracas, Venezuela in developing sustainable leadership leadership roles in the P–12 and the International School of Penang, structures that focus on and facilitate deep school sector, the tertiary Malaysia. My wife Mariana and I have two learning for students and teachers. sector, and at the system children who attend SJK. level. My leadership roles Leadership is about empowering and Leadership is strongly people-centred. I place include Head of School, mentoring others to lead. Developing leaders a priority on relationships, and strive to build Head of Professional who in turn develop leaders. trust and collaborative ways of working toward Development, and Head of student progress and success. Curriculum; I was the Dean of Studies at Kim Edwards Newman College. I have worked at several Formerly Deputy Principal, Presbyterian Dr. Margaret Alvarez IB World Schools, been a member of the Ladies’ College (PLC) Principal, ISS International School global professional development , committee, designed bespoke workshops, Singapore I have taught in Australia for more than 30 and helped develop the new IB Leadership As the former Associate Director for the years. For the past 10 years, I Series of workshops. Council of International have been responsible for Schools (CIS), I evaluated Discovering and nurturing the potential of implementing and international schools in others to lead. coordinating the MYP Europe, Asia, and the and Personal Project at Middle East and managed Denise Coates PLC in Perth. I am an international school Principal, Lake Leman International School experienced IB trainer, MYP evaluations in Asia. I assisted in Morges, Switzerland workshop leader, school visit team leader, designing CIS protocols to measure the consultant and field representative. I have During the past 20 years, I have worked in quality of international schools and joint presented at national and international three international schools in evaluations with the IB. I introduced three IB conferences in America, Australia, India, the French speaking region programmes to ISS. I am married to Antonio and Singapore and regularly host and of Switzerland. I lead the and our two daughters have attended IB present to visiting schools. MYP and the DP in a World Schools. bilingual international Creating a collaborative culture leads to higher Like directing an orchestra, empowering school where I also became levels of trust and respect. leaders to navigate the changing international the Head of Secondary School. education environment whilst maintaining a My two children are DP graduates and are Deidre Fischer collaborative environment amongst school currently studying law and history in the Head of School, DF Education community sectors so that they can understand, United Kingdom. I am an MYP school , appreciate and contribute to “the music.” services lead educator and a trainer of I discovered the world of teaching in the IB workshop leaders, school visitors, consultants in 1998when I moved and readers. Through my IB work I am able to Mark Beach overseas, teaching in the engage with a wider community of learners Principal, Discovery College Philippines, China, to acquire and share expertise. Hong Kong Mongolia, and Indonesia. I have a wide and varied educational Leading engagement for learning. I’ve held a variety of background including early leadership and childhood to senior management roles including secondary, special needs Head of School in three IB World Schools. I and distance learning. combine my depth and breadth of From a small Maori school experience with my love for teaching and in to my facilitating within my own business. The current position as Principal of Discovery core value that drives my career is integrity and the fundamental belief of being Peter Howe that capacity, I lead workshops and respectful and helping others achieve Head of College, United World College (UWC) participate in authorization visits and their potential. Maastricht programme evaluation visits in Africa, Europe “Great leaders find ways to connect with their The Netherlands and the Middle East. people and help them achieve their potential”. I am currently the Head of College at UWC Integrity, hard work, open-mindedness and Steven J Stowell Maastricht. I moved to the flexibility are traits that equip me with the ability Netherlands in January to support, mentor, inspire and innovate. Darlene Fisher 2012 after more than six Chief Learning Officer, The European Council years at UWC Adriatic Raquel Katzkowicz of International Schools (ECIS) Consultant, where I served in a myriad Director, Albert Einstein School International Baccalaureate of roles including IB Quito, Ecuador Coordinator, Deputy Head and London, United Kingdom For the past 20 years, I have worked as a Head of College. I am a Canadian educator, I have worked for more than 30 years as a school administrator and born and raised in Toronto, and am married teacher and administrator. trainer in Uruguay and to Sally. We have 3 children who have Within the last 16 years, I Ecuador. For 10 years, I was attended or are currently attending IB World worked in IB World also a United Nations Schools. In my spare time, I love to cycle and Schools in Oman, Educational, Scientific and spend time with my wife and kids at our Thailand, India, Turkey, Cultural Organization family home in Bourgogne. and the United Kingdom. I (UNESCO) consultant in the am currently working at ECIS I have an absolute faith in students and their areas of science education and secondary- to develop educational programmes for untapped potential. school education. Additionally, I have worked teachers and school leaders in international with MEd and PhD candidates on strategies schools. I also support schools in the Greg Hutchings for implementing innovations while process of IB authorization. My doctoral Superintendent, Shaker Heights City Schools respecting school cultures. My broad studies focus on educational leadership and Cleveland, Ohio, USA experience with the four IB programmes includes serving as a workshop leader for the impact of culture, and I assist in Under my leadership, our district became one administrators, an advisor for public and developing leadership workshops and of only eight in the country private schools in several Latin American pathways for heads of IB World Schools. authorized to offer the IB countries and a member of authorization and Culture matters in international leadership. Programme to all grade evaluation teams. levels. We have Nigel Forbes-Harper accomplished much in a I firmly believe in respect for diversity and in all students’ ability to learn if we as teachers and leaders Executive Director, Tranby College short time: Our graduation can find suitable ways to reach and teach them. Perth, Westerna Australia rate has risen to 93%, we opened a centre to expand our early I moved from the United Kingdom to childhood education program and we enjoy Australia in 1972 and began Brendan Kean an innovative partnership with Howard my full-time teaching Vice Principal, English Schools Foundation University to attract high-quality African- career in 1980 in Western Hong Kong American male teachers to our schools. I have Australia. This career took I have been involved in international held several previous leadership roles me to Papua New Guinea, education (in the PYP) for including Director of PreK–12 Initiatives for the of almost 10 years. I am near Alexandria City Public Schools in Virginia. Australia, Turkey and completion of my PhD, Thailand, where I served as Head of the An effective leader is courageous and possesses which focuses on the use Senior School at Prem Tinsulanonda vision, integrity and passion (VIP)! of collaboration to develop International School. I later served for five effective assessment years as head of school services in the Asia Catherine Ige strategies to improve student Pacific region and was responsible for the Head of School, Ibadan International School (IIS) learning. I have completed a Masters of management of IB programmes in IB World Nigeria, West Africa Education in PYP, contributed to PYP curriculum development, received the Jeff Schools in the region. I returned to With more than 17 years of experience in the Thompson Research Award, trained workshop Australia in 2012. educational sector, I am a leaders and participated in school visits. In my Collaborate, listen, reflect, decide. principled, dedicated and current role, I am responsible for building thorough administrator. I leadership capacity in middle leaders, leading am a motivator, an curriculum design and instruction and empowerer and a stickler developing strong relationships with all for detail. In addition to my stakeholders of the school. role at IIS, I also serve on the Board of Directors of the Association of Leading a school encompasses many aspects International Schools in Africa (AISA) and I am but the success of leadership is built on a workshop leader and trainer for the IB. In relationships and trust with all stakeholders. Peter Kotrc leadership at Hong Kong International Dr. James A. McSwain Director/CEO, Berlin Brandenburg School, where I held several positions Principal, Mirabeau B. Lamar High School International School during my 11-year tenure. I believe we owe Houston, Texas, USA Berlin, Germany it to our students to prepare them not only I have served 19 years at Lamar High for university, but for life. The I joined the Vienna International School (VIS) School, an IB World School transdisciplinary nature of the IB during its start-up stages, serving more than 3,300 programmes can really foster this, but it where I learned about the students. My vast takes clear leadership to help schools, IB. While teaching DP experience in the teachers, and students reach this goal. language and literature educational field includes and history, I had the Leadership is mostly about remaining true rural, suburban and urban opportunity to help to what we value and having the skills in settings with a wide range of develop the MYP and work in management and communication to ensure youth, including severely at-risk and several positions before becoming those values become shared. impoverished students. I hold a doctorate Secondary Head/Director of the International of Education in Educational Leadership, School of The Hague. I am interested in the Mark McCallum and my doctoral research focused on power of mission statements and the Vice Principal/Head of Secondary, Chatswood at-risk minority youth in alternative business aspects of schools. I am trained in International School education. systemic organizational development and Singapore Education is the foundation of civilization. My coaching and am a proud grandfather, a slow I am an educational change-agent, having role is to inspire, empower and encourage. It is but passionate runner and a bad cook. spent the past 16 years in conducting the orchestra, not playing the solo. Leading is service: enabling and empowering mid-sized international others to do their jobs well. schools in Singapore. I Peter Murphy have been Head of High Director, Vienna International School Medin Lamichhane School and Head of Vienna, Austria Principal, Ullens School Secondary/ Vice Principal at I joined Vienna International School after Kathmandu, two international schools in serving for eight years as I am from a remote village in Nepal, and I now Singapore. I have overseen the school-wide the Director at Bonn lead the Ullens School—the implementation of the DP and MYP in two International School in first and only DP School in different schools. My passion as an educator Germany. I represent the Nepal. We provide holistic is in leading educational changes in schools, Africa, Europe and Middle education to children with and in navigating great groups of teachers East region as chair of the respect and dignity, through school change. I have unique IB Regional Council. Also, I am allowing them to achieve insight into educational change, having led the Board Chair of the Metropolitan School their full potential. I believe in respecting two schools firsthand through multi-year Frankfurt, Association of Central European the diversity that exists in our society and educational change processes. Schools (ACES) and Metropolitan School encouraging children to be proud of their Successful leaders have to understand Frankfurt. I am a team leader for school culture and heritage. I have published many themselves, understand their organizations, accreditation visits, supporting the work of articles in education journals and led training develop a strategic vision, and have the both the Council of International Schools programs and workshops. I am the executive courage to act. and the IB. I am currently completing an member of South Asia International MSc in Leading Innovation and Change. Baccalaureate Schools Association (SAIBSA) Dr. Jim McConnell Leadership is the process of influencing others and have received a National Education Founding Head, Stratford Hall to understand and agree what needs to be Award from the Government of Nepal. Vancouver, Canada done and how it can be effectively done by An inspiring and ethical leader with distributed I have more than 40 years of experience in facilitating individual and collective efforts to leadership practices helps students learn and schools, with more than half accomplish shared objectives. achieve and establishes trust and trustworthiness in senior administration. among staff, students and community. Stratford Hall has been continued, next page one of the leaders in J Courtney Lowe developing an IB Director, Western Academy of Beijing Continuum experience; I led Beijing, China the authorization process for I came to education through an interest in the PYP, MYP and DP and worked at creating languages and linguistics. I a strong and unified IB culture throughout made the transition to the school. My own leadership has been international schools formed from a range of experiences and while in Japan, teaching reflection, but most importantly through at Canadian Academy in academic work in my doctorate studies. Kobe. I moved into The lifeworld of leadership. continued from previous page Glenn Odland JoAn Radojkovich Mona Seervai Head of School, Canadian International School Principal, Primary School Canadian Principal, Bombay International School Canada International School Mumbai, India I have been an educational leader for more Singapore I have lived life in 10-year nuggets—first I than 20 years and have I have been involved in all facets of pursued biochemistry until occupied several education, educating my mid-twenties. Next I leadership roles in both students (PreK – worked with poor urban North America and university), training women, trying to Singapore. I am currently teachers, actively organize them around in my tenth year as the working with parent shelter in Mumbai. This is Head of School at the groups, partnering with my twelfth year as the Canadian International School in Singapore, non-governmental principal of a school offering the DP, an IB continuum school offering the PYP, organizations, and working as global Cambridge International General MYP and DP. I have been a keynote speaker curriculum manager for the IB. A firm Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) at educational conferences around the world believer in the power of a well-educated and a candidate for PYP. The IB has and written materials for the scholarly mind and heart, I am dedicated to reaffirmed my educational philosophy and Journal of Research in International Education. developing, teaching, consulting, and beliefs and helped me meet many Self-aware and other-focused inspiring the values and philosophy of the like-minded individuals across the world. I IB. I am passionate about pioneering new have been on the Regional Council since educational initiatives and putting 2012 and also serve on the Board of the Marisa Perazzo research into practice. Indian School Leadership Institute. Deputy Head, Northlands School A leader is one who is active, passionate Buenos Aires, Argentina Leadership requires character and competence to understand self, the context you lead in and and has the energy to drive programmes I am a graduate Teaching English as a foreign where and how to move next. and the warmth and empathy to carry the language (TEFL) teacher and team forward and support when there are hold an MA in Applied challenges. Linguistics. I have taught Kathy Saville English and international Leader, Wesley College exams classes for more Melbourne, Australia Lucila Sotomayor y Pena than 20 years and trained I have been involved in education for more Director, Bachillerator Universidad Popular teachers at National Training than 25 years and have Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP) College in Buenos Aires for more than 10 taught in , Puebla, Mexico years. I am a Cambridge English examiner, a primary and junior In 1969, I became an English teacher. In team leader, and a Centre Exams Manager. I secondary classes, as well 1985, I cofounded a K–12 have presented extensively for Cambridge as in tertiary institutions bilingual school, served as English Exams as well as in Latin American in both undergraduate the academic director and conferences on both pedagogy and and graduate teacher was involved in the management. I am married with one son. education programs. I am currently the professional development Leaders should above all be able to communicate College Teaching and Learning Leader at of my teammates. I led the their visions powerfully and convincingly. Wesley College, Melbourne, which is an implementation of the PYP, independent coeducational school of 3200 MYP and DP programmes in the school. students on three campuses. Involved in Since 2009, I have led the implementation Dr. Malcolm Pritchard the PYP since 2002, I helped introduce this of the DP and the CP in UPAEP high schools. Head of School, The Independent Schools programme to the Glen Waverley campus, Teaching others has made me a lifelong Foundation Academy where I was also PYP coordinator. I have learner and serving others has given me a Hong Kong seen the programme through its sense of purpose. Now, learning to lead The Foundation Academy is a K–12 Chinese- authorization and subsequent first others to serve is one of the most important English bilingual IB World evaluation visit. I have also been Deputy aspects of my life. School in Hong Kong (MYP, Director of Curriculum K–12. I have been a Leading through service. DP). Formerly, I served as PYP workshop leader, visiting team principal of Kormilda member and leader, field representative, continued, next page College, an IB World School and consultant for a number of years. (DP) with a strong Australian A shared vision that is collaboratively Indigenous boarding constructed and grounded in identified enrollment, located in Darwin, Australia. In best practice. addition, I founded Caulfield Grammar School’s cultural immersion campus in the Chinese city of Nanjing and was the Head of Languages at Melbourne Grammar School. Serving others: A state of being, an act of doing continued from previous page Andreas Swoboda Council, member of the Headmasters & Chris Wright Head of School, International School of Hamburg Headmistresses Conference and a member of Director of Education, Woodard Schools Hamburg, Germany the IB educator network (IBEN). I serve as United Kingdom In 1993, I started teaching in Meru, Kenya. In Honorary Secretary to Friends of Round I have been working in education for more 1996, I took my first Square, South East Asia and the Gulf Region. than 30 years in a range of leadership position as Currently, I am leading a mentoring initiative roles, including as head of Administration Manager of with a school in central India. three schools. My first IB the German Nairobi Inspiring, listening, collaborating, building experience was in 1995 School. From 2001 to 2009, capacity and leading with passion, empathy when I worked in the I served the German and integrity is my mantra. Middle East as principal of European School Singapore, an international school. There, I first as Director of Administration, and later as Sean Watt introduced the DP and was the theory of the founding Director of the European Deputy Head of School, Preparatory knowledge coordinator. I have been Section. I worked in Mumbai, India, as Head of Prince Alfred College fortunate to work with schools in Albania, School at Oberoi International School, before I South Australia, Australia Venezuela, Russia, Mostar in Bosnia, and joined the International School of Hamburg. I Greece and am interested in how successful I have held leadership positions in schools for have experience in three IB programmes and leadership in international schools is both more than 15 years. I have serve on various authorization committees for culture and context driven. worked in Primary, Middle the DP in Asia Pacific. and Senior School settings Schooling is about human flourishing, and I strongly believe involving the team in important through a range of classes expert leaders making a difference. decision making processes. This makes projects and subjects. My senior their own and in turn helps develop individual leadership positions include Chris Wyatt skills and increases job satisfaction. Head of Teaching and Learning, Master, Trinity Grammar Preparatory School Head of Middle School and Head of Junior , Australia Jimena Taboada School. I have been lucky to be involved in I am currently teaching in my third IB World Head of School, St Brendan’s School developing and leading workshops with the School and have been Montevideo, Uruguay IB for the past three years. involved with the PYP for 12 I have been an active member of the IB Every person has a worth that needs fostering years. I felt an instant educator network since 2001 and developing. connection to the IB and when I was trained as a PYP particularly the PYP due to site visitor and workshop Peter Welch the close alignment with my leader. I was also a regional Director, International School of Helsinki (ISH) philosophical and pedagogical representative in the PYP Helsinki, Finland values. My wife and I have three children—a committee from 2005–2008 girl and two boys—so life is always busy and I am director of ISH, a three-programme IB and chaired the same keeps us both on our toes. World School with a diverse committee in the term 2009–2010. I am Pre-K–12 student Educational leadership is facilitating the learning passionate about educational inquiry and population. I have served of all members of a community based on values contributed to the development of various IB as Director of the and being sensitive to the context and culture of curriculum documents. I currently reside in International Community the school. Montevideo with my husband Fernando. School in Istanbul—a school Leadership is about building the collective capacity with a similar profile to ISH. of the school community so that the learning Previously, I was head of the American Pacific experiences are successful in fulfilling the shared International School in Thailand. Originally vision of making a better world through education. from Nottingham, England, I have spent most of my career overseas, working in Africa, Asia, Vanita Uppal Europe, and North America. My wife, Director, The British School of New Delhi Suzanne, is an artist and hails from Toronto, New Delhi, India Canada. Our daughter Gaby is Grade 5 at ISH. I work with schools in India on curriculum The nature of effective leadership is entirely development for International dependent on the cultural and professional General Certificate of context of our work. Secondary Education and IB programmes. I am a member of Visiting Learn more about the IB Leadership Workshop Series. Accreditation Teams for the www.ibo.org/professionaldevelopment/ib-leadership-series Council of International Schools, a mentor with the Global Teacher Register for a workshop at Accreditation Programme of the British www.ibo.org/en/workshops (keyword “lead”)