Maysoun Al Ali: Born in Baghdad and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, Ms. Maysoun received her AA, BA, and Teaching Diploma from LAU. She has been teaching at IC since 1986. She was the English Department Head between 1993 and 1997, a member of the Academic Committee, class advisor, and one of the authors of four books on English grammar entitled HELP, which was taught at IC for 12 years. She has also been teaching SAT Prep at AUB for the past five years.
Courses taught in 2008-9: Lebanese Bacc. 7th Humanities ES, GS, and LS; Lebanese Bacc. Terminale ES, TL, GS, and LS; Bacc. Francaise TES, TSM, TSV
Audrey Considine: Born and raised in suburban Los Angeles, California, Ms. Considine received a BA in English Literature from UC Berkeley, a multiple-subject teaching credential from UC Irvine, and an MA in Secondary English Education from Columbia Teachers College. She has taught English in South Korea, Japan, Honduras, Saudi Arabia, New York, and California.
Courses taught in 2008-9: Seconde English, 5th English, and IB TOK I and II
Phoebe Sloane: Raised in Cambridge, Massachusettes, Ms. Sloane recieved a BA in International Relations from Brown University and is a Teaching Fellow at IC. She has taught English in Thailand, and studied in Egypt and Lebanon.
Courses taught in 2008-9: Premiere English
Christopher Mead: Was born in Vancouver Canada and was educated at McGill and Concordia in Montreal. Previous to IC, he taught in Istanbul and in Montreal.
Courses taught in 2008-9: Sixth Scientific, Premiere ES, Premiere S2
Hanan Al-Shawaf (Department Head): a Lebanese/German, Mrs. Al-Shawaf holds a Master's degree in Comparative Literature. She has lived in Lebanon, Germany, Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates and Luxembourg, and taught English, French and German in various schools. She chaired the English department at IC from 1997 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2007 and is the current chair.
Courses taught in 2008-9: IB English, 5th English (CPP)
Derek Smith: Mr. Smith was raised in Chicago and attended the University of Illinois at Chicago. He graduated with a BA in Secondary English Education. He then served in the Peace Corps for one year in Nepal followed by two years in Moldova.
Courses taught in 2008-9: 5th English (CPP), Seconde English, Premiere English (French Bacc)
Randa Soubaih: After graduating from the American Community School (ACS) of Beirut, Mrs. Soubaih attended the American University of Beirut, where she graduated with a BA. Since then, she has taught English at the middle school and high school level in Oman, Abu Dhabi, and here at International College, where she has had a variety of roles including department chairperson, co-librarian, foreign college counselor, and English teacher. She is currently teaching English AI and Theory of Knowledge to IB students as well as Library Skills to Grades 6 and 7 in the Middle School. In addition, she and Mahmud Shihab lead the Information Technology Integration Team, whose task is to give year-long training workshops to Middle and Secondary School teachers in Ain Aar and Ras Beirut. She continues to counsel graduating students wishing to study abroad.
Courses taught in 2008-9: IB English A1 (second year), Theory of Knowledge
Phillip Webster: Originally from Seattle, Washington, Mr. Webster has lived and taught English all over the world: Seattle, an Eskimo village in Alaska, Bulgaria, China, and Korea. He holds a BA in Religious Studies from Trinity Lutheran College as well as a BA in English and an MA in Teaching ESL from the University of Washington.
Courses taught in 2008-9: IB English A1 (second year), 5th English (Leb Bacc), 6A English--Literary
To stimulate encourage and develop:
the ability to perceive, understand and express concepts and feelings
the ability to record from direct observation and personal experience
the ability to communicate by using appropriate materials and techniques in a disciplined way
experimentation, innovation and the use of intuition and imagination
critical and analytical faculties, the ability to identify, research and evaluate problems in a systematic way
the acquisition of a relevant artistic vocabulary
an awareness and appreciation of the interdependence of art and the individual within cultural contexts