The TCIS Family

Administration

TCIS is a diverse community that cares about meeting all student, parent, and faculty needs for leadership and management with an experienced and diverse group of administrators. The diverse administrative team made up of the headmaster, business administrator, director of personnel & transportation, high school principal, middle school principal, elementary principal, assistant principal for middle & high schools, associate administrator for public relations & policy, associate administrator for activities/athletics, and residence program director is highly experienced in international education and with their areas of expertise to which they are assigned. They are servant-leaders seeking to lead by example and to serve the community as best they can with exemplary leadership in a humble manner.

Dr. Thomas Penland Headmaster
Dr. Ryan Roberts Assistant Headmaster
Mr. Charles Smith Director of Business Affairs
Ms. Julie Sul Assistant Business Administrator
Mr. Brent Frazier Residence Life Director
Mr. Larry Smith Assistant Residence Life Director
Ms. Isabel Searson Assistant Head of School for Learning
Mr. Mark Pleasants High School Principal
Mr. Timo Gobius High School Assistant Principal
Mr. Michael Moimoi Middle School Principal
Mr. George Zickefoose Elementary School Principal
Mr. Darren Price  Director of School Improvement and Technology
Ms. Helen Kang  Director of Development

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 School

Mr. George Zickefoose Elementary School Principal
Hye-Ock (Cindy) Jang Secretary

Connie Anderson Librarian
Alice Bechtold Second Grade
Yon Hee Bok Korean
Haekyung Chae Korean
Rachel Cho Early Learning Center (ELC)
Samantha Han Teaching Assistant - 2nd Grade
Jong-Shune Hong Korean
Ashleigh Houlton  PE/Health
Esther Kim  Teaching Assistant - 5th Grade
Hee Kyung Kim  Early Learning Center (ELC)
Yeon Sun Kim  Music and Band
Chae-gun Lee  Art
Landon Loeber  Fifth Grade
Laurie Miller First Grade
Jennifer Pinho Early Learning Center (ELC) Director
Patrick Pinho Third Grade
Laura Price PYP Coordinator/ICT
Christine Poole ESL
Dina Roberts Kindergarten
Hae-kyung Son Library Technician
Gi Soon Song Early Learning Center (ELC)
Anna Stephenson Fourth Grade
Dean Wegren Student Life Minister
Moni Wegren Student Life Minister
Grace Yoo Teaching Assistant - Kindergarten
Sung Mee Yun Elementary Library Assistant

Middle School

Mr. Michael Moimoi Middle School Principal
Hye Mi Jo Secretary

Jong Ran Bang Korean/ESL
Andrew Gilbert Humanities
Margaret Gobius Science/Tech/ESL
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
Sheila Norton Bible
Alison Pearse Physical Education
April Pleasants ESL
Hannah Rader Language Arts/Humanities
Barbara Wrightson MYP Coordinator/HS Social Studies
Andrew Yuan Mandarin

Secondary

Mr. Mark Pleasants High School Principal
Mr. Timo Gobius High School Assistant Principal

Christie Gordon Spanish
Brian Beck English A2
Cheri Bokern Spanish
Janice Cheng IB Math
Mi Kyung Cho IB Korean
Hannah Cho IB Science-Physics
Jung Hye Choi Math
Annette Chough IB Visual Arts
Benjamin Erny TOK/ITGS
Kristina Erny IB English
Liisa Gilbert ESL
Ken Gunther IB Coordinator/IB Computer Science
Craig Gordon Bible/Student Life
Kirk Hawkins Tech/Web/Publications
Lisa Hawkins TOK/IB Science
Naomi Huffman IB History
Sarah Huffman IB English
Su Jeong Jeon IB Korean
Bob Johnson IB Science
Jenny Kim IB Art
Sun A Kim IB Korean
Lawrence Kok IB Science
Telly Kongolo Art/Art History
Mary Kubala Vocal Music / IB Music
Scott Kwiecien Bible
Robert Leiphart Physics
Vicki Liang Mandarin
Lara Lindeman Math Studies
Terry Lindeman Fine Arts
David Miller Music
Robert Moor Humanities
Amanda Noller Science-Biology
Tom Norton Bible
Nellie Oh IB Chemistry
Myung Shin Park French
Renee Patrick English
Peter Pearse Physical Education
Paul Rader English/Athletic Director/APAC Coordinator
Rochelle Sayler English
Carry Schmidt-Bellach IB History/Humanities
Roland Schmidt-Bellach ITGS/CAS Coordinator
Gail Smith IB Math
Kimberly Waddell Special Needs
Jordan Williams English/Yearbook
Heidi Zickefoose IB Theatre

Residence Staff

Mr. Brent Frazier Residence Life Director
Mr. Larry Smith Assistant Residence Life Director
EJ Yu Residence Life Secretary
Sun Mi Kim Residence Nurse

Ted Adams Residence Parent
Tiece Adams Residence Parent
Erin Curley Residence Assistant
Jaci Loween Residence Parent
Mike Loween Residence Parent
Aaron Maxwell Residence Assistant
Amber Maxwell Residence Assistant
Kevin Midkiff Residence Parent/MS Bible
Lorilynn Midkiff Residence Parent
Daniel Murphy Residence Assistant
Scott Poole Residence Assistant
Will Sallee Residence Assistant
Laura Stone Residence Parent
Wray Stone Residence Parent/English
April Ward Residence Parent
Jamie Ward Residence Parent

Specialists

Kyeong Hee Bossard Day Nurse
Cynthia Dhinaharan Network Administrator
Jo Frazier Admissions Director
Craig Gordon Student Life Minister
Charmaine Gunther HS Counselor
Jennifer Hill HS Counselor
Hyun Young Kim Network Manager
Sun Mi Kim Residence Nurse
In Chul Ko IT Department Assistant
Rosanne Kwiecien Human Resources/Admin Support Assistant
Kyunghae Lee HS/MS Librarian
Brenna Loeber Student Life Minister
Michael Mellinger Sound/Tech Advisor
Kate Oh Admissions Counselor/Marketing Officer
Barbara Smith Jang Parent Liason
Dhinaharan Nagamalai Network Architect/Security
Kyungah Rhee Registrar/Counselor
Hae Kyung Son Media Assistant

Support Staff

Cary Hill Substitute Teacher
Young Eun Lee Substitute Teacher
In Gen Hwang Substitute Teacher
Callie Smith Substitute Teacher
Caleen Williams Substitute Teacher