Facilitator: Glen Karlsson

Curriculum Leadership in the International School

Contact: glenkarlssonconsulting@gmail.com

Glen Karlsson is a Swedish-Australian educator, who spent his school years in both Australia and Japan.

With separate elementary and high school teaching qualifications, Glen has studied, volunteered, and worked in Sweden, Australia, Japan, China, Guatemala, Romania, Denmark, and the UAE with a background in American, Australian, Japanese, British, and IB educational settings. Glen’s most recent school experience was 5 years as the Director of Learning at the American School of Dubai, and he has also held senior leadership positions at Copenhagen International School in Denmark and Shanghai American School in China.

Based in Malmö, Sweden, he works part-time as a consultant: supporting schools with part-time remote curriculum directorships and professional learning needs: conducting curriculum reviews, unpacking standards, curriculum documentation, measuring the skills and dispositions, mentoring and coaching new directors of teaching and learning and school-wide strategic planning.