Mr. Mauricio Borda is an enthusiastic and devoted primary school teacher committed to his students' learning and development process. He views every child as unique and special in their own way, with the potential to become someone great if supported by an open-minded, understanding, and caring educator. Mr. Mauricio graduated from Pontifical Xavierian University with a Bachelor's Degree in Modern Languages and Roehampton University with a Master's in Educational Leadership. He is currently doing his second Master's in Early Childhood. Sixteen years of experience as an educator has taught him to cultivate students' thirst for knowledge to be inquirers, thinkers, and risk-takers. In the past seven years, Mr. Mauricio has learned to understand the importance of working on each student's strengths and areas of improvement to bring out the best in them and make them better world citizens.

Ms. Jenny Dong graduated with a bachelor's degree in Chinese Language and Literature. After graduation, she happily joined our school as a Chinese Core Teacher. She holds the qualification certificates: ‘Junior Middle School Mandarin teacher’ and ‘Certificate for Teachers of Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages'. Ms Jenny has a rich educational background and subject knowledge, having worked in international schools for over six years. Over the years, with professional development and training, Ms. Jenny’s teaching skills and ability have flourished.

Ms. Amé Basson is a very passionate, hardworking and creative teacher. She has a good track record of being a very successful teacher and has taught children of different age groups for over six years. She grew up in a family of teachers, which inspired her to become a teacher. Ms. Amé has a passion for supporting, teaching and caring for young learners. She possesses a Bachelor’s Degree in Education as well as a Level 3 TEFL certificate. After graduation, she began her amazing journey of being a teacher. She had the opportunity to teach in China and Macau, making a difference in the lives of the learners she met. It is her life's goal to make a positive impact on the pupils she meets. Apart from her teaching experience and classroom management skills, her enthusiasm makes her a perfect fit as a Grade 2 Homeroom teacher. She is excited to be working alongside the other teachers to help the students grow and develop in their elementary years. Outside of work, she loves playing sports and exercising daily. She also enjoys singing and dancing and loves to travel and learn more about different countries.

Mr. Jacky Tan is from Foshan. He graduated from University majoring in Business English. He previously worked in the United States for 4 months before going to Cambodia to build houses for disadvantaged families. In his spare time he volunteers to help and support autistic children in Dongguan. Mr. Jacky really loves outdoor activities, especially hiking and ultimate frisbee.

Mr. Michael Hallett is our Grade 3 Core Teacher. He graduated from the University of Manchester with a degree in Business Studies. After several years he decided to pursue a career in teaching. Driven by his own achievements and positive memories of school, Mr. Michael yearned for the opportunity to provide today’s students with their own positive memories and experiences. He considers teaching to be a vocation as opposed to an occupation, and with this in mind, he continues to seek new opportunities to develop his understanding of new educational practices and that of himself. His knowledge and experience of the UK curriculum have provided a solid platform in which to successfully implement the IB curriculum. Michael’s experience of teaching in a number of schools in the northwest of England enabled him to teach at a wide variety of year levels ranging from Preschool to Year 6.

Ms. Cathy Zhou graduated from the University of Foreign Languages with a degree in education. She has a great passion for education and has been working in education since her graduation, working in the field of Early Years Education for five years. She is friendly and interacts with her students with patience and respect, helping to guide them by following the psychological developmental characteristics of their age. She incorporates her love of traditional Chinese culture, literature, art, and cross-cultural communication concepts into her teaching, making the classroom joyful and accompanying children to develop creatively. Her teaching style is lively and fun, entertaining, and encourages children's enthusiasm and curiosity. She is very affectionate, gentle and pays attention to each child, guiding them to take the initiative to think and cultivate their independent thinking spirit.

Mr. Mark Robson originates from Nottingham, England. He has been living and teaching in East Asia for about 6 years, mostly with Lower Primary students. He loves his job and feels a sense of accomplishment and pride as he enjoys seeing students develop their skills and understanding from tangible investigations. He feels the rewards of teaching when students develop positively and gain happy memories of their time in school as they develop their socio-emotional skills. In his spare time he loves to play guitar and travel, especially to very green, beautiful and natural places where he gains a sense of having escaped form the world a little.

Ms. Coco Deng is the Chinese Core Teacher of our Grade 4 class. She is from Dongguan and can speak Cantonese. Ms. Coco graduated from Western Sydney University of Australia. After graduation, she received her certificate of Primary Education in China. Ms. Coco has nearly 6 years of education experience. She is open-minded, quick-thinking and skilful in searching for information on the internet. Ms. Coco has a broad range of interests, such as reading, surfing the internet and enjoying music. Ms. Coco lives by the motto to “Try My Best!”

Mr. Warren Garth Raynardt is our Grade 5 Core Teacher. He is 35 years old and was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Mr. Warren has been an educator for 12 years and he holds a bachelor's degree in education from Cape Peninsula University. He is a passionate teacher who believes in holistic development, that all students are different and should be encouraged to tell their own life story. He enjoys a challenge and can be very competitive at times. Mr. Warren’s motto in life is “Always try to do something better than the day before and aspire to inspire young minds!”

Ms. Esther Liu is a Chinese Core Teacher in Grade 5. This year marks her 6th year with us. Ms. Esther is very passionate about teaching and furthering the development of students at school. She feels that her role as a teacher is not just to bombard students with books, but also to learn a lot from each other about how to be better people here, together in this world. Ms. Esther looks forward to what adventures the future holds for all of us.

Ms. Leslie Allen is our Chinese Core Teacher in Upper Primary. She is from Guangdong province, originating from Guangzhou. Ms. Leslie enjoys making people happy and she finds pleasure in making others smile. Her favourite hobbies are singing and playing the piano. Ms. Leslie has a rich educational background and subject knowledge, having worked in international schools for over eight years.

Ms. Yuki Chen hails from Dongguan. She has been engaged in education and teaching for nearly 6 years since graduating from college. She has accumulated rich experiences in developing relationships with and guiding students. She has also assisted many of her students to improve their English scores. Ms. Yuki has always enjoyed teaching and is happy to see children with sweet smiles on their faces. She regards students as her teachers as they show her their unique perspective on the world. She believes that by getting to know and understand her students as individuals will help to improve her teaching.

Mr. Ephraim Nicko Pineda is our ICT teacher. He originated from the Philippines and is happily married to Ms. Diane, our Informational Technology specialist. He's been teaching here since 2018 and is excited to enter his 5th year. Mr. Pineda earned his Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communication in 2013 from the Institute of Creative Computer Technology. Current and emerging technology is something he is passionate about; how things work, functionality, and problem-solving. He loves sharing innovative ideas to involve students as they learn, grow, question and discover the amazing world of technology.

Ms. Maria’s interest in visual arts started at the early age of 10 when she won a Drawing and Painting competition in her city. With her mother’s encouragement, she pursued her passion for arts and hosted her first painting exhibition at 13 years of age, with about 10 works. She pursued her passion by attending the High School For Visual Arts in Coimbra, Portugal, before attending a tertiary Professional Ceramics Painting and Decoration course. She is very passionate about ceramics and visual arts, thus her transition as an Educator through the consequences of her own learning process. Like the artists she spent time with, Ms. Maria enjoys sharing her knowledge of visual arts with young minds. Watching them develop artistically gives her great pleasure, honouring and fulfilling her desire of sharing and spreading her knowledge.

Mr. Christopher Hayes has been passionate about sports since he was a child and has worked very hard to gain a wealth of knowledge in human health and exercise. Since university, he’s worked several different roles in the sports environment, but teaching was the role he fell in love with. As teachers, he believes that we should constantly be evolving and learning. Since graduating from university, he has achieved coaching awards in Football, Basketball, Rugby, and Handball, to name a few. Moving forward, he would love to work and develop the school's P.E. curriculum to accommodate diverse interest and provides all students with support on and off the field.

Mr. Don Wu is the P.E. teacher in Primary Department. He graduated from the Dongguan University of Technology with a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Chemistry. He has two years of experience coaching football at the FUTURA football club. While at university, he participated in various physical sports, such as football, basketball and rugby. After 4 years of university studies, Mr. Don discovered a passion and success in Physical Education, building on his expertise in Chemistry. His experiences coaching and organising a number of sporting events have strengthened his teaching skills in physical education. Mr. Don reflects on his younger years when he was keen to share his understanding of learning with his classmates. He identified his passion for teaching from an early age as he had always been eager to share something good with others. These experiences have helped to shape his character as a teacher and expectations for higher achievements in his career.

Ms. Carol Zhong is a Mandarin teacher from the famous tourist city Zhangjiajie, Hunan. She chose to teach and study Chinese culture because of its rich and diverse history. Ms. Carol is a certified Chinese teacher for primary school and is extremely good at expressing herself. She majored in Elementary Education and has passed the CET6. Ms. Carol likes most sports, except running. In her spare time, she often practices singing.

Ms. Nicky is our Mandarin teacher; this is her eighth year working at the school. She has a certificate of teaching from South China Normal University (SCNU) in Primary Education. Ms. Nicky has a passion and drive for teaching. As she has been part of our team for a considerable time now Ms. Nicky is constantly surprised by the growth and development of her previous students in junior primary, both physically and emotionally, which she considers an accomplishment. She loves Chinese culture and Chinese food very much. In her free time, she enjoys reading and making delicious food. Coffee is her absolute favourite - A cup of coffee daily keeps the doctor away.

Ms. Rushi Zeng is our Primary Years Music teacher from Hengyang city Hunan Province. Ms. Rushi graduated from Leeds Conservatoire of England and holds a Master's degree in music. She has 5 years of teaching experience through working in International schools in Jiangsu and here. She puts much effort into ensuring students gain a multicultural perspective. She enjoys spending her time playing sports games with her friends, especially badminton.

Ms. Michaela Raynardt is our Primary Years Librarian. She was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. This is her fourth year working as the IB PYP Librarian. She graduated with a degree in Corporate Communication and, since leaving the corporate environment, has found a passion for working with the young minds of our future generation. In 2022, Ms. Michaela had the privilege of presenting at the PYP South China Network Job Alike, where she shared her knowledge of her role as the IB PYP Librarian. She looks forward to developing her role at the school and is excited about the new learning experiences ahead.

Ms. Julia Zhou has been teaching English for 16 years and has amassed a wealth of experience in English education and instruction. Her teaching philosophy centres around utilising dynamic and enjoyable teaching methods to ignite students' interest and enthusiasm, thereby enhancing their passion for learning. Ms. Julia places the care of her students and nurturing their healthy growth as her top priorities. She approaches education with love, patience, a strong sense of responsibility and composes the chapters of their educational journey.

Ms. Elaine completed her Bachelor’s degree at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (ZUEL) in Wuhan, Hubei, majoring in Financial Statistics. She has been an English teacher for 8 years, including Cambridge English Course and HKDSE. She also gained the globally recognised certificate Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) in 2018. She has participated in a national teaching competition with more than 5000 competitors and won as runner-up in 2017. Ms. Elaine is a passionate and open-minded teacher; many students and parents admire and support her. In her spare time, she also enjoys travelling around the countries and abroad, sharing a lot of interesting stories with students. She is the Homeroom teacher for Grade 7-D and teaches General English (grammar, vocabulary, writing, reading) for both Grades 7 and 8.

Ms. Tiki graduated from Coventry University in the UK with a Master's Degree in English language Teaching and Applied Linguistics. She is the Junior Secondary English teacher with over 5 years of teaching experience. She holds qualifications in TESOL, TQC for High School English teaching, and IPA (teaching Chinese as a foreign language). She is passionate about teaching, and her humorous way of teaching always endeavours to contribute to students' self-confidence.

Ms. Amy has many years of experience in teaching Mandarin. She always puts students’ growth and happiness first, pays attention to improving students' comprehensive capability and helps students solve life and psychological problems.

Ms Gina P. Gonzaga is from the Philippines. She graduated from the Philippine Normal University on March 1987 with the AB/BSE Bachelor of Arts degree in Education, majoring in English. She previously taught in the Philippines as a public High School teacher for 10 years. She has been teaching in China for 15 years in different cities. She worked at EtonHouse International School for 7 years as an Early Years P.E. teacher. Currently, she teaches ESL and assists Secondary students in ASJ’s Reading Club.

Ms. Sunnie Feng, graduated from the University of International Business and Economics with a Master's degree in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages. Ms. Feng’s previous experience includes teaching at the Confucius Institute of Trinity Saint David University in the U.K. and the Confucius Institute of San Diego State University in the U.S. Ms Feng also possesses an International Chinese Teacher Qualification Certificate and the Junior School English Teacher Qualification Certificate. She loves an education career and believes that education is to awaken students' inner wisdom.

Ms. Adaline is one of our ASJ English teachers for the Secondary Department, having previously worked in EtonHouse for over 2 years. She originates from Guilin, Guangxi province, and grew up in Dongguan. She majored in English and Tourism with a Bachelor's Degree and holds qualifications of TEM4, TEM8, and TQC for High School English teaching and an English tour guide certificate. She is patient and thoughtful and has valuable experience in English speech and debate contests as well as translation competitions. She has a unique and humorous way of teaching, always endeavouring to contribute to students’ self-confidence, self-learning, and critical thinking from both a Chinese and Western education system. Moreover, she is adept at leading students to comprehend reading with writing. She envisions that she will continually go on learning and teaching.

Ms. Jim Zhang graduated from Loughborough University in the U.K. with a Master's Degree in Analytical Chemistry, having completed her Bachelor of Science at the University of Science and Technology Beijing. Ms. Jim previously worked as a consumer product testing technician at the Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine in Beijing. She has experience in teaching TOEFL, IELTS, Chemistry and other science-related subjects, especially within international programs such as IGCSE and IB. As an educator, Ms. Jim wants to help students attain their fullest potential within these areas by providing an environment that fosters risk-taking as well as enabling students to develop positive characters to be life-long learners.

Mr. Fangyu Zhou graduated from Dongguan High School and Tianjin University of Finance and Economics. He is experienced in teaching Mandarin Chinese as a First Language. He has devoted himself to teaching and enjoys guiding students to explore the world with a passion and feel the colourful life in the world of literature, all while engaging in more reflection, thinking and perception. He always encourages his students to develop themselves continuously.

Mr. Alex graduated from UCLA, majoring in applied Math. He has management and engineering experience as an FAE, thus he is well-known to relate Math with real life experiences. By doing so, Math becomes interesting and touchable and can stimulates students' interest in Math.

Ms. Tiffany is our Chemistry teacher and integrated Science teacher for Grade 9 and Grade 10 students. She graduated from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing with a Master's degree in Science, and her graduation project was published in an SCI scientific journal. She has been teaching international courses, including Science, IGCSE Biology, IGCSE Chemistry and A-level Chemistry, for 7 years - 2 years in Foshan and 5 years in an International Middle School in Shenzhen. Ms. Tiffany encourages creativity and exploration in each student with the help of project learning, flipped classes, and lab experiments.

Mr. Lucas Wu has more than ten years of experience in education teaching software development. He has previously participated in the development/management of large-scale software projects such as Op Steel Network and Country Garden BIP. He has rich practical software experience and class teaching management experience. He is good at inspiring and guiding education to stimulate students' potential and vitality.

Mr.James graduated from Guangdong Institute of Technology, majoring in Social sports guidance and management. He majored in swimming and minorted in basketball. Mr.James is a national second-class swimmer, a national second-class swimming referee, a youth swimming coach in Guangdong Province, and a social sports instructor (swimming). Mr.James has considerable experience in swimming and can teach students according to their aptitude.

Morris graduated from Guangzhou Institute of Physical Education, the only sports institution in South China. He has had rich teaching experience in public schools, international schools and Hong Kong schools. He is familiar with Hong Kong DSE courses and IB teaching mode. He can communicate and teach in basic English. He has rich experience in basketball, volleyball and track and field teaching. He is a national basketball second-level referee, swimming third-level referee, track and field referee, Ifbb international personal coach, sports rehabilitator of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, sports nutritionist of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, swimming lifeguard (Level 5), Red Cross Ambulance certificate, and basketball social sports instructor. He has led many sports athletes in our school to participate in Hong Kong sports competitions and achieved excellent results.

Feng Xiaohui, a physics teacher, graduated from South China Normal University with a major in physics education. She loves education, is responsible to her students, and is patient. Believe that education is a warm encounter, full of emotions and warmth.

叶师健，毕业于华南师范大学环境艺术设计专业，教授美术绘画，具有6年教学经验，擅长手绘、平面广告设计、室内设计、园林设计、计算机人物设计等，获得“广东省技师院校绘画大赛-教师组”第一名，主导学生参与获得“2020第46届世界技能大赛工业设计技术项目选拔”第二名。

周建婷，本科学历，现任初中中国历史老师。从教以来，一直担任历史教学工作，曾教过五个班的历史课程，教学经验丰富。她爱岗敬业，教学基本功扎实，致力于打造有深度、有厚度、有温度、有情怀的历史课堂。

Harry Su is a warm and passionate personel who dedicated himself into the career of teaching. He has eight years of foreign study experience in Australia where he obtained his master of teaching degree in Melbourne University. Mr. Su's experience of studying oversea enables him to be very inspirational in class. His vivid and educaional teaching style will facilitate students' learning. Harry also pay extra attention for special learning needs students, scaffolding the learning and ensuring everyone learns in class.

Kelly Liang graduated from South China Agricultural University with a bachelor’s degree in biotechnology. She got the biology teacher qualification certification, where she is able to be a professional teacher. More over, she not only has teaching experiences about IG programme, but also has a good grasp of DSE biology. These experiences enable her to be well prepared for a DSE biology teacher. She is also regarded as a patient, outgoing and creative girl who loves enducation and students. So she will be pleased to impart knowledge to her students using unique teaching skills.

Graduated from the English department of South China Normal University, Jones Xu has acquired Tem 8, Senior High School English Teacher Qualification Certificate as well as IELTS 7.She has been engaged in the international education industry for more than 4 years.Therefore, she is not only adept at communicating with students, but also gives humorous and easily comprehensible lessons.

Wang Yuzhi, Gigi, graduated from South China University of Technology, National Secondary Psychological Counselor, National Secondary Family Education Instructor, National Senior Sand Table Therapist, 13 years of experience in psychological counseling, Dongguan City Psychological Project Host, Guest commentator of Dongguan Psychological Radio program, lecturer of Guangzhou and Dongguan Family Education Lecturer Group, master painting psychoanalysis, game therapy, cards and other psychotherapy methods, with the concept of helping others to help themselves grow better.

Miss Jiang graduated from the Education University of Hong Kong with an (Honours) bachelor’s degree in Music Education. She has 3 years of full-time teaching experience at one secondary school in HK. Further, she completed her Master’s degree with Distinction at University College London (UCL) in the UK, majoring in Music Education. Miss Jiang is a music teacher, and the panel chairperson of the Art Education Department currently. She is committed to organising various activities and practice to create a rich art atmosphere for students.

杜攀毕业于陕西省艺术学院，是东莞音乐家协会会员，获得中央音乐学院吉他教师资格认证，曾获得东莞十大金曲奖。

Joy Bao is a teacher who loves education very much and has great enthusiasm for mathematics teaching. She treats students seriously and responsibly, cares about students' study and life, and is good at communicating with students. She is not only a teacher of students' study, but also a teacher in students' life. She firmly believes that interest is the best teacher, so she pays attention to the cultivation of students' interest in learning, and is humorous in class to catch students' attention. At the same time, cheerful personality, have a good affinity, like and good at dealing with children.

Yiqin CHEN is science laboratory administrator, responsible for the auxiliary work of physics, chemistry, biology experiment courses, graduated from Jingdezhen University with a bachelor's degree in biological engineering. She used to work as a science experiment teacher in the Mobile Laboratory Project Department of the World Loan Bank, Guangdong Provincial Education Department. She is familiar with the experimental operation process, examination scoring standards and laboratory management guidelines.

Ms. Sukie has been an English teacher for 13 years. She has rich teaching experience with students of different levels. She has a Bachelor's degree that majors in British and American Literature. Besides TEM8 and TQC, she has always strived to improve herself and holds a certificate as an excellent adviser in English speaking contests and IELTS band 7.0. She is professional and devoted. With her rich experience and passion, she brings effective learning styles and cares for students.