Empowering women in education to lead with confidence, challenge barriers, and drive change. Liz Free CEO International School Rheitnal Co-Strategic Lead Europe WomenEd Vivienne Porritt OBE Co-founder Global Strategic Leader #WomenEd Nancy Squicciarini Head of the Middle Leader Certificate for ECIS Co-Strategic Lead Europe WomenEd About Liz Free Liz Free is a co-founder of #WomenEd Nederlands and Strategic Leader for #WomenEd Europe. Liz has been a teacher and head teacher in some of the world’s leading schools and is now a globally recognised leader of education talent, continuing professional development and learning. Liz was the founding Director of the International Leadership Academy, the British School in the Netherlands and is now CEO and Director of the International School Rheintal in Switzerland. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liz-free/ About Vivienne Porritt Vivienne Porritt OBE is Co-founder, Trustee and Global Strategic Leader of #WomenEd, a global charity which empowers aspiring and existing women leaders in education. Vivienne supports school and trust leaders with vision, strategy, professional learning and development, impact evaluation and DEIJ. She is a former Vice President of the Chartered College of Teaching and holds several governance roles. Vivienne is a former secondary headteacher and Director for School Partnerships at University College London Institute of Education. She is a coach and writes for practitioner and academic journals and is co-editor. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivienne-porritt-obe-frsa-fcct/ About Nancy Squicciarini Nancy is Head of the Middle Leader Certificate for the Educational Collaborative for International Schools (ECIS). With over 35 years of experience as an international school educator, she has held several leadership roles. Nancy is a member of the International Association of Facilitators (IAF), which is a worldwide community promoting excellence in facilitation practices. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-lhoest-squicciarini-64563838/ Resources
- https://womened.com/
- https://www.isr.ch/
- 10%Braver: Inspiring Women to Lead Education (Sage, 2019) Being 10%Braver (Corwin, 2021)
- Disruptive Women: A WomenEd Guide to Equitable Action in Education. (Corwin, 2024)/
- https://ecis.org/middle-leader/
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