Leading in an IB School and beyond with Gavin Kinch

About this episode

Gavin Kinch discusses his journey in IB education and his philosophy on mentoring teachers.

Send us Fan Mail Gavin Kinch has been on an IB journey which began as a classroom teacher and has led him to be appointed the IB School Leadership Council chairperson. Along the way, he has developed a philosophy of mentoring younger teachers through their own professional journeys. He talks about the 'classroom teacher' to 'school teacher' transition. Gavin is the Principal of ACS, an IB school in Singapore which has close to 200 IB graduates every year. As he says, there is a great team of ...

People in this episode

Guest: Gavin Kinch

Topics covered

• IB education
• mentoring
• school leadership
• teacher development

Keywords

• IB School Leadership Council
• classroom teacher
• school teacher
• ACS Singapore

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Places: Singapore

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