Learn From the Best
The hallmark of every great institution are the brilliant minds making it all come together like clockwork. The visionaries and the mavericks.
The can-doers and go-getters. The ones who go all the way.
And our story is no different…
The faculty at GoSchool are as much teachers as they are confidants, mentors, and motivators.
Faculty
Hywel Bennett
Academic Director
Mr. Hywel Bennett is a highly experienced British educational practitioner with over 35 Years of experience in the UK and overseas teaching, and has led learning in China, Nigeria, Germany, and Kuwait with a wide range of curricula. He has completed his MA in Education (Leadership and Management) and is a specialist teacher of English and history, including A Level with an exemplary record of success at the top level.
Mr. Bennett has been providing top quality online teaching to classes and individuals, and passionately believes that teaching should engage all learners, thereby promoting student academic excellence.
As an Edexcel examiner he has great insight into the philosophy of this fine program of study.
With him being on our GoSchool team, we strive to achieve academic excellence and provide education to our students with an experience of a lifetime.
Degrees:
- GCE O Levels
Newbridge Comprehensive School, Newbridge, Gwent, UK
British Constitution, English Language, English Literature, Geography, Geology, History, Law, Mathematics
- GCE A Levels
Coleg Gwent, Cross Keys, Newport, Gwent, UK History (A), British Constitution (B)
- Bachelor of Arts (Double Honors)
Hull University, UK History and Politics (2.1)
- PGCE
Manchester Polytechnic (now Manchester Metropolitan University), UK History (Secondary) with English as a Second Language
- MA in Education (Leadership and Management)
Open University, U K Pass with Merit (focusing on the cultural context of leadership strategies in Chinese Schools) TOEFL/TESOL 120 Hour Teaching Certificate World TEFL Academy
Other Credentials:
- DP Extended Essay Supervision – Online 2009
- MYP Humanities Workshop Category 1, Beijing, China, 2011
- DP Coordinators Workshop Category 1, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2012
- AP History Workshop – Shanghai, China, 2016
- College Board Summit – Beijing, China, 2017
Embedding English in the Curriculum – Dipont, China 2018
Faculty
Caroline Lincoln
Teacher
MA Contemporary English Literature, BA (hons) English and History, UK QTS
Caroline Lincoln is a highly experienced teacher of English Language and Literature with over 20 years’ experience, including over 10 years teaching KS3, KS4 and KS5 (A Level English Literature) in the UK and 9 years as Senior Deputy Director with Dipont Education Management Group in China, where she was responsible for the English high school provision across 21 international centres based in leading Chinese state schools providing AP Literature and Composition, AP Capstone, Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language, Cambridge Global Perspectives (IGCSE & A Level), Cambridge AS English General Paper and IB English B programmes, as well as a range of EAL and EAP courses. Caroline has been a highly successful team leader and teacher evaluator, leading a team of academic quality managers at Dipont. She is also a Cambridge assessor and examiner for AS General Paper. Prior to coming into education Caroline had a successful career in office management in the NHS, Macmillan Cancer Relief and the University of Southampton. She continually strives to evaluate her own performance and plan lessons which are engaging and interactive.
Prior to entering the teaching profession Caroline worked in business administration and management in the NHS, Macmillan Cancer Relief and the University of Southampton. Caroline is a passionate believer in life-long learning, transformational leadership and student-centered learning.
Qualifications
GCE O Levels: English language, English literature, mathematics, French, German, history, needlecraft – Totton Grammar School, Hampshire, UK
GCE A Levels: English literature, French, history, general studies (AS) – Totton VI Form College, Hampshire, UK
BA(hons): English and history, University of Southampton
MA: Contemporary English and American literature, University of Southampton
Professional Certificate in Educational Leadership (University of Newcastle, NZ)
TEFL and TESOL
QTS: 2004, University of Chichester
Faculty
Debbie-Sue Blanks
Teacher
Ms Blanks is a South African educator who has worked in international schools for the past 20 years. Much of her experience has been in administration and curriculum development, particularly in the sciences. On returning to South Africa 4 years ago, she worked extensively in online education including developing online high school biology and chemistry curricula.
Ms Blanks is dedicated to the success of her students. She loves to see them succeed and works hard to help them reach their full potential. She knows that chemistry can be daunting for many of her students and encourages them to ask questions. She likes her classes to be interactive and for her students to participate fully. That way she knows how best to help them.
Education and qualifications
Masters of Educational Administration:
Columbia International University, Columbia, South Carolina
Higher Education Diploma Honors
The University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
Bachelor of Science Chemistry Hon, cum laude
Southern Nazarene University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Faculty
Dorothy Centeno
Teacher
Mathematics Teacher
Dorothy Centeno is an experienced and enthusiastic iGCSE and A Level Mathematics and Further Mathematics teacher for over 14 years. She has taught in top independent schools in the UK as well as international school in China and the Middle East. Her ethos is to help students gain a full understanding of mathematics and bring her enthusiasm and love of maths to the class. She teaches for understanding, which give students a strong basis for their mathematical education. As she is also an Edexcel examiner, when students are practicing exam papers her knowledge helps them interpret the markscheme, appreciate what the examiners are looking for and how to gain all of the method and accuracy marks.
Education and qualifications
BSc (honours) Mathematics, University of Warwick
PGCE secondary Mathematics, Bath Spa University
Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and NQT in England
Faculty
Gomathi Lakshmi
Teacher
Ms Gomathi Lakshmi is a Post-Graduate in International Business and holds a Master’s Degree in Commerce. She has been teaching in international schools for over 13 years.
In the past 4 years she has taught numerous international students across geographies through a remote setup. Her expertise includes Accounting, Business Studies and Economics.
Ms Lakshmi also worked as an Examination Coordinator (CAIE).
Faculty
Gretchen Ivey
Teacher
Gretchen Ivey is a highly experienced English and Humanities teacher. She is originally from the United States but has made her home in the UK. Her career spans more than 30 years during which time she has worked in 6 different countries. Ms Ivey holds Bachelor Degrees in History and Spanish and is qualified to teach English. She has served as a Head of Faculty and as an examiner for the WJEC, OCR and Cambridge International examination boards. She is completing her Masters’s Degree in Creative Writing/Historical Fiction through the Open University of England.
Faculty
Helen Reid
Teacher
Helen is a UK-based qualified Science (Biology) teacher with over 18 years of teaching experience. She has taught in a range of secondary schools in the north of England, working one to one and with small groups in the private tuition sector. She is excited by the recent expansion in online education and the freedom, flexibility and opportunity it offers students.
With her teaching experience spanning almost two decades in highly dynamic learning environments, she understands how students from all backgrounds and academic abilities learn and have the pedagogical techniques to engage and motivate them.
She has worked with many international students in Europe and Asia and supported students’ admissions to highly selective independent schools. She is familiar with all UK and international exam board requirements and has been an A-level examiner.
Her teaching style is calm, clear and friendly. She loves to share her passion and knowledge of the subject with students and use real-world examples wherever possible to develop their curiosity and scientific thinking.
Qualifications:
BSc Human Biology University of Leeds – 2001
PGCE (Qualified Teacher) University of Leeds – 2004
Qualified Tutor – Biology A Level Skills Audit – Higher Qualified Tutor – 2022
Level 3 Qualification for Tutors – 2022
Faculty
Kam Wong
Teacher
Mr Kam Wong is an established teacher with over 30 years of experience. He has a reputation for being able to teach students of many different backgrounds and abilities. He started his career in London, UK taking him overseas, including Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, and recently in the People’s Republic of China.
His knowledge of curricula includes GCSE, IGCSE, GCE A-Level, AP Physics B, AP Physics 1, and AP Physics 2.
Mr Kam Wong is passionate about the use of technology in education and is committed to top-quality online learning. In addition to his extensive experience, he also holds a position as an Associate Examiner with Edexcel in Physics.
Mr Kam Wong, as part of Go School, brings his experience and passion for helping students to succeed and aspiring to meet their goals.
Qualifications:B.Sc Hons Physics, University of SheffieldM.Sc Applied Optics, Imperial College, University of LondonPGCE, King’s College London, University of London
Faculty
Mariana Popa
Teacher
Ms Mariana Popa is a UK based qualified and experienced teacher and business tutor.
Ms Mariana currently works as a teacher and tutor for a college in London, UK, teaching IGCSE Business, A and AS level Business.
She has over 20 years experience in Corporate, Banking, teaching and tutoring.
Ms Mariana is efficient and very well organised and relates very well to young students. She can easily establish appropriate boundaries and relations with her students and help them in their learning process.
Tutoring experience
Mariana has over eight years of experience teaching and tutoring English Language, and Business Studies at GCSE and A levels.
Due to her previous experience in Banking and Corporate, working for prestigious international banks, like Bank of Baroda, DBS Bank Singapore, Erste Bank, she brings her knowledge into his teachings, helping students to understand how to transfer the knowlegde within a real job.
Education and qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Marketing
High School Diploma Banking
Certificate in Principles of Business and Administration-level2 / Gloucestershire College
Secondary School of Economic Studies IGCSE – Accountant Diploma, level 3
CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Cambridge – London, UK
Level 5 TEFL Certificate –168 hours (online & class) The TEFL Academy, UK
CTBE-Certificate in Teaching Business English with ITTT
How the tutor describes their tutoring style
She is a professional, calm, and friendly educator with an excellent track record of Common Entrance Exam, GCSE, A level and university students consistently achieving grades C-A*/4-9. test genuinely enjoys helping all her learners to reach their full potential.
She believes that all children are unique in their own way and they all have the capacity to succeed in life, and so she adapts to the individual’s learning needs, in order to gain the best opportunity at developing their knowledge.
Faculty
Nikhat Deshmukh
Teacher
Nikhat has a Master’s degree in Mathematics, Bachelor’s degree in Education and a Post Graduate Diploma in School Leadership and Management.
She enjoys solving mathematical problems. As soon as she understands something, she wants others to have a look at it too. Teaching is one of the best ways to do it. She encourages her students to enjoy mathematics and develop patience and persistence while solving problems.
Expertise
She has taught Mathematics in online and face-to-face settings for over nine years and taught international curriculums, namely Cambridge Checkpoint, IGCSE, A Levels, Pearson Edexcel GCSE and MHF4U Advanced Functions Ontario curriculum, as well as Indian National curriculums CBSE and ICSE.
She has also taught Cambridge IGCSE Extended Math 0580, International Math 0607 and
Additional Math 0606 curriculum to the students based in Singapore.
She received professional training to teach International Mathematics (0607), A Levels and IGCSE (0580) (0980) question paper marking from Cambridge and category one training to teach IBDP higher level Math from IBO.
She has designed integrated lesson plans and trained teachers to deliver the same effect.
Objective
In mathematics, instead of what is right, you realise why a solution works; her objective is to guide students to become confident in using mathematics to analyse and solve problems effectively in school and real-life situations.
She always looks forward to updating and sharing her knowledge as an Educator and believes in the lifelong learning process. She gives her students an optimistic view, helping them excel in exams and beyond!
Honours and Achievements
▪ Recognized for supporting the integration of international learning in the curriculum by the British council for international dimension in schools 2020-23.
▪ Achieved 36th National Subject Rank in Centre for Teacher Accreditation (CENTA)Teaching professionals’ Olympiad (TPO) 2019.
▪ Qualified IIT JAM 2010, securing 527th all-India rank in the general category.
▪ Rewarded by Akhil Bhartiya Vidya Parishad for being a college topper at the Graduation level.
▪ Received Government Scholarship for scoring distinction marks at the Graduation
level.
CERTIFICATIONS
2022 – Getting to know the Cambridge exam cycle 2022 training.
2021 – Cambridge IGCSETM Mathematics (0580) (0980) Online Marking course.
2021 – 15 credits of the ICCC (International Certified Career Coach), Foundation Level, organised by Mindler and accredited by Career Development Alliance (USA).
2020 – Teaching and Learning Online for Cambridge Lower Secondary conducted by
Cambridge Assessment International Education.
2018 – Cambridge Assessment International Examination’s Professional Development
course for Extension Cambridge IGCSE International Mathematics (0607).
2017 – International Baccalaureate professional development session for DP
Mathematics HL Cat 1 from Oberoi International School, Mumbai, the training was
organised by IB Global Centre, Singapore.
2017 – Cambridge Assessment International Examination’s Professional Development
Course for Extension Cambridge AS and A Levels Mathematics (9709).
Faculty
Patrick Crossan
Teacher
Mr. Patrick Crossan is an UK Based education provider. He has extensive experience of classroom training and administration. He has completed his Post Graduation in Education and is a specialist teacher of Chemistry, Physics, General Science (including biology), Mathematics, IB Chemistry Level 2 with an exemplary record of success at the top level.
Mr. Crossan has worked with Chinese national students for international programs and has also represented his overseas clients who intend to participate in Chinese national and International education programs.
His commitment to pupil centered learning and well-being and development of the student is a perfect match with the mission and value of GoSchool and with him being one of our Global faculty we can ensure growth of our students.
Degrees:
- Diploma in Business Administration, University of Strathclyde Business School (2003)
- Post Graduate Certificate in Education. St Andrews College of Education, Glasgow (1972 – 1973)
- BSc. in Pure Chemistry. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (1969 – 1972)
Other Credentials:
- Education consultant based in Hangzhou, China. Advising on IGCSE and A level sciences education on a volunteer basis. Working with several education centers on the effectiveness of teaching methodologies in the international education environment.
- Teacher of IGCSE and A level Chemistry in Hangzhou Foreign Languages School
- Education Consultant in China. Representing overseas clients intending to participate in Chinese national and International education programs.
- IT skills applied to the teaching environment.
- An innovative approach to problem solving in all environments.
- Extensive IB training and experience in classroom and administration.
Faculty
Sriraman Iyer
Teacher
Since 1989, Prof. Sriraman Iyer has been a math instructor. In 2015, he graduated from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) with a master’s degree in mathematics and a certificate in “Global Leadership and Strategy,” respectively.
He taught mathematics and statistics as an adjunct professor from the London School of Economics at Podar World School for two years. He taught statistics at business schools as a visiting professor for more than ten years, from 2000 to 2011.
He has written for the IB HL Math Books and has solutions to his AP Calculus AB and BC models that have been published internationally. More than 250 of his original works have been published for the IB, AP, and Pearson Edexcel International. a level for both students and instructors.
We will be able to provide students a chance to study and succeed in the real world with Mr. Iyer working with us at GoSchool.
Degrees:
- Completed Executive Management Program – Advanced Program in Strategic Leadership from IIM Lucknow (Executive education campus at Noida) in 2013
- B.Sc. (Mathematics) from SIVET College, Chennai with First Class in 1990
- Attended M.Sc ( Mathematics) from SIVET College . Chennai (1990-1992 )
- IELTS (Academics) 7.0. in 2017
Other Credentials:
- WAS SELECTED AS A SPECIALIST – TRAINING AND CURRICULUM by Ministry of Education, Govt of UAE in 2018
- WORKSHOP FACILITATOR – 2022 SOUTH ASIAN IB SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION FOR THE NEW CURRICULUM OF MATH
- GLOBAL WEBINAR LEAD SPEAKER August 2020 for the NEW IB MATH CURRICULUM with Tunisians speakers
- GLOBAL WEBINAR LEAD SPEAKER September 2020 for the NEW IB MATH CURRICULUM with Mexican speakers
- WEB 2.0 from IBO – Level 3 (last level). ONLINE 2010
- SL MATH workshop from IB on Internal Assessment. Level 2 2010
- HL MATH from IBO – Level 2 –BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
- TOK workshop from IBO – Level 1. –American School Chennai 2012
- SAIBSA 2011, 2014 –for MATH HL and SL SAIBSA 2014 for the IB Five-year review 2014
- Speaker – College counseling conference. 2012. Denver
- Delegate – NACAC 2014, San Diego- California. USA o Delegate – NACAC 2016 Columbus – Ohio. USA
- Delegate – NACAC 2017-Boston. Massachusetts. USA
- Delegate – NACAC 2018 – Salt Lake City. Utah. USA
- Contributing Author IB MATH HL Textbook Publisher: Haese / Harris. Adelaide. Australia
- Founder Advisor. TranswebGlobal Canada. www.transwebglobal.com and founder TranswebGlobal. India
