Specialist Teachers

Maurice Fakoury

Languages have been central to my upbringing, education and subsequent career choices, and have opened doors for me to a range of opportunities throughout my life. I have always considered a teaching career as my ultimate aim, but I felt that in order to become the type of teacher that I aspired to be, I would require experience outside of an academic environment before fulfilling that ambition.

I was fortunate enough upon graduation from the University of Edinburgh to fall into my first career as an Expedition Manager and Leader with a Gap Year organization, and a tour manager for a boutique travel company in Europe. Thereafter, I became a journalist for a number of years, but eventually decided that the cut and thrust of Fleet Street was not for me.

Teaching has provided me with a sense of purpose as well as satisfaction that I am contributing in a meaningful way. I relish the opportunities that are constantly presented in school life, as well as the chance to help young people broaden their own horizons. After a few years of teaching in London, my taste for adventure and desire to head overseas again led me to BISB. 

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Laura Somia

Having been raised in a multicultural household (I have dual nationality, French and US) and having travelled (as well as worked) in several different countries, I am able to establish a good rapport with people and adapt to new environments quickly and seamlessly. Throughout my life I have been keen to try new things, push my boundaries and broaden my horizons while working towards and achieving ambitious academic and professional goals. Indeed, I earned a BA in dual French, US and British Law at the competitive University Paris Ouest la Defense where I also earned a Masters in Teaching French as a Foreign Language and completed my PGCE at the number one university worldwide for education, UCL Institute of Education.

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Carmen Francoy

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Stephanie Bresnahan

I earned a BA from Tufts University and an MA from New York University. I have taken many additional graduate level courses over the years both in the United States and in Spain. I have taught in New York, NY; Madrid, Spain; Santa Monica, CA; Newton, MA; and Wellesley, MA.

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Dylan Censorio

I graduated from Plymouth State University with a Bachelor of Science and a focus on teaching physical education and health education. Before graduating college, I completed my student teaching at two large middle and high schools in Manchester, New Hampshire. Shortly after graduation I moved to Boston where I landed my first teaching position at a private school called Buckingham, Browne and Nichols located in Cambridge, MA.

Currently I am the Director of Athletics as well as the Head of Physical Education. As the Director of Athletics I schedule all middle school and high school athletic competitions, set up various extracurricular clubs for all ages and coach middle school basketball and middle and high school soccer. I have spent 2 seasons coaching the boys' middle school basketball team and high school soccer team and 1 season coaching the girls' middle school soccer team. 

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Kate Wooldridge

I started my journey into teaching at Loughborough University studying Sport and Exercise Science. An incredible University where you are surround by elite athletes who inspire you in creating your own journey into sport and studying. I then went on to completing a PGCE and I have now been teaching for 10 years; in three schools. Two state schools in England, and one international school in central London.

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Glyn Johnson

After completing a BSc in Multimedia I went on to work in the radio industry as a web editor. After that I went into education. Last year I traveled to Singapore to look at the education system and report back to the British Schools Council about my findings. I have been a keen programmer in recent years and have enjoyed teaching pupils who have gone on to master their skills.

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David Rees

Before coming to BISB in fall 2015, I had been working in a school in South Wales for just under 7 years now as a Music teacher as well as head of key stage 4 over the last two years. Before this I worked in a variety of challenging inner city school in Cardiff and the surrounding areas.

Both sides of my career so far have offered me many unique challenges which I have enjoyed immensely. In my schools I have enjoyed the extra curricular side of my job, being able to perform many different styles of music in summer and Christmas concerts as well as creating and performing three musicals written by myself and the pupils together before putting popular rock and pop songs into the music. I think these shows are my biggest achievement in school. 

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