Kindergarten & Primary Principal of ISA Wuhan International School
Co-Principal of ISA Wenhua Wuhan Primary School
Former Head of Shanghai United Shangyin Primary School.
31 years of experience in education, has taught students of all ages in primary schools and has accumulated a lot of front-line teaching experience in mathematics, physical education, history, traffic safety and other subjects.
A Postgraduate Certificate in Education (P.G.C.E.), a National Professional Qualification Certificate for Principals (N.P.Q.H.), an MBA in Leadership and Sustainability, and a Certificate 3 in Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK 3).
Brandon Ghaston
PYP Coordinator
He has been teaching and coordinating in kindergartens, primary schools, and middle schools in China for over nine years.
He is a certified elementary educator gaining his accreditation from Washington D.C, USA. He was a PYPC previously at an International Kindergarten and International Primary School in Guangzhou,During his professional leadership experience, he was able to work for and with CISA (IB official network for China) and CISAs chairman.
At his previous employer he was a part of an authorization support team that helped get a company group kindergarten and middle school IB authorized. Mr Ghaston has also been twice approved to lead sessions for IB Global Conferences in Beijing, China and Bangkok, Thailand.
Victoria Gibbs
Head of Professional Development
Student Support Service Coordinator
Literacy Coordinator
Victoria Jarratt Gibbs comes from New Zealand and comes with more than 12 years of experience in education, in particular the IB PYP programme. She has specialized in the field of Student Support Services enabling children of all backgrounds and abilities to fulfill their potential. She completed 6 years at university studying education including a focus on the learning, behavioral, social and emotional differences in children. She has a particular interest in neuroplasticity and a whole-child approach to understanding and supporting any barriers children may face in their learning.
Jacob Van Dyk
Pastoral Coordinator
Primary Homeroom Teacher
Jacob is a founding member of ISA Science City, where he works as a primary homeroom teacher. Jacob is originally from South Africa, but he has spent the past 12 years living and teaching in South Korea, where he met his wife. In 2005, he earned a BA in Psychology and Sport, Science from North West University. Before returning to South Africa to complete a PGCE, Jacob taught in South Korea for five years until 2013.
Robyn Joseph
Assistant Literacy Coordinator
Primary Homeroom Teacher
Robyn Joseph is from Johannesburg, South Africa. She has a Bachelor of Arts majoring in English and Psychology from the University of South Africa. She is studying the Bachelor of Science degree with the Open University in the UK. She has lived and worked in China since 2015 living in Hangzhou, Beijing and Xiamen. She enjoys travelling, reading, learning about different cultures, sharing knowledge with students and colleagues, culinary arts and fitness.
As Nelson Mandela said, "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world", she believes that education is a very powerful tool that she can nurture within her students and create a love of learning, both inside and outside the classroom. She is looking forward to creating many memorable moments with her future students!
Philip Van Niekerk
Primary Homeroom Teacher
He studied for his undergraduate degree, BA in Human Movement Sciences at the University of Pretoria in South Africa and graduated in 2011.He has been in the education field since 2013 when he completed his postgraduate certificate in education at the University of Pretoria.
He has been living and teaching in Korea for the past 9 years.
Agnieszka Agnes
Primary Homeroom Teacher
Agnes is 37 years old and was born in Poland, Europe. Her interests include learning languages, photography, traveling, kungfu/wushu and winter sports. She loves pets and spending time in nature. She has a Masters degree in Applied Linguistics in English and German (graduated in 2009).
While employed in China, she taught at English First Ningbo, English First Xiamen, Xinmeng Montessori Kindergarten, Osmond International Kindergarten (more than 10 years) as an English Teacher. She has also been an Associate Director of Studies. In lceland, she worked at Regnboginn Midberg with the City of Reykjavik as an After-school activities counselor (2.5 years).
Jiyeon Min
Music Teacher
Jiyeon is a versatile musician and educator who enjoys all genres of music. She has experience teaching primary through college students and successfully guided them to serve their needs.
This includes advising primary students to find their musical voice, secondary students to build academic music portfolios for college application, and college students pursuing music as their career choice. Jiyeon can play the violin, piano, and many other instruments and conduct orchestra and choir.
She has a bachelor's degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, a Master's degree from RICE University, and is currently a doctoral candidate at Indiana University.
Andrew Delaney
PE Teacher
He is a postgraduate from the University of Liverpool, England, where he studied sports studies and business enterprise. He has also achieved a postgraduate early years qualification at Edgehill university, Lancashire. He has worked in the education industry as a highly skilled teacher for more than 8 years. In his second to last school in Beijing, he progressed through the roles from teacher to trainer, to head teacher of the education faculty, to school principal and finally regional principal.
His highlights were moving the school to a new upgraded building. leading the campus to be the highest performing school out of all of the schools under its umbrella in terms of sales, revenue and profit, and leading the most staff developed and promoted into senior roles.
John Erwin
Primary Computer Science Teacher
Over 30 years of experience teaching Computer Science, 25 years of Head of Department
Delivered curriculum from Grade 1 through Grade 12, including: IGCSE, A Level, IB Diploma
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Information Technology and Bachelor of Education (BEd) in Technology Education
Introduced foundational computer skills in Grade 1; taught advanced Computer Science topics for IGCSE, A Level, and IB Diploma students.
PADI Divemaster certification
Bill Lin
PE Teacher
Graduated from a professional sports academy. He has two years of teaching experience within the system and also participated in the establishment of a bilingual school and the construction of the curriculum system, and organized the construction of a sports working group development system. During this period, he was rated as a backbone teacher, C-level Basketball coach, national first-level basketball referee, led the Fujian International School Basketball League to win the first place, and was awarded the title of excellent coach.
Anna Macakova
Primary Art Teacher
Anna Macakova is a primary school teacher with decades of experience in education. Since 2019, she has been teaching art at Art centrum Magic steps，Xinmeng Kindergarten and volunteering at SUlS Xiamen in the art department. She has a lot of experience in teaching a stimulating and interesting primary school curriculum (Maths, PE, Art, Science) to students from Grade 1 to Grade 6 for 25 years. Anna's basic philosophy is that art is for everyone, whether they are naturally talented or not. lt is about creating an environment where students feel safe, have fun and progress.
Li Lu
Primary Homeroom Teacher
Graduated from Shanghai International Studies University and Michigan State University, majored in Education and Curriculum.
Many years teaching experience in international schools; known for creating fun and engaging learning environment;
Nicole Xin
Primary Homeroom Teacher
it is Nicole's 16th year of teaching, she holds a master's degree in Education from Flinders University
She was teaching at a local school as a Chinese teacher for three years, and in 2011 she moved to Singapore to teach Mandarin for four years. She moved back to China in 2015 and worked at an IB international school in Beijing for seven years.
Daniel Kulkarni
Primary Math Teacher & Numeracy Coordinator
Dhananjay Kulkarni (aka Daniel) has a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from Mumbai University, a Master's degree in Management from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and more than a decade of teaching experience. He is currently working as a Native English Teacher at a Primary School in Hong Kong. Prior to that, he worked as a tutor at Eanes lndependent School District (ElSD) and Lake Travis Independent School District (LTISD), both in Austin TX, USA.
Sharon Yu
Primary Homeroom Teacher
Master of Arts in Teaching Chinese as an International Language from National Institute of Education of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Sharon is from Wuhan, Hubei Province. Before entering the field of international education, she taught primary school English independently in a well-known local English education institution for three years, which was highly praised by teachers and students, and the class continuation rate was more than 90%.Sharon used to work at an international school in Wuhan for seven years as a Teaching Intern, Chinese teacher and the lead teacher of the Chinese department.
Tracy Tian
Primary Homeroom Teacher
Graduated from The University of Edinburgh, majoring in TESOL, MSc in 2012.
She holds national High School Teaching (English) Certificate and Cambridge Professional Development Qualification in Learning and Teaching. Being Senior teacher, subject leader and chief counselor in international schools: Possess nearly 10 years of language teaching experience in both international and national curriculum.
Aizhi Chen
CLA Teacher
Chen Aizhi graduated from Huanggang Normal University in Hubei Province where she gained Senior High School Chinese teaching certification. She has more than 10 years of unique teaching experience and is especially good at teaching students according to their aptitude and carrying out individualized education.
She has been rated as an excellent teacher many times for her work and is a famous Huanggang teacher in the hearts of students and parents.
She has published two academic papers in core national journals. She participated in Sina five-star gold teacher selection activities; and was rated as one of the top 300 teachers by Guangzhou Daily study guide.
Her former students have attended key universities in China and the world, including famous ones, like Monash University in Australia and Cambridge University in Britain.
