Theme: Education

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ARTOs Foundation
64 Ay. Omoloyiton Ave
Nicosia, Lefkosia, 1080
Cyprus

Deborah Duncan

Principal of The Junior & Senior School, Nicosia, Cyprus

Deborah Duncan is the Principal of The Junior and Senior School, Nicosia since August 2014. Prior to that she was the Head teacher of Teesside High School in England. She has held two other headship roles, one at The English School, Nicosia and one in a state secondary school in the UK. She has been in the teaching profession for 25 years. She was educated at the University of Durham where she read French with Spanish, has a Masters in Educational Management from the Open University and a PGCE in French and Spanish from York University. She also has the National Professional Qualification for Headship and is a trained school inspector with the Independent Schools Inspectorate in the UK. She is a member of the Society of Heads, an organisation representing the interests of private schools and previously served on their Executive Committee and also on the executive committee of the Association of School and College Leaders. She is passionate about formative assessment practices and the

Eleni Protopapa

History Education

Eleni always wanted to be a teacher. She is short-sighted because she would wear her mum’s reading glasses when she didn’t need them, pretending she was a teacher. As a teenager she focused on dance, art, and, being silly! With all her activities, she forgot she wanted to be a teacher. She truly didn’t realise what a cross-disciplinary profession it was. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in History and History of Art & Architecture, and a Master’s degree in Cultural Heritage Studies. During her studies, she held internship positions at the Science Museum (London) and the Princess Maha Shakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre (Thailand). Upon completing her studies in 2010, she set up a cultural spot ('σκιά' / 'skia'); a project space focused on providing a platform for young artists and applying what she had learned during her Master’s degree. In 2011 she started tutoring History for international examinations like Edexcel and Cambridge International Examinations. In 2012 and 201

Thadd Correia

Special Education, Counseling and Theatre education

Thadd Correia was born in Trinidad and raised in Canada where he earned a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in English Literature and a Bachelor of Education at York University. He has earned additional qualifications in the areas of Special Education, Counseling and Theatre education. He moved to Cyprus in 2007 and has worked with the LGBTI communities and other charitable organizations in both Canada and Cyprus towards building safer, more caring, equitable societies with equal access to services, education and career environments that are free of harassment and discrimination. He values the power of community and strongly believes that lasting change requires the concerted efforts of a great many members of those communities. He sees his contributions as just a small part of a larger social movement that he hopes will continue to promote the message of caring for one another in order to further our intellectual and social evolution.