All-School Welcome Back Coffee

Monday, August 29St. John’s Theater

9:00 – 10:00

Agenda for morning events

• Welcome and Introductions – Tom Hawkins, Director

• What’s New at St. John’s – Tom Hawkins, Director

• New Deputy Director Post– Tom Hawkins, Director

• Philosophy and Guiding Statements – Marjan Blok,

Deputy Director

• Strategic Planning and Accreditation -

Invitation to Coffee Mornings

Monday, Aug. 29: Dr. Tom Hawkins, DirectorDr. Marjan Blok, Deputy Director

Tuesday, Aug. 30 : Dennis Davis, Athletic Director

Wednesday, Aug. 31 : Johanna Bambridge, Elementary School principal

Thursday, Sept. 1: Ben Kestner, Middle School principal

Friday, Sept. 2:Deborah Brook, High School principal

From 9-10 in the cafeteria

Admin Team Introductions

• Marjan Blok – Deputy Director• Adrian Bowcher – Business manager• Marcia De Wolf – Community Relations Director• Johanna Bambridge – ES Principal• Ben Kestner – MS Principal• Debbie Brook – HS Principal• Dennis Davis – Athletics and Activities Director• Jean-Louis Cornez – IT Manager• Alexandra List – HR Manager

What’s New at St. John’s

• New Deputy Director – Marjan Blok• New High School Principal – Debbie Brook• 15 Additional New Staff members (including Dean of

students, 9th-10th grade counselor, and high school ESOL specialist)

• Dual Language Program in Pre-K• New busing contractors and late buses for some

routes!

What’s New at St. John’s

• Netbooks for 6th graders• New furniture in some classrooms as trial• 2 new High school classrooms• Renovated D-level classrooms• Strategic Plan• Board Chair and Vice Chair – Gottfried Leibbrandt

and Bob Elliott • 2 openings on the Advisory Board…(Come learn

about the board September 8th)

D-Level Before

Planned changes

Renovation underway

Making progress…

Getting closer…with help!

After…

New furniture, Smartboards and laptops for teachers

DEPARTMENT: School-wide Administration

JOB DETAILS:

Job Title: Deputy Director

Directly responsible to: School Director

Directly responsible for: Curriculum, Teacher Development, and Student Support Services

Primary purpose of the job:First and foremost, the Deputy Director would add value to the school through leadership of educational initiatives and programming, and provide the Pre-K-12 scope in curriculum development, alignment and delivery necessary for a “guaranteed and viable curriculum”.

The Deputy Director would work closely with the Director and administrative team to ensure St. John’s has the capacity to provide and support excellent quality programs (curricular and co-curricular), as well as initiatives to be identified in the strategic plan.

The Deputy Director would be primary school leader in any absence of the Director.

The job will require thorough knowledge of school ethos, curriculum, operations and co-curricular programming.

New Role of Deputy Director – Dr. Marjan Blok

New Role of Deputy Director – Dr. Marjan BlokDirector Deputy Director Manage all aspects of the school in accordance with the policies and guidelines established by the Board

1. Provide leadership of appropriate educational and strategic initiatives at St. John’s

2. Serve as Acting Director in absence of School Director3. Initiate policy and procedures development in support of St. John’s

Guiding Statements

Provide educational leadership and vision for the long-term educational benefit of the student population

1. Lead school-wide Curriculum alignment, development and implementation

2. Collaborate on development of professional development model effectively supporting the delivery of curriculum

Providing strong leadership to all constituencies of the school in order to guide it through the next development phase

1. Lead the Strategic Plan strategy #1 on Teaching and Learning2. Analyze Student Support Services for entire school and initiate

improvements

Recruiting, mentoring and evaluating highly-qualified administrators, faculty and staff

1. Develop pedagogy and process for our own St. John’s Paradigm2. Provide analysis and feedback on teaching and learning at St. John’s3. Responsible for nurses and secondary library personnel

Maintaining St. John’s long-standing accreditation status with CIS and MSA

Lead the Accreditation Group B (school-wide) Curriculum initiative

Representing the school in local and international communities

Act as representative as needed in local or international communities with or without Director

St. John’s Guiding Statements – Marjan Blok

Our visionSt. John’s students live our values to impact the world.

Our mission St. John’s International School provides an English-language education based on Christian values, demands personal excellence and stimulates individual responsibility within a culturally diverse environment.

Our valuesSt. John's embraces its historical tradition and, in particular, the Christian values of:

Companionship - the gentleness to befriend and strength to accompany Integrity - being true to ourselves, to each other, and to our world Respect - of people, languages, cultures, beliefs and values

• Process involved the entire St. John’s community via questionnaires, focus groups and one-to-one meetings

• The Task Force on Strategic Planning included representatives from across the school (parents, students, teachers, staff, admin and Board members)

• Resulted in a Board-Approved, Community Developed 3-5 Year Plan - Living our Mission

• Facilitated by Adele Hodgson, ECIS Strategic Planning Facilitator

Process

Strategic areas

1.Teaching and learning2.Staff3.Students4.Finance5.Organization and management6.Marketing and communications

Business OperationsAdrian Bowcher, Business Manager

Special Thanks to Parent Teacher ProgramWelcome Committee Members

Shelley Johnson, Colleen Gilbert