OUR STAFF
TIS Yamaki
Kindergarten 3 · Elementary
Jennifer Donehoo
Jen is an American from Pennsylvania. She is the superintendent of Trinity International School. She teaches Mommy and Me at Kamiotai and Kamimaezu, and Panda class at Yamaki. Jen taught preschool, elementary school, middle school, and high school in America. She is certified to teach elementary, middle school, and Japanese. Jen enjoys cooking and music in her spare time.
Lennix
Mr Lennix teaches Panda class. He was born in Canada and raised in Colorado, America and has family born in the Philippines. Before working in Japan, Lennix has taken care of school age children in the U.S. Army Base in Colorado. He enjoys playing the Kalimba and playing videogames in his free time.
TIS Kamiotai
Toddler · Preschool · Kindergarten 1, 2
Ann Abinales
Ann is from the Philippines. She teaches the Ant, Spider, Toddler and after school classes at Kamiotai. She has worked at TIS since 2012. Before that, she taught toddler and preschool aged children of US military families in Okinawa for 3 years. She loves to teach, play, and make crafts with the children. She enjoys cooking, travelling, and photography.
Justin
Justin comes from Cambodia and has been living in Japan since 2018. He teaches Ant, Spider, and Mouse at Kamimaezu. He worked as a teacher and consultant for international trainees. He has experience teaching English, Japanese, and Chinese. He believes that by making the class interesting, students will pay attention and learn better. He enjoys reading, traveling, and music.
Jason Arthur
Jason is an Indonesian and he grew up with multi-cultural background. He teaches the Lion class at Kamiotai. He went to an international school in his country before moving to China and the UK. Jason thinks that children could learn at their best if they find the class fun. Jason enjoys art, photography, and Japanese culture.
Yuka Ito
Spending every day with my children, I am amazed at their steady and powerful growth. The way they move forward carefully despite their anxiety, or the way they move forward with curiosity and determination...it's all wonderful.
At all times, I want to be there for the children, looking them in the eye and supporting them as they leave their homes for the first time and take their first steps into social life. She has a childcare certification.
TIS Kamimaezu
Toddler · Preschool · Kindergarten · Elementary
Sarah McMillin
Sarah is a Cuban-American born and raised in New York City. She teaches Panda class at Kamimaezu. She knows first hand how difficult it can be learning a language having done a year of foreign exchange at Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka. She has 5 years of experience teaching English in Japan to children of various ages and loves to make them laugh. In her spare time she enjoys baking, kendo and playing card games.
Joyce Murigu
Joyce is a certified teacher from Kenya. She has taught English to high school students for over ten years, a role she enjoyed before relocating to Japan. She has great passion working with different students so as to foster their academic development. At Kamimaezu, she teaches Panda class. Outside class, she likes cooking chapatis and hiking.
Kumiko Takada
Ms Kumiko is the Panda class Japanese teacher at Kamimaezu. She is a licensed elementary teacher, and also holds licenses in special education and preschool. She specializes in educational psychology.She has experience working as a counselor in a childcare facility and elementary school. She also has teaching experience in both special education and elementary school classrooms.She believes that learning enriches one's life, and endeavors to encourage children to enjoy learning and to take on challenges of their own.
Keiko
Ms Keiko is in charge of Japanese at the preschool at Kamimaezu School. She is a qualified nursery teacher, a licensed junior high school English teacher, and a J-Shine elementary school English instructor. She hopes to encourage and support children who want to learn. Her favorite things are dogs and dancing. She loves dancing with children. She has a childcare certification.
Minami
Ms Minami assists with Japanese class and Music class at Kamimaezu.She studied Art in University and worked as a glass blowing instructor. She aims to create an environment where children feel loved and safe to learn. She wants to grow their interests together with them. She enjoys music and making things.
Sreeja
Ms Sreeja is from India. She has a bachelors degree in electronics. Sha has always had a passion for working with young children and she believes that every child is unique and has the potential to shine brightly in their own way. Ms Sreeja's goal is to create a warm, nurturing, and inclusive environment where each child feels valued, supported, and encouraged to explore, discover, and grow. She likes cooking and drawing.
Yasuo Fukada
Japanese Science class teacher
In his classes the children observe the year-round breeding/life cycle of organisms, observe the growth of plants, and perform many science experiments as they learn about their world using science equipment in a safe way.
Yasuo has many years of experience teaching children.
