Siebert Myburgh

My duties as campus administrator also involve sitting on the System Administrative Council. These leadership positions include the following skills and competencies: • Vision casting, articulation and implementation of school improvement plan • Setting and administration of the budget • Educational/instructional leadership • Professional development Presenter: App-edagogy - Apps Events Taiwan Summit Google for Education (2015/2016) Presenter: A Critical Review of Meta-analysis - EARCOS Leadership Conference (2015/2016) Presenter: Critiquing the Benedict Option - ACSI ISLC (2017) • Cultivating a face-to-face connection with students in a digital world • Partnering with parent advisory committee

Taught middle school students and enjoyed the many opportunities to grow professionally through conferences and further studies. Also got a fair chunk of administration on my plate. • Expanded and solidified pedagogical and curricular competencies • Developed leadership at the team level • Chairing a variety of task forces • 2009 Hong Kong ICEC workshop presenter (Invention Convention)

Expanding my professional skills outside of a school environment: • Served on a collaborative leadership team • Administration • Used pastoral skills to facilitate change, mediate conflict and build trust • Public speaking • Church publications

A deeply formative experience where I began to: • fine-tune my educational philosophy, • establish effective classroom management techniques, • use educational technology

Volunteering for a year, using another platform to serve others: • Department head • Honing people skills and management competencies • Teaming with other leaders through collaboration

Lived a typical life of a new teacher: • Long hours of lesson preparation • Days filled with instruction and grading • Coaching