Conrad Michael Pholar
Permanent Address:
Bethel Park, PA 15102
Telephone number: +1-412-***-****/ WhatsApp: +1-412-***-****
Email: *******@*****.*** Skype address: cpholar
EDUCATION
Degree: Master of Arts Degree: Bachelor of Science
Major: Educational Administration Major: Elementary Education
University of Alabama Edinboro University
Tuscaloosa, Alabama Edinboro, Pennsylvania
CERTIFICATIONS LANGUAGES
Area: Pennsylvania - Instructional I - Elementary K-6 Fluent: English, Spanish
Area: Pennsylvania - Administrative - Principal K-12
EXPERIENCE
Middle School Principal
Thai Chinese International School 2016-2018
Bangkok, Thailand
Coordinated the middle school’s academic and disciplinary programs. Helped lead the school in the development of a marketing strategy to retain and expand student population in the middle and high schools. Evaluated long-standing student discipline policies and implemented accomplished reforms. Coached boys' varsity basketball team.
Director
Oxford International School 2013-2015
Panama City, Panama
Assumed an active leadership role in the development and improvement of the school to maintain US accreditation. Recruited qualified staff and administration members despite a marginal salary/benefits package offered by the school. Initiated the relocation of the school to a university campus by modifying the facilities for school-age student use.
Middle School Principal 2007-2009
Community Day
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinated the middle school’s academic and disciplinary programs. Co-coordinated the school’s
self-study report. Reformed the school’s disciplinary procedures giving more responsibility and
accountability to the faculty. Improved school communication by implementing daily announcements.
Re-established the practice of weekly review of lesson plans and informal classroom evaluations to
better assess teacher and student performance. Instructed Pre-Algebra, Algebra I and Spanish.
Sponsored the middle school student council.
Secondary and Primary Principal (grades 1-7) 2003-2004
Satit Bilingual School of Rangsit University
Bangkok, Thailand
Played a major role in the school’s founding. Recruited all local and expatriate teaching personnel for grades 1-7 as well as support staff. Established all school policies that included student/parent and teacher manuals. Organized and administered a month-long Summer School prior to the beginning of the school year. Set up teams for the writing and implementation of the school’s Thai and English curriculums. Established the school’s grading system and student grade reports.
Secondary Principal (grades 6-12-200*-****
Bahrain Bayan School
Isa Town, Kingdom of Bahrain
Improved school-wide communication through the implementation of daily announcements and weekly school newsletters. Reformed the high school and middle school student discipline programs.
Re-established the review of lesson plans on a weekly basis and frequently visited classrooms to better assess both teacher and student performance. Assisted in recruitment of overseas teachers.
Assistant Director / High School Principal (grades 7-12-200*-****
The American School of Las Palmas
Canary Islands, Spain
Implemented and reformed the school's disciplinary procedures, giving more responsibility and accountability to the teaching staff. Improved school communication through daily announcements and a school-wide newsletter. Re-established the practice of weekly review of lesson plans and classroom observations.
Director 1997-2001
Colegio Jorge Washington
Cartagena, Colombia
Took an active leadership role in the development and improvement of the overall academic program of instruction. Initiated the construction of the new school building and acquired grant monies from the private and public sectors in the United States. Guided the school through very serious political and financial crises that faced Colombia during tenure. Recruited highly qualified staff members and staff despite political climate and marginal salary/benefits package.
High School Principal (grades 7-12-199*-****
Colegio Jorge Washington
Cartagena, Colombia
Recruited all overseas teachers and administration members in preparation for first Directorship.
Secondary Principal (grades 6-12-199*-****
Colegio Karl C. Parrish School
Barranquilla, Colombia
Coordinated the academic program and initiated the VIP program, a recognition component for student scholastic achievement that was later adopted by three other American schools in Colombia. Evaluated long-standing student discipline policies and implemented accomplished reforms.
Secondary Principal (grades 7-12-199*-****
Colegio Jorge Washington
Cartagena, Colombia
Revitalized the academic, discipline, and extracurricular activity programs resulting in the school's finest academic performance in its history. In addition, assumed duties of guidance counselor, athletic director, and extracurricular activities coordinator.