Job-Alike
STANDARD C: The Retention Stage
This Job Alike is an opportunity for education professionals with similar job responsibilities to share challenges and identify opportunities to improve HR management practices related to the following HRHR Retention Standards:
Establishing and demonstrating effective Governance and Leadership
Honoring contractual commitments
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies are understood, respected, and implemented
Open and clear channels for communication are maintained
Evaluation and professional development policies and practices contribute to improving teaching and learning in the school.
Language
English & Chinese Concurrent Session
What is a job-alike?
It is an opportunity to promote collaboration among education professionals with similar job responsibilities to enhance their craft, share knowledge, and network regionally. These highly intensive learning sessions provide an opportunity to share resources, information and engage in discussions and planning that will immediately benefit their schools.
Facilitator
Dr. Barry Drake
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Barry Drake jhas 40 years teaching and leadership in international schools in Africa, the Middle East, South East and East Asia, including periods in with the United World Colleges in Wales and Hong Kong. Barry was responsible for setting up the Fair in Hong Kong, where he spent the last 18 years of his school-based career. In 2009, Barry was presented with the ECIS Award for the Promotion of International Education. Barry's commitment to international education has been shaped by 26 years of involvement with the IB programmes incorporating over 20 years as an IB History examiner and moderator. Barry also has considerable experience with bilingual, bi-cultural education in the Middle East and China, and has shared his research on culture and education both in workshops and in his published papers. He has a BA in Economics and Modern History, and an MA in Economic History. His Ph.D in Education was awarded by the University of Bath (UK) for his research on pastoral care programmes in international schools. Barry was instrumental in developing comprehensive personal and social education programmes, including University and Careers Guidance, for students in his last two schools. Barry's other major areas of interest lie in the fields of teacher improvement/appraisal policies and in the opportunities for transformational educational offered through service learning.
Barry has recently helped set up the new United World College in China as a senior consultant and Interim Founding Head.