Address:                         Binagadhi R

Vorovsky Dist

K. Karaev 19

AZ 1114

Baku

Azerbaijan

Tel: +99412 447 0619

                                      Email: davidbesg@yahoo.co.uk

Personal details:           d.o.b: 7^th August 1946

                                         Marital status: married with one daughter, aged 5

Qualifications:               Cert. Ed. with distinction (1973 London University)

                                 B.Ed (Hons)   (1974 London University)

                                 M.A. (Ed)       (1987 London University)

                                 F.Coll. P.       (1989)

Present Appointment: 

                                          Principal

British School in Baku, Azerbaijan

(Newly opened school for pupils aged 4 to 16 currently)

                                  Began post – August 2007

Previous Teaching Experience:

  Headteacher

                                   British Embassy Study Group (School)

                                   Ankara, Turkey

                                            Service: September 1998 – July 2007

 Headteacher

                                   Esher Church Primary School, Esher, Surrey

                                   Service: April 1987 - July 1998

 Headteacher,

                                   St. Stephen’s C/E First & Middle School

                                   South Godstone, Surrey

                                   Service: April 1982 - April 1987

 Deputy Headteacher

                                   Wray Common Middle School, Reigate, Surrey

                                   Service: September 1979 – April 1982

 Assistant teacher / Scale 2

                                   St. Paul’s First & Middle school, Dorking, Surrey

                                   Service: September 1974 – July 1979

Other Relevant Experience:

1996 – 1998:  Work for five schools as a Diocesan Management Consultant, Guildford Diocese. Work mainly concerned with headteacher development.

1996 – 1998:  NAHT Representative on Surrey County Council, Education Committee.

Co-opted member with speaking but non-voting rights.

1994 – 1996: Seconded as part-time Management Consultant for Surrey (40/100). Work mainly concerned with school performance.

1995 – 1996:  Surrey President of NAHT

Recent In-service:

Classroom Monitoring                                       (Fieldwork online 2008)

CIS Accreditation team member in Belgium                 (November 2007)

COBISEC Conference                                                 (London 2006, 2007,2008,)

The School as a Learning Environment (day workshop)           (ECIS Conference 2005)

Accreditation in International Schools (day workshop)            (ECIS Conference 2004)

Strategic Planning (day workshop)                                      (ECIS Conference 2003)

Pupil Portfolios and Pupil-led Conferences                             (ECIS Conference 2003)

NAHT conference UK                                                 (Annually)

International Links:

As well as my headship experience in Ankara and Baku, I was involved in setting up both a link and exchange visits for primary age pupils between Surrey and New York, during the period 1992 to 1998. This involved annual exchange visits for Years 4 & 5 and also exchange teaching experience. The link was with PS 41 in West 11^th Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, and was supported by the British Council.

Interests:

Travel, walking, photography, reading and the arts

David Draper                                                                     June 2009