Canadian International School of HK

Dr. Jane Camblin most recently held the position of Executive Director of the United Nations International School, a position she assumed in August, 2013. Prior to that, she was Head of the French American International School in San Francisco. Both are large, highly accredited K-12 institutions offering dynamic, challenging, academically rigorous programmes leading to the International or French Baccalaureate degrees.

Dr. Camblin holds an honours degree in English and Russian, from Bristol University, UK; a graduate degree from Sydney University, Australia, in teaching Theatre and English as a Second Language; and a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration and Bilingual Education from Stanford University, USA. She has worked previously as a teacher, administrator and consultant in public and private schools in England, France, Monaco, Australia and the United States, and is a recipient of an SDB Outstanding Educator Fellowship Award (Johns Hopkins University) and a Klingenstein Fellowship (Columbia University). In July 2016, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws degree (JD) by Bristol University in recognition of her lifelong work in international education.

Dr. Camblin was a three-term elected Board member of the Council of International Schools (CIS), a membership organization representing the interests of hundreds of international schools around the world, and was the founding Chair of the Council of International Schools in the Americas (CIStA). She currently serves as Chair of the Foundation Board of Bristol University, and until January 2012 held an elected seat on the International Baccalaureate Heads Council, providing advice to the Executive Director of the IB Organization on strategic policy issues. Currently, Dr. Camblin also serves as Vice Chair of the Manhattan Guild of Independent Schools, as a Trustee of the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS), and sits on the Board of Governors of the Lycee International de Londres Winston Churchill.

In 2004, Dr. Camblin was named Chevalier des Palmes Academiques by the French Ministry of Education for her services to French culture and education as a dynamic and innovative visionary leader who believes fervently that an intellectually challenging international 21st century education emphasizing critical thinking, cross-cultural communication, and a strong appreciation of and respect for diversity in all its forms, is of utmost importance to the world in which we live.