Principal and Senior Leadership
Principal, Andrew Wood
Principal's Welcome Letter August 2014
Andrew Wood is an experienced international
school Head with a postgraduate qualification in
Education with experience both of the UK and
International Baccalaureate curricula. He read
for a BA (Hons) and a HDE at the University of
Cape Town, South Africa, majoring in English and
Geography. He holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in
School Leadrship from Henley College. Prior to
joining Greenfield he was the Principal of the
International School of Hout Bay, where he took
the school through its International
Baccalaureate authorization process, oversaw the construction of a new campus, growing the
enrolments and lead the young school to produce Diploma Programme results that were above the
world average. He has worked as a consultant advising candidate schools through their IB authorization
process. A keen mountaineer, Andrew has been on expeditions to North and South America, Australia,
the Alps and the UK. He has run outdoor education programmes and Duke of Edinburgh Awards for
large numbers of pupils and created leadership training programmes for senior pupils.
A volunteer leader of the local mountain rescue team provided extraordinary opportunities for him to
work with teams and people in situations that require clear leadership, with many of the principles
relevant to school leadership.
Vice Principal - Mr. Richard Drew
Richard was educated in Nottingham, UK before gaining his B Ed from the
University of Bedfordshire. He has held a full range of teaching positions
in pastoral and curriculum roles during his 25 year career as a Physical
Education specialist as well as playing 1st
class Rugby for Bedford in the
English Premier league. In 1997 he completed his MSc at Loughborough
University, UK and then his NPQH in 2006. In 2009 he took up the post of
Senior Lead Advisor for Taaleem Edison Learning in Abu Dhabi and was
recognized by the Abu Dhabi Council as leading the “most improved oy’s school as part of the PPP project. Richard joined GCS in 2012 as Deputy
Head of Secondary and became Vice Principal in January 2014.
Head of Primary Years Programme - Mrs. Bridget Justen
Prior to joining Greenfield Community School as the Head
of Primary in 2012, Ms. Justen earned her Ba helor’s, Master’s, and Educational Specialist degrees at the
University of Colorado, Boulder/Denver. Her career in
education has included being an elementary teacher,
Junior High Dean of Students, and an Elementary
Assistant Principal and Principal. Upon moving to
Germany, Mrs. Justen served on the Munich International
School Board of Education and later as the Principal of
the Junior School. In 1999, she became a Site Visitor and
Consultant for the International Baccalaureate. Mrs.
Justen has served in these roles for several schools in the
United States, Europe, Canada, Asia and the Middle East.
She has participated in IB/ CIS re-accreditation and NEASC
school accreditation visits and has served as a member of
the IBPYP North American Report Reading Committee
and the IBPYP Administrator Committee.
Head of Secondary Programme - Mr Ole Sealey
Mr Sealey is a vastly experienced IB educator. After graduating from the
University of Alberta in 1999, his teaching career started in the year 2000 as
a secondary level History, Geography, and PE teacher in Mississauga,
Canada. In 2004 he secured his Master’s Degree from Melbourne University,
specializing in curriculum development and assessment. Mr Sealey went on
to spend two years working as an MYP Humanities teacher in Hong Kong
until 2007 when he returned to Canada, where he spent 5 years working as
an MYP Coordinator, MYP and DP History Teacher, and Middle School vice
Principal. During that time he also became a workshop leader and
curriculum development officer for the MYP and served as the chair of the MYP section of the British
Columbia Association of IB World Schools. Mr Sealey joined Greenfield Community School in August
2012.
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