Pearson International School Teacher Awards
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International School Teacher of the Year
International School Leader of the Year
Outstanding Innovator of the Year
The judging team
We are delighted to have an esteemed team of international education experts on our judging panel for the Pearson International School Teacher Awards. Read about each of our past judges below.
Estelle Hughes
Estelle Hughes is Head of Secondary at the International School of Dakar. She holds Master's Degrees in International Education and Research and English Language and Literature.
Estelle is Cameroonian, and has lived in Cameroon, the Congo, France, India, the Netherlands, Switzerland. and Senegal. Her vision of education is international and powered by intercultural competence, creativity, peace and inclusion. Estelle founded an NGO: Africa Learning International that supports African teachers and builds bridges across cultures and schooling systems.
Estelle judged the 2023 and 2024 Teacher Awards.
Sarah Kupke
Sarah Kupke is Head of School Relationships and Partnerships at ECIS. In international school headship positions, she led teams who developed innovative, dual language and interlingual approaches to learning and language development. She has worked in the UK and Germany as a primary, secondary and special education teacher, and she taught undergraduate education in London.
Driven by the conviction that the life-long journey of engaging with intercultural understanding is vital to our appreciation of one another, Sarah is passionate about pursuing a journey to nurture diversity, equity, inclusion and justice.
Sarah judged the 2024 Teacher Awards.
Natalie Williams
Natalie Williams is Director of Membership and Engagement at the Council of British International Schools, having joined COBIS after 10 years working in the publishing industry. She has worked in several COBIS Supporting Associate companies, both in the UK and internationally, in sales and marketing roles.
Before joining COBIS, she worked for Oxford University Press in their Dubai office. Natalie is a school governor for a primary school in Kent and has a passion for education both at home and overseas.
Natalie judged the 2023 and 2024 Teacher Awards.
Alex Reynolds
Alex is CEO and Co-Founder of Teacher Horizons, a platform that connects teachers with international schools worldwide. Originally a teacher himself, Alex has worked in education in various countries including Japan, Canada, Nepal, Ethiopia, Uganda, Portugal and the US. He participated in the inaugural cohort of the Teach First programme and taught Geography in London. He then became Director of Studies at an international school in Portugal. Alex has since set up and scaled several successful education ventures in the UK and internationally.
Alex judged the 2024 Teacher Awards.
David Albon
David Albon is Director of International Curriculum, Assessment & Qualifications at Pearson, and has been working in international education for over a decade.
He holds an MBA with a specialism in Leadership Practice.
David judged the 2023 and 2024 Teacher Awards.
Lisa Evans
Lisa Evans is Director of International Marketing and Europe Sales at Pearson.
She leads the team of marketers at Pearson who connect international school customers with the right products and support to help them meet their education goals, whether they follow a British, international or International Baccalaureate curriculum. She is also Sales Director for Pearson for Europe and the Americas and regularly visits international schools around the world, speaking on the future of international education and learning from international educators worldwide.
Lisa judged the 2023 and 2024 Teacher Awards.
Colin Bell
Colin Bell is CEO of COBIS, working with British International schools across more than 80 countries worldwide.
Colin has taught in the UK, Far East and Europe and has led educational projects in the UK and internationally working with the DFE, Government Office for London, Eteach.com and the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames where he was a member of the school improvement Inspectorate. Colin is a founding member of the International Task Force on Child Protection and a Governor of Geneva English School and a Trustee of the British School in Tokyo.
Colin judged the 2023 Teacher Awards.
Kam Chohan
Kam Chohan is Executive Director of ECIS. Kam is a passionate educator and previously lectured in mathematics and business. She holds qualifications and experience in Leadership and Professional Development and worked with the UK Government’s Behaviour Insights Team to apply the Nudge Theory to improve student outcomes on a national level.
Kam is committed to social justice and equity through diversity, inclusion, and intercultural understanding in international education.
Kam judged the 2023 Teacher Awards.
Timothy Veale
Timothy Veale is Director of Copenhagen International School.
Originally from Vancouver, Canada, he has two Bachelor degrees in History & Geography and Secondary Education from the University of British Columbia, an MA in Educational Leadership from Michigan State University and is completing a PhD in Educational Leadership at Purdue University. He has taught at the Anglo-American School of Moscow and at international schools in Thailand, Pakistan, Turkey, USA, Germany and Denmark.
As Director of an IB school, Tim is passionate about the value of an IB education.
Tim judged the 2023 Teacher Awards.
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