Handbook

AIJA RINKINEN
Aija Rinkinen’s main duties in the Finnish National Board of Education involve developing the quality of Finnish basic and upper secondary
education including renewing the core curriculum, issuing guidelines and recommendations, guiding schools in their work and coordinating the
work of the Lighthouse school innovation network in Finland.
DR LARRY ROSENSTOCK
Larry Rosenstock taught carpentry for eleven years after law school in urban high schools in Boston and Cambridge. He served as staff
attorney for two years at the Harvard Center for Law and Education and was a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education for five
years. Larry was principal for six years of the Rindge School of Technical Arts and the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. He directed the
federal New Urban High School Project, was president of the Price Charitable Fund, and is the CEO of High Tech High and HTH Learning in
San Diego.
DR TOM SHELTON
Tom Shelton is Executive Director of the Kentucky Association of School Superintendents serving 173 public school districts. He was named
Kentucky's Superintendent of the Year in 2011. Tom is also an educational leadership faculty member of Eastern Kentucky University teaching
education law, finance, and superintendency courses.
ARIHIA STIRLING
Arihia Stirling has long experience as a teacher in Māori medium education and has been Principal of Te Kura Māori o Ngā Tapuwae for 18
years. Arihia has worked with community and sector groups including: Expert Panel for the Prime Ministers Awards; EDUCANZ Transition
Board; Member of the Minister’s Cross Sector Forum; Advisory Panel for Investing in Education Success; NZQA Senior Qualifications Advisory
Group; NZQA Maori-Medium Senior Qualifications Advisory Group; Co-Chairperson of Ngā Kura-ā-Iwi o Aotearoa – confederation of schools in
Tribal curriculum; Advisor to Victoria University of Wellington and University of Auckland. Arihia was the NZ Representative at the OECD
Headquarters in France for the Learning and Change Networks.
LYNN VAN DER ELST
Lynn van der Elst is Co-Founder and former CEO of MIET Africa, a southern African NGO committed to improving the lives of children and
youth through quality education. Her career in education spans 30 years. She is currently a Development Associate at MIET Africa and serves
as GELP country coordinator for South Africa.
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