Pearson International School Teacher Awards
Categories and how to nominate
There are three categories of award, and we welcome nominations from educators, leaders, parents and students. It doesn’t matter which school stage your nominee teaches or leads – they just need to be an educator or leader in an international school outside the UK.
You can submit nominations for any or all three categories and for as many colleagues as you like but please select only one category for each of your nominees. For example, if you have an outstanding teacher who has completed an innovative project at your school, consider which is the best fit: the Teacher of the Year OR the Outstanding Innovator of the Year. Do not nominate them for both categories.
With every nomination, please make sure you’re giving the fullest account of why your nominee deserves to be recognised and use the guidance in each category nomination form to help you do this.
International School Teacher of the Year
International School Leader of the Year
Outstanding Innovator of the Year
The judging team
We are delighted to have an esteemed team of international education experts on our judging panel for the Pearson International School Teacher Awards. Read about each judge below.
Colin Bell
Colin Bell is CEO of COBIS, working with British International schools across more than 80 countries worldwide.
Colin has taught in the UK, Far East and Europe and has led educational projects in the UK and internationally working with the DFE, Government Office for London, Eteach.com and the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames where he was a member of the school improvement Inspectorate. Colin is a founding member of the International Task Force on Child Protection and a Governor of Geneva English School and a Trustee of the British School in Tokyo.
Kam Chohan
Kam Chohan is Executive Director of ECIS. Kam is a passionate educator and previously lectured in mathematics and business. She holds qualifications and experience in Leadership and Professional Development and worked with the UK Government’s Behaviour Insights Team to apply the Nudge Theory to improve student outcomes on a national level.
Kam is committed to social justice and equity through diversity, inclusion, and intercultural understanding in international education.
Estelle Hughes
Estelle Hughes is Head of Secondary at the International School of Dakar. She holds Master's Degrees in International Education and Research and English Language and Literature.
Estelle is Cameroonian, and has lived in Cameroon, the Congo, France, India, the Netherlands, Switzerland. and Senegal. Her vision of education is international and powered by intercultural competence, creativity, peace and inclusion. Estelle founded an NGO: Africa Learning International that supports African teachers and builds bridges across cultures and schooling systems.
Timothy Veale
Timothy Veale is Director of Copenhagen International School.
Originally from Vancouver, Canada, he has two Bachelor degrees in History & Geography and Secondary Education from the University of British Columbia, an MA in Educational Leadership from Michigan State University and is completing a PhD in Educational Leadership at Purdue University. He has taught at the Anglo-American School of Moscow and at international schools in Thailand, Pakistan, Turkey, USA, Germany and Denmark.
As Director of an IB school, Tim is passionate about the value of an IB education.
David Albon
David Albon is Director of International Curriculum, Assessment & Qualifications at Pearson, and has been working in international education for over a decade.
He holds an MBA with a specialism in Leadership Practice.
Lisa Evans
Lisa Evans is Director of International Marketing and Europe Sales at Pearson.
She leads the team of marketers at Pearson who connect international school customers with the right products and support to help them meet their education goals, whether they follow a British, international or International Baccalaureate curriculum. She is also Sales Director for Pearson for Europe and the Americas and regularly visits international schools around the world, speaking on the future of international education and learning from international educators worldwide.
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