Meet Our Teachers
BIS teachers are experienced, dedicated and IB trained international teachers. We have 42 teachers and 12 Indonesian teaching partners. Over 80% of our teachers are expats. The average teaching experience at BIS is 16 years and more than half of our teachers have a Masters Degree.
Our Primary teachers are well versed in differentiating teaching and learning to meet the needs of children with different interests, learning styles and levels of readiness. All homeroom teachers are supported by qualified Indonesian teaching partners. In addition to this, student needs are carefully assessed, monitored and addressed by our Early Intervention Teacher, Counselor, Learning Support Teacher and English as an Additional Language Teacher.
Our Secondary teachers are experienced to respond to the different needs and levels of the students. They are in part also IB examiners and moderators. Teachers assess students with problem-solving activities, tests and examinations, hands-on experimentation, performances, exhibitions and analysis and reflection.
All BIS students benefit from our team of Specialist Teachers who integrate their expertise through Modern Languages, Music, and Physical Education. We also have a counselor, who provides support for social–emotional needs and university orientation.
Our selection process for new teachers is strict to secure a world-class education.

% Expat Teachers
% of Expat Teachers with MA or Above
Average Years of Experience

Edward Andrews
Secondary Music Teacher
Education:
Bachelor of Music Education
Experience:
3 years in Australia
14 years in IB curriculum
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
“The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.” Mozart

Nadia Demolder
Grade 1 Homeroom
Education:
MSED in Teacher Leadership
Higher Diploma in Primary Teaching
BA in Early Years
Experience:
11 years teaching
Bali, Indonesia 7 years
Dublin, Ireland 4 years
Favorite Quote/ Fun fact/ Why Bali
Try to be a rainbow 🌈 in someone’s cloud – Maya Angelou

Sharon Gibbons
Counselor

Anna Erickson
MYP I&S, Language & Literature, and PHE Teacher
Education:
BA in History at the University of Minnesota
Masters In Arts of Teaching at Mankato State University (MN)
Experience:
12 years of teaching in the US, China, Mali, Saudi Arabia, and Bali
Favorite Quote/ Fun fact/ Why Bali
“When anxious, uneasy, and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused.” Rainer Maria Rilke

Nathaniel Erickson
Technology Coordinator and Design Teacher
Education:
Bachelors of International Business – Bethel University (1998)
Masters of Business and Technology Education – University of Minnesota (2004)
Experience:
13 years in education
Crown College – Adjunct Instructor
Hangzhou International School – China
American International School of Bamako – Mali
Yanbu International School – Saudi Arabia
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
I have spent more than a year of my life camping.

Suellen Fuller
Preschool Teacher
Education:
Diploma of Teaching ( Primary-Preschool ) NBCAE- Australia
Bachelor of Teaching ( Major Early Years) SACAE-Australia
Masters in Education –Learning Management- CQU- Australia
Cert 4 – TESOL
Experience:
Over 30 year experience in Education
Mainstream teaching – Bali
Mainstream teaching– Australia
Mainstream teaching England
Leadership roles Australia- Master Teacher/ HoC/Early Years Coach
International Teaching – Al Jazzera ,Qatar
International Leadership –Abu Dhabi Kindergarten, UAE – Head of Faculty
Lecturer – Early Years – CQU – Australia
Favorite Quote/ Fun fact/ Why Bali
The children come first.

Hayley Green
Visual Arts Teacher
Education:
Masters Fine Arts – Elam – Auckland University
Bachelor of Education – Auckland University
Experience:
8 yrs – Whangamata Area School – New Zealand
7 years – Bali Island School – Bali – Indonesia
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
Martin Luther King

Murat Gökalp
DP & MYP Mathematics and DP TOK Teacher
Education:
MS Dept. of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
BS Dept. of Mathematics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
Experience:
14 years of high-school teaching experience in Turkey, China and Indonesia.
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
“Everything about yesterday has gone with yesterday. Today, it is needed to say new things.” – Rumi.
“A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems.” – Paul Erdös

Alyshia Kitchen
Kindergarten
Education:
BA in Communications
BA in Education
TESOL Certification
Experience:
Experience teaching in Canada, France, Korea, Myanmar and Indonesia
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
“You miss 100% of the shots you never take.” Wayne Gretzky

Mary MacDonald
MYP/DP Language & Literature Teacher
Education:
Graduated from Kennesaw State University in 2005 (B.S. in Middle Grades Education)
Graduated from Walden University in 2010 (Masters in Literacy and Learning in all Content Areas)
Experience:
14 years teaching (US, China, and Indonesia)
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

Michele McLay
MYP Coordinator
Education:
Masters in Ed, Murdoch University, AUS
Dip Human Resource Management, AUS
Dip Teaching Chch College of Ed, NZL
BSC University of Canterbury, NZL
Experience:
21 years teaching internationally, 13 years IB
Bali Island School- Bali
Qatar Academy Al Wakra, Qatar
Uptown School, Dubai, UAE
Jumeira Baccalaureate School Dubai
Prem Tinsulanonda International School, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Scots College, Sydney, Australia
Narrabeen Sport and Rec, Sydney
MacArthur Girls High, Sydney
St Chad’s Tilbury, London
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
‘I’ve learned so much from my mistakes, I’m thinking of making a few more’

Heather McNaughton
Grade 3 Homeroom Teacher
Education:
Bachelor of Education, Massey University, NZ (2011)
Experience:
21 years teaching
Auckland, NZ (3)
Bali – Dyatmika (5)
Bali – BIS – (13)
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
Since I visited Bali at the age of 9 (two months before BIS started), I have felt Bali was my second home. Happiness is…

Ida Ayu Sri Mahendrani (Sri)
MYP Language B Indonesian teacher
Education:
Bachelor of English language and Literature
Akta IV Teaching Certificate
Le Cours de Français Niveau 5
Experience:
3 years as liaison officer and translator for International MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions)
12 years at Bali Island School
- Indonesian Teaching Partner in French and Indonesian Department (3 years)
- DP Indonesian ab initio (2 years)
- MYP Indonesia B (9 years)
Favorite Quote/ Fun fact/ Why Bali
“He who is ignorant of foreign languages knows not his own” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Awardee of Rencontrer des Jeunes Cultural Scholarship in Cannes – France, granted by SCAC (Le Service de Coopération et d’Action Culturelle ) of French Embassy

NoahJon Marshall
Head Librarian
Education:
Masters in Information Science, University at Albany, Albany New York USA, 2012
Certificate in Teaching and Learning in the IB, Bethel University, Bethel MN USA, 2016
Experience:
9 years experience in libraries
2010-2012 Librarian Assistant – New York State Library/New York State Education Department – Albany NY USA
2010-2012 Library Clerk – Ravena Coeymans Selkirk Community Library – Ravena NY USA
2012 – 2016 Elementary Librarian – American Int’l School of Jeddah – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2016-2017 Middle/High School Librarian – American Int’l School of Jeddah – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2017 – Present Head Librarian, Bali Island School – Bali, Indonesia
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
“The mission of libraries is to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities.” – David Lankes

Kadek Ayu Martina
Language B Indonesian and Indonesian Studies teacher
Education:
Bachelor of English language and Literature
Akta IV Teaching Certificate
Experience:
4 years teaching at English course in Denpasar.
10 years at Bali Island School
Indonesian Teaching Partner for Indonesian and French department in secondary school (6 years)
PYP Language B Indonesian (4 years)
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
The future depends on what we do in the present – Mahatma Gandhi

Putu Ayu Mustiari
Indonesian Language and Literature
Education:
Bachelor of English Language Education
Experience:
Translator for local newspaper (Indonesian-English and English-Indonesian)
Translator for Balinale Film Festival
Contributor for I-Mag
10 years of teaching in International Schools
- Gandhi Memorial International School Bali_1 year (Primary years Indonesian and DP Indonesian ab initio)
- Bali Island School_9 years
Indonesian Teaching Partner in secondary school for English, Design, and Drama (4 years)
MYP and DP Indonesia B (5 years)
MYP Indonesian Language and Literature (3 years)
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart._Nelson Mandela

Vera Pereira
MYP Science & DP Biology Teacher, Action Coordinator
Education:
BA & MA in Education (Biology & Geology)
QTS
Experience:
15 years in education
- 6 years teaching Science in Portuguese language
- 4 years in public schools in Portugal
- 2 years at Escola Portuguesa in Luanda, Angola)
- 9 years experience DP teacher (Biology and Chemistry)
- Bali Island school
- Fukuoka International School, Japan (8 years)
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
“When life gets you down, you know what you gotta do? Just keep swimming. Swimming, swimming.” — Dory (Finding Nemo)

Marie Perin
MYP – DP French teacher
Education:
TEFL Diploma
PGCE in ‘Teaching French as Foreign Language’
Master ‘Français Langue Etrangère’
BA in Modern Languages (English Literature, French as a Foreign Language, Spanish Literature and Civilisation)
Experience:
13 years (international) teaching experience
6 year teaching MYP
3 years teaching DP
UK
UAE
Malaysia
Switzerland
Mongolia
Indonesia
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
‘A smile costs less than electricity but brings as much light.’ L’Abbé Pierre
#saynotoplastic

Desak Made Dewi Prabayanthi
Language B Indonesian teacher
Education:
Bachelor of English language and Literature
Akta IV Teaching Certificate
Master of Humaniora (Teaching and Learning)
Experience:
5 years teaching in Educational Institutions
8 years At Bali Island School:
- Secondary Secretary (4 years)
- MYP Indonesia B teacher (4 years)
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
-Helen Keller

Alice Guzowski
Grade 2 Teacher
Education:
Master of Arts in Child Study and Education, OISE, University of Toronto (2002)
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Human Biology, University of Toronto (2000)
Experience:
9 years international teaching experience, 1 year PYP
Canada
Cuba
Singapore
Dominican Republic
Bali
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
“You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way!” – Dr. Seuss

Istiqomah Arina Proboningtyas
Primary Music Teacher
Education:
Bachelor of Education in Music
Experience:
Purwacaraka Music Studio (tutor)
Stamford International School Semarang
Gandhi Memorial International School Bali
Dyatmika School Bali
Favorite Quote/ Fun fact/ Why Bali
Look at the mirror, that person is someone who will spend your life time with. Be good.

Yunita Reny, Made
Math Enrichment Teacher, Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesian SPK Principal
Education:
Bachelor of English Education
Master of Education (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
Experience:
7 years as Kindergarten Teacher at Sekolah Ciputra Surabaya
9 years in Bali Island School
2 years as Indonesian Teaching Partner in Grade 4&5
2 years as Teacher Intern in Kindergarten
2 years as Co- Teacher in Grade 1
3 years as Math Enrichment Teacher
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
“ Everybody’s a teacher..if we listen” –
Doris Roberts.

Hamish Sutherland
Student Life Coordinator and Secondary PE Teacher
Education:
MBA (International Education), Keele University, UK
BPE, University of Western Australia
DipEd, University of Western Australia
Dip SAQ, SAQ International, UK
Experience:
25 years teaching, 17 internationally
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
Member of Australia’s first National Sudoku Team, World Championships, Goa, India 2008.

Matt Wood
DP Coordinator, DP History & TOK, MYP Individuals and Societies
Education:
BA Hons Japanese Studies – Durham University (2007)
Higher Degree PGCE History (Secondary) – Durham University (2011)
Masters in Education – Durham University (2012)
Experience:
12 years teaching in Japan, England and Bali.
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
“The socialism I believe in is everybody working for the same goal and everybody having a share in the rewards. That’s how I see football and that’s how I see life.” – Bill Shankly

Kristen Turner
Grade 4 Homeroom Teacher
Education:
MSED Teacher Leadership
Bachelor of Education
Experience:
28 years in education
12 years in Bali
7 years in Kalimantan
4 years in China
5 years in Australia
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:

Klaus Weber
DP Economics and Business Management Teacher
Education:
BA in Business Economics
QTS
Experience:
8 years for a multinational corporation with a focus on project management – Germany
1.5 years for an NGO that supports people with disabilities (autism or down syndrome) – New Zealand
5.5 years teaching – Indonesia
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
You have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others. (Audrey Hepburn)

Garth Wyncoll
Head of School
Education:
Masters in Education Leadership, University of San Francisco
Experience:
28 years in education.
Landon School for Boys, USA.
Brent Subic, Philippines.
American International School Lagos, Nigeria.
Academia Cotopaxi, Ecuador.
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison

Jackie Wyncoll
Primary School Learning Support and EAL
Education:
MS ED Multi-disciplinary Studies Buffalo State University, USA
BS ED Elem & Special Ed. Kutztown University, USA
Experience:
29 years teaching experience:
LS/EAL Bali Island School, Indonesia
Learning Support Coordinator, Academia Cotopaxi, Quito, Ecuador
LS/ EAL and Early Childhood, American International School, Lagos, Nigeria
Elem Ed and EAL, Brent-Subic, Philippines
Special Ed and Early Childhood, Maryland, USA
Favorite Quote / Fun Fact / Why Bali:
“ I just don’t think I can take anymore 1.5 hour massages…” – BIS colleague