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Staff Bios

Academic Affairs
Pastoral and Student Affairs
Parent Services, Admission, and Human Resources
General Affairs
Kindergarten
First Program
English
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies/Social Sciences
World Languages
Computer Science
MADD - Music, Art, Drama, and Dance
Physical Education

Academic Affairs

Nathan Bryant

Principal

Taye Kamara

Assistant Principal and College Counselor

Walker Chen

Academic Coordinator

and Registrar

Amanda Huang

College Counselor

Sherry Wen

College Counselor

Majo Walter

Librarian and EAL Teacher

Yolanda Reny

EAL Staff and Librarian

David Toyne

Data Manager

and Tech Coach

Diana Chang

Executive Assistant

Pastoral and Student Affairs

Alicia Chuang

Director of Student Affairs

Scott Austin

Dean of Students

Sarah Chuang

Athletics Coordinator

and Activities Staff

Sharlin Chan

Nurse

Majo Walter

Librarian and

EAL Teacher

David Lauchmen

Special Education Teacher

Mark Dozier

EAL Teacher

Rachel Hu

Student Affairs

Parent Services,
Admissions,
and Human Resources

Sally Yeh

Human Resources

Sara Huang

Parent Services and

Human Resources Staff

Jasmine Kang

Parent Services and

Admissions Staff

Maggie Lee

Admissions Staff

General Affairs

Christine Wu

Director of General Affairs

Nunu Sun

General Affairs Staff

Fighter Hsieh

General Affairs Staff

Jrshiang Huang

Head Chef

James Ma

Chef

Josh Lin

Chef

Lisa Wu

Chef

Kindergarten

Miette Beynon

Kindergarten and First Program Director

Christa Barker

Kindergarten 3

Homeroom Teacher

Loria Hsieh

Kindergarten 3

Teacher Assistant

First Program

Catherine Newton

Grade 1 Homeroom Teacher

Tina Lin

Grade 1 Teacher Assistant

Colm Cosgrove

Grade 2 Homeroom Teacher

Mengo Lee

Grade 2 Teacher Assistant

Justin Marshall

Grade 3 Homeroom Teacher

Grace Hsu

Grade 3 Teacher Assistant

Lorenzo Andrade

Grade 4 Homeroom Teacher

Tseng Ling-Yen

Grade 4 Teacher Assistant

Jane Wong

Grade 5 Homeroom Teacher

Irfan Mirza

Grade 5 Homeroom Teacher

English

Dave Vaughan

Head of Department and

English Teacher

Corinne

Cheong-Marcucci

English Teacher

Joseph

Culpepper

English Teacher

Julia Roden

English and

Social Studies Teacher

Alexander Fishman

English Teacher

Byron Dyck

English and Social Studies Teacher

Mathematics

Shu Tan

Head of Department

and Mathematics

Teacher

William Ma

Mathematics Teacher

Gloria Chiu

Mathematics Teacher

Levi Munoz

Mathematics Teacher

Science

Raman Gupta

Head of Department and Science Teacher

Jitesh Pankhania

Science Teacher

Nicholas Jimenez

Science Teacher

Garima Pandey

Science Teacher

Social Studies/
Social Sciences

Mark Vickers

Head of Department and Social Studies Teacher

Julia Roden

English and

Social Studies Teacher

Richard (Shandy) Booth

Social Studies Teacher

Byron Dyck

English and

Social Studies Teacher

World Languages

Mina Lai

Head of Department and

Chinese Teacher

Connie Fan

Chinese Teacher

Jenny Chang

Chinese Teacher

Joey Huang

Chinese Teacher (part-time)

Liliana Torres

Spanish Teacher

Victor Boissin

French Teacher

Computer Science

David Toyne

Head of Department,

Computer Science Teacher,

and Tech Coach

Travis James

Computer Science Teacher

Julio Macrohon

Computer Science Teacher

MADD -
Music, Art, Drama,
and Dance

Afra Su

Head of Department and Music Teacher

Tamas Szvet

Art Teacher

Serdar Kurbanov

Dance and Physical Education Teacher

Randy Colwell

Drama Teacher

Physical Education

Shane Blanchard

Physical Education Teacher

Serdar Kurbanov

Dance and Physical Education Teacher

Andy Luo

Physical Education Teacher

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Alexander Fishman

English Teacher

Juris Doctor: Temple University

Throughout my career while working in Florida public schools as a teacher and trainer, I’ve had the privilege of watching my students achieve tremendous learning gains on the state and district tests. After teaching in Florida for close to fifteen years, I had worked and resided in Hsinchu where I taught at the high school level for over ten years. Since 2015, I worked at the International Bilingual School at Hsinchu Science Park, a public K-12 school, operated jointly by the Ministry of Education and the National Science Council. While at IBSH, I have taught a variety of regular and AP English courses as well as elective offerings at the high school level.

After years of working with and observing many outstanding teachers, I’ve managed to build classrooms that release the latent talents and skills in my students, close the achievement gap between struggling and advanced learners, and transform students at risk of failure into achievers and believers. My teaching style is direct and decisive, yet flexible in responding to constantly changing demands of the teaching profession. During my career, I’ve had the opportunity to teach a diverse group of students, thus enhancing my teaching techniques and instructional methods. As a result, I have developed superior interpersonal and leadership skills. In addition, I have become proficient in motivating my students by developing engaging lesson plans and using alternative assessment strategies to accurately gauge my students’ performance. In addition to quizzes, exams, and standardized tests, my assessments incorporate a variety of performance-based measures and portfolio opportunities. I believe one of my greatest strengths as a teacher is instilling a love for learning. Achieving that goal means helping students to understand, organize, and retain information in order to become confident, lifelong learners. It also means respecting each student’s background, culture, and learning style and holding high expectations that all children can and will learn.

Before embarking on a teaching career, I was a practicing attorney in the US for over twenty years. After passing the bar, I was admitted to practice law in the following jurisdictions: NY, NJ, PA, and FL. I reached the pinnacle of my legal career in 1999 when I appeared as co-counsel in a case argued before the United States Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.