Lehrerinnen und Lehrer Grundschule
Lehrerinnen und Lehrer Gymnasiums
Pädagoginnen und Pädagogen Kindergarten & Preschool
Lehrerinnen und Lehrer extracurriculare Förderung

Das Team der Berlin Cosmopolitan School, Preschool und des Kindergartens

Founder / School Director

Yvonne Wende
Founder and School Director

2004 gründete Yvonne Wende die erste internationale bilinguale englisch-deutsche Vorschule und Grundschule in Berlin-Mitte. 2007 folgte die Gründung der  Ganztagsgrundschule (Berlin Cosmopolitan Primary School) und 2009 die Eröffnung des Gymnasiums der Berlin Cosmopolitan School.

Heute ist Yvonne Wende geschäftsführende Mehrheitsgesellschafterin der ebs Europäischen Bildungsstiftung gemeinnützigen GmbH, geschäftsführende Direktorin, Geschäftsführerin der hauseigenen Küche, der Berlin Cosmopolitan Cookery und der Berlin Cosmopolitan School Campus gemeinnützigen Gesellschaft mbH. Inmitten der Natur eröffnete Yvonne Wende im September 2022 unter anderem einen außerschulischen Lernort für die Berlin Cosmopolitan School. In den Bildungseinrichtungen werden knapp 1.000 Schüler und Schülerinnen gefördert. Sie hat etwa 180 Mitarbeiter und Mitarbeiterinnen und ist Mutter von drei Kindern. Die ältesten haben das IB Diploma bzw. das bilinguale Abitur an der Berlin Cosmopolitan School erfolgreich abgelegt.


In 2004, Yvonne Wende founded the first international bilingual English-German preschool and primary school in Berlin-Mitte. This was followed in 2007 by the founding of the all-day primary school (Berlin Cosmopolitan Primary School) and in 2009 by the opening of the secondary school of the Berlin Cosmopolitan School.

Today, Yvonne Wende is the managing majority shareholder of the ebs Europäische Bildungsstiftung gemeinnützigen GmbH, executive director, managing director of the in-house kitchen, the Berlin Cosmopolitan Cookery and the Berlin Cosmopolitan School Campus gemeinnützigen Gesellschaft mbH. In the midst of nature, Yvonne Wende opened, among other things, an extracurricular learning space for the Berlin Cosmopolitan School in September 2022. The educational facilities support almost 1,000 students. She has about 180 employees and is the mother of three children. The oldest have successfully completed the IB Diploma or the bilingual Abitur at the Berlin Cosmopolitan School.

Administration

Head

Solveig Harloff
Head of Administration

Administration Team

Nataliya Karl
Assistant to the Founder

Sybille Böhmisch
Assistant to the Admissions Director

Claudia Richter
Projekt Development Manager

Rainer Degner
Facility Manager

Melissa Weichert
Finance

Yvette Williams
Office Management

Manuel Mühlner
Facility Manager

Katrin Meier
Assistant Heads Team

Admissions

Randi Impson
Admissions Director

Kindergarten & Preschool

Heads Team

Katharina Ehrenfried
Head of Kindergarten & Preschool

Santa Reichert
Head of Kindergarten & Preschool

Natalie Talmi
Head of Kindergarten & Preschool

Englisch Teacher

Duygu Avci Altinkaya
English Teacher

Alexander Bloom
English Teacher, Coordinator

Kaya Copeland
Diversity Sensitive Inclusion Coordinator & English Teacher

Laura Cranstoun
Coordinator & English Teacher

Monika Dengusiak
English Teacher

Hilda Gharahbeigi
English Teacher

Johanna Gruschwitz
English Teacher

Eva Fumika Hirayama
English Teacher

Phiona Kituyi
Coordinator & English Teacher

Kenneth Steven Krowns
English Teacher

Myla Lister
English Teacher

Niamh McArdle
English Teacher

Gade Mete
English Teacher

Lauren Shelby Piper
English Teacher

Parul Rohal
English Teacher

Ashley Rothmann
English Teacher

Greta Sobieski
English Teacher

Aleksandra Spasovski
English Teacher

Katherine Wade
English Teacher

Aiyana Wain Hirschberg
English Teacher

Gabriella Zeugin
English Teacher, Coordinator

Samantha De Oliveira Carmo Pontes
English Teacher

Siobhán Pryce
English Teacher

Placidius Chimauche Ukaegbu
English Teacher

Johanna Kruschwitz
English Teacher

Cathy Nabadda
English Teacher

Amarilda Kuci
English Teacher

Meggie Rodman

Daniel Errey

Nicola Sartore
English Teacher

Alice Richings
English Teacher

Raela Anne Goodfriend
English Teacher

Brett McKee
English Teacher

Cristina Arlandis Martin
English Teacher

Christina Bila-Paraskeva
English Teacher

Anthony Boakye
English Teacher

Tabitha Lewis
English Teacher

Harriet Johnston
English Teacher

John Justin Dodzi Lagbeneku
English Teacher

Kathleen Van Bonn
English Teacher

Vivian Rathsack
English Teacher

Elena Arenas
English Teacher

German Teacher

Nuran Abi
German Teacher

Berfin Cacan
German Teacher

Eloise Ciccarelli Perez
German Teacher

Michael Habekost
Coordinator & German Teacher

Marlies Haverkamp
German Teacher

Sarah Hochstein
German Teacher

Alexander Hübner
German Teacher

Katrin Kai Jungnickel
German Teacher

Dora Kiss
German Teacher

Marlen Knoppik
German Teacher, Coordinator

Carolyn Laas
German Teacher, Coordinator

Emily Lewis
German Teacher

Marco Silvio Lo Sardo
German Teacher

Dusica Lukic
German Teacher

Joana Macedo Nathansohn
German Teacher

Laylokhon Mamajonova
German Teacher

Neo Molemohi-Speck
German Teacher

Julien Noack
German Teacher

Christina Plummer
German Teacher, Coordinator

Nicole Praima
Diversity Sensitive Curriculum Coordinator & German Teacher

Sascha Pröchel
German Teacher

Deborah Rattey
German Teacher

Seyed Taghi Sadatpour Kontaei
German Teacher

Julia Storrer
German Teacher

Victoria Thumser
German Teacher

Celine Utech
German Teacher

Ignacio Veillon
German Teacher

Jela Vrhovac
German Teacher

Jasmina Tsarafidy Raniriantsoa
German Teacher

Susanne Geisensetter
German Teacher

Xuanzi Lou
German Teacher

Daniela Testamarck
German Teacher

Henry Sebabi Sserugendo
German Teacher

Melissa Gomez
German Teacher

Adriana Almazan Infante
German Teacher

Felicia Spevacek

Vanilla Tsarafidy Raniriantsoa

Mahfoud Berbache
English Teacher

Elisa Marzaro
German Teacher

Selena Kunze
GermanTeacher

Kikerics Kata Imre-Muntean
German Teacher

Monja Sidortschuk
German Teacher

Performing Arts Team

Péter Jánosházi
Music Teacher

Dorrie Silver
Dance Teacher

Coordination Team

Alexander Bloom
English Teacher, Coordinator

Michael Habekost
Coordinator & German Teacher

Marlen Knoppik
German Teacher, Coordinator

Gabriella Zeugin
English Teacher, Coordinator

Christina Plummer
German Teacher, Coordinator

Kaya Copeland
Diversity Sensitive Inclusion Coordinator & English Teacher

Laura Cranstoun
Coordinator & English Teacher

Nicole Praima
Diversity Sensitive Curriculum Coordinator & German Teacher

Administration Team

Rainer Degner
Facility Manager

Katrin Meier
Assistant Heads Team

A’ja Dotson
Administration Kindergarten & Preschool

Quynh Pham
Administration Kindergarten & Preschool

Primary School

Heads Team

James Brennan
Principal Primary School

Classroom Teacher

Rohan McCooty
Classroom Teacher

Alicia Stolsmark
Classroom Teacher

Marc Baxter
Classroom Teacher

Brian Duke
Classroom Teacher

Will White
Classroom Teacher

Justine DeFrancesco
Classroom Teacher

Kieran Lilwall
Classroom Teacher

Meagan DeKort
Classroom Teacher

Adam Westfall
Classroom Teacher

Katey Svensson
Classroom Teacher

Kylie Hulver
Classroom Teacher

Stefanie Grüetzmacher
German Teacher

Misha Huff
German Teacher

Liz Collyer
Art Teacher

Alina Avguston
GLD Teacher

Specialist Teacher

April Graziano
SEN Teacher

Christine Freudenberg
German Teacher

Iskra Eterovic
German Teacher

Katharina Pietzner
German, Ethics, Philosophy & Class Teacher

Trisha Speaker
Spanish Teacher

Bridget Kinneary
Music Teacher

Joey Ryan
Music Teacher

Benjamin Salsbury
Music Teacher, Strings Director, Music Supervisor

Juliane Below
Sports Teacher

Naira Schwemmler
Sports & Dance Teacher

Anita Kreft
Dance Teacher & Head of Dance

Dominic Hislop
Art Teacher

Sven Wehrmeyer
Sports & Ethics Teacher, Basketball Coach, Head of Sports Department

Tom Fanore
Extracurricular & Music Teacher

Psychologist

Dr. Martina Heinrich
School Psychologist, Career Counselor

Secondary School

Heads Team

Kathrin Röschel
Principal Secondary School

Fatima Camara
Vice-Principal Secondary School

Art Department

Eunsun Ko
Art Teacher

Lee Clough
Art Teacher, Head of Art

Economics & IT Department

Bernadet-Maria Gollhofer
German, GLD, Ethics & Economics Teacher

Iordanis Foutsitzoglu
Economics Teacher

Andrew Igras
IT/ICT & LSS Teacher

Languages Department

Katherine Mustard
English Teacher

Yukitake Miwa
English, History, Social Studies & Class Teacher

Chris Carter
English, Outdoor & Class Teacher

Dede Donelan
English & Spanish Teacher

Marcel Thach
English, History, Philosophy, Politics, Social Studies & Class Teacher

Kristin Adler
German, GLD, Ethics & Economics Teacher

Bernadet-Maria Gollhofer
German, GLD, Ethics & Economics Teacher

Iskra Eterovic
German Teacher

Ulrike Niemann
German Teacher

Katharina Pietzner
German, Ethics, Philosophy & Class Teacher

Trisha Speaker
Spanish Teacher

Mario Sánchez
Spanish Teacher

Jeanne-Marie Corbel
French Teacher

Maths Department

Steve Solano
Physics, Chemistry & Maths Teacher, Class Teacher

Beti Azuz
Math & Class Teacher

Chris Purdham
Math & Class Teacher

Dr. Thomas Oates
Math & Physics Teacher

Tom Wilkinson
Math & Class Teacher, Head of Maths Department

Douglas Weber
Math & Music Teacher

Music Department

Bridget Kinneary
Music Teacher

Jonathan Lindhorst
Music Teacher

Joey Ryan
Music Teacher

Benjamin Salsbury
Music Teacher, Strings Director, Music Supervisor

Berthold Tuercke
Music Teacher

Douglas Weber
Math & Music Teacher

Tom Fanore
Extracurricular & Music Teacher

Science Department

Steve Solano
Physics, Chemistry & Maths Teacher, Class Teacher

Katherine Lawrence
Biology, Chemistry & Class Teacher

Dr. Thomas Oates
Math & Physics Teacher

Dr. Erika Nehnevajova
Biology, Chemistry & Class Teacher,
Head of Science Department

Dr. Maria Šamalikova
Chemistry Teacher

Social Studies Department

Iordanis Foutsitzoglu
Economics Teacher

Yukitake Miwa
English, History, Social Studies & Class Teacher

Marcel Thach
English, History, Philosophy, Politics, Social Studies & Class Teacher

Robin Williams
Social Studies, English & Class Teacher, Head of Social Studies Department

Sports & Dance Department

Anita Kreft
Dance Teacher & Head of Dance

Sven Wehrmeyer
Sports & Ethics Teacher, Basketball Coach, Head of Sports Department

Naira Schwemmler
Sports & Dance Teacher

Psychologist & Career Counselor

Dr. Martina Heinrich
School Psychologist, Career Counselor

Extracurricular Programme

Heads Team

Paul Epp
Head of Extracurricular Programme

Heather Newkirk
Head of Extracurricular Pedagogy

Primary School Team

Elena Sachse
Extracurricular Teacher

Rachael Wass
Extracurricular Teacher

Samir Abou Lebdé
Extracurricular Teacher

Elissavet Arvaniti
Extracurricular Teacher

Rebekka Johannes
Extracurricular Teacher

Glaucimary Nascimento
Extracurricular Teacher

Angelina Richter
Extracurricular Teacher

Ashtyn Senuta
Extracurricular Teacher

Metti Ararsa
Extracurricular Teacher

Esmee Leijten
Special Needs Teacher (Fachkraft für Integration)

Hamza Önal
Intern

David Gasirabo
Extracurricular Teacher

Aylin Egribey
Extracurricular Teacher Trainee

Secondary School Team

Tom Fanore
Extracurricular & Music Teacher

Terese Tillander
Extracurricular Teacher

Trevor Wood
Extracurricular Teacher

Panagiotis Papadimitriou
Extracurricular Teacher