{"id":57558,"date":"2025-07-02T09:10:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.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:\/\/stage.assistscholars.org\/cs\/board\/bessie-speers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bessie Speersov\u00e1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elizabeth \u201cBessie\u201d Cromwell Speersov\u00e1 ofici\u00e1ln\u011b nastoupila na pozici sedm\u00e9 \u0159editelky \u0161koly Middlesex 1. \u010dervence 2023 a na tuto pozici p\u0159inesla v\u00edce ne\u017e 30 let zku\u0161enost\u00ed z nez\u00e1visl\u00fdch \u0161kol. P\u0159edt\u00edm p\u016fsobila osm let jako \u0159editelka \u0161koly Tower Hill School ve Wilmingtonu ve st\u00e1t\u011b Delaware; jej\u00ed prvn\u00ed \u0159editelskou funkc\u00ed byla \u0161kola The Ethel Walker School v Simsbury ve st\u00e1t\u011b Connecticut, kde p\u016fsobila v letech 2007 a\u017e 2015. Bessie p\u0159edt\u00edm p\u016fsobila tak\u00e9 jako z\u00e1stupkyn\u011b \u0159editele \u0161koly, d\u011bkanka fakulty, u\u010ditelka angli\u010dtiny a tren\u00e9rka na Episcopal Academy nedaleko Filadelfie; \u0159editelka pro rozmis\u0165ov\u00e1n\u00ed a strategick\u00e9 pl\u00e1nov\u00e1n\u00ed na Calvert School v Baltimoru; \u0159editelka pro p\u0159ij\u00edmac\u00ed \u0159\u00edzen\u00ed a finan\u010dn\u00ed pomoc, u\u010ditelka a tren\u00e9rka na The Bryn Mawr School v Baltimoru; a z\u00e1stupkyn\u011b \u0159editelky pro p\u0159ij\u00edmac\u00ed \u0159\u00edzen\u00ed, tren\u00e9rka a poradkyn\u011b na The Loomis Chaffee School v Connecticutu. Svou kari\u00e9ru zah\u00e1jila spoluprac\u00ed s N\u00e1rodn\u00ed asociac\u00ed nez\u00e1visl\u00fdch \u0161kol (NAIS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bessie vystudovala The Bryn Mawr School, bakal\u00e1\u0159sk\u00fd titul z angli\u010dtiny na Middlebury College a magistersk\u00fd titul z angli\u010dtiny na Johns Hopkins University; studovala tak\u00e9 na Middlebury's Bread Loaf School of English. V roce 2014 z\u00edskala Klingensteinovo stipendium na Teachers College Kolumbijsk\u00e9 univerzity a aktivn\u011b p\u016fsob\u00ed v r\u016fzn\u00fdch profesn\u00edch organizac\u00edch,&nbsp;<em>v\u010detn\u011b&nbsp;<\/em>Connecticut Association of Independent Schools, The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education, The National Coalition of Girls\u2019 Schools a The Heads Network a The Heads and Principals Association, jejich\u017e byla prezidentkou. Bessie p\u016fsobila v p\u0159edstavenstvu Asociace nez\u00e1visl\u00fdch \u0161kol v \u00fadol\u00ed Delaware (ADVIS) a v sou\u010dasn\u00e9 dob\u011b je \u010dlenkou spr\u00e1vn\u00ed rady Middlebury College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bessie zn\u00e1 Middlesex ji\u017e dlouho d\u00edky sv\u00e9mu man\u017eelovi Tomovi, presbyteri\u00e1nsk\u00e9mu duchovn\u00edmu, kter\u00fd \u0161kolu absolvoval v roce 1976. Maj\u00ed dv\u011b d\u011bti, Nellie a Guthrie, a tak\u00e9 Sweetu Yaqoobi z afgh\u00e1nsk\u00e9ho K\u00e1bulu, kter\u00e1 je \u010destnou dcerou a od roku 2017 je sou\u010d\u00e1st\u00ed \u017eivota Speerov\u00fdch.<\/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 v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bessie Speers | ASSIST Scholars<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"cs_CZ\" \/>\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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