Curriculum Vitae

NAME: Bruce Raymond Phillips

DATE OF BIRTH: 27 September 1952
AGE: 60
CONTACT DETAILS:
email: phillipsbr@gmail.com
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Meggan, ID: 6805300105083

1. PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC CAREER
· GRADUATED in 1970, Westerford High School, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
· EDUCATION TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGE PAARL (SOUTH AFRICA) 1972- 1975
- Teaching Diploma (4 Year Training)
- Physical Education
- History Majors
· UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA (UNISA) BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE (Philosophy/English Majors)
· UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN (UCT)BACHELOR OF EDUCATION DEGREE
- Awarded a UCT Scholarship (Funding from Belgium)

ADDITIONAL STUDIES

· TECHNIKON SA/UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA – 1990
- Certificate in Business Management – Economics;
- Business Management, Business Practice
· UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH (SOUTH AFRICA)
- Diploma in Educational Leadership and Management. (2 Years)
· BOLAND COLLEGE OF EDUCATION/STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY
- 1991/1992 Further Diploma in Education
- Educational Leadership/Management & Educational Research
· IN SERVICE TRAINING :
- Attended MASC (Mathematics/Science) Course, 6 weeks at Stellenbosch
University in 1982
· South African Teachers’ Association Professional Growth Seminars.
- Managing Conflict - March 1989 / Leadership Development - February 1990
- Optimizing Learning - August 1990 /- Multiculturalism - June 1991
· PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES IN CHILE
- Primary Years Program (PYP) (Buenos Aires & Lima)
- Middle Years Program (MYP) (Chile)
- Storytelling as a teaching method
- 5 Conferences attended- various educational methodological topics covered
- Latin American Heads (LAHC) 4 day Student Leadership Conference
· LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY:
- English (First Language-read/write/speak)
- Afrikaans (Second Language-read/write/speak)
- Spanish (Third Language- read/speak)
2. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: (Total 31 years)

· SOUTH AMERICA, SANTIAGO CHILE:
(Association of British Schools)
CRAIGHOUSE SCHOOL 2001 – 2004 (1600 Students)
· Director
· Senior Management Team
· Additional:
- English Grades 7/10
- Cricket Coach, Hockey Umpire & Coach (Senior)
- Football Referee & Coach (Senior)
- Association of British Schools Education Committee
- Excelsior Educational Magazine Founder & Editor
SCHOOLS IN SOUTH AFRICA (From most recent position held)

CBC St Patrick’s, Kimberley, Northern Cape.
(2006→)
· Headmaster/CEO

· THE PINELANDS SCHOOL, CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA
8 years (1993-2000)
· Headmaster
· Guest Lecturer at Cape Town College of Education
· THE GROVE SCHOOL, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
3 years 4 Months (1990-1992)
· Deputy Headmaster
· WESTERFORD HIGH SCHOOL, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
4 years (1976-1979)
· Teacher - Physical Education, English, History
NAMIBIA

DUNESIDE HIGH SCHOOL WALVIS BAY
9 years and 6 months (1980- 1989)
· Head of Junior School- Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 7 (co-ed)
· Physical Education, Boys Grades 6 to 12
· English: Grades 8-12
· Mathematics: Grades 6-8
· Biology: Grade 10

MUIZENBERG HIGH SCHOOL, CAPE TOWN,SOUTH AFRICA: (April-December 2005): English: Grades 8-12 (Temporary teaching position prior to taking up teaching post at CBC St Patrick’s as Headmaster/CEO.)

3. ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL INVOLVEMENT
· EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Sub-Examiner: English
ADULT EDUCATION: (1981 –1985) Lectured English, Biology & History to
Disadvantaged African Ovambo adults in Kuisebmond Township Grades 10-12

Part Time Lecturer to B.Ed students at UCT as well as Cape Town College of Education students.
· SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATION INITIATIVE (SUPEDI-NGO) Local co-
ordinator for a supplementary education program teaching disadvantaged
youngsters, English, Mathematics & Science from Grades 4-9.
Seminar Leader/Presenter for Staff Development topics (These vary from Classroom Management Techniques for teachers to Bullying for students) I usually present 3 to 4 such seminars per school term.

· SOUTH AFRICAN TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION VICE PRESIDENT, CAPE
TOWN BRANCH -1993/4 & 7. PRESIDENT: 1995/96
· WESTERN CAPE PRINCIPALS’ ASSOCIATION VICE PRESIDENT 1997/98
SOUTH AFRICAN PRINCIPALS’ ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE and FOUNDING MEMBER
1995-1999.
· GENERAL SPORT ADMINISTRATION/COACHING-SCHOOL /CLUB
- Organizer Peninsula Schools’ Athletics (Cape Town- 40 schools)
- Coach and Umpire Western Province Schools’ Cricket
- United Cricket Board of South Africa Level II Coaching Certificate
- Coach &  Umpire Schools’ as well as Men’s / Women’s Hockey
- Griqua Cricket Premier League Umpire (Levels A, B & C qualified)
- Director Griqua Cricket
- Vice Chair Kimberley Cricket Association
-Vice Chair Kimberley Cricket Umpires Association

9. NON-SPORTING ACTIVITIES:
- Member of Walvis Bay Round Table Association-1981-89
- Round Table Chairman 1987
- Scriptwriter for Round Table Melodramas 1982 & 1988
- Melodrama Director-1988
- Sunday School Superintendent, 1988/89 (Baptist Church, Walvis Bay)
- Church elder 2001 to 2005 (San Marcos Presbyterian Church-Chile)
- Lay Preacher
- Beaconsfield Methodist Church Member

10. SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS - POST SCHOOL
- South African, Western Cape - Boland “B” Cricket Colours-1975
- South West Africa - Namibia Cricket Colours-1983
- South African, Cape Town, First League Football -
- South African, , First League Hockey - 1978/88
- Indoor Hockey National Level
- Santiago, Chile, Cricket National Side - 2001 to 2004
- Buenos Aires, Latin American Championships - 2002 - Argentina
- Coach Chilean National Cricket Team: 2004
- Coach of CBC St Patrick’s 1st Cricket Team-2007-2011

Letters of Reference (2)

18 February 2008

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN


LETTER OF REFERENCE : BRUCE PHILLIPS

Bruce Phillips has asked me to write a letter of reference covering his time spent at Craighouse School, Santiago de Chile, where he spent four years as Director of Junior School, and I am delighted and honoured to oblige. He spent a total of four years at the School between the period March 2001 to December 2004.

Bruce and I served on the School Management team together and I was impressed by his participative role played in finding solutions for the whole school at a strategic level. He was a reliable team man who portrays all the necessary talents and skills to form an integral part of any team. His value standards are high and he expects those around him to perform at the same level as he does. He is quick to assist his fellow peers in whichever manner possible and this virtue reflects in his personal management. His infectious enthusiasm for education certainly is praiseworthy and he goes beyond the norm, to stay abreast of educational development at international level. He enjoyed a great deal of support from his teaching staff and was personally involved in sport coaching and refereeing both at the Senior and Junior levels of the School.

His greatest asset, I have always thought, is his enthusiasm and happiness, which is mirrored on his face. Every team, be it sports, social or business will want to have him on it, because he exudes confidence, fun and a “can-do” attitude to everything. One feels with Bruce that nothing will get him down for too long – he simply bounces back. People like Bruce.

Having served in a foreign country for four years has made Bruce resilient, independent and self-demanding. He sets goals for himself and performs under pressure and one just knows that one can rely on him under all circumstances. I have little doubt that he will form part of a team, in his quiet confident manner. He is a leader of men who, leads by example, always putting the institutions interest ahead of his own personal feelings. Perhaps it would be prudent to inform you that Bruce played a leading role in establishing the Chile Cricket Association which has gone from strength to strength. His resilience is portrayed in the manner in which he managed to group all the enthusiasts to leave a lasting legacy of his efforts.

I have not the least hesitation in recommending my friend Bruce to you as he will surely add value to your School and institution.



RENÉ SINCLAIR
CRAIGHOUSE SCHOOL : HEAD OF INFANT SECTION

Letters of Reference

February 2008.

To whom it may concern


It is a great pleasure for me to write a letter of recommendation for Mr Bruce Phillips and I do so in the belief that he is an outstanding educator.

As Head of a British School in Santiago de Chile, I knew Bruce as a colleague during his years of service in a neighbouring school in the city. As Chair of the Education Committee of the Association of British Schools in Chile, it was my privilege to have Bruce serve as a member of the committee.

Bruce is a knowledgeable and committed professional, willing to share his vision with others and determined to give of his best for all learners. As a member of the Education Committee, which oversees both the shared professional development programme for all staff of the eighteen member schools across Chile and an annual calendar of pupil events across all curricular areas and age groups, Bruce was able to demonstrate his creativity and commitment.

Bruce’s participation in meetings was always positive and reflected his sense of responsibility towards the committee’s work. He brought a pro-active and insightful perspective to the committee and I always considered him to be a dynamic and determined member of the team. The Excelsior newsletter, which was his creation, offered the education community a brilliant vehicle for sharing professional viewpoints and experiences.

Bruce holds principled views and strongly supports inter-school exchanges, one of which I remember vividly – in which some fifteen teachers and over four hundred pupils from our respective schools spent a day together in mixed groups on a series of language-based tasks. Bruce was a tireless advocate of such experiences for school communities.

In my recommendation I should like to emphasise the deep respect that I have for Bruce as a leader who cares for his pupils and staff. He offers a considerable depth of experience with a very strong desire to bring out the best in everyone.

I should be most pleased to offer further information upon request.

Freddie Russell-King
Freddierussellking1@mac.com