Leading By Example, continued Collegiate School Teaching Institute in New York City, which he founded in 1995. That two-week program was designed to introduce new teachers of color to the culture of independent schools, and provide them with skills to become successful teachers. Many of the teachers who participated in the Collegiate Institute are now administrators, he said. The enthusiastic response to the new Institute is itself testimony to the value of cultivating professional connections. A longtime participant at the annual NAIS conference, Bisgaard will attend the NAIS People of Color Conference (POCC) this year for the 20th time (out of its 25-year existence). “I have a good network to work with,” he said. Indeed, he and Mrs. Edwards were invited to present about the Institute at the POCC in December 2012. And, plans are now in the works for the second annual Kingswood Oxford Leadership Institute for Educators of Color, which will be held from June 16-19, 2013. Bisgaard said he expects to attract people from a much larger geographical area, although the Institute itself will remain deliberately small. “Probably 40 people at the most,” he said, “because that’s the size that’s most conducive to in-depth discussion and making genuine and lasting connections.” Ultimately, he said, he would like the Institute to spin off other versions of itself elsewhere. “I’m going to encourage others to replicate the ideas and content of the program across the U.S.,” he concluded. KO
KO Welcomes Four New Trustees to Board Pedro Sainz de Baranda P ‘14, ‘16, ’19 ’19, President of Otis Elevator Company since February 2012, has been working for United Technologies Corporation (UTC) since 1993. He began his career as a research engineer at the UTC Research Center in Madrid, and joined Otis Engineering Center in Farmington, CT in 1997 as principal engineer. Over the ensuing dozen years, Sainz de Baranda held positions of increasing importance in Otis offices in Mexico, Portugal, and Spain. In January 2009, he was named President of Otis South Europe and Middle East Area, a position he held until his most recent appointment. In 2000, Sainz de Baranda was among a team of Otis engineers who earned the George Mead Medal – the highest engineering honor given by UTC – for the concept of using a coated steel belt in the Gen2® elevator system. Sainz de Baranda earned a Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering from the University of Oviedo in Spain, a Ph.D. in engineering from Rutgers University, and an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He and his wife, Silvia Portela, have three children: Pedro Sainz de Baranda ‘14, Manuel Sainz de Baranda ’16, and Margarita Sainz de Baranda ’19.
OTHER NEW FACES ON THE FACULTY AND STAFF Dan Bateson is KO’s new Network Administrator and Computer Support Specialist. A former Mac Genius, he is also an Apple Certified Macintosh Technician and has MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) certification. Most recently, Bateson was Engineering Workforce Director at the American Society of Civil Engineers in Reston, VA. He earned a BSBA degree from Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH.
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Jonathan Briggs will teach French, advise in Form 3, and coach two seasons. Briggs earned his BA in French from Bucknell and his MA and PhD at UNC–Chapel Hill, where he majored in French and minored in Spanish. He has extensive experience as a French and Spanish teacher; a swimming and soccer coach; an advisor; and a literary magazine and yearbook advisor. Briggs joins us from Canterbury School in Fort Myers, FL.
Katherine Grossweiner joins the Modern Language department and will also coach in the Upper School. A graduate of Connecticut College, where she majored in Chinese Language and Literature, Grossweiner recently spent eight months in Beijing, China, where she studied Chinese and tutored other Chinese language learners. She also taught in a Chinese enrichment program in New London, CT.
Sarah Lamb will teach in the Science department. Lamb earned a B.S. in Physics from the University of Connecticut and has done postgraduate work at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She has had a range of experience in the sciences, including serving as the Assistant Summer Robotics Program Director and the Upper School Physics teacher at Worcester Academy to being a licensed U. S. Cycling Race Mechanic.