Tree House Family

Hi everyone! I'm James, and I'm happy to be returning for the next school year at Tree House Academy. I teach the drama classes and film our events for Tree House TV. I graduated in 2008 from the University of Southern California with a degree in graphic design and intermedia. I've had a great time with all of the kids at Tree House, and I'm looking forward to another year filled with videos about aliens, outings, ghosts, games, and adventure.

At the age of 6, Connie moved to Vancouver, Canada with her family and after graduating from university, she moved back to her beloved hometown of Taiwan. With a communications degree from Simon Fraser University Connie is extremely developed in the field of research, writing and analysis. With 3 years of teaching experience in Taipei, Connie is quick to understand the needs of each student and is able to adapt her teaching style to correspond to the student’s level of development. Connie is patient, humorous, loving, and creative, which makes her classes engaging and effective. During her spare time, Connie loves to practice yoga, cook & bake, advocate for animal rights, watch movies, and travel to places she’s never been to before

My name is Sandi and I have recently joined the Tree House family. I moved to Taipei a year and a half ago and I have been teaching children here since January 2008. I grew up in London Ontario, Canada, where I attended the University of Western Ontario. I graduated from Western in April 2007.
In Canada, I worked as an English tutor at a private exchange school. I also taught basic guitar to children ages 8-10. In addition to teaching, I worked as an editor at the HLRI and as a stage manager at the local theatre in my home town.
During my time in Taiwan I have had the pleasure of teaching many different ages of students, from preschool to adolescent. While teaching older students has its benefits, I have found my passion in teaching young children.
Teaching children is an extremely important job and I feel privileged to be part of a child’s educational and social growth. I think teachers should be facilitators to the active and creative minds of children and although I love to have fun, I take my job very seriously.
I plan to bring my own unique style of teaching to the classroom, including children’s Yoga and music.
I believe that each child is unique and I will do my best to accommodate the individual learning needs of each of your children. I look forward to getting to know you and your children.

I am Teacher Jason and I just came from Mount Saint Mary’s College where I majored in Nursing. I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California where I learned how to dance, surf, and the local music culture which I plan to share with my new family at Tree House.. I came to Tree House last summer and loved working with the kids so much that I decided I had to come back! I am very happy to see how great these students are and the way the school is run makes me proud that Teacher Paul is my brother!

Hello, I am Teacher Beryl. I am very happy to get this chance to join this big family.
After graduated from school, I have worked in preschool for more than 12 years, as well as, buxiban for nearly 9 years. In these years, I have leaned a lot from all those pure children. Very soon, my son, Rick, will join Tree House family, too. We will all have many life experience and discoveries. I am looking forward it.

I'm Teacher Tina. I graduated from the Great Light Technology Institute, and have been working in preschool education for the past 10 years. I really enjoy working with children, and just seeing their smiling faces always makes me happy. I also have two boys of my own. Joshua, who just turned eight years old, is currently in G Class, and his new baby brother Max, who is almost 2 years old. I am looking forward to working with all of our students!

I'm Teresa, I have worked here at Tree House for almost 3 years now and really love my job here. The staff are all really great. I have worked in kindergartens for 10 years and truly enjoy working with children. Working with kids fills our lives with laughter and allows us to keep feeling young and enjoying life. I have over 5 years education in early childhood education, having studied it both at my senior high school and at The Open Business College in affiliation with Taipei College of Business.

I'm Teacher Cheryl. I'm 29 years old...single and looking! So if you know someone nice, please let me know! (Just Kidding!)(I am not single anymore,I just get merried on March. ) I graduated from Dan-Jang University with a degree in English. Then I did post-graduate educational courses at National Hsinhu University of Education. I've been working here at Tree House for the past 4 years and have really enjoyed my time with all of our students. Please feel free to ask me anything about the school, I am here to help.

I'm Teacher Andy and I have been living in Taiwan for 4 years now. I lived in Hsinchu before moving to Taipei in August. I am American and come from Charlotte, North Carolina. Before coming to Taiwan I taught trombone to school children and played in several touring bands. I play trombone and like to travel. I have been to 26 countries and 46 of the 50 United States. My experiences with children, performing, and traveling have taught me a lot. I like to share my experiences with my students. I want to show them that seeing and learning about new things can teach them just as much as, if not more than, regular school work. When the students learn a new language, they are learning more about the world outside of where they live.

Hi everyone! I'm Scott, the teacher for the Polar Bear class. I'm originally from the United States. I grew up in a small town in Upstate N.Y. (about five hours from New York City). After graduating from college I lived in Boston, Mass. for a short while before deciding to move to Asia. I spent a year teaching English to both adults and children in Kyoto, Japan. Afterwards, I moved to Taiwan, and settled down in Tainan where I taught preschool for almost 4 years. I'm really looking forward to the new semester, and can't wait to meet everyone real soon!

I am Teacher Paul and the founder of Tree House Academy. I moved to California with my mom when I was 9 and I lived with my mother and my stepfather. My stepfather is Caucasian and he taught me many great life values. Growing up was not easy for me because of family difficulties, so I moved from host family to host family. That experience taught me to be aware of how parenting can affect children's success in life. After graduating from UC, Irvine and studying in Cambridge, England, I came back to Taipei. Now, 5 years later, I have a big family at Tree House.

I am Angel. I graduated from the University of Fullerton, California in the year of 1999. I have previously worked at another kindergarten for six years. This is my fourth year at Tree House and is a very unique school. I love to work with kids. I guess if you don't like kids, it's hard to work at Tree House because you get tons of kisses and hugs every day. We have close bonds with parents and kids. It's our responsibility to educate our students and teach them life values and discipline. We also encourage them to be independent and creative. Kids have so much fun while they are learning. I am looking forward to the new semester and the fieldtrips.