Credentials

Our Advisory Board consists of:

Gwen Bergman - Guidance counsellor - USA
Jennifer Bray MBE - COBISEC Inspections Co-ordinator. Formerly Principal British School of Brussels.
Dr Walther Hetzer - Founding Director St Gilgen International School. Formerly Director of Vienna International School.
Dr. Peter Hoeben - Head of Schools Abroad. Stichting Backershagen
Albert Hudspeth - COBISEC General Secretary. Formerly Headmaster English College in Prague.


The Director of Step One is a member of:

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
The Institute of Directors
The National Association of College Admissions counsellors (NACAC) USA The Overseas Association of Admissions counsellors (OACAC)
The Society for Philosophic Counselling UK.

.... and has qualifications from sources such as:

Occupational Psychology Services (OPS)
and the British Psychological Society (BPS)

Step One's Directors and Associates:

All Step One's Directors and Associates are professionally recognised in counselling and guidance.

Step One's associate or supporting membership of school bodies:

European Council of International Schools (ECIS)
East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS)
British International Schools Worldwide (BISW)
British Schools in the Middle East (BSME)
Council of British International Schools (COBIS)
Federation of British Schools in South East Asia (FOBISEA)
National Association of British Schools in Spain (NABSS)
Swiss Group of International Schools (SGIS).

Step One's sphere of operation and rate of growth:

Step One is currently working with schools across the globe from Hong Kong to Buenos Aires, Washington DC to Cairo, all European capital and major cities. In addition, Step One has licensed companies in Accra and Mumbai and representatives in Hong Kong, California, Washington DC and throughout Europe.
Step One has achieved a growth rate in the 2007 to 2008 academic year of 35%

Programs:

Step One uses programs designed by its own professionally qualified staff and devised by a top Dutch software company iWink

Step One utilises programs devised by leading psychometric test publishers: Cambridge Occupational Analysts www.coa.co.uk