David received a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology, a Bachelor’s of Arts in Political Science, and a Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of Pittsburgh. David was previously the IB MYP Programme Coordinator at an international school in Beijing

 

David has taught social studies and English as a foreign language over the past ten years in both the United States and in China. Specifically, he has taught students from Grade 6 through 12 in the following subjects: United States History, World History (IGCSE), AP United States History, MYP Individuals and Societies, and various other elective courses.

 

David is excited to work with all types of students as they develop into knowledgeable and caring members of the international community.

Marc Boshoff finished his secondary education in the United Kingdom. He then returned to South Africa where he studied for a Bachelor of Social Science at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal. During this time, he got his first taste of teaching in the mentoring program of the Department of Political Science. With his undergraduate degree completed, Marc took a position at the Global Cool Foundation in London as part of a team focused on ways to positively encourage people to become climate conscious. After an extended break in the United States, he returned to South Africa and began working at the University of Cape Town as a research assistant in the Department of Geomatics. This position also included an advisory role to graduate students. He then attended Stellenbosch University and completed his B.A. (Honors) in political science and his M.A. in international relations (cum laude). A travel break took him from Malawi to Malaysia, before moving to South Korea to start his teaching career as an English teacher. Ten years and three schools later, where he was the head instructor at two, he left Korea to move to China and join Huitong, drawn by the re-imagined and innovative approach to education.

Nancy Li holds a Bachelor’s in Polymer Materials and Engineering from Wuyuzhang Honors College of Sichuan University, a Master’s in Organic Chemistry from UCLA, and a PGCE from the University of Nottingham. Nancy has taught in a range of schools in Shenzhen, specializing in Physics and Chemistry, and joins us as a STEM teacher in the High School.

Xianglei Yuan has several years of experience in teaching mathematics with great success at Wuhan Foreign Languages School. His students have gone to Peking, Renmin, and Tsinghua Universities in China, as well as Oxford and Cambridge in the UK and Columbia University in the US. They have also gained distinction in Mathematics Olympiads and similar competitions. More recently he has been involved in work with the “One Belt and One Road” initiative in designing mathematics’ courses, and has rich experience and profound insight into personalized teaching.

Shengyuan Lyu received a master’s degree from the International Educational Development program at Teachers College, Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in environmental science at Shandong University. During his studies in the US, Shengyuan tutored math and biology at a community enrichment program and assisted the design of curriculum at an NGO. Shengyuan also carried out a research program to study students’perception of a tracking system in a math classroom. He learned students’thought through one-on-one communication with them. Shengyuan is excited to join Whittle to create an excellent learning experience with teachers and students together.

Wendy Wu obtained her master’s and bachelor’s degrees both in English Language Teaching from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), respectively. She has been a language teacher for 13 years at several schools. During her five-year teaching at two local schools in Hong Kong, she taught English, Mandarin and General Studies (English) and she was also the penal head for General Studies (English) and the year-level coordinator for English. Also, she has worked as a bilingual class teacher at EtonHouse International School (Singapore), where she was responsible for designing the school's Scoop and Sequence of the bilingual program. After she moved to Shenzhen with her family, she worked at Basis International School (Shenzhen) for two years. She has been an English teacher at Huitong since 2019 and was the Assistant Head of English Department for lower school. As a firm supporter in differentiated teaching, she believes that every child has magnificent potential and teaching should be designed to cultivate each student’s talent.

Danielle Hu is a counselor at Huitong. She graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a master degree in guidance and counselling. She has been working with children and families in school settings for the past 11 years in both public and international school. She has worked as a class teacher in middle school for 2 years and primary school for 7 years. In August 2019, she has become the school counsellor at a noble IB school in Shenzhen. She is also a workshop leader and school visit team member in IB organization. She has conducted several staff or parent workshops on different topics, such as IB education, classroom management, positive parenting, etc.

Danielle specializes in working with children ages 6 -14. She is able to provide support with personal development, managing emotions, social skills, and communicational skills. She helps children identify their strengths and weaknesses and support them with goals setting. She is proficient in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.

After graduating from Edinburgh University with a Masters degree in Education, Yu Fang moved to Shenzhen and became a teacher. She is a lower school STEM teacher, and this is her 4th year at Huitong. She is passionate about guiding students to find solutions for real-life problems and exploring sustainable ways of living. She believes that the role of a teacher is to help students become kind, responsible and independent citizens of the planet. Before joining Huitong, Yu Fang had four years of academic entrepreneurship experience, when she provided student-centered learning opportunities both inside and outside the classroom, such as vegan cooking, science workshops and outdoor study trips. These experiences helped her to hone her skills in teaching interdisciplinary courses in English. She continues to be a lifelong learner by setting goals to learn new skills every year.

Dr. Jia holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from Renmin University of China, and completed his Ph.D. in comparative literature and world literature at the same institute. Funded by the China Scholarship Council, he attended Università di Bologna in Italy for one year. There, he experienced the importance of diversity and internationalism. His fluency in both Chinese and English will make a great contribution to our bilingual campus and his research in the humanities in both Chinese and Western contexts will help cultivate children's ability to critically think. A firm believer in the significance of interdisciplinary education, he introduces students to a larger world through the tools of language, literature, history, and philosophy.

Ms. Gan graduated with an M.S. in ICT in Education from the University of Hong Kong, and a B.S. in teaching from South China Normal University. Also, she completed the IB teaching training from DePaul University and become a certified IB teacher for middle and upper school. Ms. Gan has worked in bilingual and international schools in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, she has 7 years teaching experiences in STEM-Physics, engineering and technology. Ms. Gan focus on differentiation teaching, bilingual teaching and project-based learning during these years, she wrote an article related to bilingual teaching and published in the international innovation submit in Spain.

Ms Yunqi Guo (Doris) earned her Double master’s degree at Hongkong Baptist University and University of Kent in Financial Market and Financial Mathematics and earned bachelor degree of Economics at Indiana University Bloomington in USA. After Graduated, Doris had been worked at financial institution for three years as well as has gained the teacher certificate for teaching English at high school in China.

Doris has extensive experience in teaching IGCSE, A-level and AP economics exams. She is experienced in working with teenagers and providing them educational and personal guidance.

Gloria has a master’s degree in TESOL from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in Spanish language and literature from Sun Yat-sen University. She has also studied at the University of Valladolid in Spain for a year. Gloria has taught English, Chinese, and Spanish in China, Spain, and America to a diverse range of learners from different age groups and backgrounds. She volunteered to teach English for immigrants in Chinatown when she was in New York. She was also a ESL teacher at the Community Language Program at Columbia University. Before joining in Whittle, she worked at Merchiston International School in Shenzhen. In addition to traveling to more than 30 countries, she has also guided many global study tours overseas. As faculty of the Cities Experience Program, she is thrilled to explore different cultures together with students more deeply and facilitate cross-cultural communication.

Xijie lived in Beijing for the last ten years, where she earned her B.A. from Renmin University and her M.A. from Peking University. She studied language, language contact, and historical syntax in graduate school. Through this experience, she learned more about diversification and the complexity of languages and cultures. With an enthusiasm for child development and public welfare, she joined the China Youth Development Foundation after graduation and acted as project manager for Project Hope. Later she worked for Bytedance to conduct network literacy programs for children. Being adequately inspired by doing educational programs, Xijie hopes, with her professional background in Chinese language and literature, to serve children thriving at Whittle School & Studios.

Choco Yang has more than 10 years of teaching experience, including eight years in IB schools and two years in public school teaching. She is also certified as a high school teacher. Ms Yang used to teach at SWIS, ranging from Pre-K to G1. She taught Chinese, English, Maths and UOI. She is able to plan, teach and assess all academic subjects with teachers of international backgrounds in grade-level team. Being a life-long learner, Ms Yang actively seek opportunities to learn through professional development experiences.

Ms Lai obtained her B.A. from School of Chinese Language and Literature in Beijing Normal University and M.Ed. from the University of Hong Kong. She has taught in local schools and international schools in Hong Kong for 10 years. During the time she worked in English School Foundation (ESF), which is the largest English-medium international school organization in Asia, she was trained as an experienced IB teacher. She designed and developed various IBMYP and IBDP school-based curriculum in Chinese, including Language and Literature, Language Acquisition, Theory of Knowledge, and more. She has also co-authored and published one book on IBDP Chinese B and two books on IBMYP Chinese Language and Literature. She was also a supervisor of Personal Project in MYP, Extended Essay, Theory of Knowledge Essays and CAS (Creativity, Activity and Service) activities.

Li Yalin graduated from Qingdao University with a Bachelor's degree and was awarded the Shandong Province Outstanding Graduate Award. She majored in Literary and Comparative Studies and holds a Master's degree from Hong Kong Baptist University; she also holds a Diploma in Special Education from Hong Kong University. She graduated in the top 5 from HKBU and attended the Harward World Literature Seminar on a full scholarship. Yalin has worked at the Hong Kong International Montessori School for 5 years and has extensive bilingual teaching and classroom management experience. She is a very passionate and patient teacher and won the outstanding teaching award in Shenzhen Nanshan after joining Huitong School.

Hannah Liu graduated from the School of International Studies at Sun Yat-sen University and received a master's degree from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at the same school. She has teaching experience in IB Chinese at two international schools in China and has worked as a Chinese teacher at a Korean International Culture Promotion Institute and an American public primary school, designing multi-disciplinary merged language courses. She believes that each student is an individual with a unique path of development. A teacher is like the light that illuminates each child's inner potential and makes it shine on the road of life that children choose independently.

Wei Li (Bella Skunda), is a Chinese teacher with a global perspective and an international education background. She received her bachelor’s degree from Shandong Normal University and studied for her master’s degree at Renmin University of China. Bella is a certified teacher (K-12). She has been teaching in public and international schools in Beijing for nearly 11 years. Her extensive teaching experience has led her to form a unique teaching method that combines Western and Chinese approaches. Bella has completed and participated in several years of project-based learning. She participated in a project-based learning concept called “March Madness” (3rd Grade - 5th Grade) that combined mathematics, language, art, information technology, and social sciences. Her teaching plan, “Give You a Bunch of Flowers” (5th Grade), won first place in the national teaching proposal contest. With her deep understanding of education and extensive experience, Bella will continue to practice the Chinese teaching concept of “happy learning and happy harvest” at Huitong.

Mason Wang holds a Master's degree in Psychology from New York University and a Bachelor's degree in Psychological and Behavioral Sciences from Zhejiang University. After graduation, he has worked in international schools in Mainland China and the Chinese University of Hong Kong in the field of psychological education and counseling, where he has gained a deep understanding of the developmental psychology of students of all ages. He has a unique insight into the social-emotional learning curriculum system and believes that the purpose of psycho-education is to allow children to participate in society and feel the world with a healthy body and mind, and to interpret life with healthy values.

Joyce obtained her master’s degree in social research from the University of York and her bachelor’s degree in advertising from the School of Design at Jiangnan University. She has a high school teaching certificate in English. Joyce is very passionate about using creative ideas to build human connections in a positive and sustainable manner. Over the past 10 years in education, she has initiated a variety of projects to support students. These include a dream project and fundraising initiatives with students in Southern Guizhou, and the World Expo Project to enhance English learning motivation in an underprivileged school in Yunnan during her Teach for China Program. She also co-wrote a book titled "N301" with her seven teenage boarders at HZCIS while serving as a coach mentor. During her six years as a SEN (Special Educational Needs) teacher at Wellington College Hangzhou, she designed a SEN toolkit for teachers and parents, initiated the Pupil Success Book Project, and developed the ZEN Room Mindset Programme ("Rainbow Minds: Nurturing Emotions in NeuroDiverse Children"). 

In June 2013, Terry graduated from the computer department at East China Normal University with a master's degree. He then worked as a quantitative engineer in a fund company for two years. In July 2015, in order to realize his childhood dream of making his life more meaningful, he quit his job and joined Teach For China. In those two years, he taught many courses in a village primary school in Yunnan, such as mathematics, sports, and computers. After Teach for China, he joined Meili Primary School which was founded by Teach for China and the government. He was the head teacher of Grade 3 and the head of the mathematics team. In order to improve students’ logical thinking ability, he set up a children's programming interest group.