Professional Portfolio

Lee Blowers Education Education

Post Graduate Certificate in University of Hertfordshire July, 2011 Education (PGCE)

Linguistics with Creative University of Lancaster July, 2009 Writing School experience School experience

Kansai International Academy Homeroom teacher March, 2013-Present Deputy Headteacher March, 2015-Present

Wakamatsudai JHS Assistant Language Teacher Sept, 2012-Feb, 2013 Interac.Co Kenmore Park Junior School Classroom teacher (Year 4) Sept, 2011-Aug, 2012

Kenmore Park Junior School PGCE placement (Year 3)

Beechfield Primary School PGCE placement (Year 5) Professional Development International Baccalaureate

● Category 1 - Making the PYP Happen, Osaka, April 2013 ● Category 2 - Teaching and Learning, Osaka, Sept 2014 ● Category 3 - Concept based learning, Yokohama, Sept 2015 ● Category 3 - The role of Mathematics, Yokohama, Sept 2016 Professional Development - Lead at KIA

● Building your PLN, August 2015 ● Starting with Google classroom, August, 2015 ● New House system, March, 2016 ● Using Seesaw, March, 2016 ● iPads - Useful apps and best practice, March, 2016 Professional Development

● Collaborative technology practices & Educational models around the world, JALT Pan-Sig, 2016 ● Collaborative technology practices & Educational models around the world, JALT International conference, 2016 ● Seesaw: An E-learning portfolio to encourage and record students’ thinking and learning, Nara JALT, 2016 ● Seesaw: An E-learning portfolio, West Tokyo & Shinjuku GEG, 2016 Ed Tech

● Google Apps for Education (Ed Tech Team) Kobe, Feb 2016 ● Lead the rollout of Seesaw e-portfolios, KIA, 2015 ● Lead the enrollment of GAFE (now Google Suite) registration and supporting implementation of GAFE products, KIA, 2014 ● Set up Mobile Device Management and worked with PYP co-ordinator on heading school iPad set-up Student exchange programs

● Lead school exchange - 16 students to New Zealand, Feb 2016 ● Part of the team that organised Thames South students (New Zealand) first visit to Kobe, Japan, July 2016 School visits

School visits in , Holland and , November 2015

Switzerland Finland

Saunalahti School International School of Geneva Die Nieuwe Kring School Deutsche Schule College Du Leman International School of Villamonte Hilversum Kristillenkoulu School