{"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\/sk\/board\/bessie-speers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bessie Speersov\u00e1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabeth \u201cBessie\u201d Cromwell Speersov\u00e1 ofici\u00e1lne nast\u00fapila na post siedmej riadite\u013eky \u0161koly v Middlesexe 1. j\u00fala 2023 a na t\u00fato poz\u00edciu priniesla viac ako 30 rokov sk\u00fasenost\u00ed v nez\u00e1visl\u00fdch \u0161kol\u00e1ch. Predt\u00fdm osem rokov p\u00f4sobila ako riadite\u013eka \u0161koly Tower Hill School vo Wilmingtone v \u0161t\u00e1te Delaware; jej prv\u00fdm riadite\u013esk\u00fdm p\u00f4sobiskom bola \u0161kola The Ethel Walker School v Simsbury v \u0161t\u00e1te Connecticut, kde p\u00f4sobila v rokoch 2007 a\u017e 2015. Bessie predt\u00fdm p\u00f4sobila aj ako z\u00e1stupky\u0148a riadite\u013ea \u0161koly, dekanka fakulty, u\u010dite\u013eka angli\u010dtiny a tr\u00e9nerka na Episcopal Academy ne\u010faleko Filadelfie; riadite\u013eka pre umiest\u0148ovanie a strategick\u00e9 pl\u00e1novanie na Calvert School v Baltimore; riadite\u013eka pre prij\u00edmanie a finan\u010dn\u00fa pomoc, u\u010dite\u013eka a tr\u00e9nerka na The Bryn Mawr School v Baltimore; z\u00e1stupky\u0148a riadite\u013eky pre prij\u00edmanie, tr\u00e9nerka a poradky\u0148a na The Loomis Chaffee School v Connecticute. Svoju kari\u00e9ru za\u010dala spolupr\u00e1cou s N\u00e1rodnou asoci\u00e1ciou nez\u00e1visl\u00fdch \u0161k\u00f4l (NAIS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bessie je absolventkou The Bryn Mawr School, bakal\u00e1rsky titul z angli\u010dtiny z\u00edskala na Middlebury College a magistersk\u00fd titul na Johns Hopkins University; \u0161tudovala aj na Middlebury's Bread Loaf School of English. V roku 2014 z\u00edskala \u0161tipendium Klingenstein Fellowship na Teachers College Kolumbijskej univerzity a akt\u00edvne p\u00f4sob\u00ed v r\u00f4znych profesijn\u00fdch organiz\u00e1ci\u00e1ch,&nbsp;<em>vr\u00e1tane&nbsp;<\/em>Connecticut Association of Independent Schools, The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education a The National Coalition of Girls\u2019 Schools, ako aj The Heads Network a The Heads and Principals Association, ktor\u00fdch bola prezidentkou. Bessie bola \u010dlenkou spr\u00e1vnej rady Asoci\u00e1cie nez\u00e1visl\u00fdch \u0161k\u00f4l v \u00fadol\u00ed Delaware (ADVIS) a v s\u00fa\u010dasnosti je spr\u00e1vky\u0148ou Middlebury College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bessie pozn\u00e1 Middlesex u\u017e dlho v\u010faka svojmu man\u017eelovi Tomovi, presbyteri\u00e1nskemu duchovn\u00e9mu, ktor\u00fd \u0161kolu absolvoval v roku 1976. 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