Green Valley

OUR TEAM

Our dedicated Teaching Team in Green Valley School reflects our firm belief in a balanced, holistic educational programme, combining the importance of academic and human excellence. Our GVS Family is made of different smaller teams with a clear management structure. The Senior Leadership Team manages the Primary and Secondary school. The Teaching Team is divided into both Primary and Secondary teachers and also importantly Primary teaching assistants.

As a British International School in Spain, our teachers have experience with the British National Curriculum and are subject specialists, meaning they have specifically studied at university the subject that they teach. Green Valley also teaches the Diploma Program for the International Baccalaureate in Years 12 and 13.

All teachers that teach this program have their Level 1 training from the International Baccalaureate. In conjunction with this, as we are a British School operating in Spain and accepting Spanish students, we also comply with the Spanish Ministry of Education’s guidelines.  This means that  a Technical Director manages the Spanish department in GVS. Additionally, the Spanish and Catalan teachers all possess their necessary qualifications from the Ministry of Education.

Importantly, we are also aware that we search not only for qualifications and experience, but we also look for teachers that exemplify human values, are balanced, carers and motivators.  Therefore, our Teaching Team reflects this.  We are a group of international, open minded, experienced educators who all believe in the same mission, to combine academic and human excellence to achieve a unique teaching and learning environment.

Which team do you want to meet?

Leadership
Team

Primary Teaching
Staff

Secondary Teaching Staff

Administration
Staff

Cleaning and Maintenance Staff

Kitchen
Team

Leadership Team

James O´Conner
School Principal & Co-Founder
Kathy Schütz
General Director & Co-Founder
Janette Harvey
Head of Primary
Raksha Mahtani
Education in Human Values Director
Drew Sparkman
Deputy Head of Secondary
David Méndez
IB Coordinator
Llorenç Mercer
Head of School Culture
Philippe Bés
General Manager

Primary Teaching Staff

Hannah Bell
Teacher Year 2
Jessica Hunt
Assistant Teacher Year 2
Laura O´Sullivan
Teacher Year 3
Lorena Anesco
Assistant Teacher Year 3
Malaika Marks
Teacher Year 4
Gracie Slark
Assistant Teacher Year 4
Sarah White
Teacher Year 5
María Arenal Seco
Assistant Teacher Year 5
Victoria Lockhart
Teacher Year 6
Necla Akdamir
Assistant Teacher Year 6
Beatriz Sánchez
German
Marta Sabater
Spanish
Vanesa Cifre
Spanish and Catalan

Secondary Teaching Staff

Adam Metsko Lubinski
PE
Lucila Capone
PE
Ainhoa Beunza
History and Geography
Ana López
Art and Design, SDL
Llorenç Mercer
Art and Design, Visual Arts, Catalan, Socials, Pre-IB
Christopher Bennett
Business
Sonia González
Business
Danielle Briggs
Maths
Giulietta Lang
Maths
Manon Jones
Maths
Matthew Dixon
Maths and Physics
Sara Louro
Maths and Biology
James Thomson
Science, Chemistry and ESS
Devon Jamison
Computer Sciencia
Erik Sjoberg
Swedish and Spanish
Rosheen Atkinson
Drama
William Fisher
Music
Hannah Weber
German, CAS Coordinator
Magdalena Zehetner
German
Devon Jamison
Computer Sciencia
Erik Sjoberg
Swedish and Spanish
David Méndez
Spanish and IB Coordinator
Elisabet Porta
Catalan, Spanish and Socials
Marta Sabater
Spanish
Rosa Portillo
Spanish and SEN Coordinator
Vanesa Cifre
Spanish, Catalan and Socials
Laurence Rieg
French
Drew Sparkman
English, ToK, Pre-IB
Eva Ballesteros Alegre
English
Eva Fitz
English
Michael Newell
English

Administration Staff

Lucía Vega-Arango Alonso
Librarian
María Antonia Gracía
Human Resources
María Helena Landazuri
School secretary
Tania Santana Gomes
Office Manager, Head of admissions
Ute von Wrede
Head of housekeeping, TIC Coordinator

Cleaning and Maintenance Staff

Aurora Cayuela Morcillo
Housekeeper
Esther Cuadrado Ruiz
Housekeeper
Margarita González Gomez
Housekeeper
Myriam de la Cruz Barraza
Housekeeper
Jaume Bauza
Maintenance

Kitchen Team

Carmen Mulet Ripoll
Head chef
Maria Esther Escribano Rivas
Sous chef
Isabel Cristina Quiceno Gomez
Kitchen assistant
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