Dubai, Algrange. The transition could be breathtaking but the landing was smooth this summer for the new principal of the Euvariste-Galois college, newly arrived from the United Arab Emirates. “The setting here is really incredible,” he appreciates, kissing the verdant courtyard. There, he liked “the cosmopolitan side” of the Pharaonic capital, “the discovery of the Middle East”, but the opportunity for a management position in the Fensch Valley was well worth a return to France after four years as an assistant principal at the Lycée Français International.
This father of three little girls – “The youngest, 4 months old, was born in Dubai” – is not entirely unknown in the north of the Moselle region: he was assistant principal at the Hélène-Boucher high school in Thionville between 2012 and 2017. Already far from Marseille, his hometown, and the blue of the creeks, which he left for his debut as a PE teacher in Créteil. After a last contract in the Val de Marne, this athlete decided to move on to the management staff.
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“The key is to work together”
Taste for effort, football fan and speech to match: “I am committed to bringing together the educational collective for the success of all students”, insists this 38-year-old recruit. “We all work hand in hand and, for me, everyone, teachers, administrative staff, parents, students, agents, etc., has their place. “” As in a football team, he continues, each has its specificity and everything must fit together to work. We work on people, it’s never easy! “
The new principal will endeavor to bring the school project to life by developing, in particular, the linguistic pole and the bilingual class in 6e. The cultural and artistic aspect remains important with the maintenance of the operation Plaisir de lire or the dynamic webradio workshop. “As part of our citizenship actions, we also want to reactivate mediations between peers to defuse conflicts. Finally, Philippe Lauzière and his team aim to assert the establishment’s sports policy by strengthening the ad hoc association.
In the particular context of the start of the 2020 school year, it was difficult to tackle the year without drawing up an inventory of skills. This is the interest of positioning tests “which make it possible to refine the objectives and identify what would not have been acquired due to the confinement”. But Philippe Lauzière wants to underline it, “the teams were an example of adaptability to ensure pedagogical continuity”.
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