Our teachers are not only experienced educators
—they are also fearless dreamers and passionate change-makers.

Discover what defines our faculty,
from the mission that drives them to the opportunities they have
to blaze new trails in education.

Learning Leadership Team

  • Angela Xu

    Head of School

    Wanted to be…

    a film director

  • Corey Watlington

    Deputy Head of School

    Wanted to be…

  • Ryan Baxter

    Director of Teaching and Learning

    Wanted to be…

  • Bernard Geoxavier

    Director of Student Success Teams

    Wanted to be…

  • Megan Ou-Yang

    Associate Division Head, Early Learning Center

    Wanted to be…

  • Yongyi Wang

    Associate Division Head, Early Learning Center

    Wanted to be…

  • Mariana Sollér

    Associate Division Head, Primary and Secondary Divisions

    Wanted to be…

  • Irene Zhang

    Associate Division Head, Primary Division

    Wanted to be…

  • Coral Liang

    Associate Division Head and Dean of Students, Secondary Division

    Wanted to be…

  • Nico Wu

    Associate Division Head | Secondary Division

    Wanted to be…

  • Allison Kang

    Associate Division Head, Secondary Division

    Wanted to be…

  • Xuefei Zheng

    Dean of Students, Secondary Division

    Wanted to be…

  • Francis Miller

    Dean of Students and College Counselor

    Wanted to be…

  • Bing Han

    Director of Athletics and WAM Coordinator

    Wanted to be…

  • Roberta Ferraz

    Director of Technology

    Wanted to be…

Senior Advisors

  • Ally Wu

    Avenues Shenzhen Senior Advisor

    Wanted to be…

    a veterinarian

  • Jeff Clark

    Avenues Shenzhen Advisory Board

    Wanted to be...

    a baseball player

  • Will Lidwell

    Avenues Shenzhen Advisory Board

    Wanted to be...

    an astronaut

  • Tim Carr

    Avenues Shenzhen Advisory Board

    Wanted to be...

    a viticulturalist (called it "winemaker" at the time)

  • Min Kim

    Avenues Shenzhen Advisory Board

    Wanted to be...

    a veterinarian

  • Mei Wang

    Avenues Shenzhen Advisory Board

    Wanted to be...

MISSION-DRIVEN
COLLABORATIVE
WORLD-FOCUSED
DIVERSE
SUPPORTED TO GROW, LEAD AND INNOVATE

Our mission attracts a special kind of teacher: ambitious, idealistic, and driven by a desire
to make a practical difference to the lives of students
—not only in their classrooms but across the world.

We prioritize collaboration not for its own sake, but because it leads to deeper learning for our students.
Collaboration among faculty is woven into the fabric of our educational design
—from the pairing of English and Chinese teachers in our immersion program,
to the interdisciplinary cross-pollination of subjects in courses.
With support from the R&D resources to implement new pedagogies,
our teachers are blazing trails in the field of education.

True to the DNA of Avenues: The World School,
every one of our teachers brings global awareness and engagement into the classroom.

Our teachers come from an array of cultural, geographical and professional backgrounds.
Some have spent decades in schools;
others have taken a non-traditional path to education after careers in engineering, tech or the arts (to name just a few).
All are driven by our mission to graduate students who are
“architects of lives that transcend the ordinary.”

About Avenues

Discover the people, places and values that make Avenues unique.

Admissions

Meet the admissions team and learn more about applying to Avenues Shenzhen.

Careers

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