Katre holds a Bachelor´s degree in French language and literature from Tartu University (2000), in 2006 she obtained a Master´s degree in Organisational Behaviour from Tallinn University.
Currently, Katre holds the position of the HR Manager/Administrative Officer at ISE. During the school years of 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 Katre served on the School Board of Directors as a staff representative.
Lindsay Johnson is joining the ISE community with her husband James, and her 2 sons. She has been a PYP educator for the last 15 years, living and working in Thailand, Qatar, Canada and now Estonia. She is currently teaching part time at ISE in the Grade 4 classroom and PYP library. Lindsay holds a B.A. in Psychology (University of Manitoba), a B.Ed with a primary years focus (Brandon University), is a certified Forest School Practitioner (Child and Nature Alliance of Canada) and is currently working towards her Masters of Science in Applied Ecopsychology (Akamai University). She enjoys spending time in nature, especially camping, hiking, paddling, skiing and enjoys doing yoga. She returns to Canada every summer to spend time with her family at West Hawk Lake.
Leah was born and raised in Australia, just south of Sydney. She completed her Bachelor of Primary Education at the University of Wollongong and worked as a primary school teacher in Australia. Leah relocated to Tallinn in early 2015 to explore her own Estonian heritage and to teach in an international environment. Outside of the classroom, Leah has had experience working with children in a range of settings, including 8 years volunteering at a summer camp for Australian children with Estonian heritage and working as a private English tutor. She enjoys hiking, traveling and good food.
Bill Tolley — IBDP History & MYP Individuals and Societies
Maris is originally from South-Estonia (Viljandi), but attended University of Tartu. She has a BA degree in Educational Science, with focus on human sciences. She has been part of international communities and organizations since her youth, so ISE seems the perfect place. Her previous field of work was special needs children with autism and different syndromes in Tartu. Since the summer of 2008 she has been a delegation leader or staff for children and youth from Estonia in CISV camps in Europe. She enjoys helping the young people learn about the world and themselves, and experience new things.
In her free time, she enjoys watching sports, traveling, reading and spending time in nature. Her newest role is being an auntie to her lovely nephew and teaching him about this wonderful world.
Mathematics (MYP/DP)
She graduated in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. After coming to Europe to play professional basketball in Estonia, Germany and Italy, Ashley returned to education in 2012 at the Tallinn English College school in Estonia and has been teaching at ISE since 2014. Ashley has experience teaching Higher Level Mathematics, Standard Level Mathematics and Mathematical Studies SL in the IB Diploma Program, as well as experience teaching physical education in the IB Primary Years Program.
During her spare time Ashley enjoys spending time with her daughters and reading.
PYP Teacher
Miss Rosemarie was born in Queensland Australia and grew up in UK where she graduated
from Bingley College of Education after training to be a teacher. She taught in Yorkshire and
then Australia as a primary teacher for 8 years.
After traveling around the world and living in the Netherlands Rosemarie returned to
Australia where she taught adult literacy and English as a Second language for ages 4 to
adult and. She then worked for 10 years as a learning support teacher and studied at
Griffith University Brisbane where she fulfilled a Graduate Diploma in Special Education.
She has studied IT and holds a diploma in multimedia.
Rosemarie taught as a preschool teacher for 11 years in Queensland which she loved so
much she has remained teaching in that area since then.
In 2006 Rosemarie joined the International Baccalaureate programme, teaching in
Indonesia, Azerbaijan, Norway and now Estonia. Rosemarie speaks some Dutch, Indonesian
a little Azerbaijani and Norwegian.
Anais Chevalier, teacher of language acquisition in PYP, MYP and DP was born in France, near Paris and grew up in Northern France’s countryside. After graduating from high school, she studied medicine for two years before moving on to languages. After a year at Wittenberg University, in Springfield (Ohio, USA), she decided that she wanted to teach French. She then completed her degree at the University of Paris La Sorbonne in FLE, Francais Langue Etrangère/French as a foreign language specialist. She has been teaching IB French at ISE for 7 years. Her hobbies include ballet, horse – riding, running, playing the violin and reading.
Sandhya is from Bangalore, which is a bustling cosmopolitan city in India. She has been an IB educator since 2009. She began her career as an international teacher in a tiny hill town in India called Kodaikanal and then moved to Malaysia. Her desire to further her professional growth brought her to Estonia in 2016. She is currently the head of the science department, the approaches to learning coordinator and a general science and chemistry teacher at ISE. Sandhya graduated from Bangalore University with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Zoology and Microbiology (triple major). She received five gold medals in chemistry from the university. She has a Master of Science in Biochemistry from Mysore University in India for which she received three gold medals. She also graduated with distinction from the University of Leeds, England in the Master of Arts in Science Education course. She discovered her passion for teaching while volunteering at a non-profit company that provided free education, nutrition, and healthcare to underprivileged children from the slums of Bangalore. During that time, she learned that though teaching is very challenging, it is also extremely satisfying. Every small improvement or step forward made her feel like she had contributed to the child’s life. She decided to hone this passion by obtaining a degree in science education and working as a teacher. When she’s not working, she keeps herself entertained by wandering around town, playing word games, listening to music, watching documentaries, pretending to understand soccer and spending time with her family and friends.
Mr. Montgomery is a citizen of the United States. He was born and raised in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. He has 25 years of teaching experience across the primary grades. Of those 25 years, 16 years have been teaching and training in the International Baccalaureate. He taught previously in Pennsylvania, New Mexico, California, and Hungary. He is certified to teach from preschool to grade 6, as well as mathematics until grade 9. This is his fourteenth year at the International School of Estonia. He was the elementary school PYP coordinator and led the school through its initial IB authorisation way back in 2003. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Temple University in Elementary and Early Childhood Education. He also earned graduate level certificates from the University of California in Teaching the Gifted and Talented, UNIX Systems, and Teaching Mathematics. He also holds a Doctorate of Law from West Virginia University and remains a licensed, active attorney in the State Bar of West Virginia. He is well travelled and enjoys spending his free time with his family.
