Teachers &
Administrators

The staff and teachers at SIS are committed to its students’ welfare and give of their best in serving their
needs. We are privileged to have a diverse multi-ethnic pool of qualified and experienced staff who contribute
their talent and expertise in the running of the School, whether administration, academic or governance.

Heath Kondro

Principal

Mr. Heath Kondro holds a Bachelor of Education and two Master of Education degrees in the areas of Technology and Administration Leadership, all from the University of Alberta. Now in his 20th year of teaching, Mr. Kondro has taught World and Canadian History, Economics, Communication Technology in Malaysia and first-year university courses in Canada.

His administrative background includes 5 years as Technology Director in Bolivia, and Vice-Principal in a middle school in Vietnam, Student Affairs Coordinator, and Deputy Principal and Principal of Sunway International School (Sunway City campus). Mr. Kondro’s primary responsibilities are oversight of academic priorities and initiatives, management of all staff, overall student welfare, and ensuring compliance with the International Baccalaureate Organization and the Malaysian Ministry of Education policies.

Danielle Snyder

Deputy Principal

Ms. Danielle graduated from the University of Waterloo with a B.A. in French studies. She received her B.Ed from Nipissing University and began teaching ESL in Seoul, Korea. For over 12 years she has been teaching in Canada at the primary, junior and intermediate level. Ms. Danielle has taught grade 3-5 at SIS Iskandar since arriving in 2017. Ms Danielle has also received her Principal’s Qualifications from Lakehead University in Ontario, Canada. She has recently become the first Deputy Principal at SIS Iskandar and is excited to be a part of the growing Sunway community in Iskandar.

Veronica Quek

Manager - Admission & Administration

Ms. Veronica Quek first joins SIS in August 2015. She graduated from the University of Montana, Missoula, the USA with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Ms. Quek has more than 20 years of working experience in the education sector. She oversees all admission & administration matters for SIS.

Zuriana Azreen

Manager - Finance & Operations

Ms. Zuriana Azreen joins SIS in May 2017, where she looks after the school's financial and operational matters. She has 12 years of working experience in various industries; a financial consultancy firm, the government's southern corridor authority, and the healthcare sector. She is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

Edward Soh

Assistant Manager - Principal's Office

Mr. Edward Soh has been with SIS since it began operations in January 2017, where he assists the principal on HR, Administrative, and Operational matters. He graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, with a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology. He also ensures that the the school's facilities are well managed and taken care of.

Adom Thorne

Mr. Adom Thorne graduated from Tyndale University with a BA in Religious Studies & Theology. He completed his B. Ed at the University of Ottawa. Mr. Thorne worked with the Toronto District School Board in a variety of Special Education settings for 9 years before going International. Prior to SISJ, he worked in Queretaro, Mexico for three years. Mr. Thorne is currently the Language and Literature Subject Lead for the MYP as well as being the English Language and Literature teacher in MYP Year 1 along with Individuals and Societies. Mr. Thorne also teaches Theory of Knowledge at the DP level.

Andre Brunelle

Mr. Brunelle graduated from the Universite du Quebec in Montreal with a Bachelor degree of Sciences (Physical Education). He has accumulated over thirty years of experience in teaching Mathematics and Physical Education in Canada and in the Netherlands. He is currently teaching Mathematics in MYP Year 4 and 5.

Angelica Campos Ortiz

Ms. Angelica finished her Bachelor in Linguistics and Education in English in 2011 and her Master in Education in 2015 in Queretaro, Mexico. She also completed an IB MYP Language Acquisition course in December 2019. She has 9 years’ experience working with students from Korea, Japan, Belgium, France and Quebec as an ESL teacher, supporting student to achieve mainstreaming and English fluency at one of the top IB schools in Mexico. Ms. Angelica is currently our Language Acquisition Subject Lead for the MYP and teaches English Language Acquisition in MYP Years 4 and 5.

Amy Malcolm

Ms. Amy Malcolm graduated from Acadia University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and earned her Education degree at Brock University, Ontario. Prior to SIS, she worked as a sixth grade teacher in Doha, Qatar. She has taught internationally in a variety of school settings for more than 15 years. She is currently serving as the Elementary Coordinator at SISJ and as a Grade 3 teacher.

Anis Patel

Mr. Anis Patel graduated from York University with his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and earned his Education degree at Brock University, Ontario. Prior to SISJ, Mr. Patel has taught in Canada and Kuwait in various teaching roles. Mr. Patel is currently the MYP Mathematics Subject Lead at SISJ and teaches mathematics at the DP level.

Azmina

Ms. Azmina graduated with a Bachelor Degree of Sport Management (Hons.) from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Perlis. She has spent 6 years teaching Physical Education and coaching at schools in Kuala Lumpur and Johor. Ms. Azmina is our PE Assistant Teacher for KG to grade 5.

Brenda Jackson

Brenda Jackson graduated with Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education from Montana State University in 2000, and received a Master of Science Degree in Elementary Education from Southern Oregon University in 2010, with a concentration in TEFL. In the USA, she was a college professor before deciding to take her passion for teaching overseas. For the last 8 years she has taught students, ages 3-55+ for private companies, universities, and government schools throughout Asia. She has trained teachers for ASEAN. Ms. Jackson has taught elementary and secondary students at international schools in Laos and Myanmar. She is currently teaching Grade 5 at SISJ and is the Chair of the SISJ Green Team.

Boon Chiann Chia

Ms. Boon Chiann Chia graduated from Monash University, Australia with a double degree; a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Secondary Education (Honours). She joined SISJ in 2019 and is currently teaching Chemistry to the MYP Year 4 and 5 students, as well as Chemistry at the DP level.

Chandré Von Molendorff

M. Chandré Von Molendorff graduated from the University of South Africa with a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Development). She has 4 years’ experience teaching 5-6 year olds at an all-boys’ school in Cape Town, South Africa. Ms. Chandré is teaching JK/SK at SISJ.

Christine Kennedy

Ms. Christine Kennedy received her Bachelor of Education degree from the University of New Brunswick in Canada. She graduated with a major in French and a concentration in Curriculum & Instruction in Second Language Education. Christine taught for many years in the public school system in Nova Scotia, Canada before she began her international teaching journey. Christine has taught in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Europe. She is our Elementary ESL Specialist.

Dan Meerveld

Mr. Dan Meerveld graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a BA in Political Science and attained his B.Ed. at Brock University in Ontario, Canada. His prior international teaching experience includes South Korea, Kuwait and Qatar. Mr. Meerveld has been teaching at SISJ since the school opened in 2017. Mr. Meerveld teaches MYP Year 3 English Language and Literature, and Individuals and Societies.

Daniele Brotherton

Ms. Daniele Brotherton is an experienced and certified French teacher (B.Ed., Arts and Languages Teaching - University of Quebec in Montreal (Quebec, Canada)). She completed a graduate diploma (D.E.S.S.) from University of Montreal (Quebec, Canada) in educational psychology and educational administration. Over the years, she taught French Language Arts and French as a second language (MYP and IB) in Canada and in the Netherlands. For over 10 years, she was intensively involved at the university level as lecturer and coordinator at the Faculty of Education. She is currently working in the Special Education Department supporting our Secondary students.

David Hepting

Mr. David Hepting graduated from the University of Regina, Canada with a Bachelor of Education and a Bachelor of Arts in English. He then completed his Master’s degree in English Language and Literature through Signum University based in the US. He is TESOL certified. He has taught grade 9 in Saskatchewan, Canada and also taught English locally in Malaysia before joining our school. Mr. David Hepting teaches English to our MYP Year 5 students as well as English at the DP level.

Douglas Bissonnette

Mr. Bissonnette graduated from Brock University in Ontario, Canada with a BA in History. He received his Master of Education and a Master of Applied Linguistics from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He has taught overseas in Korea, Taiwan, and China for 23 years. Mr. Bissonnette is teaching Individuals and Societies to the MYP Year 4 and 5 students as well as TOK and ESS at the DP level here at SISJ.

Garth Taylor

Mr. Garth Taylor graduated from Liverpool John Moores University, England with BA Hons in Community Sport and Dance and with a post-graduate degree in PGCE Secondary Education. He has taught in a variety of schools in England and in Johor Malaysia. For 20 years, he has taught a number of subjects, specialising in Physical Education, Math and Science for students ages 6 -18. Mr. Garth has had leadership roles during his career as Head of Physical Education, Head of Year and Able Gifted & Talented Leader. Whilst fulfilling these roles, he has gained many leadership qualifications and is currently pursuing a Masters in Educational Leadership with the Open University in the UK. Mr. Garth is currently teaching MYP Year 1 students Math, Science and Design.

Ginger Moorey

Ms. Ginger Moorey has a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and a Bachelor of Education from Western University. She also earned a Master of Art from York University, specializing in Teaching Mathematics. Prior to SISJ, she worked in Ontario as a Mathematics teacher. This is her first position teaching outside of Canada. Ms. Ginger is teaching our MYP Year 3 students Mathematics and Science.

Jennifer Wong

Jennifer Wong graduated from SEGi University and University of St. Mark & St. John with Bachelor of Education (Hons). She majored in Special Needs Education and minored in Early Childhood Education. She has 3 years’ experience teaching the Lower Elementary children. Ms. Jennifer is teaching Grade 1 here at SISJ.

Kenneth Tuttle

Kenneth Tuttle is our IB Diploma and Career Programme Coordinator. He has been teaching for 23 years in a variety of settings: Primary, Secondary, Pre-University, University, and Career Training. He’s taught in Taiwan, Australia, America, Vietnam, Malaysia, and held several leadership positions along the way. Kenneth is currently working on his doctorate, and has earned his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Graduate Diploma in Education.

Kimberly Percy

Over the last 24 years, Ms. Percy has had the opportunity to teach a number of different subjects across a wide range of age groups. Ms. Percy graduated from the University of Regina with a Bachelor of Education Degree. She also holds a Bachelor in Music Performance. During her international experience, Ms. Percy has taught various curriculums including Canadian, American, UK, CIPP, and the IB PYP, MYP and DP. Ms. Percy has held various leadership roles during her teaching career including English, Math and Science Subject Coordinators, CIPP Coordinator, Deputy Head of Primary for 8 years, and finally as the MYP Coordinator here at SISJ. Along with the MYP Coordinator’s role, Ms. Percy is also the Subject Lead for Design in the MYP and teaches MYP Design to Year 3, 4 and 5 students.

Lai Kuan Tang

Ms Lai Kuan has been with SISJ since it began in January 2017. She is the IBDP teacher of Mandarin ab initio, Chinese B and Chinese A. Ms. Lai Kuan graduated from National Taiwan Normal University in Taiwan with a Master degree in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language. She has 8 years teaching experience, and has taught Chinese in Malaysia and Taiwan.

Lee Sim Wei

Ms. Sim Wei graduated from JiaoTong University of Shanghai with a Bachelor degree of Teaching Chinese in Foreign Language. She has been teaching in a variety of educational settings in Singapore and Malaysia for 7 Years. Ms. Sim Wei is teaching Elementary Mandarin to Kindergarten to grade 4.

Lynsey Taylor

Mrs. Lynsey Taylor has more than 14 years teaching experience from a variety of settings around the United Kingdom. Her roles have included teaching students from ages 3-13 across the subject spectrum. Her specialty lies in the teaching of English, having spent the last decade leading the subject across two UK Prep Schools. With a passion for literacy and experience/qualification in teaching English as a Foreign Language, she looks forward to being part of the teaching team at SISJ in the Elementary department. Mrs. Taylor is currently teaching grade 4.

Malinda Musa

Ms. Malinda Musa received her Matriculation in Management from Multimedia University, Malacca and graduated in Early Childhood Education from Asia e-University. She is currently working towards completing her Master of Education. She has attended various courses in regards to education and has been in a variety of educational settings since 2002. She is an experienced educator who had a role as a Vice-Principal in her previous schools. She now teaches MYP Years 1 to 5 Malay Language and Literature.

Misbah Patel

Mrs. Misbah Patel graduated from George Brown College with an Ontario College Diploma in Early Childhood Education. She continued her studies at Ryerson University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Early Childhood Studies. She has previously taught in Canada as an educator for younger age groups including infants, toddlers, preschool and recently kindergarten. She joins SISJ as the grade 1 teacher.

Natalia Soltes

Ms. Natalia Soltes graduated from the University of Toronto, Canada, with a Bachelor in Music Education and received her Master of Teaching from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. She also has qualifications for teaching at the primary and junior level. Her teaching interests include multimodal approaches to learning. Ms. Soltes teaches grade 3 at SISJ.

Nurul Jannah Rosli

Ms. Nurul Jannah graduated with a Bachelor Degree (Hons) in Sport Science from Universiti Teknologi Mara, Shah Alam. She has taught 6 years in a private school in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Johor prior to joining SISJ in 2020. She teaches Physical and Health Education to our MYP Year 1 to 5 students.

Prakash Plpanapan

Mr. Prakash graduated from the Open University, Malaysia, with a Bachelor of Education Degree and received his Master Degree of Teaching from the Asia e-University for Studies in Malay Language Education. He has been a teacher for more than 10 years. He has attended various courses in regards to IB education. Mr. Prakash joins SISJ as an MYP teacher of Malay Language and IBDP Language A and B Malay.

Ryan Nash

Mr. Ryan Nash graduated from the University of South Africa with a Bachelor of Education Degree. He recently taught English in Vietnam, with the previous 10 years teaching mostly Mathematics and Science to grade 6 in Cape Town, South Africa. Mr. Nash currently teaches our MYP Year 2 students Mathematics, Science and Design.

Saraniya Murthy

Saraniya M.Murthy graduated from University of Nottingham with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Education TESOL. She has been teaching for 5 years in diverse international schools for Junior, PYP and MYP levels. She has received IB MYP Language Acquisition workshop as well as IB Teaching and Learning certificate in 2016. Over the years, she has taught Mandarin as a Second Language for the PYP and MYP, been homeroom teacher for Grade 1 and 3. She has joined SISJ as a Mandarin teacher for primary and is currently teaching Grade 4.

Shalini Kerishnan

Ms. Shalini holds a Bachelor of Psychology from HELP University, Kuala Lumpur and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education from the University of Sunderland, England. She has 8 years’ experience teaching elementary and pre-school students. She has taught internationally in Singapore, Azerbaijan and China. Ms. Shalini is currently teaching Grade 2.

Shanmugapriyan Vadivelu

Mr. Shan graduated from the University of Madras with Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Science and Secondary education and Master's in Computer Science. He also holds a certificate to teach IB Physics. Mr. Shan has been teaching for fifteen years and has worked as a Head of Science / Teacher in Myanmar, Thailand, China, Kuala Lumpur and is currently the Science Subject Lead for the MYP here at SISJ. He is currently teaching MYP year 4 and 5 students Physics as well as IBDP Physics.

Sharon Brown

Sharon Brown graduated from Nova Scotia Teachers College with an Associate in Education Diploma. She has been teaching for more than 35 years. After teaching for five years in elementary schools in remote communities in Northern Canada, she earned her Bachelor of Education Degree from University of Saskatchewan in French Education. Since then, she has taught in Vietnam, Egypt, Mongolia, and Korea before coming to SISJ. She teaches Grade 2 at SISJ.

Simon Tiew

Mr. Simon Tiew graduated from University of Malaya with a Master Degree in Strength and Conditioning. He is certified by the Swimming Teachers Association (STA), UK for swimming and special needs. He is also involved with the Sports Council Johor (MSNJ) in high performance swimming and certified by FINA, ASCTA, ACSA and LSSM. Mr. Simon has been teaching Physical Education (Aquatics) from grade 1 to MYP Year 5 at SISJ since 2017.

Sumathi Panirselvam

Ms Sumathi has received her Bachelor in Education in Teaching English as a Second Language [B.Ed. (Hons) TESL] from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Perak and has completed her Master in Education in Teaching English as a Second Language (M.Ed. TESL) in Universiti Putra Malaysia. She has attended various courses in regards to education and has been teaching in a few international school as a language teacher. She is currently teaching the MYP English Language Acquisition students in Year 1 and 2.

Wong Yen Yen

Ms. Yen Yen graduated with a Bachelor in Education (TESL) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in 2016. She has taught for two years in a private school in Johor prior to joining Sunway in 2018. She is teaching Elementary Malay (K to 5) at SISJ.

Venice Lim

Ms Venice Lim graduated from University Tunku Abdul Rahman with a Bachelor Degree in Psychology and a minor in counselling. She has a postgraduate degree in teaching and learning with a minor in Mandarin. She has been in the educational field for 4 years and is currently teaching Mandarin to students in grade 5 as well as MYP Year 1 to Year 5.

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