School Directors / Managers
Australian International School in Singapore | AIS Singapore
The School’s Executive Team
Karrie Dietz
Head of School
Summary Ms. Karrie Dietz, originally from the United States, serves Australian International School Singapore with more than 25 years of teaching and school leadership experience in six countries. Teaching Biography Most recently Karrie served as Founding Head of School at Stamford in Hong Kong, where she was committed to building a community focused on respect […]
2023 Head of School | Principal | Managing Director - Operations
Karrie Dietz
Head of School
Adam Patterson
Principal
PJ Roberts
Managing Director - Operations
Early Years Leadership Team
Eromie Dassanayake
Head of Early Years
James Holmes
Deputy Head of the Early Years
Anna Ciezczyk
Assistant Head of Early Years
Elementary School Leadership Team
Emma McAulay
Head of Elementary
Niral Patel
Deputy Head of Elementary
David Kainey
Assistant Head of Elementary (Welfare)
Jennifer Hill
Assistant Head of Elementary (Curriculum)
Secondary School Leadership Team
Dr J Dianne Brederson
Head of Secondary
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Oonagh McGarrity
Assistant Head of Secondary (Operations & Logistics)
Garth Sadler
Assistant Head (Safeguarding)
Seán Begley
Deputy Head of Secondary (Teaching and Learning)
AIS Executive Team
Karrie Dietz
Head of School
Adam Patterson
Principal
Dr J Dianne Brederson
Head of Secondary
Emma McAulay
Head of Elementary
Eromie Dassanayake
Head of Early Years
PJ Roberts
Managing Director - Operations
Anita Mahesan
Director Of Finance
Allison Carr
HR Director
Joseph Wee
IT Director
Teck Siong Lim
Director Of Facilities Management & Administration
Eric So
Communications & Community Engagement
Our School Management Team
The Australian International School is owned by Australian International School Pte Ltd, a Singapore based company which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cognita Asia Holdings Pte Ltd. The Directors / Managers of the Australian International School Pte Ltd are:
Managers
- Peter Wiki
- Terence Lin
The AIS Cognita Advisory Board has appointed the following as members of the Academic and Examination Board as required by the Private Education Act.
The Academic Board
- Ms Karrie Dietz: Head of School
- Mr Adam Patterson: Principal
- Ms Emma McAulay: Head of Elementary
- Ms Eromie Dassanayake: Deputy Head of Early Years
- Ms J Dianne Brederson: Head of Secondary
Duties Of The Academic Board
The Academic Board looks into the academic quality and rigour of AIS. Its responsibilities include:
- Developing the policies and procedures to ensure academic quality and rigour such as:
- Ensuring that the content and duration of the modules or subjects, as well as the school entry and graduation requirements of the course are appropriate; and
- Approving the deployment of teachers based on the requirements stipulated by the Committee for Private Education
- Facilitating the implementation and ensuring AIS complies with the policies and procedures developed; and
- Reviewing, at least once a year, the academic policies and procedures.
The Examination Board
- Ms Karrie Dietz: Head of School
- Mr Adam Patterson: Principal
- Ms Emma McAulay: Head of Elementary
- Ms J Dianne Brederson: Head of Secondary
Duties Of The Examination Board
The Examination Board is in charge of the development of examination and assessment procedures, such as developing and facilitating the implementation of procedures to:
- Ensure the security of examination scripts and answer scripts;
- Ensure the proper conduct of examinations and assessments;
- Define and ensure the proper discharge of duties and responsibilities of invigilators and markers;
- Conduct moderation of examination and assessment marks; and
- Handle appeals from students with regard to examination or assessment matters.
Cognita Governance
Cognita is a global system of schools. Each Cognita school offers a distinctive curriculum and approach, tailored to the individual context.
Group-wide policies and expectations are set by the parent company (Cognita Holdings Ltd.). These policies and expectations relate to standards for Student Safeguarding, Health & Safety, Financial Management, Data Protection as well as governance and responsibility for operational oversight of the regions (which is devolved to the Regional Chief Executive Officer).
Governance oversight of Student Safeguarding and Health & Safety is executed through the deployment of Independent Reviewers. The Group expects each school to ensure clear systems for listening to and responding to members of the school community, this includes use of annual Voice of the Student, Parent and Employee surveys.
Cognita has four Group senior executives:
– Group Chief Executive Officer
– Group Chief Finance Officer
– Group Chief Education Officer
– Group General Counsel
Cognita is headquartered in London.
Cognita governs and manages each school via one of four regions. Each region has its own Chief Executive Officer and regional team. Responsibility for operational oversight and governance of schools is devolved from the parent company to the Regional Chief Executive Officer. Each region has published documents that provide clarity for the delegated governance relationship between their regional team and their schools. The Regional Chief Executive Officer is accountable to the Group Chief Executive.
Each Head of School is accountable to the Regional Chief Executive Officer.
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