Marcus Waudby
Director for Student Life
I am truly excited to be leading the RVIS Athletics and Activities programs at RVIS. I have been involved in education for 23 years, both in the UK and Internationally; working in US, UK and IB programs as a teacher, middle manager, senior leader, Director of Sport and most recently as a District Director of Athletics and Activities.
The one constant is my teaching and coaching philosophy; my core belief that students should feel safe, confident and happy in school. I am passionate about creating psychologically safe learning environments where all children can succeed and be afforded pathways for success. I believe that words such as commitment, character, honesty, integrity, sportsmanship, pride and trust are values that we should role model for our students. Students should be encouraged to become risk takers who model compassion and empathy. I believe that students should be exposed to as many opportunities as possible, where possible, and I look forward to working with the entire RVIS community to achieve this.
I have had a successful playing and coaching career. I was fortunate to experience International Sport playing rugby for the English RFU age group teams as well as the English Universities representative team. I played cricket to a high level, representing the East Midlands and Harborne 1st X1. I also played several other school sports at County level, including basketball, volleyball and football.
Whilst working in International Schools, I have coached volleyball and basketball at all levels and have been fortunate to have been involved with many Championship teams. I have also coached rugby at almost every level; from coaching the men’s 1st XV Kuwait rugby team, to the U9 team on Saturdays at mini-rugby, and the school 1st XV. I have spent quite some time as the player/coach of the Kuwait cricket team and the school’s junior teams.
Outside of school, my main interests revolve around hanging out with friends and family, watching live music and sport, talking rugby and cricket, and more recently hacking my way around the Golf course!