Adviser, Safeguarding and Child Protection, English Schools Foundation
Jaap Marsman is an international educator, currently working at the English Schools Foundation in Hong Kong as the Adviser on Safeguarding and Child Protection. He specialises in safeguarding, wellbeing and student support services. He values a strengths-based, contextual approach to help all learners thrive.
Jaap has been working in education for over twenty years, first within the national system in the Netherlands and then shifting into international education abroad and currently works in Hong Kong. His research interests are in international education, with a particular focus on child protection and safeguarding. These interests extend to the related aspects of mental health, wellbeing, mobility, multilingualism, and student support.
He earned a Bachelor of Education in 2003, a Postgraduate in School Leadership in 2008, and a Master of Education in 2012. Jaap most recently earned a Master of Science in Psychology through the University of Glasgow in 2024.
The world of safeguarding and child protection is ever-evolving. As school leaders, we must demand constant agility and humility in our thinking and our actions. Join Jaap Marsman, the Adviser for Safeguarding and Child Protection at the English Schools Foundation (ESF) for an interactive workshop exploring a range of tools and approaches used within ESF to support schools in their core responsibility to keep children safe.
We will discuss a range of tools and models used within ESF over the past few years to help keep students safe. One of the models discussed is an adapted version of the model on Contextual Safeguarding (Firmin, 2020), an approach to help explore a student's life from a range of perspectives.
As highlighted in a recent study by Mensing et al. (2024) the most important aspect to increase teacher efficacy in this area is knowledge. When we know what to look for and how to engage, all staff feel empowered to keep students safe. Join Jaap in this interactive session which blends the latest academic research with practical application to empower you and your school in keeping your students safe.
Disclaimer: this session will openly discuss all aspects of child abuse.