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.

2011 -2012 Staff Directory

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

Nursery	Tasha Copeland, Mary Yu, Thaimma Lariosa, Petty Zhang
Pre-Kindergarten	Glenn James, Susan Yu, Jennifer Rowe, Maggie Zhai, Grace Qin
Kindergarten	Leanne Harvey, Jill Yang, Andrea Phillips, Xue Hong, Ren Rynne, Amy Wu, Tracy Lu
Grade 1	Nicole Brew, Amanda Hedley, Carla Limmer, Greg Stewart
Grade 2	Lee Preston, Julie Nugent, Brent Baumgartner, Kate Holmes
Grade 3	Steve Harvey , Jose Chang, John Pryke, Siobhan Westbrook
Grade 4	Hilary Kristal, Richard LaMonte-Bird, Scott Stocker, Selai Nawai
Grade 5	Bruce Sutherland, Andrew Bailey, Bobbie Penrose,Kesaia Naisara, Monique Donahue, Sue Badawi, Peter Lundin
German Department	Rabea Heim, Carolin Hofmann, Gabriele Kulas, Otto Menge
ESL	Lauren Spector, Catherine Whiter, Kimiko Fujii, Chuck Pollard, Warren Massey, Wilma Kersten, Sybil Pretious, 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
Music	Kim Gilbertson, David Janssen
Art	Lily Jin, Nan Parker, Heidi Messer
PE	Doron Gringorten, Karen Zheng, Ann Butler
Learning Technology	David Rynne
Library and Media Centre	Eileen Hurley, Sasha Auyang
Student Services	Tom Cole, Alison McIvor, Michelle Mi, Michaela Simpson
Administration	Mark Treichel, Rebecca Clentworth, Dom Thomas, Christina Ma, Li Yan