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Staff Directory

Lower School: Grades 1 - 5 & Specialist Teachers

Kelli Nye	Grade 1	knye@iswa.wa.edu.au
Helen McIlwraith	Grade 2	hmcilwraith@iswa.wa.edu.au
Bonny Vaughan	Grade 3	bvaughan@iswa.wa.edu.au
Leigh Olver	Lower School Coordinator Grade 4	lolver@iswa.wa.edu.au
James Manners	Grade 5	jmanners@iswa.wa.edu.au
Jo Burnfield	Physical Education	jburnfield@iswa.wa.edu.au
Janice Dransfield	Librarian & Grade 4	jdransfield@iswa.wa.edu.au
Kylie Grynberg	Physical Education	kgrynberg@iswa.wa.edu.au
Kate Meeke	English as a Second Language (ESL)	kmeeke@iswa.wa.edu.au
Trudi Nell	Art	tnell@iswa.wa.edu.au
Katy Turnock	French	kturnock@iswa.wa.edu.au

Middle School: Grades 6 - 8 & High School: Grades 9 - 12

Amy Aldous	Science Coordinator NHS Advisor Biology & Chemistry	aaldous@iswa.wa.edu.au
Randa Bradley	Mathematics Grade 10 Homeroom	rbradley@iswa.wa.edu.au
Jo Burnfield	Middle School Coordinator Physical Education & Health	jburnfield@iswa.wa.edu.au
Mark Burt	Physics, Physical Science, Life Science Grade 12 Homeroom	mburt@iswa.wa.edu.au
Muna Chiesa	Spanish	mchiesa@iswa.wa.edu.au
Isabel Cueva-Fernandez	Spanish	icueva@iswa.wa.edu.au
Kerise Delcoure	Art Grade 7 Homeroom	kdelcoure@iswa.wa.edu.au
Janice Dransfield	Librarian & Website Administrator	jdransfield@iswa.wa.edu.au
Dalton D'sylva	Economics & History	ddsylva@iswa.wa.edu.au
Kylie Grynberg	Health	kgrynberg@iswa.wa.edu.au
Peggy Hutchinson	Art	phutchinson@iswa.wa.edu.au
Martyn Kelly	Mathematics Grade 9 Homeroom	mkelly@iswa.wa.edu.au
Damien Kerrigan	International Baccalaureate Coordinator High School Coordinator English & Theory of Knowledge	dkerrigan@iswa.wa.edu.au
Valeska Korolija	English & English as a Second Language (ESL)	vkorolija@iswa.wa.edu.au
Robbie Notman	Network Administrator Computers & Web Design / Multimedia Grade 6 Homeroom	robbienotman@iswa.wa.edu.au
Becky Oliver	English Grade 11 Homeroom	beckyoliver@iswa.wa.edu.au
Florence Planson-Hawes	French	fplanson-hawes@iswa.wa.edu.au
Mark Shim	World History & Social Studies Grade 8 Homeroom	mshim@iswa.wa.edu.au
Anka Vujovich	Science Laboratory Assistant	avujovich@iswa.wa.edu.au

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Damien Kerrigan

International Baccalaureate Coordinator
International School of Western Australia

Eleven of my 18 years of teaching has been undertaken in international schools. I have taught in Vancouver, Istanbul, San Francisco and Phnom Penh. I have been working with Diploma students and the International Baccalaureate since 1997, so I have a depth of experience to draw from. In addition to this I am an examiner and a workshop leader for the IBO. Although these additional commitments require a good deal of time, they enable me to maintain a strong contemporary understanding of the program.

My attraction to the International School of Western Australia (ISWA) from the very outset was the potential for change that I could see. ISWA represents a model of education that is rare for Perth and relatively rare for Australia. Not only does ISWA offer a close teacher to student ratio it is also a truly international environment, allowing the students to forge closer ties with students in other countries than they are likely to establish with those that live in their own backyard. While the International Baccalaureate is experiencing phenomenal growth across Australia, there are only a handful of schools that offer the program in an entirely international environment. I can see that this makes us unique and therefore a more exciting place to be involved with.