Jane Larsson is the Executive Director of the Council of International Schools (CIS), a global non-profit membership organisation, providing International Accreditation, Leadership Search, Educational Recruitment and Research Services to primary and secondary schools around the world. CIS connects its school communities with over 500 higher education institutions globally, to facilitate international student admission and guidance, and has just launched a new service to help schools examine their effectiveness in the development of global citizenship.
Jane has served the international education community for 20 years, with a focus on the development of collaborative partnerships to enable and support educational exchange and the development of international and intercultural perspective. Prior to her appointment at CIS, Jane was Direc¬tor of International Partnerships with the Visiting International Faculty Program (VIF) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where she led outreach to promote international educational exchange, establishing relationships with minis¬tries of education, universities, internation¬al schools and educational associations. She began her career in international education as the Director of Educational Staffing and Publications for International Schools Services (ISS) providing recruitment services and resources to international schools.
Jane has been an active member and contributor to global and regional international associations, speaking at conferences around the world on critical aspects of international education that enable school communities to improve their effectiveness. She currently serves as Chair of the International Task Force on Child Protection, and earlier served as an IB Professional Development partner for teacher training at both VIF and ISS.