{"id":57558,"date":"2025-07-02T09:10:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assistscholars.org\/?post_type=board&#038;p=57558"},"modified":"2025-07-02T12:27:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T16:27:22","slug":"bessie-speers","status":"publish","type":"board","link":"https:\/\/www.assistscholars.org\/lt\/board\/bessie-speers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bessie Speers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2023 m. liepos 1 d. Elizabeth \"Bessie\" Cromwell Speers oficialiai prad\u0117jo eiti septintojo Middlesexo mokyklos vadovo pareigas ir \u012f \u0161ias pareigas atne\u0161\u0117 daugiau nei 30 met\u0173 patirties nepriklausomose mokyklose. Anks\u010diau ji a\u0161tuonerius metus vadovavo \"Tower Hill\" mokyklai Vilmingtone, Delavero valstijoje; pirm\u0105 kart\u0105 vadovavo \"The Ethel Walker\" mokyklai Simsberyje, Konektikuto valstijoje, kur dirbo 2007-2015 m. Bessie anks\u010diau taip pat dirbo mokyklos direktoriaus pad\u0117j\u0117ja, fakulteto dekane, angl\u0173 kalbos mokytoja ir trenere Episkopalin\u0117je akademijoje netoli Filadelfijos; \u012fdarbinimo ir strateginio planavimo direktore Kalverto mokykloje Baltimor\u0117je; pri\u0117mimo ir finansin\u0117s pagalbos direktore, mokytoja ir trenere Bryn Mawr mokykloje Baltimor\u0117je; pri\u0117mimo direktoriaus pavaduotoja, trenere ir patar\u0117ja Loomis Chaffee mokykloje Konektikute. Savo karjer\u0105 ji prad\u0117jo dirbdama Nacionalin\u0117je nepriklausom\u0173 mokykl\u0173 asociacijoje (NAIS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bessie baig\u0117 Bryn Mawr mokykl\u0105, Middlebury koled\u017ee \u012fgijo angl\u0173 kalbos bakalauro laipsn\u012f, o Johnso Hopkinso universitete - magistro laipsn\u012f; ji taip pat studijavo Middlebury \"Bread Loaf\" angl\u0173 kalbos mokykloje. 2014 m. ji gavo Klingen\u0161teino stipendij\u0105 Kolumbijos universiteto Mokytoj\u0173 koled\u017ee ir aktyviai dalyvavo \u012fvairi\u0173 profesini\u0173 organizacij\u0173 veikloje,&nbsp;<em>\u012fskaitant&nbsp;<\/em>Konektikuto nepriklausom\u0173 mokykl\u0173 asociacija, Dvasinio ir etinio ugdymo centras, Nacionalin\u0117 mergai\u010di\u0173 mokykl\u0173 koalicija, taip pat \"The Heads Network\" ir \"The Heads and Principals Association\", kuri\u0173 abiejose ji buvo prezident\u0117. Bessie buvo Delavero sl\u0117nio nepriklausom\u0173 mokykl\u0173 asociacijos (ADVIS) valdybos nar\u0117, o \u0161iuo metu yra Middlebury koled\u017eo patik\u0117tin\u0117.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bessie jau seniai pa\u017e\u012fsta Middlesex\u0105 per savo vyr\u0105 Tom\u0105, presbiterijon\u0173 dvasinink\u0105, kuris 1976 m. baig\u0117 \u0161i\u0105 mokykl\u0105. 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