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HK47: Ron Roukema โ€“ A Progressive and Reformist Educationist Striving for Excellence

June 8, 2021
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Ron Roukema was born in New Jersey and grew up in North Carolina in the US. He had a tough childhood seeing his dad getting disabled at a young age and his mom primarily spending her time as his nurse and caregiver. From the very beginning, Ron developed a deep desire to work with people who produce help and to help them grow and develop, and this eventually led him to a career as an educationist.

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โ€œ๐ผ๐‘› ๐ป๐พ๐ผ๐‘†, ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ.โ€

โ–บ โ€œ๐ผ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘‘.โ€

โ–บ โ€œ๐ผ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ. ๐‘‚๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  ๐ผ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ .โ€

โ–บ โ€œ๐ด๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐ป๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘†๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘™, ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘ข๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘™.โ€

โ–บ โ€œ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ , ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘ฆ.โ€

โ–บ โ€œ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘โ„Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘™๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ , ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ง๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”.โ€

โ–บ โ€œ๐ผ ๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ , ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ป๐พ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’.โ€

โ–บ โ€œ๐ผ ๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ป๐พ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ.โ€

โ–บ โ€œ๐น๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ . ๐ผ๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’. โ€œ

โ–บ โ€œ๐ป๐พ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ . ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ .โ€

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Dr. Ronald Roukema is the Interim Head of School of Hong Kong International School. Ron received his BA in History Education from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He earned his MA in School Administration from East Carolina University in North Carolina and was awarded an Ed.D in Educational Leadership from North Carolina State University.

Since joining HKIS in 2014, Dr. Ron Roukema has served as Upper Primary Principal, Provost, and, since 2017, Interim Head of School. Prior to joining HKIS, Ron served as the Head of School for Marymount International School in Paris, France, and as a Principal at Shanghai American School’s Pudong campus. Previously, Ron was a Principal in various public schools in Durham, North Carolina for seven years. Ron and his wife, Ashley, have three children who are HKIS students.

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