Our staff

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Receive the highest-quality education from world-class teachers using the latest and leading standards, practices and innovations.

Principal leadership team and assistants

Gabe Lee

Head of School

Colleen Quernemoen

Principal of Student Well-being

Justin Crull

Principal of Teaching and Learning

Nini Hao

Assistant to the Head of School

June Sun

ECC + Elementary Principals' Assistant

Jane Wu

Secondary Principals' Assistant

Early Childhood teaching team

Goodwill Riggins

ECC Teacher

Phoebe Zhuang

ECC Teaching Assistant

Michelle Bishop

ECC Teacher

Susan Yu

ECC Teaching Assistant

Chuck Birkenstock

ECC Teacher

Joy Cassel

ECC Teaching Assistant

Elementary teaching team

Leah Shin

Elementary Teacher

Nancy Wangling

Elementary Co-Teacher

Heather Brown

Elementary Teacher

Bernadette Rautenbach

Elementary Teacher

Dee Mofokeng

Elementary Teacher

Elim Zhang

Elementary Co-Teacher

Doris Zhao

Elementary Teaching Assistant

Phoebe Dong

Elementary Teaching Assistant

Taylor Parman

Elementary Teacher

Vivian An

Elementary Co-Teacher

Jo Anna Kolbe

Instructional Coach

Esther Han

Elementary Co-Teacher

Jasmine Huang

Elementary Teaching Assistant

Erica Mack

Elementary Teacher

Secondary teaching team

Kevin Bates

Secondary Philosophy Teacher

Daniel Cassel

Secondary English + Drama Teacher

Judy Guo

Secondary Philosophy Teacher

Anna Igumnova

Culture and Communications Teacher

Ann Liu

Secondary Math Teacher + Math HOD

Mary Wang

Secondary Math Teacher + Co-Teacher

Betty Zhou

Secondary Math + ELS Teacher

Seina Kang

Secondary Math Teacher

Shine Shi

Secondary Science Teacher

Julio Morales

Secondary Science Teacher

John Usher

Secondary Social Studies Teacher

Adrian Thompson

Athletic Director, Secondary Technology Teacher + Robotics Teacher

Megan Lee

College and Career Counselor

Tara Guiffredo

Secondary English + Drama Teacher

James Riggins

Secondary Social Studies Teacher

Fine Arts team

Amber Fu

ECC + Elementary Art teacher + Co-Teacher

Alexa Manascero

Secondary Art Teacher

Kevin Yu

Secondary Visual Arts Teaching Assistant

Davina Miaw

Music Teacher + Fine Arts HOD

Elise Prater

Music Teacher

Mia Liu

Specialist Teaching Assistant-Music

Daniel Cassel

Secondary English + Drama Teacher

Tara Guiffredo

Secondary English + Drama Teacher

Physical Education + Athletics

Gloria Oh

PE Teacher + PE HOD

Eric Kang

PE Teacher

Adrian Thompson

Athletic Director, Secondary Technology Teacher + Robotics Teacher

Andy Li

General Teaching Assistant-PE

Chinese Language department

Liza Wang

Chinese Teacher + Chinese HOD

Amy Qi

Chinese Teacher

Catherine Sun

Chinese Teacher

Hope Yang

Chinese Teacher

Esther Zhang

Chinese Teacher

English Language Support team

Diana Wu

ELS Teacher

Rosaline Lee

ELS Teacher

Ilia Mazurin

ELS Teacher

Margaret Turauskene

ELS Teacher

Rachel Zhao

ELS Teacher

Sarah Hu

ELS Teacher + ELS HOD

Betty Zhou

Secondary Math + ELS Teacher

Janine Rye

ELS Teacher

Student Well-being

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Melissa Hosek

Learning Support Coordinator

Hannah Li

Nurse

Yvonne Ng

Secondary Well-being Counselor

Nancy WangSijie

ECC + Elementary Well-being Counselor + Learning Support Co-Teacher

Connie Li

Learning Support Assistant

Sandy Qu

Learning Support Co-Teacher

Marketing, Admissions and Communications team

Wesley Bishop

Marketing, Admissions and Communications Director

Jenny Min

Korean Liaison

David Hu

Brand and Media Specialist

Nancy Duan

Registrar and Marketing, Admissions and Communications Liaison

John Kim

Marketing, Admissions and Communications Assistant

Support staff

Ben Bowser

Team Director

Karen Anderson

LifePlus Director of Adult Learning

Melanie Wang

HR Director

Lisa Liu

Manager of FMH

Nancy Usher

Finance Manager

Esther Sun

Transportation Manager

Carol Tan

Public Relations Director

John Wu

IT Director

Rose Xu

Cafeteria Manager + Security and Purchasing Manager

sarah zhou LifePlus Director of Adult Learning for National Staff at international school of qingdao
Sarah Zhou

LifePlus Director of Adult Learning for National Staff

Qiao Hongqi

Chef + Cafeteria Manager

Laura Ruan

HR Assistant

Angel Luan

Librarian

Maggie Li

CLTC Teacher

Emily Xu

IT Support

Jessica Qiu

Cashier

Cherry Zhang

Accountant

Amanda Yuan

LifePlus Teaching and Learning Assistant

Fan Zhao

PowerSchool Engineer

David Cui

Maintenance Technician

Peter Cui

Janitor

Diao PeiGang

Janitor

Zang JianJun

Janitor

Tian Xingjun

Chef

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