Michael Hawkins

I am originally from beautiful Prince Edward Island, Canada where I also started my teaching carreer. After 15 years in the public school system there I took my young family abroad to Southeast Asia. I very quickly discovered the IB, registered myself for a workshop, and never looked back. I was involved in the startup of 9 IB schools over the past 20 years in various international settings: Germany, Japan, Jordan, Dubai, Thailand, Vietnam, Turkey, Austria, Oman, Qatar and Iraq. My roles varied from coordinator, deputy principal, principal, academic director and Head. I worked in the IB office in The Hague as part of the Diploma team and I continue to be a very active part of the IB educator network. I am currently Head of two schools in Iraq. I am the father of two grown children.