'Shi' means giving, 'Hua' means essencesMs. Kathy Shi (Hua) brings her vision of giving the essences of Chinese and Western education to children. With over twenty years of experience in education, Ms. Shi and BIBS are committed to integrating China's education with Western education in supportive and stimulating environments.

Former Vice-principal of RDFZ

Special Grade Teacher in Physics

Former Headmaster of RDFZ Sino-foreign cooperative education project

‘China Headmaster of the Year’ award winner

Dr. Brian Yang received his bachelor's degree from Peking University and his PhD from Yale University. He also worked for McKinsey & Company in the United States and China. He has rich experience in international curriculum setting, especially in STEAM innovative education and teaching management.

Mr. Gavin Johnson is a life-long educator with over 20 years of educational experience of which 12 of these are in international education. He has a wealth of experience within the IB programs and has also worked within the A-level and GCSE systems. Having been in China and Bilingual schools for the last 8 years he is a firm believer in bring the best of east and west education together for students to become internationally minded students. He has a passion for social and emotional learning and believes that support every student’s individual’s needs is crucial within a school setting. Student Leadership is another area he like to focus on making sure all students develop and demonstrate leadership skills as education is about preparing the worlds future leaders.

An education professional with advanced skills and a master's degree in curriculum and pedagogy. She has extensive experience in both IB system and domestic education, curriculum design and implementation. During her nearly 20 years in education, she has led the development of integrated curricula, the implementation of inquiry-based pedagogy, and the use of visible thinking routines in the classroom. She is fluent in English and Chinese and is proficient in bilingual teaching, communication and public speaking. She is also skilled in serving and activating community through excellent communication skills, team leadership and collaboration.

Mr. Ben Wong is a IBDP Economics teacher, he has been teaching Huijia private school, Beijing Royal School, and Liaoning University of Technology about the Economics. The First Prize of the Young Lecturers Competition in the First Term of 2013-2014, School of Economics, Liaoning University of Technology. Marketing management assistant, American management & marketing association (AMMA). A key member of the University of Stirling Team which achieved 2nd place in the prestigious CFA Institute Research Challenge in the UK (CFA) of 2013 Saltire Awards (The Scottish Government) of 2013 CFA scholarship (CFA) of 2013. ACAMS Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.

Lynne Gray is from Sydney, Australia, where she completed 2 degrees at Western Sydney University–Diploma of Teaching (Primary) and a Bachelor of Education Primary Years (Special Education). Lynne has taught in PreK–Grade 12 Schools for 30 years and has held various positions such as teaching roles in both Elementary and High School, Head of Middle School, Deputy Principal K-12, Head of Student Engagement(K-12), MSHS Principal. Lynne is passionate about K-12 schooling and enjoys working alongside students, staff, and parents. Lynne seeks to facilitate a school environment and culture of trust, respect, engagement, and positivity so that the staff and students feel confident to take risks and challenge themselves to be great learners. 

Ms. Carol Wan has a bachelor’s degree in English Education, studying for Ph.D. in Management Psychology and Educational Psychology, Beijing Family Education Instructor. She has 5 years of homeroom teacher experience, and 7 years family-school partnership and government relations experience. During the period of school visiting in Singapore and America, she has been trained in international programs like Primary Curriculum (IPC) system. She has a deep understanding of character education, social-emotional learning (SEL), personal-social and health education (PSHE). As a school leader and the child protection officer, she plays an important role during the CIS accreditation. Education is all a matter of love and example. She believes that everyone makes progress at his/her own pace!

Ms. Ying Wang graduated from Harvard Graduate School of Education majoring in Human Development and Psychology. She has AMS Montessori Teaching Certificate, teaching license from the United States, Cambridge CELT-S Teaching Certificate, and Head of Kindergarten Certificate from Beijing Normal University. She was the chair of Harvard China Education Symposium, and participated in several study from Boston Medical Center, University of Wisconsin Madison, and University of Minnesota. She was also involved in a Chinese National in-school curriculum development project and has had many years of experience with IB-PYP.