Meet Our Specialist Instructors

Dewi Bartlett

I studied Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Wales, Bangor and graduated with an Honours degree in 2005. After completing my degree I joined the British Police force and served as Police constable for almost 4 years. 

In 2010 I decided to change my career path and look for a fresh challenge in education. After I completed PGCE in Physical Education also at the University of Wales, Bangor I have been teaching for the past 4 years in North Wales.

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Sue Beeston

I have taught  at the British International School of Houston since 2008. I have been teaching languages for over 25 years in various countries including; England, Venezuela and the US. After obtaining my BA Hons degree in Modern Languages and studying at the universities in Bordeaux, France and Granada, Spain, I completed my PGCE at Swansea University in Wales. During my teaching time in England I was responsible for the teaching and learning of Spanish across the school and for Differentiation throughout the Languages Department.

As well as teaching in the education system I have also taught EAL to business professionals in the Oil and Gas industry here in Houston. While living in Chicago I was very involved in the Home Schooling Programme and played a vital role in the local school district’s Strategic Planning Process.

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Neil Best

I graduated from Liverpool John Moores University in 2010 with an honours degree in Secondary Physical Education.  After university I spent time working for a charity in Fiji developing rural island communities.  For the previous 6 years I was working at the British International School of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia as a Primary School PE Teacher.  I took the position here to engage myself in teaching PE across the whole school, in particular with Secondary School students.

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Nathalie Chevallier

I am a French native speaker with a passion for languages. I studied English and American literature at university in Lyon, France. After graduating, I moved to Bristol, England, and did a teacher training course at Bristol University. I fell in love with England and lived there for the next 12 years. I taught Languages in schools in Bristol, Nottingham and Sherborne (Dorset). I took a year out in 2010 to teach French in the Alliance Française in Brisbane, Australia. There, I taught all ages, from four year olds to adults. It was a rewarding experience.

My husband and I moved to Houston in April 2014 so we are very new to life in the US. I have always loved teaching languages and I am very excited to be part of the British International School of Houston, where languages are so highly regarded. I think that bringing culture into the classroom is an integral part of language learning and an essential part of High Performance Learning. I feel privileged to teach in such a successful school.

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Christina Donelson

I graduated from The University of Texas with a BFA in Technical Theatre Design in 1992. My professional Stage Management career started with Austin Lyric Opera. I then went on to work for Juilliard, The Metropolitan Opera, Walnut Street Theatre, The Opera Company of Philadelphia, Cleveland Opera, and The Opera Company of Charleston, West Virginia. Having grown tired of the cold Northern winters I went on to spend two seasons at the Palm Beach Opera and finally The San Francisco Opera where I had the opportunity to go out on a three month tour with the Merola Program’s Wester Opera Theatre as the Production Stage Manager.

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Carolina Duran

Hola a todos! I am originally from Bogota, Colombia. I graduated from Universidad Pedagógica Nacional with a Bachelors of Spanish-English. I also have a Masters Degree in Education, Research and Curriculum from Saint Thomas University. I am a google certified teacher working towards becoming a Google certified Trainer.  I love technology and its use in the classroom. 

 

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Janine Healy

Before coming to BISH I worked at a comprehensive school in South London where I had been teaching for four years. During my time there I lead and developed the Spanish curriculum, mentored students and trainee teachers and introduced a number of initiatives such as the Francovision song contest, various MFL spelling bees and a Korean language and culture club. I was also involved in implementing project based learning across the whole school which has allowed students to engage more with their learning and produce high quality products. I have relished the opportunity to be able to guide students to direct and perform a play, publish their own book, hold an art exhibition for the public and much more.

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Victoria Henecka

Having trained as a Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages at the University of Exeter, I completed my teacher training at two schools in Weymouth, Dorset, UK. I then took up a position as a German and French teacher at Winterbourne International Academy in Bristol, UK in 2011. Teaching French and German to GCSE Level, as well as German A-level courses, I really enjoyed running a ‘Mandarin club’ on the side.  During my three years there, I specialized in teaching ‘Gifted and Talented’ students, the teaching of literacy and the development of the NVQ (national vocational qualifications) for languages.

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