Founder & Director
Janet O'Keeffe
Janet O'Keeffe is an educator first. Across more than thirty years in education, and more than twenty-five at board and executive level in the UAE, she has been a teacher, a school and nursery leader, an executive director, a board member and a chair of governance. Her work has centred on strengthening quality assurance, governance, inspection readiness and continuous improvement across British, American and early years settings, always with a focus on children's wellbeing, inclusion and outcomes. She founded OEC to bring that whole perspective, every seat at the table, to the owners, boards and leaders shaping education across the region.
In the UAE since 1995 · British, IB and American curricula · KHDA · SPEA · ECCE · NEASC · BSO
B.Ed. · BA (Hons) Early Childhood Education · Specialist qualifications in leadership, counselling and quality standards in children's services.
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Associates & specialist advisers
Where the scale of a project calls for it, OEC draws on a trusted network of specialist associates across governance, early years, inspection, inclusion and curriculum, giving clients the right depth of expertise throughout an engagement, without the overhead of a large consultancy.
Specialist associate profiles are introduced as each engagement requires.
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