Lawrence Burke Author

Lawrence Burke is an experienced international educator of 25 years. In the 2011/12 academic year the Higher Colleges of Technology, Al Ain Men's College awarded him Teacher of the Year. Prior to working in the Higher Education sector he was Deputy Head-Academic with The British International School in Jeddah, and Acting Head of Secondary with The International School Suva. He has held leadership posts with St George's College, Quilmes, Buenos Aires, and The Overseas Family School, Singapore. His leadership roles in international schools include school counselor, careers guidance counselor, Head of Year, Head of Department and coordinator of external international curricula. He blogs at http://www.lawrenceburke.org and has a professional website at http://lawrenceburke.net. Dr. Burke's writings, publications and research have appeared in The International Schools Journal, International School Magazine, and The Journal of Imagination in Language Teaching, The International Educator, Curriculum Perspectives, HCT Publications, TESOL Arabia publications, and Quadrant magazine.