Budget supplementary... fine so we are now told as many negatives as is humanly possible. R300billion shortfall in tax collection predicted. 7,2% shrinkage of economy, the worst we have seen in 90 years. The list of course goes on and far be it for me to repeat these delightful predictions here.
Why though are these foisted upon us? Is this a mechanism for us as taxpayers and those who bend under the burden of an incompetent corrupt government, to express our support and say "shame" things are so tough for those in charge? Profits are down we are told- recently it was mentioned that Disney was 91% down on profit earnings. Oh my word...93% down. Share price dropped from $3.53 to $0.26 Let us consider that- In terms of actual profitability Disney still produced a massive profit, despite the share drop. The world in fact did not stop turning. So why should we raise our hands in horror at hearing the profit drop. (look at their statements of Income/Expenditure online freely available at https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/app/uploads/2020/05/q2-fy20-earnings.pdf and check for yourself if interested. We do not focus though on profitability but on the 93% down. Covid earnings loss we are told. The same story echoes throughout the world with economies shrinking "alarmingly"- yes I may well be being somewhat simplistic as we all know that economies need to be stronger, money needs to be flowing in so that governments can grow the respective sections of their country. But do they? Do we actually see any difference at all when the economy of a country is doing well (regardless of Covid- which is an excellent excuse to hide behind when things have been going downhill for a very long time). I would posit that very little changes. The rich get richer and the poor stay way behind with the gap between the "haves" and the "have-nots" growing apace. Do we see the "ghetto" type scenarios in rich economies? Of course we do! Do these governments do anything in real terms to solve these problems. Very little is ever done. Only if the system begins to complain and the economy (political?) is seen in more of a spotlight (world?) is anything ever said! Note "said"- the gap between governments saying they will do something and actually doing is huge.
The only thing that Covid has achieved in the positive sense is that it has placed spotlights on the inadequacy of governments worldwide to be truly forward thinking and prepare for the tomorrows.
The UK has seen some light...electric cars/bicycles and cycle/walking lanes being budgetted for- and we trust of course that as in most cases in governments that the actual budgetted amount is used for what it was supposedly put aside for and not moved to another area. And there are other encouraging signs. But...
South Africa borrowing heavily from as many world sources as possible to merely keep the populations heads above water. Taxi drivers, all 200 000 of them demanding at least a R30 000 "recovery" payment due to lockdown losses. What does this actually say in terms of their true earnings (most of which one can guarantee are never declared for tax purposes. Perhaps a further comment in terms of the fact that only 3 million of the South African population pay personal tax on earnings (not VAT). 3 million? Out of a population of some 57 million? And the country is supposed to manage on that amount?
Let me stop my rambling for now before I delve into the corruption of things such as VBR bank and past presidents.
Friday, June 26, 2020
Friday, August 19, 2016
Seminar Presenter matters
After 42 years in the Education profession in 3 countries and as a Headmaster/Principal or Head of Department for 38 of those years it was time to move on to something different. To reinvent myself and start again.
And what a joy it has been at the age of 63 to start again. So what am I doing?
Well part is directly related to the Education profession where I am marketing myself as a Seminar Presenter in such areas as :
And what a joy it has been at the age of 63 to start again. So what am I doing?
Well part is directly related to the Education profession where I am marketing myself as a Seminar Presenter in such areas as :
- Education Leadership and Management-
- The role of the HOD
- The role of the Principal/Headmaster/CEO
- The teacher as a leader
- Prefects/school leaders within the learner/student body
- How does one run a support team/Groundstaff/Secretarial staff
- Servant Leadership
2. General Education Matters
- Restorative Justice -A process presented to parents/learners and teaching staff. Each presented separately. (and not once off- a working together model for all)
- Staff Development: various areas including Classroom Management/Discipline in the Class/Dealing with Parents
- Staff Evaluation processes
- Strategic Planning
- Budget processes
- SA Schools Act and how it relates to the Independent School/State School
- The role of the Board/Governing Body
- Education Stories
- Brain Profiling (Neethling) For Learners/Adults
3. Corporate World
- Leadership in a time of recession
- Servant Leadership
- Stories that Educate us in our Leadership
- Educating your Boss
- Brain Profiling (as a stand alone or as part of another seminar)
Plus almost any other challenge a Business or Education Institution may have I would be willing to work on and present.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Anderson Recommendation
Mark D. Anderson
P.O. Box 10469
Beaconsfield
Kimberley 8315
South Africa
Mobile: 082-7880961
E-mail address: torgos.t@gmail.com
To whom it may concern
BRUCE PHILLIPS
This is to confirm that Bruce Phillips has been employed as the Headmaster at St Patrick’s College (CBC,
Kimberley) since January 2006. During this time I have been Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the
College’s Board of Governors.
During the above period Mr Phillips has been a very dedicated and committed Headmaster.
Mr Phillips has during his period of employment at St Patrick’s College been responsible for various
construction and maintenance projects, including the development of a new canteen, a resource centre,
a new music wing, rewiring of various areas of the school, a new crèche, major repairs to the clock in the
clock tower.
He has also initiated various fund-raising projects, including two major raffles (which raised reasonably
large amounts of money for the College).
I have been particularly impressed with Mr Phillips’ forward and lateral way of thinking. He has a longterm
vision for St Patrick’s College which takes the changing circumstances of South Africa into account.
Under his leadership the College has definitely been taken to a new level.
During the past two years, the St Patrick’s College pupil numbers have increased by about 20%, and this
has partly been due to Mr Phillips marketing exercises (including newspaper adverts, marketing trips to
Botswana and Johannesburg).
He has attended to various staff recruitment and staff and pupil disciplinary matters, and these have
been handled in a correct and professional manner.
Mr Phillips has enjoyed a good and productive working relationship with the Board of Governors,
including keeping the Chairman, the Finance Committee and the Board of Governors up to date on
College matters.
Yours sincerely
Mark D. Anderson
Chairman
Board of Governors
St Patrick’s College (CBC Kimberley)
P.O. Box 10469
Beaconsfield
Kimberley 8315
South Africa
Mobile: 082-7880961
E-mail address: torgos.t@gmail.com
To whom it may concern
BRUCE PHILLIPS
This is to confirm that Bruce Phillips has been employed as the Headmaster at St Patrick’s College (CBC,
Kimberley) since January 2006. During this time I have been Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the
College’s Board of Governors.
During the above period Mr Phillips has been a very dedicated and committed Headmaster.
Mr Phillips has during his period of employment at St Patrick’s College been responsible for various
construction and maintenance projects, including the development of a new canteen, a resource centre,
a new music wing, rewiring of various areas of the school, a new crèche, major repairs to the clock in the
clock tower.
He has also initiated various fund-raising projects, including two major raffles (which raised reasonably
large amounts of money for the College).
I have been particularly impressed with Mr Phillips’ forward and lateral way of thinking. He has a longterm
vision for St Patrick’s College which takes the changing circumstances of South Africa into account.
Under his leadership the College has definitely been taken to a new level.
During the past two years, the St Patrick’s College pupil numbers have increased by about 20%, and this
has partly been due to Mr Phillips marketing exercises (including newspaper adverts, marketing trips to
Botswana and Johannesburg).
He has attended to various staff recruitment and staff and pupil disciplinary matters, and these have
been handled in a correct and professional manner.
Mr Phillips has enjoyed a good and productive working relationship with the Board of Governors,
including keeping the Chairman, the Finance Committee and the Board of Governors up to date on
College matters.
Yours sincerely
Mark D. Anderson
Chairman
Board of Governors
St Patrick’s College (CBC Kimberley)
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Letter of Recommendation (3)
May 2008
When Pinelands Primary School in Cape Town, South Africa, advertised the post of Headmaster in 1993, Bruce Phillips was one of the applicants. At the time I was a member of the Governing Body of the school, so was one of the team who interviewed and appointed him, a fact I later boasted about occasionally! We were looking for a leader who would take the school into the new South Africa; someone with energy, enthusiasm, experience and high principles. The other applicants were good, but our decision was unanimous – no-one could compare with Bruce. And he more than lived up to our expectations.
From a personal point of view, Bruce became a dear friend. I was able to see him “in action” more often than other parents, as I helped the needlework teacher, and became involved in other projects, such as advertising school events. As a non-professional, I am not able to comment on his teaching, sports, or other skills, but can only talk about what I observed as a parent and governing body member.
The first thing that strikes one about Bruce is his good humour. The next is his serenity – if something gets him down, he doesn’t allow it to affect his work. His can-do attitude rubs off on those around him – he generates cheerful liveliness and activity – there is a happy buzz of busyness wherever he goes.
I also noticed how he was able to invigorate those who had been coasting, appointing extra tasks for them to add to their normal duties, that somewhat to their surprise they found they thoroughly enjoyed.
The youngest children in the school were aged between five and six. As a father himself, he realised that the Headmaster can be a rather daunting figure to the little ones. I heard how, when he had some spare time, he would arrive in a junior classroom, and sit down and talk to the children, listen to them, read them a story, or join in an activity.
My time at the school had ended when I dropped in for a visit one day and he told me had been appointed to Craighouse School. While I was sad he was leaving, I was happy for him, because he deserved such a wonderful opportunity. He told me that his knowledge of Spanish had been an advantage, and I recalled a story he had told me about his time in Walvis Bay, in Namibia. A Spanish-speaking family had come to live there, none of them speaking English. No-one in Namibia speaks Spanish. He met them when the children were enrolled at the school. Realising the family’s predicament, he started to learn Spanish, just so both the parents and the children would have someone to talk to and to help them adjust.
He did it out of the kindness of his heart. That, to me, sums up the man Bruce Phillips.
Patsy Tyler.
Ex-Governing Body Member,
Pinelands Primary School,
Cape Town.
I can be contacted as below:
Manager
Stable Court Lodging,Oldstone Hill,Antrim,BT41 4SB,Northern Ireland.Landline: + (0)28 9446 2222Cell: + (0)7985 446 511
When Pinelands Primary School in Cape Town, South Africa, advertised the post of Headmaster in 1993, Bruce Phillips was one of the applicants. At the time I was a member of the Governing Body of the school, so was one of the team who interviewed and appointed him, a fact I later boasted about occasionally! We were looking for a leader who would take the school into the new South Africa; someone with energy, enthusiasm, experience and high principles. The other applicants were good, but our decision was unanimous – no-one could compare with Bruce. And he more than lived up to our expectations.
From a personal point of view, Bruce became a dear friend. I was able to see him “in action” more often than other parents, as I helped the needlework teacher, and became involved in other projects, such as advertising school events. As a non-professional, I am not able to comment on his teaching, sports, or other skills, but can only talk about what I observed as a parent and governing body member.
The first thing that strikes one about Bruce is his good humour. The next is his serenity – if something gets him down, he doesn’t allow it to affect his work. His can-do attitude rubs off on those around him – he generates cheerful liveliness and activity – there is a happy buzz of busyness wherever he goes.
I also noticed how he was able to invigorate those who had been coasting, appointing extra tasks for them to add to their normal duties, that somewhat to their surprise they found they thoroughly enjoyed.
The youngest children in the school were aged between five and six. As a father himself, he realised that the Headmaster can be a rather daunting figure to the little ones. I heard how, when he had some spare time, he would arrive in a junior classroom, and sit down and talk to the children, listen to them, read them a story, or join in an activity.
My time at the school had ended when I dropped in for a visit one day and he told me had been appointed to Craighouse School. While I was sad he was leaving, I was happy for him, because he deserved such a wonderful opportunity. He told me that his knowledge of Spanish had been an advantage, and I recalled a story he had told me about his time in Walvis Bay, in Namibia. A Spanish-speaking family had come to live there, none of them speaking English. No-one in Namibia speaks Spanish. He met them when the children were enrolled at the school. Realising the family’s predicament, he started to learn Spanish, just so both the parents and the children would have someone to talk to and to help them adjust.
He did it out of the kindness of his heart. That, to me, sums up the man Bruce Phillips.
Patsy Tyler.
Ex-Governing Body Member,
Pinelands Primary School,
Cape Town.
I can be contacted as below:
Manager
Stable Court Lodging,Oldstone Hill,Antrim,BT41 4SB,Northern Ireland.Landline: + (0)28 9446 2222Cell: + (0)7985 446 511
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
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)
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
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
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
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