With over 18 years of experience in education, Sydney Michael Atkins is currently the Associate Principal at a private school in Dubai. He moved to the UAE at 22 and has held various roles, including Academic Coordinator and IBDP Extended Essay Coordinator. In 2015, he became Chief Examination Officer for the ICSE in Dubai and later served as Vice Principal at an international school in Al Ain, where he improved the school’s ADEK rating in 33 inspection parameters. Sydney has experience with ICSE, CBSE, IB, and IGCSE curricula and is passionate about educational technology. He was certified as a Leading-Edge Digital Educator in 2014 and is a Microsoft Certified Educator, holding a degree in Communication from Trinity College, London.

Recognized as a ‘Reading, Writing and Social Media Influencer’ by Klear.com, he received the Stanford University Exceptional Educator Award in 2016 and the University of Chicago Outstanding Educator Award in 2020. Currently, he is pursuing a Certificate in School Management and Leadership from Harvard.

Sydney frequently speaks at conferences, contributes articles to educational platforms, and shares his interests in travel, rare diseases, literature, and educational leadership on social media.