Native English-speaking teachers

Andrew Char­le­wood (UK) holds a Bache­lor of Arts degree in Popu­lar Music. An active com­po­ser and musi­cian, he has been working in the Aus­trian school system since 2002. His pro­fes­sio­nal expe­ri­ence inclu­des Eng­lish, Music and Bio­logy teaching. He has also worked at the Lower Aus­tria camp for highly gifted pupils. Mr Char­le­wood joined the Bilin­gual Pro­gramme teaching team in 2007 and was res­pon­si­ble for intro­du­cing bilin­gual edu­ca­tion to our Music depart­ment. He has become an inva­luable sup­por­ter of musi­cal events within the school, where he can be regu­larly seen and heard per­for­ming on bass guitar.

Mr Char­le­wood teaches Music in the Bilin­gual Pro­gramme.

Monica Mishra (India) holds a Master of Sci­ence Degree in Bio­logy and an Advan­ced Diploma in Com­pu­ter Sci­en­ces. She has exten­sive expe­ri­ence in teaching and enhan­cing stu­dents’ appre­cia­tion of sci­ence and has an enor­mous inte­rest in Phy­sics, Bio­logy and Sci­ence in gene­ral. She joined the bilin­gual teaching team in 2007 and was res­pon­si­ble for intro­du­cing bilin­gual edu­ca­tion to the Phy­sics depart­ment. Mrs Mishra enjoys using dif­fe­rent methods and medi­ums to deli­ver course mate­rial.

Mrs Mishra teaches Phy­sics, Infor­ma­tion Tech­no­logy and Bio­logy in the Bilin­gual Pro­gramme.

Lori Renna Linton (USA) holds a Bache­lor of Sci­ence Degree in Secon­dary Eng­lish Edu­ca­tion. She qua­li­fied as a teacher in the State of New York in 1995. Over the last 15 years she has acqui­red exten­sive teaching expe­ri­ence in both the pri­vate and public sec­tors. She joined the bilin­gual teaching team in 2008 and is actively invol­ved in deve­lo­ping the Eng­lish lan­guage and lite­ra­ture pro­gramme for our bilin­gual stu­dents in both the Lower and Upper Schools. At our school she also pro­vi­des oral lan­guage-​skills coa­ching in Eng­lish to indi­vi­dual pupils of the IB Diploma.

Mrs Renna Linton teaches Eng­lish in the Bilin­gual Pro­gramme and coor­di­na­tes the Native Eng­lish-​Spea­king Teachers.

Leigh Tueart (UK) holds a Bache­lor of Arts in Accoun­tancy and Finan­cial Manage­ment. He is a UEFA B Licen­sed Foot­ball Coach. He has lived in Vienna since 2008 where his expe­ri­ence in the edu­ca­tio­nal system began at the Vienna Inter­na­tio­nal School. Mr Tueart cur­rently also works for the Wiener Fuss­ball Ver­band and SUSA, a pri­vate foot­ball orga­ni­sa­tion, working with young people to deve­lop foot­ball skills within an Eng­lish-​spea­king envi­ron­ment.

Mr Tueart teaches Sport in the Bilin­gual Pro­gramme.

Leo Vaug­han (Aus­tra­lia) holds degrees in both Marine Bio­logy and Mathe­ma­tics. Before coming to Vienna, he worked throughout much of South East Asia as a Scuba diving instruc­tor and is now stu­dy­ing a Master of Sci­ence in Phy­sics part-time. Mr Vaug­han holds a Gra­duate Cer­ti­fi­cate in Edu­ca­tion and has taught in a number of lan­guage insti­tu­tes and schools in both Aus­tria and Ger­many.

Mr Vaug­han teaches Mathe­ma­tics and Geography/​Economics in the Bilin­gual Pro­gramme.

Spen­cer Gibson (USA) holds a Master of Arts degree in Deve­lop­ment Stu­dies and a Bache­lor of Arts in His­tory. Addi­tio­nally, he is a gra­duate from the Inter­na­tio­nal Bac­ca­lau­reate (IB) pro­gramme in the US.He has been teaching Eng­lish in the Aus­trian school system since 2012, as well as working in the Eng­lish instruc­tion for various lan­guage insti­tu­tes in Vienna. His teaching focu­ses on lan­guage as a bridge con­nec­ting diverse cul­tu­res in an increa­sin­gly global world.

Mr Gibson teaches Eng­lish, His­tory and Reli­gion in the Bilin­gual Pro­gramme.

Daniel Ste­ven­son (Aus­tra­lia) holds a TEFL cer­ti­fi­cate and com­ple­ted a Level 2 qua­li­fi­ca­tion in Sports Coa­ching during High School in Wol­lon­gong. This 2 year course also incor­po­ra­ted 240 hours coa­ching in local Pri­mary Schools. He repre­sen­ted his High School in 12 dif­fe­rent sports, before being scouted to play Cri­cket semi pro­fes­sio­nally in the U.K. at the age of 18. Due to having Dual Citi­zenship through his Aus­trian grand­pa­r­ents, Mr. Ste­ven­son was con­tac­ted to come to Vienna to repre­sent the Aus­trian Natio­nal Cri­cket Team in its quest for World Cup Qua­li­fi­ca­tion. With over 10 years of coa­ching expe­ri­ence in four dif­fe­rent coun­ties, vary­ing from child­ren to adults, he brings a high level of pro­fes­sio­na­lism to our pro­gramme.

Mr Ste­ven­son teaches Sport and Eng­lish in the Bilin­gual Pro­gramme.