All-School Welcome Back Coffee
Monday, August 29
St. 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, Director
Dr. 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
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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
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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
New Role of Deputy Director – Dr. Marjan Blok
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 cocurricular), 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
Director
Manage all aspects of the school in accordance
with the policies and guidelines established by
the Board
Deputy Director
1. Provide leadership of appropriate educational and strategic initiatives at
St. John’s
2. Serve as Acting Director in absence of School Director
3. 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
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Lead school-wide Curriculum alignment, development and implementation
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
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Lead the Strategic Plan strategy #1 on Teaching and Learning
Analyze Student Support Services for entire school and initiate
improvements
Recruiting, mentoring and evaluating highlyqualified administrators, faculty and staff
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Develop pedagogy and process for our own St. John’s Paradigm
Provide analysis and feedback on teaching and learning at St. John’s
Responsible for nurses and secondary library personnel
Maintaining St. John’s long-standing accreditation
status with CIS and MSA
Representing the school in local and international
communities
Lead the Accreditation Group B (school-wide) Curriculum initiative
Act as representative as needed in local or international communities with or
without Director
St. John’s Guiding Statements – Marjan Blok
Our vision
St. 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 values
St. 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
• 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
Strategic areas
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Teaching and learning
Staff
Students
Finance
Organization and management
Marketing and communications
Business Operations
Adrian Bowcher, Business Manager
Special Thanks to Parent Teacher Program
Welcome Committee Members
Shelley Johnson, Colleen Gilbert