Team
The team is dedicated to educational mission and school life, we suggest you contact us via email info@livingschool.fr.
Direction
Caroline SOST
Directrice Fondatrice de Living School
Caroline SOST
principal: Living School’s director, founder and teacher. She was a former human resources manager responsible for training in an international corporation. She was also a primary school substitute teacher (private and Montessori). She is graduate of the ESCP (Paris Business School)and has a Master’s degree in Ethics Leadership Development and a Master’s degree in Education Sciences. She is also the president of the Savoir-être & education organization (www.savoir-etre-et-education.org) 01.42.38.92.44
Anne-Sophie DE OLIVEIRA
Directrice collège Living School
Anne-Sophie DE OLIVEIRA
Mauve DOYEN
Directrice primaire Living School
Mauve DOYEN
After-School and Ecocitizenship activities Coordinator. With her Master´s in Anthropology and training in dance and music, Mauve coordinated activities and worked with teenagers and children in different parts of the world for six years. She has, most notably, traveled to Cameroon, Mali, and to the Antilles Islands where she spearheaded education projects. She also co-organizes and teaches the Wednesday English Club and Vacation Clubs at Living School. Mauve is studying the Dalcroze music teaching approach.
Laëtitia BOUHANA
Assistante administrative
Laëtitia BOUHANA
Laëtitia Bouhana is our administrative assistant.
Laëtitia is a dynamic, smiling young woman. Following several years' experience as a lawyer, Laëtitia has chosen to approach her work from a new angle, one that is more in tune with her values and makes sense.
Laëtitia is also an artist who writes and performs poetry on stage.
You can reach out in the mornings from 8.30am to 12pm by phone 01.42.00.72.24 and by email assistante@livingschool.fr
L'équipe école & collège
Andrea HERNANDEZ DIAZ
Enseignante en primaire
Andrea HERNANDEZ DIAZ
Andrea teaches mathematics in Class 1 and Class 2 and has recently started teaching after school classes of puppetry and Spanish. As you can tell by her name, Andrea comes to us from Spain! Holding a Master’s in Psychopedagogy, she has worked closely with children since 2003, first as a Spanish and English teacher. She has had numerous international experiences: in a school in Bristol, in an orphanage in Uganda, in a middle school in Mexico and even with children in the streets of Madrid. She also taught for 2 years in Grenada in an alternative nursery and primary school. She is passionate about theatre and the creation of marionnettes!
(Currently on maternity leave)
Benjamin DE BROISSIA
Enseignant en primaire & au collège
Benjamin DE BROISSIA
Teacher for our pre-school and kindergarten bridge class. We have worked regularly with Benjamin as a substitute teacher and during our holiday clubs. Benjamin has worked for years with children. He is trained as an ethnologist, and has just completed an art-therapy course. He plays the cello and accompanies a storyteller during shows for children.
Pauline TEMPESTA
Enseignante francophone en primaire
Pauline TEMPESTA
Pauline is a teacher. With a degree in Educational Sciences, Pauline first worked for many years as the assistant director of a children's activity centre.
Eager to teach in the classroom with the children, Pauline was asked to do replacements for all levels of elementary school (more particularly levels CE1/CE2). She has now been teaching kindergarten for 2 years and is very happy to join our eco-citizen school!
Pauline joins our team as a French-speaking teacher in class 2.
Rosemary CLEAR
Enseignante anglophone en élémentaire & au collège
Rosemary CLEAR
Rosie comes from England and has a Bachelor in French and Italian. She has passed this rigourous certificate which is the CELTA, from the British Council. She has a 3 years international experience as an educator towards children and adults. She has spent time, particularly in Vietnam, in a welcome center for children from 6 month to 4 years old, then in a school where she had the opportunity to teach pupils from 3 to 16. She has cared for some of those kids who suffered important disorders, for they improve their self-confidence. She has also taught adults in Rome for 1 year. Rosie feels a true vocation to work in the educational field and to contribute to a better world.
Mary FERNANDEZ
Enseignante anglophone, multi-niveaux
Mary FERNANDEZ
Born in Malaysia, Mary has the Irish nationality. She has grown up in Ireland and in London. She has a TEFL certificat (Teaching English as a Foreign Language). She has worked a lot with young children while she was living in Ireland and did several humanitarian works in South Africa and Asia.
Juliette TURGIS
Professeure d'histoire-géographie au collège
Juliette TURGIS
A teacher of literature and history-geography for 17 years, Juliette also trained in Montessori pedagogy and set up workshops to support families in difficulty before becoming a psycho-educational practitioner.
For her, teaching is a real vocation, helping to create responsible citizens of the future who can express their full potential and make their contribution to the world.
So it was a natural step for her to join Living School! Juliette is committed to respecting the differences of each student, making learning a celebration and a place where creativity can flourish!
Perrine HUET
Perrine HUET
With a bachelor's degree in Life Sciences and a master's degree in Bioinformatics, Perrine worked for 1 year in clinical research before changing her career path to teaching. So chose to do a 2nd Master course focusing on Biodiversity to prepare for the Agrégation exam in Life and Earth Sciences.
She is a BAFA qualified activity leader and has been working with children and teenagers for many years in camps and holiday centres.
For the past 2 years, she has also been a science coordinator for extra-curricular activities in association with the Paris City Council.
Passionated about sports and music, she plays Volleyball competitively and practises the piano and guitar in her spare time.
L'équipe - cantine et ménage
Siva NITHIANANDAN
Responsable cantine
Siva NITHIANANDAN
Annette JEANTY
Responsable ménage
Annette JEANTY
Our wonderful cleaning and maintenance staff member from the business COFREM. Annette means “grace, favor,” and is a perfect fit for her! She is always smiling and meets head-on the daily challenge of maintaining the upkeep of the big school.
Le réseau
Julie FOUBERT
Consultante et formatrice en Leadership Ethique
Julie FOUBERT
English teacher for classes 1 and 3 (pre-kindergarten and 1st and 2nd grade). Julie is American, and has a B.A. in French and in Literature. She knows how to put active pedagogy into place in the classroom. Julie has years of experience teaching in ESL environments. Julie previously taught in an international primary bilingual school in Warsaw, Poland. She is dynamic and full of creativity! Julie is also a certified yoga teacher and a trained dancer (15 years’ experience). Just imagine our next end-of-year show! Julie is currently in her second year of the Pathway for the Development of Ethical Leadership.
Annelaure BOYER
Ancienne enseignante francophone
Annelaure BOYER
Annelaure is a French public school system teacher for 13 years, mostly in 4th and 5th year.
She has chosen, during all these years, to teach in the troubled areas of Marseille North, to ensure an educational and social job with the children. She knows how to help struggling students.
She educate herself in Montessori and Freinet techniques, as well as speech therapy and is very fond of psychology. She really wants to give a sense of fullfilment to the children.
Annelaure Boyer is the teacher of class 4.
Mika SHIOZAWA
Ancienne animatrice anglophone
Mika SHIOZAWA
Wednesday English Club Teacher and English Substitute Teacher. Mika is American and French with Japanese origins (from her father). She has eight years of experience working with children, first as a nanny and then as a French teacher for children 3-6 years old. Passionate about meaning and contribution, she also worked in the non-profit sector. She traveled to Asia and the United States. She joined our team in 2009.