{"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\/pl\/board\/bessie-speers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bessie Speers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elizabeth \"Bessie\" Cromwell Speers oficjalnie rozpocz\u0119\u0142a swoj\u0105 kadencj\u0119 jako si\u00f3dmy dyrektor szko\u0142y Middlesex 1 lipca 2023 roku, wnosz\u0105c na to stanowisko ponad 30-letnie do\u015bwiadczenie w niezale\u017cnych szko\u0142ach. Wcze\u015bniej przez osiem lat pe\u0142ni\u0142a funkcj\u0119 dyrektora Tower Hill School w Wilmington w stanie Delaware; jej pierwszym stanowiskiem by\u0142o stanowisko dyrektora w The Ethel Walker School w Simsbury w stanie Connecticut, gdzie pracowa\u0142a w latach 2007-2015. Wcze\u015bniejsze do\u015bwiadczenie Bessie obejmowa\u0142o r\u00f3wnie\u017c stanowisko asystenta dyrektora szko\u0142y, dziekana wydzia\u0142u, nauczyciela j\u0119zyka angielskiego i trenera w Episcopal Academy w pobli\u017cu Filadelfii; dyrektora ds. rekrutacji i planowania strategicznego w Calvert School w Baltimore; dyrektora ds. rekrutacji i pomocy finansowej, nauczyciela i trenera w The Bryn Mawr School w Baltimore; oraz zast\u0119pcy dyrektora ds. rekrutacji, trenera i doradcy w The Loomis Chaffee School w Connecticut. Swoj\u0105 karier\u0119 rozpocz\u0119\u0142a od wsp\u00f3\u0142pracy z National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Absolwentka The Bryn Mawr School, Bessie uzyska\u0142a tytu\u0142 licencjata z j\u0119zyka angielskiego w Middlebury College oraz tytu\u0142 magistra na Johns Hopkins University; studiowa\u0142a r\u00f3wnie\u017c w Middlebury's Bread Loaf School of English. W 2014 r. otrzyma\u0142a stypendium Klingenstein Fellowship w Columbia University's Teachers College i by\u0142a aktywna w r\u00f3\u017cnych organizacjach zawodowych,&nbsp;<em>w tym&nbsp;<\/em>Connecticut Association of Independent Schools, The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education oraz The National Coalition of Girls' Schools, a tak\u017ce The Heads Network i The Heads and Principals Association, kt\u00f3rych by\u0142a prezesem. Bessie zasiada\u0142a w zarz\u0105dzie Stowarzyszenia Niezale\u017cnych Szk\u00f3\u0142 Doliny Delaware (ADVIS), a obecnie jest powiernikiem Middlebury College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bessie od dawna zna Middlesex dzi\u0119ki swojemu m\u0119\u017cowi Tomowi, pastorowi prezbiteria\u0144skiemu, kt\u00f3ry uko\u0144czy\u0142 szko\u0142\u0119 w 1976 roku. Maj\u0105 dwoje dzieci, Nellie i Guthrie, a tak\u017ce Sweeta Yaqoobi z Kabulu w Afganistanie, kt\u00f3ra jest honorow\u0105 c\u00f3rk\u0105 i jest cz\u0119\u015bci\u0105 \u017cycia Speer\u00f3w od 2017 roku.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":57559,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"country":[],"staff_type":[95],"class_list":["post-57558","board","type-board","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","staff_type-board"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bessie Speers | ASSIST Scholars<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.assistscholars.org\/pl\/staff-board\/bessie-speers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pl_PL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bessie Speers | ASSIST Scholars\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Elizabeth \u201cBessie\u201d Cromwell Speers officially began her tenure as Middlesex\u2019s seventh head of school on July 1, 2023, bringing more than 30 years of experience in independent schools to the position. 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