Kindergarten Primary School
Kindergarten Primary School

OUR TEACHERS

Our faculty is composed of a group of like-minded, enthusiastic and responsible international and Chinese teachers. 

All staff members are committed to providing children with a world-class education and giving them the necessary tools and strategies to be successful both inside and outside of the classroom, as well as developing a lifelong love of learning.

Master’s Degree or Above
Average of Eight Years or More Teaching Experience
High Teacher-Student Ratio

Early Learning Center

In our kindergarten there are 3 teachers and 1 life teacher per class. Together with our specialist subject teachers, we have a high teacher-student ratio of 1:3. Our teachers all have training and teaching experience in Reggio.

Our kindergarten adopts a co-teaching system. Each class has both a Chinese homeroom teacher and an international homeroom teacher. All of our international homeroom teachers are fully certified with a Bachelor's degree or above, and have an average of more than 5 years teaching experience in early childhood education, together with the relevant teaching qualifications. Our Chinese homeroom teachers are fully certified with a Bachelor's degree or above, and over 75% of them gained their Postgraduate Degree from prestigious overseas universities. Our Chinese homeroom teachers also have an average of more than 5 years teaching experience in early childhood education, relevent appropriate teaching qualifications, as well as an average of more than 6 years working and studying experience in America, Australia and New Zealand.

Reby Shi
Reby Shi
Chinese Homeroom Teacher
Reby Shi
Chinese Homeroom Teacher
  • Bachelor of Primary Education, Ningbo Childhood Education College

  • Qualified with National Kindergarten Teacher Qualification Certificate

  • Second-Grade Teacher 

  • Over 15 years of early childhood education experience mainly as a KG homeroom teacher

  • Excellent English language and bilingual teaching skills

  • Versatile in singing, dancing and hosting, and good at design teaching games

  • Patient and caring, love children and always get along well with them

David Sweeney [UK]
David Sweeney [UK]
Expat Homeroom Teacher
David Sweeney [UK]
Expat Homeroom Teacher
  • Bachelor’s degree of Economics, University of Sheffield, UK

  • Qualified with TEFL Certificate

  • Over 3 years of teaching experience at internationally inspired kindergartens mainly working as nursery homeroom teacher

  • Specialized in developing English enlightenment curriculum for nursery level

  • Advocate Positive Discipline and home-kindergarten co-education

  • Patient & caring, good at establishing emotional connection with children

Cara Lin
Cara Lin
Chinese Assistant Teacher
Cara Lin
Chinese Assistant Teacher
  • Bachelor of Arabic, Harbin Normal University

  • Qualified with National Kindergarten Teacher Qualification Certificate, BEC Vantage certificate and CPR certificate

  • 5 years of early childhood education experience

  • Excellent English language and bilingual teaching skills for young children

  • Good at calligraphy, piano, dance and painting

Primary School

Our international teachers are fully certified with Bachelor's degrees and the appropriate post-graduate teaching qualifications. All of our faculty members are experienced in IB, Reggio Emilia and PBL, with an average of 10+ years teaching experience, enabling CISN to provide and implement a high-quality education.

Thomas B. Wightman
Thomas B. Wightman
Homeroom Teacher
Thomas B. Wightman
Homeroom Teacher

• Bachelor of Journalism and Creative Writing, University of Winchester, UK;

• Several years of teaching experience at the Early Years level in both the UK and China;
• Experience in teaching kindergarten masterclasses;
• Holds a TEFL qualification;
• Expertise in teaching early childhood drama curriculum;
• Accredited with S.I.A. First Aid for Teaching Positions in the UK;
• Familiar with the IB-PYP teaching system and the Cambridge English programme.


DAVID PARRY
DAVID PARRY
Homeroom Teacher
DAVID PARRY
Homeroom Teacher

• Bachelor of Science in Management, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom;
• Vocational degree in Nutritional Sciences, Cardiff University (UWIC);
• 9 years teaching experience in China;
• Extensive experience teaching English to local children in Ningbo;
• Certificate in Early Years Education, University of Oxford;
• Cambridge University KET/PET Youth English training experience;
• Familiar with Montessori, Cambridge Natural Pinyin, Oxford Reading and Writing (RWI) Natural Pinyin, IB programme and STEAM.

ALEXANDER LAWTON
ALEXANDER LAWTON
Homeroom Teacher
ALEXANDER LAWTON
Homeroom Teacher

• PGCE qualification from the University of Cumbria, UK;
• 8 years teaching experience in China;
• Background in adolescent mental health and social work;
• Proficient in trilingual Portuguese, Spanish and Mandarin.

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Concordia International School Ningbo serves students from age 3 to age 18 and provides a rigorous, globally focused education that fosters inquiry, knowledge empathy, and nurtures a lifelong love of learning.