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Elizabeth \u201cBessie\u201d Cromwell Speers trat am 1. Juli 2023 offiziell ihr Amt als siebte Schulleiterin von Middlesex an. Sie bringt mehr als 30 Jahre Erfahrung im Bereich der unabh\u00e4ngigen Schulen in diese Position ein. Zuvor war sie acht Jahre lang Leiterin der Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Delaware; ihre erste Schulleitung war die Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Connecticut, wo sie von 2007 bis 2015 t\u00e4tig war. Bessie war au\u00dferdem stellvertretende Schulleiterin, Dekanin des Lehrk\u00f6rpers, Englischlehrerin und Betreuerin an der Episcopal Academy in der N\u00e4he von Philadelphia, Direktorin f\u00fcr Platzierung und strategische Planung an der Calvert School in Baltimore, Direktorin f\u00fcr Zulassung und finanzielle Unterst\u00fctzung, Lehrerin und Betreuerin an der Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore sowie stellvertretende Direktorin f\u00fcr Zulassung, Betreuerin und Beraterin an der Loomis Chaffee School in Connecticut. Sie begann ihre Karriere bei der National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bessie ist Absolventin der Bryn Mawr School und hat einen B.A. in Englisch vom Middlebury College und einen M.L.A. von der Johns Hopkins University; sie studierte auch an der Bread Loaf School of English in Middlebury. Im Jahr 2014 erhielt sie ein Klingenstein-Stipendium am Teachers College der Columbia University und war in verschiedenen Berufsverb\u00e4nden aktiv, einschlie\u00dflich der <\/em>Connecticut Association of Independent Schools, The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education und The National Coalition of Girls\u2019 Schools sowie The Heads Network und The Heads and Principals Association, die beide von ihr geleitet wurden. Bessie war Mitglied des Vorstands der Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools (ADVIS) und ist derzeit Mitglied des Kuratoriums des Middlebury College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bessie ist mit Middlesex seit langem durch ihren Mann Tom vertraut, einen presbyterianischen Pfarrer, der 1976 seinen Abschluss an der Schule gemacht hat. Sie haben zwei Kinder, Nellie und Guthrie, sowie Sweeta Yaqoobi aus Kabul, Afghanistan, die eine Ehrentochter ist und seit 2017 Teil des Lebens der Speers ist.<\/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":"\nBessie 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=\"de_DE\" \/>\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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