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About
Angeline Aow is an international educator, learning and development specialist, workshop leader, school evaluator and pedagogical leader. In these roles, she has worked in the Asia-Pacific, European, Middle-East and African regions. Angeline trained and taught as a primary school teacher in Sydney, Australia. She then began her international school career at Nanjing International School, China and is currently working part-time at Berlin International School, Germany, in the role of PYP Coordinator (Upper Elementary). She also serves as a part-time International Advisor (focused on Inclusion via Diversity, Equity and Anti-racism - I-DEA) with the Council of International Schools. Her experiences as a homeroom teacher, music specialist, accreditation coordinator, curriculum coordinator and professional learning and development coordinator has given her unique insights in multiple areas.
A well-respected International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP) educator, Angeline has been working with the programme since 2002 and been a qualified member of the International Baccalaureate Educator Network (IBEN) since 2007. With over a decade of experience as a workshop leader she has facilitated multiple workshops on a variety of topics and categories. Her areas of expertise include written curriculum development, concept-based curriculum, promoting international mindedness, multilingual teaching and learning and more. |
Curriculum development is her passion and she strongly believes that clarity in what we want to know is fundamental to effective learning, teaching and assessment practices. She strives to establish, foster and cultivate professional learning and teaching communities that are coherent in their beliefs and skilled in their implementation of programmes. Balancing transdisciplinary/ interdisciplinary learning with disciplinary integrity is a challenge that Angeline enjoys tackling.
Angeline is also an experienced school visitor for authorization and evaluation purposes for both the IB PYP and Council of International Schools (CIS). She has led visits for the PYP, and been on team visits for CIS. She has successfully led her school through complex synchronised, accreditation processes towards school improvement. In this field she has ample experience having coordinated her school through successful evaluations. Angeline also served as a school representative on the Inclusion through Diversity, Inclusivity and Antiracism (IDEA) Board Committee for CIS that was established in 2020. In March 2021, Angeline became an Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®) qualified administrator. This tool helps individuals and organisations assess intercultural competence and one's ability to shift cultural perspective and appropriately adapt behaviour to cultural differences and commonalities. She strongly believes that intercultural understanding underlies mindsets and behaviours that drive the development of equitable school structures where every learner matters.
Angeline launched @WomenEdDE on 8 Mar 2019. WomenEdDE is a regional network of #WomenEd that aims to support aspiring and existing women in education on their leadership journeys by organising events that connects and inspires women in education. #WomenEd's core goal is to close the gender gap in educational leadership. In a short period of time, Angeline expanded WomenEdDE from one regional base in Berlin with an additional two regional groups in Bavaria-Munich and Frankfurt-Main.
When she is not learning about international school education she enjoys cooking, indulging as a foodie, exploring Berlin’s arts and cultural events and spending time with her two boys and husband.
Angeline is also an experienced school visitor for authorization and evaluation purposes for both the IB PYP and Council of International Schools (CIS). She has led visits for the PYP, and been on team visits for CIS. She has successfully led her school through complex synchronised, accreditation processes towards school improvement. In this field she has ample experience having coordinated her school through successful evaluations. Angeline also served as a school representative on the Inclusion through Diversity, Inclusivity and Antiracism (IDEA) Board Committee for CIS that was established in 2020. In March 2021, Angeline became an Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®) qualified administrator. This tool helps individuals and organisations assess intercultural competence and one's ability to shift cultural perspective and appropriately adapt behaviour to cultural differences and commonalities. She strongly believes that intercultural understanding underlies mindsets and behaviours that drive the development of equitable school structures where every learner matters.
Angeline launched @WomenEdDE on 8 Mar 2019. WomenEdDE is a regional network of #WomenEd that aims to support aspiring and existing women in education on their leadership journeys by organising events that connects and inspires women in education. #WomenEd's core goal is to close the gender gap in educational leadership. In a short period of time, Angeline expanded WomenEdDE from one regional base in Berlin with an additional two regional groups in Bavaria-Munich and Frankfurt-Main.
When she is not learning about international school education she enjoys cooking, indulging as a foodie, exploring Berlin’s arts and cultural events and spending time with her two boys and husband.
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In June 2018, Angeline participated in the PANDA Women Leadership Contest & Network. Through votes by her peers she was awarded Top PANDA EXECUTIVE, for experienced women in leadership. She is proud to be a PANDA Role Model who will continue to promote diversity in the workplace.
In 2021, Angeline was shortlisted as one of top ten individuals for the Global Award for Achievement category of the Rising Star awards. These awards showcase the UK pipeline of female talent below management and the global category is a cross-industry, internationally nominated pool of role models with the winner decided on by a judging panel. |
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Internationally- Recognised Qualifications
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In 2020, Angeline completed Cognitive Coaching training, from Thinking Collaborative, an 8-day course equipping her with skills and strategies to facilitate planning and reflecting coaching conversations. Angeline is a certified independent consultant in Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction developed by Dr H. Lynn Erickson and Dr. Lois Lanning. She works as a consultant to help schools develop coherent concept-based curriculum across a learning continuum. As a graduate of the Principal’s Training Centre for International School Leadership, she further honed her skills to help lead others through times of change and development. Angeline is also a member of the IBEN and a trained IB PYP Workshop Leader and Team Leader for visits, Field Representative for the IB at PD events, a consultant for candidate PYP schools and fulfils content development contracts for the IB PD team. She serves as a team leader and member for school visits with the Council of International Schools (CIS). Other professional development she has successfully completed include ESL in the Mainstream, First Steps Mathematics (Number) and more.
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Tertiary Education
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Presently, Angeline is undertaking further studies with the University of the People and is on target to complete her Master's of Business Administration (MBA) in 2022. A graduate of the University of Sydney, Angeline completed a Masters of Teaching (Primary Education) in 1999. Angeline was awarded a scholarship to complete an internship, as a part of her Masters, through the University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP) partnership with the National Institute of Education, Singapore. Upon graduation, Angeline was offered a targeted graduate post with the NSW Board of Education. She attained her undergraduate degree in 1997, a Bachelor of Arts with a major in English literature.
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