Education:
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education (Secondary) in History and English Literature from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Phil was born and raised in Bundjalung country, along the northern rivers of New South Wales, Australia. He is passionate about history, nature, sustainability, internationalism and the potential of progressive education.
Phil has worked in education in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Europe. Phil has been living in the Czech Republic for more than twenty years, still fascinated by its beauty.
Phil was one of the founding members of staff at the school. His main ongoing roles at the school are International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Coordinator, which he has done for more than 10 years, and teacher and examiner of both History and English. Phil is also the general manager and coach of the TOIS Basketball Club.
In his free time, Phil enjoys numismatics, philately, music, film, travel, sports, reading and visual arts.