We are pleased to have Dr. Tim Allen as our distinguished speaker at SkyGems Academy Podcast Series 2 Episode 5, Discovering 21st Century Skills.

Please join me in welcoming Dr. Tim Allen. Dr Tim Allen or more fondly known as Tim was awarded as One of Top Ten New Principals by Forbes China 2021. Congratulations Tim! What an outstanding achievement! Totally well deserved.

Originally from Michigan in the United States, Tim is a career educator who has for nearly the last 20 years called Shenzhen, China home. Leaving the U.S. in 2002, he has worked in public, charter, private, and international school settings. Tim is currently the Principal/Head of School at Buena Vista Concordia International School, a small, K-8, coed institution. The student population is mainly Chinese nationals looking to enter western universities in the future.

Tim earned his Bachelors in Elementary Education in 1995 and immediately moved to Houston, Texas, where he worked as a classroom and Physical Education teacher. While in Texas he began work on his Master’s in Education Leadership, following this with his Doctorate in Educational Administration which he finished in 2010. He published dissertation is in the area of English Language Learning among International School students.

Tim is a lifelong learner and a lifelong educator. He has applied his passion for learning to his work with teachers and staff to encourage them to “Think Bigger” as they work every day with students.

Here’s Dr Tim Allen, the newly crowned Top Ten New Principals by Forbes China 2021. Now, ladies and gentlemen, let’s hear it from Tim!

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