Workshop Presenters CHRIS AKIN Chris is the head of school, Beijing International School. Chris is an experienced school leader who has dedicated his entire career to International education. He has led schools across the globe, from Peru and Paraguay in South America to Switzerland and Indonesia over the last 20+ years in positions from athletics director to head of school. Chris acted as co-chair for the Recruitment Committee of the International Task Force for Child Protection and helped shape key safe practices for international schools that have been adopted in hundreds of schools. MARGARET ALVAREZ Margaret is currently head of ISS International School, Singapore. She has over 25 years experience in international education, ranging from international school teacher, middle leader, principal, head of school, and associate director of accreditation for the Council of International Schools (CIS). Dr Alvarez is currently president of the EARCOS board and is a member of the IB Asia Pacific Regional Council. NOELEHUA ARCHAMBAULT Noelehua is a member of Punahou’s class of 1991 joined Punahou in 2006, and is the senior director of development. Among the three, they have 80 years of successful campaign and fundraising experience.
GLENDA BAKER Glenda likes to ask, ‘So how can we improve this experience?’ She is an optimist, a systems and design thinker, and a person who believes in the power of learning to transform lives. Glenda has worked as a classroom teacher in schools in Australia and internationally, she has designed and taught PD courses for Global Online Academy, and presented at workshops on technology and innovation. She has been active in the Google Certified Innovator and ADE networks, and is also a trained Cognitive Coach. Currently Glenda is the MSHS Deputy Principal at UNIS Hanoi. KEVIN BAKER Kevin is the Head of School at Busan International Foreign School. Having served almost twenty fives years in EARCOS in a variety of leadership roles and having independent school head experience, he along with his fellow panelists will bring a fresh and meaningful perspective to this important topic.
CHIP BARDER Chip Barder is currently head at UNIS Hanoi and is passionate about making use of all the data we have at our disposal to help us understand more about what is happening at our schools.
CHRIS BEINGESSNER Chris is one of the deputy middle school principals at Singapore American School. Prior to coming to SAS in 2015, Chris held numerous teaching and school leadership roles K-12 in Canada. He began his career teaching middle school in small towns around Saskatchewan. While he loves Singapore, Chris laments not being able to do as many DIY projects around the home as he did in the past.
BAMBI BETTS Bambi is the director of the Principals’Training Center for International School Leadership (PTC) and founder of 4 additional training centers for international educators, including teachers, teacher leaders, counselors, school business leaders and governance members She has also recently completed ten years as the CEO for the Academy for International School Heads (AISH). Bambi has been a director, principal and teacher in international schools for over 30 years and a consultant in over 150 international schools, conducting professional development sessions on a wide range of topics related to the effective international school, including assessment, curriculum leadership, teacher leader strategies, instructional strategies, faculty evaluation, and governance. She has written many articles on practical ways to improve international schools and authors a regular column on the PTC pages of The International Educator (TIE), as well as a blog. JOANN BINNS Jo Binns has 12 years of teaching experience and was at ISB for 8 of those years. She completed her Masters of International Development in 2015 and has since been working on a variety of development projects in Lao PDR. The two presenters have combined their skills to look at how service learning can be more effectively used to deepen both student learning and benefits to beneficiaries. 48
EARCOS Leadership Conference 2017
