April 5, 2021
Episode 52 - Myong "Moo" Eiselstein - I Met a Lady Online
Join Adam & Jeff as we chat with our friend and the Executive Director at St. Paul American School Hanoi, Moo Eiselstein!
Lives in Hanoi, Vietnam, but hails from Richmond, VA
Moo’s Leadership Journey
- Education didn’t come first; military out of high school
- Didn’t like school
- Served as a military policeman
- Account manager for a business
- Substituted for an ELL class led to a new career
- Teaching led to a principal role
- Met a lady online which led to a happy marriage in Vietnam
- Didn’t know anything about international schools
- Elementary Principal at the school where he taught
- Exec. Director/Head of School - school is owned by one man
- For-Profit School
- Most of his students come from Korea, but there are many countries represented
Challenge/Opportunity along the way
- Personality not what you’d think of as a Principal
- Believes in shared decision making
- People also need a powerful leader and I’m not that guy
- A leader takes a person from where they are to where we need them to be
Hopeful
- So many…
- Be the actors enacting change
- Not just cope and fix
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Contact Moo - School Website (FB Page)
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