Education
Certificate of International School Leadership Principal’s Training Centre July ‘18
Post Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership & Management University of Derby Aug ‘15
Masters Arts in Education (International Education) University of Bath July ‘12
Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Primary) Leeds Metropolitan University July '95
Bachelor of Science (Hons) Applied Biological Sciences Manchester University July '92
Primary School Principal Senior Leadership Team Tokyo International School, Japan 2015 – present
Primary Years Programme Coordinator Pre K – Grade 5 United Nations International School, Vietnam 2012 - 2015
Primary Years Programme Coordinator Pre K – Grade 5 Tokyo International School, Japan 2009 - 2012
Primary Years Programme Coordinator Pre K – Grade 5 Concordian International School, Thailand 2007 - 2009
Instructional Coach Grades 1 to 5 Aga Khan Academy Mombasa, Kenya 2003 - 2007
Primary School Teacher Grades 3, 4 & 5 International School of Milan, Milan, Italy 1999 - 2003
Primary School Teacher Grade 2 Moor Edge Primary School, U.K. 1996 - 1998
Middle School Teacher General Science, Grades 6 - 8 Cambridge Comprehensive School, Jamaica 1995 - 1996
Independent Consultant
2018 PYP & Reading/Writing Project: Are They Compatible? Shanghai Community International School
(workshop & consultancy)
Teacher Training Experience (IB Workshop Leader/ Online Facilitator)
2017 Assessment in the Primary Years 2018 Assessment in the Primary Years
2016 Assessment in the Primary Years 2013 Concept Based Learning
2016 Transdisciplinary Learning 2012 Assessment in the Primary Years
2015 Concept based Learning 2011 Assessment in the Primary Years
2014 Inquiry in the Primary Years 2011 Concept Based Learning
2014 Assessment in the Primary Years 2010 Pedagogical Leadership
2014 Teaching & Learning 2010 Assessment in the Primary Years
2013 Teaching & Learning 2009 Making the PYP Happen
2013 Concept Based Learning 2009 Assessment in the Primary Years
2013 Making the PYP Happen 2008 Collaborative Planning
IB Professional Development
2015 IB Regional Conference Macau 2014 IB Learn 2 Facilitate Online Workshop Training
2014 IB The Role of Mathematics in the PYP 2013 IB Regional Conference Singapore
2014 IB Regional Conference KL 2008 IB PYP Pedagogical Leadership, Workshop
2011 IB Regional Conference Melbourne 2007 IB PYP Inquiry Workshop, CIS, Bangkok
2008 IB PYP New Trainers’ Workshop, Chang Mai 2006 IB PYP Assessment Workshop Mombasa
2006 IB PYP Teaching & Learning Workshop 2005 IB PYP Inter-cultural Understanding,
2005 IB PYP Inquiry Workshop 2000 IB PYP Intermediate Workshop, FIS
2004 IB PYP Developing a POI Workshop 1999 IB PYP Beginners Workshop, Munich
Life Experience
• I am a competent, speaker of Italian and I speak conversational French
• I enjoy sport. I am an advanced skier and snowboarder. I am a member of my local gym. I am a keen trekker: glacier experience
(crampons, crevasses and wobbly legs). PADI qualified diver, wakeboarding & kite-boarding and running.
• I worked in ski resorts in the French Alps for two, full winter seasons
• I have held a full, clean, driving licence for 30 years (with substantial foreign driving experience).
• I have crossed the second highest mountain pass in the world, had tea at Europe’s highest mountain refuge, trekked across the Great
Indian Desert for three days on a camel, eaten boiled fish with Kenya’s rarest tribe, swam with dolphins, climbed three active volcanoes,
scaled Mt Kenya, camped out at 4800 metres, skied down Mt Blanc off piste, hand-glided from a granite peak in Rio de Janeiro, tickled the
belly of a cheetah till she purred, I once stroked a wild crocodile and I have survived being a relatively old dad for nearly three years!
Referees
Mr Charles Barder Mrs Carole Denny Ms Lorraine Izzard
Head of School Elementary Principal Head of School
UNIS, Hanoi UNIS, Hanoi Tokyo International School
C9 Ciputra C9 Ciputra 3 4 22 Minato Ku 108 0073
Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam Tokyo, Japan
Tel: +84 4 3758 1551 Tel: +84 4 3758 1551 Tel 81-3-5484-1160
HoS@unishanoi.org EPrincipal@unishanoi.org lorrainiz@tokyois.com