Educational Leadership Team

Richard Vaughan

Born in Sri Lanka, with early infant education in New Zealand followed by junior and senior schools and higher education in the United Kingdom.

• Bachelor of Education (Hons), Westminster College in Oxford, UK
• National Professional Qualification for Headship, National College of School Leadership, UK

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Frances Morton

Having qualified as a teacher in the UK in 1994, Frances spent 3 years teaching in Wales before joining the international circuit. She has since taught in the USA, UAE, New Zealand, Argentina and Colombia. She has also been a Senior IBDP Examiner and Moderator in Biology for 12 years.

• Masters Degree in Toxicology
• Bachelor Degree in Biochemistry
• PGCE from Worcester College

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Martyn Shadbolt

Mr Martyn comes from the United Kingdom and has been working in Primary education for over 30 years. He has worked internationally for the last 24 years in Singapore, China, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. He has been a class teacher, PYP coordinator and Head of Primary at five different PYP schools.

• Bachelor of Education, Exeter University, UK
• Masters in Educational Leadership, Bath University, UK

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Bissy Groom

Bissy Groom has been working at Northbridge International School Cambodia since 2015. She has experience in Early Education, Primary and Intermediate schools in New Zealand, and taught Secondary English and Drama in England.

• Graduate Diploma of Teaching, Wellington College of Education, New Zealand
• Graduate Diploma of History, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand
• Bachelor of Arts, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand
• Associate of the Trinity College of London, Speech and Drama Teaching
• Associate of the Trinity College of London, Pianoforte Performance

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Chris Krnic

Chris Krnic has a Bachelor Degree in Mathematics and a PGCE from University of Cambridge. He will be joining Northbridge International School from Dulwich College Seoul where he was Assistant Head and Head of Mathematics.

• Bsc (Hons) in Mathematics from the University of York
• PGCE from Homerton College, University of Cambridge

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Gill Presland

Gill Presland joined Northbridge from the IB Asia-Pacific Singapore Office, where she was the IB Educator Network Regional Manager.

• Bachelor of Education Degree in Social Sciences (Newcastle University, Aust)
• Guidance Counselor Certification (NSW Dep’t of Ed, Aust)
• Graduate Degree: Business Marketing (CSU, Aust)
• Future of Learning Summer Institute (Harvard University, USA)

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