A passion for teaching is consistently combined with excellent credentials, professional experience, talents and ongoing learning and development. With these fundamental attributes - and a sense of humour - SSIS teachers inspire their students to love to learn.

The sense of teacher empowerment and collegiality at SSIS is strong. Teachers meet frequently to review school and classroom activities, discuss the progress of individual students, recommend change when necessary, and plan new approaches, all the while sharing their expertise with one another. The opinions of staff, parents and students are highly valued at SSIS.

The school places great emphasis on the professional development of staff. We encourage all staff to grow continually in their professions and to explore new avenues of interest by attending educational conferences and workshops and enrolling in higher education courses. They serve on various committee groups within the school to support and enhance the overall advancement of their school. Staff members are also active participants in many local organisations fostering their community spirit.

2009 -2010 Staff Directory

(Click on the grade level or department link to view staff profiles)

Nursery	Tasha Copeland, Priscilla Chua, Jill Yang, Kong Ya Ping, Mary Yu
Pre-Kindergarten	Thaimma Lariosa, Susan You, Holly Williams, Grace Qin, Xu Hong
Kindergarten	Andrea Phillips, Tracey Lu, Kylie Horsfall, Amy Wu, Kirsten Reid, Anna Huang
Grade 1	Monique Donahue, Nicole Brew, Jose Chang, Michaela Simpson
Grade 2	Amanada Hedley, Ann-Maree Butler, Elvina Tong, Erin Whaling
Grade 3	Brent Baumgartner, David Cotter, Jared, Johnson, John Pryke, Scott Stoker
Grade 4	Bruce Sutherland, Debbie Penny, Peter Lundin, Ron Whaling, Susan Badawi
Grade 5	Sally MacArthur, Andrew Bailey, Bobbie Penrose, Richard LaMonte-Bird
German Department	Rabea Heim, Sabrina Goebel, Gabriele Kulas, Otto Menge
ESL	Carla Limmer, Catherine Whiter, Dongna Lin, Hilary Kristal, Kimiko Fujii, Lauren Spector, Lee Preston, Paulo Cohen-Myers
Chinese	Wang Yu Feng, Angel Su, Cathy Huang, Chen Jie, Cici Sun, Doris Hu, Li Li, Li Meng Yuan, Megan Lin, Tang Ying, Yan Li Ye, Zhou Ting, Zoulin Hua
Music	Evie Conkling, Maggie Zhai, Kim Gilbertson
Art	Adrian Freuen, Lily Jin,Mark Hughes
PE	Doron Gringorten, Karen Zheng
ICT	Pam Flick
Library and Media Centre	Eileen Hurley, Sasha Auyang
Student Services	Tom Cole, Alison McIvor, Michelle Mi, Sybil Pretious
Administration	Mark Treichel, Rebecca Clentworth, Dom Thomas, Christina Ma, Li Yan