Dr. Oluwakemi M. Linda Banks
Executive Director and Founder
The founder and Executive Director of the Teacher Gloria Omololu Institute, Dr Oluwakemi M. Linda Banks, is a clinical psychologist, a human resource development consultant, communication specialist and an educator. She has been involved in education since 1965, when she began as a secondary and primary school teacher, moving up the ranks to become the Head Teacher of the all-aged Primary School at Island Harbour. She was a pioneer teacher at the Methodist Agogic Centre in St. Maarten, where after five years she was offered the job of Principal. She chose instead to return to graduate school in the USA to pursue a Ph.D. degree in clinical psychology so that she could return to Anguilla to serve in her people.
Dr Banks' educational qualifications include teacher training certification with distinction from the St. Lucia Teacher Training College and the University of the West Indies, a Bachelor of Arts Degree Magna Cum Laude in Psychology and Education from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, a Master of Science Degree and a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Clinical Psychology with minors in Cross-Cultural Clinical Assessment and Speech Communications/ Telecommunications from the Pennsylvania State University.
An internship at Hutchings Psychiatric Centre in Syracuse, New York, included a year-long rotation at Fairmount Children's Centre (a school for emotionally disturbed children). Dr Banks' mulitfaceted career includes service in clinical psychology, human resources, communications and in voluntary leadership roles of many regional and international ecumenical and humanitarian organizations. She is the recipient of several local, regional and international awards and honours.
Executive Director and Founder
The founder and Executive Director of the Teacher Gloria Omololu Institute, Dr Oluwakemi M. Linda Banks, is a clinical psychologist, a human resource development consultant, communication specialist and an educator. She has been involved in education since 1965, when she began as a secondary and primary school teacher, moving up the ranks to become the Head Teacher of the all-aged Primary School at Island Harbour. She was a pioneer teacher at the Methodist Agogic Centre in St. Maarten, where after five years she was offered the job of Principal. She chose instead to return to graduate school in the USA to pursue a Ph.D. degree in clinical psychology so that she could return to Anguilla to serve in her people.
Dr Banks' educational qualifications include teacher training certification with distinction from the St. Lucia Teacher Training College and the University of the West Indies, a Bachelor of Arts Degree Magna Cum Laude in Psychology and Education from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, a Master of Science Degree and a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Clinical Psychology with minors in Cross-Cultural Clinical Assessment and Speech Communications/ Telecommunications from the Pennsylvania State University.
An internship at Hutchings Psychiatric Centre in Syracuse, New York, included a year-long rotation at Fairmount Children's Centre (a school for emotionally disturbed children). Dr Banks' mulitfaceted career includes service in clinical psychology, human resources, communications and in voluntary leadership roles of many regional and international ecumenical and humanitarian organizations. She is the recipient of several local, regional and international awards and honours.
Dahlia Shields,
Principal
Miss Dahlia Shields is a Jamaica and has been the principal of Teacher Gloria Omololu Institute since August 2009. She has lectured at the university level and has spent numerous years teaching History and English at the Secondary level. She has a legal background and has had experience in Management.
Principal
Miss Dahlia Shields is a Jamaica and has been the principal of Teacher Gloria Omololu Institute since August 2009. She has lectured at the university level and has spent numerous years teaching History and English at the Secondary level. She has a legal background and has had experience in Management.
Her qualifications include:
- a Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) from the College of Law, Birmingham, England 2003 – 2004.
- an M.A. In International Resources and Development from the University of Leeds, Leeds, England 2000 – 2001.
- a B.A. (Hons.) History with Archaeology, Minor Political Sciences from University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica 1992 – 1995.
- a Diploma in Education: Secondary Education, History and English from Mico Teacher’s College, Kingston, Jamaica 1987 – 1990.
With her rounded and varied years of experience and study, she has developed into a solid professional individual who can multi-task, deal with demanding situations and solve problems. This charismatic personality is a motivator. But, she is not just a motivator; she is a cheer-leader, a mentor and coach to all her staff and students. She is witty, highly spiritual and loves to laugh.
Her philosophy is: 'I shall not walk this way again; any good thing that I can do; let me do it now.'
