Felim Bolster has been involved in education for the past 20 years, and has worked in the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and Europe. He has held leadership roles in various schools over the past 12 years, and is currently the Head of High School at the International School of Brussels — a school renowned for its innovative approaches to education and recognized as one of only six schools worldwide as a School of the Future by the National Association of Independent Schools.
Felim’s relationship with EDI began in 2009, when ISB and EDI collaborated on the design of a new high school. ISB, having designed a now-global collaborative, the Common Ground Curriculum (CGC), firmly placed this curriculum as the central driver for what learning spaces should look like if they are to provide and promote the type of learning articulated in the CGC.
A firm believer that learning takes place in many different modalities, Felim has an in-depth understanding of the need for flexible learning spaces and flexible learning time. The interplay between learning time and learning space sits at the core of the work he does to design optimum learning environments.
Felim has led workshops for teachers and school leaders on this topic, drawing on his experience leading an already highly successful school through radical and transformative change in the context of learning space and learning time.