Fulbright Leaders for Global Schools Travel Grant Program Participants

MA in Finnish Language and Literature
Teaching in Finnish state schools over 30 years. Since 2002 in Oulu International School MYP coordinator and deputy head of the school. Acting principal at Oulu International school 2013-2015. Involved in curriculum development work in 1994, 2004, and 2016. Member of National Board of Education curriculum team in 2016 for CLIL schools and Oulu city education department curriculum team. Board Member of AFIB (Association of Finnish IB schools) 2009-2011. Chair person of the Finnish Association for Bilingual schools in Finland 2015-. Lead the IB MYP implementation at OIS starting 2002 and coordinated the Student Welfare Team work of OIS since 2004. Has lectured and led workshops at STEPS (Sharing tools for English public schools in Finland) seminars and abroad in IB conference and training Ukrainian teachers in Donetsk about ICT in classroom. Planned, established and started a comprehensive school in Liminka municipality 2018. Principal of the school since 2018 to present. School has a pre-school students and primary years students. School is specialized on bilingual education, flexible pre-primary and primary years education, and extended special education.

Eeva Lumiaro is Head of the Friisilä primary school in Espoo, Finland. Eeva is the special education teacher of Friisilä school. She has a Master’s degree in Education from the University of Helsinki. She works also as a pedagogical expert of multicultural teaching and the preparatory teaching in Espoo city. Her international career includes work as a special education teachers’ mentor for the Abu Dhabi Education Council.

I have graduated as a mathematician and I have worked as a teacher of mathematics, physics, chemistry and computer science over 20 years. I have also worked in administration in education field and last 9 years as a principal. 2016 I was elected as a director to Hiukkavaara community centre, where I also work as a principal in Hiukkavaara school. My expertise are co-operative methods in management and shared leadership, I am a mentor in peer mentoring and Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming. I train headmasters and teachers in Finland.

I have worked in the educational field for about 20 years already. At first as a Swedish and English teacher and later on as a principal and vice principal. I am eager to develop our school and the educational field so that social cohesion is reached more widely. In my free time a like to spend time with my family and friends. I also like to travel a lot. 
 

Master's degree on Education, and special teacher's degree from University of Helsinki.
Worked as a principal or in school administration since 1996 in primary schools, secondary school and vocational education, both mainstream and special schools. 
International career includes teacher training in Kosovo, Pristina University and mentoring school administration and teachers in Montenegro about multiprofessional work and inclusion.
Degree, and experience about counselling working communities, mainly schools. Degree and experience also working as a mediator with interaction problems in schools.