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!