John Narin来自于以工业闻名的苏格兰，在工业领域工作几年后，他转入了国际教育行业。至今John已经在教育行业工作了超过20年的时间，他在中国的IB学校任职已有12年时间，包括上海，成都，珠海，北京和威海等国际学校和双语学校。John在国际教育的职业生涯中，参与了三项IBO的认证和一项WASC的认证拜访，获得了英国诺丁汉大学教育领导学硕士学位和学位教师教育证书课程。

John喜欢阅读，旅行，陪家人看电影。他坚信通过给不同年龄的人提供多样化的选择和学习机会能帮助他们更好的进步，并让世界变得更好。他也坚信学生不会失败，失败的是未能满足学生需求的学校。

John Nairn comes from a small town called Dunfermline in Scotland, which is one of the four countries that constitute the United Kingdom. After a number of years working in the industries he transitioned into International Education. John has spent more than twenty years teaching in Europe and Asia with the last twelve years being here in China with the IB PYP in Shanghai, Chengdu, Zhuhai, Beijing and Weihai. During that time John has participated in three verification/authorization journeys and an evaluation visit by the IBO. As well as a WASC accreditation visit. While fulfilling his duties and responsibilities as an educational leader he also completed his PGCEi and Masters in Educational Leadership and Management with Nottingham University in the UK.

John is a strong believer in providing people of all ages with choices within a community of learners so that they can construct their own understandings of good practices and behaviours, and the world around them through the sharing of their experiences and attained knowledge for the greater good of all. John enjoys reading books, sightseeing and watching movies with his family.

 “Students don’t fail, schools fail to meet their needs”