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
Samantha Han Teaching Assistant - 2nd Grade
Jong-Shune Hong Korean
Christine Kim ESL
Esther Kim Teacher Assistant - 1st Grade
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
Kirsten Nelson Physical Education
Jennifer Pinho Early Learning Center (ELC) Director
Patrick Pinho Third Grade
Laura Price PYP Coordinator/ICT
Dina Roberts Kindergarten
Ellen Sligh Pre-Kindergarten/Learning Support
Hae-kyung Son Library Technician
Gi Soon Song Early Learning Center Assistant
Anna Stephenson Fourth Grade
Grace Yoo Teaching Assistant - Kindergarten
Dean Wegren Student Life Minister
Moni Wegren Student Life Minister

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Middle School

Michael Moimoi Principal
Hye Mi Jo Secretary

Jong Ran Bang Korean/ESL
Daren Blanck Drama/Science
Andrew Gilbert Humanities
Marge Gobius Science/Tech/ESL
Timo Gobius Tech/Science
Deborah Gould Math
Roni Johnson Language Arts
Benjamin Kask Bible/ESL/Science
Rachel Kask Language Arts
Esther Kim MS/HS Math
Jinjoo Lee Music/MS Tech
Stephanie Liebe Spanish/ESL
Alfred McDonnell Math/Science
David Miller Music
Robert Moor Humanities/Tech
Sheila Norton Bible
Alison Pearse Physical Education
April Pleasants ESL
Hannah Rader Language Arts
Yu Jin Shin Korean
Patricia Suhs ESL
Lisa Maren Thompson Art
Barbara Wrightson MYP Coordinator/HS Social Studies
Andrew Yuan Mandarin

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Secondary

Mark Pleasants Principal
Ken McAllister Assistant Principal
Eun Joo Jung High School Secretary/ Secretary Mgr.
Sun Kyoung Ha High School Secretary

James Armentrout Bible
Sandy Armentrout Math
Christie Barrigar Gordon Spanish
Brian Beck English A2
Michelle Blanck Special Education
Cheri Bokern Spanish
Yon Hee Bok Korean
Janice Cheng IB Math
Mi Kyung Cho IB Korean
Hannah Cho IB Science-Physics
Jung Hye Choi Math
Annette Chough Visual Arts
Benjamin Erny TOK
Kristina Erny English
Lisa Gilbert ESL
Ken Gunther IB Coordinator/Computer Science
Kirk Hawkins Tech/Web/Publications
Lisa Hawkins TOK/IB Science
Naomi Huffman Social Studies
Sarah Huffman English
Su Jeong Jeon IB Korean
Bob Johnson IB Science
Jenny Kim Art
Lawrence Kok IB Science
Telly Kongolo Art/Art History
Mary Kubala Music
Scott Kwiecien Bible
Robert Leiphart Science-Physics
Vicki Liang Mandarin
Lara Lindeman Math Studies
Terry Lindeman Fine Arts
Jaci Loween English A2
Sreeja Mallissery IB English
Chantal McAllister English A1
Amanda Noller Science-Biology
Tom Norton Bible
Nellie Oh Chemistry
Myung Shin Park French
Renee Patrick English
Peter Pearse Physical Education
Paul Rader English
Andrew Richardson Social Studies
Rochelle Sayler English
Carry Schmidt-Bellach IB History/Humanities
Roland Schmidt-Bellach ITGS
Gail Smith Math
Arvind Tirkey Humanities/Social Studies
Lloyd Tsui Mandarin
Jordan Williams English
Heidi Zickefoose Theatre

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Residence Staff

Brent Frazier Residence Life Director
Larry Smith Assistant Residence Life Director
Julie Sul Residence Life Administrative Assistant
EJ Yu Residence Life Secretary
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
Amber Evans Residence Assistant
Timothy Gaster Residence Assistant
Eric George Residence Assistant
Merry Anna Greene Residence Assistant
Jana Johnston Residence Assistant
Jaci Loween Residence Parent
Mike Loween Residence Parent
Aaron Maxwell Residence Assistant
Michael Mellinger Residence Assistant
Kevin Midkiff Residence Parent
Lorilynn Midkiff Residence Parent
Daniel Murphy Residence Assistant
Scott Poole Residence Assistant
Will Sallee 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
Kyunghae Lee HS/MS Librarian
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

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Support Staff

In Guen Hwang Substitute Teacher
Young Eun Lee Substitute Teacher