SSIS

Rabea Heim - Head of German Department

I majored in German language studies in the University of Heidelberg and after six years I completed my teacher training in the Paedagogische Hochschule of Freiburg. I also achieved a specialist teaching diploma for the early years students. Since 2003 I taught from grades 1 – 8 in most of the subjects in the German curriculum. In the last five years my family and I lived and worked in Freiburg, Germany.
I came to SSIS in August of 2009. As Head of German Department I work with the Elementary, Middle and High school teachers. My teaching responsibilities are from Kindergarten to grade 4.

Please contact me at rabeaheim@ssis-suzhou.net

Carolin Hofmann - GD1-2 - German Coordinator

I received my Primary Teaching Diploma at "Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe” in Germany. Five years ago I started working as a teacher. Since then I mainly taught students from 6 – 12 years of age.
Three years ago I gained further qualifications as a mentor of trainee teachers. Most recently I was a homeroom teacher for grade three in Germany. At school I was responsible for our theatre group, we performed 2-3 plays during the academic year. Moreover I cooperated closely with our Kindergarten. I visited once a week and worked with children during their last year of kindergarten.
Teaching at SSIS is my first international teaching position and I am really looking forward to broaden my professional and personal horizons.

Contact me at carolinhofmann@ssis-suzhou.net

Gabriele Kullas - GD3-5

I attended the University of Dresden in Germany where I completed the first stage of my teaching degree. I completed an additional two years of training in Erlangen in Bavaria which gave me a full degree in the teaching profession. I worked as a teacher in Germany for twenty -five years. For many of those years I was a “Form Teacher”, providing exemplary teaching strategies for new graduates in the profession. During my career as a teacher I studied several philosophies of education and acquired certification in each of these, Montessori and Klippert. Each of these alternative teaching strategies prepared me well to meet the ever changing needs of our students in our classroom and those in education. I came to SSIS in 2007 as a primary teacher in the German Department.

Contact me at gabrielekullas@ssis-suzhou.net

Otto Menge - German Teacher

I studied in McMaster University in Canada, where I graduated with a teaching degree and a split major in Psychology and History. I taught 30 years in the Canadian Educational System in Niagara. I was a classroom teacher in the elementary and middle school years for most of that time. Frequently we were required to update and improve our teaching strategies to meet the needs of the students and changing philosophies in education. For many years I was a specialist teacher in Mathematics, Science History and English. Following my career in Canada, I thought in the Middle East in an IB school in Dubai and two years in the British System in Al Khobar in Saudi Arabia.
I came to SSIS in 2008 as an English Teacher in the German School.

Contact me at ottomenge@ssis-suzhou.net