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Nations Advisory Council
Our Nations advisors will ensure we go beyond convention in the quality
of teaching, program richness, student engagement, and future focus.
At GEMS Nations Academy, we are recruiting teachers who are dedicated, passionate about their field and excited by the prospect of working in a
diverse international community. Our team of experienced teachers come with strong academic backgrounds. Each one will possess a commitment
to creating learning environments that are stimulating, engaging, and challenging.
At our school, academic leadership will be drawn from the top ranks of experienced educators, and the leading colleges and universities in the U.S.
will be well-represented among the credentials of the faculty. Co-teachers will serve in the capacity filled by teacher’s aides in other schools, and
in a departure from international school practice, they will be fully-qualified teachers in their own right with superb English language skills, able
to devote high-quality teacher attention to individuals throughout the classroom. The GEMS Professional Development Program will be tailored
to the growth of lead teachers as well as co-teachers.
Our world-class teachers and administrative leaders will be deeply committed to new approaches that foster student engagement, drive
motivation and growth, and cultivate attitudes of exploration, curiosity and inquiry that empower all learners.
An unmatched Lead Teacher / Co-Teacher model for Teaching & Learning with faculty
recruited from the world’s leading teacher training colleges, such as Harvard and Columbia
Our Faculty
The Essence of Great Education
Tom Hassan
Former Principal,
Phillips Exeter Academy
Denise Gallucci
Chief Executive Officer
GEMS Education - Americas
Dr. Mary
Elizabeth Wilson
Chief Learning Officer
GEMS Education - Americas
Dr. Edward Shanahan
Former Headmaster Choate
Rosemary Hall, Founding
President, Keystone Academy
Geoffrey Canada
Former President and CEO Harlem
Children’s Zone. Named to the TIME
100 list of most influential people in the
world (2011)
Tony Little
Chief Academic Officer GEMS
Education and Former
Headmaster Eton College