Marjo Kyllönen

Biographie : Marjo is passionate about Future school concepts, leadership, and school culture. She believes that education can make a difference and build societies for future success. As Head of Education of Development Services for the City of Helsinki, Marjo oversees expert and development services in the Education Sector, providing education services from early childhood education to adult training. As former Chief of Education at the General Education division for over ten years, Marjo has a PhD in Education and defended her doctoral thesis on Future School and Leadership. At her current position, Marjo shapes ‘Basic education,’ covering curriculum matters, pupil participation, special education, and multicultural issues. She is appointed to various committees on the national level on topics including curriculum work, pupil welfare, and pupil assessment. She has written publications in pre and basic education, evaluation, multicultural issues, multi-professional cooperation, future school concepts, and future leadership. Near to her heart is voluntary work promoting children’s education in developing countries. Currently, Marjo is involved in NGO work in Kenya, Nyanza district, with a key task to coach the local leaders to build a better school for less privileged children in that area.