As Executive Principal, Kim will be responsible for overall leadership and management of Kristin School, including the development of strategy and educational innovation to ensure that Kristin continues to be a progressive and innovative leader in the New Zealand independent schools’ sector.

Kim has been Head of School (Executive Principal)  at International School Ho Chi Minh City since 2020.  Growing up around New Zealand, Kim studied at The University of Waikato and started her career as a Geography and Social Studies teacher at Auckland’s Rosehill College in 1998 followed by six years at St John’s College – Hamilton.  Kim has worked internationally since 2006 when she accepted a role at Vientiane International School in Laos, where she began teaching the International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes. Here, Kim was the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) Coordinator, and she was later appointed Secondary School Principal. Kim then moved to the International School Dhaka in Bangladesh in 2014 as Head of the Secondary School and then held the role of Director / Executive Principal at Qatar Academy Sidra in 2017, both IB World Schools.

Kristin School is an independent co-educational institution located in Albany serving over 1,800 students from Kindergarten to Year 13. Kristin is renowned for its progressive approach to education, offering both the New Zealand National Curriculum and the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme. An IB World School, Kristin was the first New Zealand School  to introduce the IB Diploma Programme and now offers three IB programmes spanning the years from Kindergarten through to Year 13.The school prides itself on providing a holistic education that prepares students to be responsible global citizens, emphasizing academic excellence, cultural diversity, and character development.

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