Staff & Pastoral Care
In the classroom, our staff provide pupils with the guidance, care and direction they require to grow and develop, not just academically and physically, but also emotionally. Our team of teachers and assistant teachers provide a positive and nurturing learning environment to foster the best growth in our pupils. When children feel safe, happy and cared for, they are willing to take the risks required to learn in the best ways possible!
At Clarence, we also believe that within a school community, learning is not limited to pupils. As part of a holistic learning community, our teachers are provided with ongoing professional training which further enhances their knowledge, teaching and assessment skills.
Meet our the dedicated team below
Academic
Daisy Clarke
Lead Teacher (Little Star)
Daisy is our newest Little Star class teacher and originally comes from England. She graduated from Loughborough university with a degree in Economics but soon after discovered her love for teaching children. She has a lot of experience in musical theatre and believes that this time spent in performing arts has been key to shaping the person she is today.
Oliwia Ziarkowska
Lead Teacher (Little Star)
Oliwia is originally from Poland and has spent a long time living and working in the UK and Japan. Back in Poland, she had bilingual education both in secondary school and high school. Later, she studied English philology with a Japanese translation and interpretation module at Silesian University and then became an English language instructor. She is a very keen and capable linguist and English tutor who is very familiar with the fundamentals of language learning. Oliwia is an experienced preschool teacher who is looking forward to encouraging children to become truly bilingual.
Rory Dobson
Lead Teacher (Blue Sky)
From Leicestershire, United Kingdom, Rory holds a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Nottingham as well as a certification in TEFL. He has over 5 years of experience teaching young children in Japan. He enjoys teaching preschool children as he finds it incredibly rewarding watching students learn and grow.
Kerry Chen
Lead Teacher (Rainbow)
Ms Kerry is an enthusiastic and experienced teacher who is eager to join our Little Star Team! She is a confident and creative educator with an interest in tailoring education to the strengths and interests of the pupils. As a teacher she shares the same vision as we do here at Clarence: to design exciting, and dynamic learning experiences for our pupils which contribute to their lives outside of the classroom.
Joe Lewis
Lead Teacher (Sunshine)
Joe is from a small coastal town in rural West Wales, UK. He graduated with a B.A in History at the University of Wales Aberystwyth. He has always had an interest in teaching, with many of his family members having close ties with education it has seemed inevitable it would be his career choice. He has chosen the Kindergarten year specifically because he feels he has that vital energy required for these early years and he really enjoys helping children take their first steps in reading and literacy.
Peyton Bagley
KEC Teacher
Peyton is originally from Northern California in the USA, she is currently studying to become an elementary English teacher at Lakeland University, majoring in liberal arts. During high school, Peyton was awarded a scholarship called the “Okinawa Peace Scholarship” and went to high school in Okinawa and worked to create better relationships between American and Okinawan people. Valuable experience in Okinawa gave her a great interest in teaching English to Japanese children. Peyton loves children and has an experience teaching English to children in Japan. Peyton's goal while teaching at Clarence is to help kids feel more confident learning English and to enjoy using it.
Larissa Nishimura
KEC Teacher
Larissa is originally from Brazil but has spent most of her life living in the countryside of Japan. She is currently on her journey to pursue a B.A in International Affairs. For the past two years, Larissa has been able to explore her interest in education working as a college tutor and English teacher. Now, she is excited to branch out to child education which is something she has always been keen on. Larissa believes teaching children will be an extremely rewarding experience and is happy to be part of such an important stage of their development. Her aim is to help kids feel more comfortable while speaking English and to make this period of their education as memorable as possible.
Academic Support Staff
Tracy Memije
Assistant Teacher
Tracy is from the Philippines, she studied at Cavite State University with a Bachelor's degree of Business Administration, majoring in Marketing.
She has always been passionate about a career that involves molding young and inquisitive minds for the future.
Mary Sayson
Assistant Teacher
Mary is from the Philippines where she graduated with a major in Education in English. Having the opportunity to witness inquisitive young minds being molded brings her delight and makes her heart full.
Marites Takahashi
Assistant Teacher
Marites has a great deal of experience with young children and has an innate nurturing manner. She can usually be found in the roleplay area of our Little Star classroom where she excels in drawing children into "real world" learning experiences, encouraging them to apply their new learning.
Sarah Ramlan
Assistant Teacher
Sarah is from Malaysia and studied Early Childhood Education at Management and Science University (MSU), Malaysia. She possesses a genuine concern for children to help them to build their future. She believes that children who receive an abundance of love and positive energies from society are truly blessed.
Mitchelle Lovitos
Assistant Teacher
Mitchelle is from the Philippines. Her entire schooling was done in the University of Cebu where she completed a Bachelor in Secondary Education, majoring in Physical Education Health Music and Art particularly a performing arts. She chose to be a teacher because teaching is not just a profession, it is a mission and being with children is like being endowed with perpetual youth.
She finds the love, laughter, mischief, creativity and imagination of children are like an eternal fountain of joy and vitality.
John Memije
Assistant Teacher
John will be supporting the teachers as an assistant teacher, he comes to us with experience in the preschool and primary age range. His positive personality and energy is already a big hit with our daycare students.
Alice Pearson
Assistant Teacher
Ms Alice was born and schooled in Tokyo and later attended university in Oxford, England where she received her BSc in Anthropology. She has worked all across Asia and as a true bilingual she has a real passion for helping students to become true bilinguals themselves. She is really looking forward to joining the class and working with our children and community.
Administration
Mami Kawasaki
School Manager
Japanese Teacher
Mami went to Kent College for her study abroad in high School. She graduated from the Department of English Language at the University of Sacred Heart. She retired from a major publishing company after her marriage and became a mother of two after working as an English teacher at an international School. She has experience teaching eurhythmics to children after earning a qualification for English and Japanese eurhythmics at the National Conservatory.Here at Clarence Japanese Class, she will also be leading Japanese classes.
Jasmine Yamane
Administrator
Jasmine is from Japan and studied visual art in Temple University Japan. She is happy to be involved and help our pupils flourish and enjoy their school life here at Clarence.