Relevant Employment History

  Primary Principal     August 2021- July 2024
  International School of Zug and Luzern I CH 

•  Responsible for 80 staff and 450 students EY3-Grade5  
•  Senior administrator on school building project partnering with Rosan Bosch Architects.
• Led the development of  innovative learning communities resulting in creative and collaborative teaching teams focused on individual learning
• Redesigned schedules to maximize individual student engagement and success.
• Introduced well-being practices into the school such as responsive classrooms, circle time, closing circles, meditation techniques

 
   Primary Principal     August  2017 –July 2021 
   Western Academy of Beijing | China

• Responsible for 135 staff and 590 students EY3-Grade5  
• Senior administrator on school building project partnering with Rosan Bosch Architects
• Senior administrator on outdoor learning spaces in Early Years partnering with Greenspace Beijing
• Steered primary school through one year online learning through the COVID 19 crisis, amplifying the importance of considering the learning space as students transitioned from online, to hybrid, to fully reintegrating back on campus.
• Led the development of a self-directed learning model resulting in high levels of student engagement and exceptional learning outcomes.  

 
    Primary Principal     August 2013 – July 2017 
    Istanbul International Community School | Turkey

• Responsible for 61 staff and 350 students EY3-Grade 6 across two campuses 
• Senior administrator on school building project partnering with Fielding Nair Architects
• Conducted deep Analysis on the effect of learning spaces on pedagogy, which shifted teacher’s practice.
• Designed and facilitated PD for faculty school wide to better equip  teachers with the concept of personalized learning, which also fed into new learning spaces conversations.

 
    PYP Curriculum Coordinator  August 2004-July 2013 
    Munich International School | Munich, Germany

• Responsible for overseeing the implementation, supervision and evaluation of  the International Baccalaureate curriculum across 30 classes from Early Childhood to Grade 5.  
• Oversaw the change to play based learning in the early childhood, resulting in changes to how learning spaces were utilized.
• Was instrumental in the creation of an Intercultural awareness committee which  helped to bring a deeper understanding of this topic to the whole school staff. 

 
     Teacher workshop leader/ School Accreditation Visitor        2003– 2023 
     Council of International Schools, International Baccalaureate  Global

• Team member for school accreditation visits focusing on the Early Years and Elementary.
• Facilitated over 20 workshops across Africa, Europe, and  Middle East region. Workshops included pedagogical leadership, the role of the coordinator, assessment, international mindedness, inquiry, teachers as researchers, the  action component, written curriculum and the role of language in PYP curriculum. 

     ESL & learning support specialist  2000-2004 
     Munich International School            

• Beginner and Intermediate ESL classes for EC and Grades 2 & 3
• Learning Support classes for EC and Grade 4; extension mathematics for Grade 4

     Primary Teacher, EY- Grade 7     1984-2000   
     Queensland Department of Education, Australia          ​

• Beaudesert State School, South Queensland: Years 2-7 learning support teacher-1990-2000
• Rathdowney State School, South Queensland: Composite 1,3,7 class - 1989
• Cunnamulla State School, far Western Queensland: Year 3, Librarian - 1988-1989
• Samford State School, Brisbane, Queensland:Year 2, Year 5 - 1984-1987