The Faculty

The TCIS faculty draws its members from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, China, and Korea. The ethnic diversity of the faculty extends beyond the passport countries represented. The vast majority of the staff have multiple years of education experience and advanced degrees from various universities around the globe. These community members collaborate together to create meaningful learning experiences for their students.

Elementary

George Zickefoose Principal
Hye-Ock (Cindy) Jang Secretary

Connie Anderson Librarian
Alice Bechtold Second Grade
Haekyung Chae Korean
Sun-Ah Chong Teaching Assistant - 4th Grade
Samantha Han Teaching Assistant - 2nd Grade
Elizabeth Harder PYP Coordinator
Jong-Shune Hong Korean
Christine Kim ESL
Esther Kim Early Learning Center (ELC)
Hee-kyoung Kim Early Learning Center (ELC)
Susan Kim Elem./MS Counselor
Yeon Sun Kim Music and Band
Chae-gun Lee Art
Joungmi Lee Korean
Landon Loeber Fifth Grade
Laurie Miller First Grade
Jane Moimoi Teacher Assistant - 1st Grade
Kirsten Nelson Physical Education
Julie O'Neill Fourth Grade
Jennifer Pinho Early Learning Center (ELC) Director
Patrick Pinho Third Grade
Laura Price Fifth Grade
Dina Roberts Kindergarten
Ellen Sligh Pre-Kindergarten/Learning Support
Hae-kyung Son Library Assistant
Gi Soon Song Early Learning Center Assistant
Grace Yoo Teaching Assistant - Kindergarten
Young Soon Yoon Early Learning Cenger (ELC)
Dean Wegren Student Life Minister
Moni Wegren Student Life Minister

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Middle School

Michael Moimoi Principal
Grant Dewey Assistant Principal
Pam Kang Secretary

Jong Ran Bang Korean/ESL
Paul Cho Music
Lyndsey Gangel Language Arts/Bible
Marge Gobius Science/Tech/ESL
Timo Gobius Tech/Science
Loretta Griffon ESL
Robert Griffon ESL
Jennifer Hutchinson Drama/Humanities
Roni Johnson Language Arts
Esther Kim MS/HS Math
Brian Lavender Language Arts/Social Studies
Stephanie Liebe Spanish/ESL
Alfred McDonnell Math/Science
David Miller Music
Sheila Norton Bible
Alison Pearse Physical Education
Hannah Rader Language Arts
Yu Jin Shin KoreanL
Patricia Suhs ESL
Anna Tam Mandarin/ESL
Lisa Maren Thompson Art
Mindy Warnken Humanities/ESL

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Secondary

Isabel Searson Principal
Ken McAllister Assistant Principal
Eun Joo Jung High School Secretary/ Secretary Mgr.

James Armentrout Bible/Athletic Director
Sandy Armentrout Math Studies
Christie Barrigar Spanish
Brian Beck English A2
Yon Hee Bok Korean B
Don Cassetty Math
Mi Kyung Cho Korean
Hannah Cho Physics
Paul Cho Music
Annette Chough Visual Arts
Evie Derrickson Special Needs
Rachel Dewey IB ITGS
Kirstin Erickson Spanish
Hayes Ford Visual Arts
Ken Gunther IB Coordinator/Computer Science
Kirk Hawkins Tech/Web/Publications
Lisa Hawkins TOK/Science
Naomi Huffman Language Arts
Sarah Huffman English A2
Su Jeong Jeon Korean A1
Bob Johnson Science
Jenny Kim Art
Lawrence Kok Science
Scott Kwiecien Bible
LeeAnne Lavender English A1/Newspaper
Yun Lee Math SL
Vicki Liang Mandarin
Sarah Lillo Language Arts
Lara Lindeman Math Studies
Terry Lindeman Fine Arts
Jaci Loween English A2
Chantal McAllister English A1
Angela McKeown Vocal Music
Nikole Simpson Mitchell Social Studies
Emily Nelson English A2
Tom Norton Bible
Nellie Oh Chemistry
Brian O'Neill Physics
J. Park Science
Jennifer Park English A2
Myung Shin Park French
Peter Pearse Physical Education
Paul Rader English
Andrew Richardson Social Studies
Rochelle Sayler English
Gail Smith Math
Anna Stephenson Special Needs
Jonathan Tam History
Lloyd Tsui Mandarin
Zane Warnken Math
John Willoughby History
Heidi Zickefoose Theatre

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Residence Staff

Brent Frazier Residence Director
Larry Smith Assistant Residence Director
Julie Sul Residence Manager
EJ Yu Residence Manager Assistant
Young Hee Jeong Residence Nurse

Ted Adams Residence Parent
Tiece Adams Residence Parent
Edward Blanchard Residence Parent
Patricia Blanchard Residence Parent
Erin Curley Residence Assistant
Sarah Erdmann Residence Assistant
Amy Evans Residence Assistant
Matt Evans Residence Assistant
Eric George Residence Assistant
Merry Anna Greene Residence Assistant
Dan Gurley Residence Assistant
Dan Hood Residence Assistant
Jana Johnston Residence Assistant
Jaci Loween Residence Parent
Mike Loween Residence Parent
Michael Mellinger Residence Assistant
Kevin Midkiff Residence Parent
Lorilynn Midkiff Residence Parent
Scott Poole Residence Assistant
Laura Shoop Residence Assistant
Laura Stone Residence Parent
Wray Stone Residence Parent
April Ward Residence Parent
Jamie Ward Residence Parent
Dean Wegren Residence Parent
Moni Wegren Residence Parent

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Specialists

Kyeong Hee Bossard Day Nurse
Cynthia Dhinaharan Network Administrator
Jo FrazierAdmissions Director
Craig Gordon Student Life Minister
Charmaine Gunther HS Counselor
Hyun Young Kim Network Manager
Susan Kim ES/MS Counselor
Rosanne Kwiecien Headmaster Secretary
Wha Yun Lee Media Specialist
Brenna Loeber Student Life Minister
Barbara Smith Jang Counselor
Young Hee Jeong Evening Nurse
Dhinaharan Nagamalai Network Architect/Security
Breanna Parslow College/Career Counselor
Shirley Penland Curriculum Coordinator/MYP Coordinator
Hae Kyung Son Media Assistant
James VanDyck Technology Coordinator

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Support Staff

Rachel Cho Substitute Teacher
Hyeon Sook Cho Substitute Teacher
Hye Soo Han Substitute Teacher
Young Eun Lee Substitute Teacher
John Mitchell Substitute Teacher