Staff
 | Anne Wood Anne is our Music Teacher. She started teaching at ISL Surrey in 2009. Anne is very interested in Art and enjoys painting. She has also previously lived in California and New York. |
 | Brit Beckers Brit has been the Secretary at ISL Surrey for over four years. She is also responsible for the admission of new pupils, and until recently, worked as the school librarian from 1999. She graduated with a Masters of Commercial and Financial Sciences specialising in Marketing, and obtained a Teaching Qualification for Secondary Education. |
 | Carmelina Senatore Carmelina has worked in British and Italian schools at primary and secondary level for over twenty years. She has a degree in foreign languages and literatures and is currently teaching literacy in Grade 2, is supporting EAL children and teaching Italian Mother Tongue. |
 | Carmen Powell Carmen is Maltese, but was born in Australia. She has studied five languages (Maltese, English, Italian, French and Arabic) and has worked in International Schools for over 12 years. Carmen helped initiate The Magic Tree Nursery at ISLSurrey when she joined in 2010, and has played a key part in the development of the nursery ever since. When visited by Ofsted in December 2010, the nursery was marked outstanding in every category. |
 | Cindy van der Heuvel Cindy joined ISL Surrey in 2008 where she coordinates the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) in Early Childhood and teaches IPC in Kindergarten. Cindy also implements cooperative learning in Primary & Secondary education. |
 | Clare Robinson Clare is the Co-Teacher in EC2. This is her third year working in Early Childhood, which she enjoys immensely. Clare also loves to travel and visit new places. |
 | Claudine Hakim Claudine is also our Special Needs Advisor and Head of Admissions. She has previously worked as the Deputy Head of the ISL Surrey Primary School. She is originally from Lebanon but spent most of her childhood in Ghana. She is very passionate about international education and has over 20 years’ experience in the field of special educational needs. |
 | Dean Walker Dean is ISL Surrey's Facilities Manager. He has worked at the School since 2005 and enjoys the challenges and responsibilities that his role brings. |
 | Emily Davis Emily is originally from Virginia in the United States, and is currently living in Wimbledon. Emily has taught children of all age groups. She particularly enjoys teaching Reading and Writing. |
 | Emily Velburg Emily joined ISL Surrey in August 2011. She teaches Dutch Mother Tongue for Primary Students. |
 | Eulalia Nunes Eulalia joined ISL Surrey in December 2010. She holds a BA (Hons) degree in English Literature and Media Arts. Her family are from the Portuguese island of Madeira, so she is also fluent in Portuguese. This is her first time working in a school environment and so far she has enjoyed her time here immensely. |
 | Eva Schildt Eva is from Germany where she grew up in Dusseldorf. She studied in Munich where she met her British husband. |
 | Francesca Mortellaro Francesca joined us in August 2011. She has many years’ experience working in a nursery school environment. She holds an NVQ 2 and an NVQ 3 in early year’s education. She is also trained in first aid. |
 | Frank van Oeffelen Frank is the Teacher in Grade 2. He has worked in the school for over 20 years, so has seen the school go through many changes. He enjoys going on day trips with his two sons as well as exploring America with his partner Tracey. |
 | Ghislaine Mahoney Ghislaine Mahoney is our French Mother Tongue teacher. She started working at ISLS in 2009. She originally trained in France as a teacher of English and taught there for 20 years. She has travelled widely and appreciates discovering new cultures and communicating in a foreign language. |
 | Hayden Anderson Hayden has been teaching at ISL Surrey for over three years. He is originally from Dunedin, New Zealand. He enjoys playing Cricket, and has even taught Cricket as an After School Activity. |
 | Helen Carr Helen qualified as an Occupational Therapist in 2002. She has also lived in Colombia, Kuwait and Turkey and Worked at the British Embassy Study Group in Ankara, Turkey as SEN/EAL support. |
 | Iris Schreuder Iris worked as the Nursery Teaching Assistant in 2010-2011 and has joined EC1 at the beginning of this Academic year: 2011-2012. Iris has also worked as a Special Needs Assistant at ISL Surrey. |
 | Jim Doran (Dr.) Dr. Doran, our new Head of School, began his educational career in 1972 and has been a teacher, curriculum director, principal, headmaster and director at the elementary, middle school, high school and university levels in seven countries around the globe. With degrees in education, educational administration, and a doctorate in curriculum and instruction, Dr. Jim is passionate about education and has committed his life to enriching the intellectual and personal growth of children and young adults worldwide. His favourite saying, “Find a job you love and you will never go to work a day in your life.” |
 | Joanne Milton Joanne Milton joined ISL Surrey in August 2011. She has five years’ experience as a teaching assistant, four of which were spent at the United World College Maastricht in the Netherlands. Joanne grew up in Zambia and went to boarding school from the age of eleven, followed by an International college in the UK. |
 | John Wills John has worked at the school for over 6 years. As well as the PE Teacher at ISL Surrey, John is heavily involved in our After School Activities, and coordinating the pupils' Swimming Programme. |
 | Juan Mancebo Juan comes from Cuba and teaches Spanish Mother Tongue and Salsa dancing at ISL Surrey. He enjoys working with children because “they are our future”, and is really happy to share his knowledge and skills with pupils. |
 | Kasim Koruyan Kasim joined ISL Surrey in 2011. He completed his BA and PGCE at Cyprus International University, and has an MA in English Language Teaching which he received from the University of Reading. He enjoys teaching, travelling and socializing with people from different backgrounds. |
 | Keith Dumbleton Keith teaches Mathematics in grades 6 and 7. He has been a supply teacher at ISL Surrey but joined the School in August as a permanent member of the team. He has taught in many schools over the last 38 years, and is enjoying being semi-retired. His granddaughter, Kate, is 3. Keith says, “She keeps me young; I am, in fact, 97!” |
 | Laura Williams Laura joined ISL Surrey in August 2011. She had been teaching in London for the past two years, but is originally from Canada. She studied Early Childhood Education, Family and Social Relations as well as Education at the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. |
 | Leone Meijer Leone is one of the Mother Tongue Teachers at ISL Surrey. She works at the school on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays with Dutch children from various primary classes. |
 | Loes Vulker Loes has worked at ISL Surrey for over 7 years and has enjoyed her time here immensely. Her husband, Juan, also works at ISLS, and their daughter, Noa, is in EC2! |
 | Marco Damhuis Marco is currently the Head of Primary School at ISL Surrey. Previously, Marco worked for 9 years as a Deputy Head in England and in the Netherlands. He is currently taking part in the International Leadership and Management Programme. His teaching background is with Special Educational Needs. |
 | Margreet de Heer Margreet and her family moved to the UK in 2008 and she has been working at ISLSurrey ever since. Her daughter, Marjolein, is now in Grade 4. Margreet started her employment as a Nusery Teaching Assistent and for the last two years she has been working as a Special Needs Assistant. |
 | Mari-Carmen Moreno Mari-Carmen did her degree in English Language and Literature at the University of Barcelona. She started her career as a teacher in Spain, teaching English. Since moving to the UK she has been teaching both French and Spanish. |
 | Maria Bouba-Thompson Maria holds an MA in Applied Linguistics (University of Essex, UK) and a PhD in Second Language Acquisition from the University of Thessaloniki. She has been teaching for many years, and to various age groups. She was also a language instructor of Modern Greek for a year at the University of Cambridge and works as a private tutor of Greek. |
 | Marja Geusebroek Marja has a level 3 qualification as a Nursery Teacher. Marja moved to England 10 years ago and has enjoyed every year here since. |
 | Melanie Reid
Melanie gained her level 3 qualification in Childcare in 2004. She also enjoys running the After School Play clubs alongside other members of her team. |
 | Milena Gill Milena joined the Early Years team in March 2010. She has a BA(Hons) degree in English Literature and a BEd from the University of Delhi, and has over 12 years teaching experience in the field of Early Childhood education. She is married, has a daughter and loves reading, cooking and travelling. |
 | Mirna Azar Mirna is our Arabic Mother Tongue Teacher. She has taught French in various schools in Lebanon, and has over 6 years of teaching experience. At the start of this academic year Mirna began teaching Language B French to some of our secondary pupils. |
 | Miyuki Taylor Miyuki has been teaching Japanese for several years to primary school and secondary school pupils in the UK. She joined ISL Surrey in August 2011 and enjoys travelling and meeting new students. |
 | Monika Toso Monika is originally from Lithuania. She coordinates the Primary Curriculum at ISL Surrey. She loves teaching her “Little Friends” how to become real readers and writers. Her favourite thing is “planting a tiny seed in children, to become life long learners” |
 | Natalia Tripolskaya Natalia is originally from Saint Petersburg, Russia. She studied at Pedagogical University Saint Petersburg, Russia for 5 years and was qualified as a teacher of English and as a Primary school teacher. |
 | Nicola Xavier Nicola moved back to the UK in July 2011 with her husband and two sons after living in Brazil for 14 years where she worked as a teaching assistant at the American School of Recife. She is currently studying for a BA in English and is fluent in Brazilian Portuguese. |
 | Pat Barlow Pat has been at ISL Surrey for over 5 years. She was initially employed as the accountant, but enjoys the challenge of her evolving role within the school. |
 | Petra de Lint Petra completed her Dutch teacher training at the Stenden Hogeschool in Holland. She has been teaching at ISL Surrey since September 2008. Before working as a teacher she was a communications advisor and worked for a non-profit organization (War Child). |
 | Ruchika Arora Originally from Canada, Ruchika holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Concordia University (Montreal), a Bachelor of Education from the University of British Columbia and a Masters in curriculum studies from Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. She subsequently taught with the Toronto District School Board working with a wide range of students. Ruchika is passionate about education and its transformative powers. |
 | Sarah Partridge Sarah Partridge is one of our EC2 teachers and our Early Years Co-ordinator. She is an experienced international educator, having taught across the early years and primary age sections in schools in London, Maseru, Lima, Buenos Aires and Monza. |
 | Saskia Driessen Saskia is our Special Educational Needs Coordinator for Early Childhood and Kindergarten. She is also our Mother Tongue Coordinator, and, in the past, has taught Dutch Mother Tongue. |
 | Sione Ambrus Sione grew up in Australia where she completed her teacher training. She began her career teaching music, drama and Grade 4/5 in Canberra, then moving to Adelaide where she taught Grades 3, 4 and 5. Sione enjoys playing music and has played clarinet for many years. She hopes to work with many up-and-coming musicians at ISL Surrey! |
 | Susan Stewart Susan joined ISL in October 2011, teaching EAL to primary students new to the school. She has just moved to the UK after spending time in Thailand, the UAE, Belgium, Oman and Sweden. Susan has taught EAL and foreign languages (French/German) and has coordinated a mother tongue program. |
 | Todd Beard Todd is our EAL Teacher and Coordinator. Todd teaches language and literacy lessons, and offers support to teachers and EAL students. He is passionate about teaching and has a spirit of life-long learning. He loves to travel, see new places and meet new people. |
 | Victoria (Vickie) Doran Vickie has been a teacher and Librarian/media specialist in the United States and in international schools around the world. She and her husband moved to England in July 2011. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Florida State University and a Master’s Degree in Educational Technology and Instructional Design from the University of Florida. |
