Faculty and Staff
QSI International School of Atyrau employs educators who sincerely love children. Our educators are professionals who are dedicated to student success and personal growth. With mastery learning, they use time as a resource in order to help all students find success. 100% of our teachers are certified professionals. Our educators come from North America, Europe, and around the world.
Administration
Dr. Laura Hayward
Director
Name: Laura Hayward
Degree: Doctorate of Education, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Work experience: 21 years
Quote: "All the ways you are different are all the ways that you are strong" (Ralph Guzman)
Wayne Mckelvey
Academic Coordinator
Name: Wayne McKelvey
Degree: MA - Curriculum & Instruction from Arizona State University; M.Ed. - Educational leadership from Gonzaga University.
Work experience: 14 years
Quote: "The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery" (Mark Van Doren)
Pre-School Staff
Liza Zhumagaliyeva
3-4 years old class Homeroom Teacher
Degree: Bachelor degree in Translation Studies, Atyrau State University; Bachelor degree in Preschool teaching and education, Atyrau State University
Work experience: 13 years
Quote: "A real teacher is not the one who constantly educates you, but the one who helps you to become yourself" (M. A. Svetlov)
Ainur Kaliyeva
Paraprofessional
Degree: Bachelor degree in Law, Atyrau State University
Work experience: 21 years
Quote: "Knowledge is what, in the most essential way, elevates one person over another" (D. Addison)
Elementary Staff
Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from Covenant College.
Work experience: 13 years
Quote: "Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom" (George Washington Carver)
Patty Barry
7-8 years old class Homeroom Teacher
Degree: Master's degree from Lesley University
Work experience: 34 years
Quote: "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today" (Malcolm X.)
Jessica Paugh
9-10 years old class Homeroom Teacher
Degree: BS Child Development and Family Relations
Elementary Education
Elementary Education
Work experience: 30+ years
Quote: "
Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace" (Confucius)
Wayne McKelvey
11 years old class Homeroom Teacher
Degree: MA - Curriculum & Instruction from Arizona State University; M.Ed. - Educational leadership from Gonzaga University.
Work experience: 14 years
Quote: "The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery" (Mark Van Doren)
Akgul Serikova
Paraprofessional
Degree: Bachelor degree in Education, Atyrau State University
Work experience: 12 years
Quote: "A good education is a foundation for a better future" (E. Warren)
Tolganay Mazhitova
Paraprofessional
Degree: Bachelor degree in Education, Aktobe State University
Work experience: 7 years
Quote: "Education is the movement from darkness to light" (A. Bloom)
Middle and High School Staff
Degree: Bachelor of Science, Indiana University, Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI);
M. Ed., Georgia State University (Atlanta, Georgia)
Work experience: 20+ years Quote: "Education is a life of learning"
Grace Lim
Secondary Teacher
Degree: University of San Francisco
MA Teaching English as a Second Language; Wheaton College: BA in Liberal Arts: Business and Minor in Art
Work experience: 17 years
Quote: "Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell" (Charles de Lint)
Anne O'Connell
Science Teacher
Degree: Masters of Science in Secondary Science Education at Oregon State University
Work experience: 28 years
Quote: "It is supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge" (A. Einstein)
Languages
Zumrat Sultanova
Russian Language Teacher
Degree: Kazakh Pedagogical Institute, faculty of Philology
Work experience: 13 years
Quote: "To be a good teacher, you need to love what you teach and love those you teach." (V. Klyuchevsky)
Kazakh History and Geography Teacher
Russian Language Teacher
Degree: Bachelor Degree in Education, Atyrau State University
Work experience: 3 years
Quote: "Education is the movement from darkness to light". (Allan Bloom)
Lyailya Karatayeva
Kazakh History and Geography Teacher
Russian Language Teacher
Degree: Master degree in Education at Atyrau State University
Work experience: 6 years
Quote; "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" (N. Mandela)
Degree: Master's degree of Linguistics at Atyrau State University
Work experience: 13 years
Quote: "Language shapes the way we think and determines what we can think about" (B. Lee Whorf)
Lyazzat Bazargaliyeva
Kazakh Language Teacher
Degree: Bachelor Degree in Education, Atyrau State University
Work experience: 13 years
Quote: "Learning is a treasure that follows its owner everywhere" (Chinese proverb)
Specials
Gani Zhumabai
PE Teacher
Degree: PSVK College
Work experience: 4 years
Quote: "Study is the source of knowledge, knowledge is the lamp of life"
Meruyert Sandykbayeva
Technology Teacher
Degree: Bachelor, Almaty University of Power Engineering and Communication and Moscow Academy of Professional Competence
Work experience: 6 years
Quote: "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest" (B. Franklin)
Symbat Nuralykyzy
Degree: Bachelor degree of Foreign Languages, Khalel Dosmukhamedov University
Work experience: 10 years
Quote: "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. " (Malcolm X)
Tatyana Kucheneva
Art Teacher
Degree: Educator-psychologist from "Kainar" University, Almaty. Russian Language and Literature Educator from Atyrau State University
Work experience: 16 years
Quote: "To be a good teacher, you need to love what you teach and to love those you teach" (V. Klyuchevsky)
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