Maria Gribensk is a High School English teacher with a Masters in Multidisciplinary Studies. She has been an educator for more than 15 years. She believes educators’ greatest responsibility is to create empathetic human beings who understand and value differences to form a society rooted in equity and inclusion.
Chelsea Toller has been an educator for over 25 years as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, English Language Development Coordinator, Vice Principal, and Principal. Her favorite role so far is serving as the Director of Student Support Services which combines all of her passions: Counseling, Learning Support, and English Language Learning at Academia Cotopaxi in Quito, Ecuador. She holds a BA in Community Studies and a MA in Educational Leadership. She believes that making the world more inclusive benefits everyone and she loves working alongside her SENIA Ecuador colleagues to grapple together as we move from “inclusion in theory” to “inclusion in practice”.
Devon Hehl is starting her fourth year, and 22nd year in education, at Academia Cotopaxi American International School as an Inclusion Coach and Inclusion Lead. Prior to that, she worked at NIST International School for 8 years where she was an Elementary Learning Support Specialist and 3-year SENIA Representative. She has also worked and lived in Zambia, Switzerland, and the United States. Devon holds a Masters of Science in Special Education and a Bachelors of Arts in Education. She is committed to embracing diversity and is thrilled to be a part of both small and large inclusive communities. Devon is inspired by her family, colleagues, and the students she works with.
Welcome to SENIA Ecuador! We are hosting our first Chapter meeting with our host Academia Cotopaxi American International School. Please join us via zoom next Friday October 15th, 2021 at 3h00pm. We will be sharing about SENIA International, the SENIA 2021 Virtual Conference and the next exciting steps for SENIA Ecuador.
Contact us if you are interested at ecuadorchapter@seniainternational.org
Welcome to SENIA Korea! We are all so glad you’re here, visiting our corner of the internet.
At SENIA Korea, we work together to support our students, teachers and families in and connected to our schools. In the international community, having special needs can be daunting for families, so we want to be the best support system possible.
SENIA Korea’s Leadership team, 2021-2022:Â
Chairperson: Tonya Garrick, Yongsan International School of Seoul
Team Member: Rachel Arnold, Korea Foreign School
Team Member: Rafael Jimenez, Seoul Foreign School
Team Member: Courtney Pakos, Yongsan International School of Seoul
…more to come! Stay tuned!
Every student has a team: teachers, specialists, para-professionals, administrators, outside providers, parents and other adult advocates. We all support each other with the goal of inclusion for every child.
Raji is currently working the Special Educational Needs Teacher at Shen Wai International School in Shenzhen. She has a Masters in Special Education from the University of Southern Queensland. She has been trained in various methods of multi-sensory remedial intervention to support the learning of students. Raji is passionate about teaching students with Dyslexia and is an advocate in supporting students with this specific learning need.
Prior to arriving in China starting from this academic year, Raji has been living in Singapore for the past 33 years and has been working with children with learning needs for over 20 years. She has worked with the Dyslexia Association of Singapore as an Educational Therapist and in various international schools in Singapore as a learning support teacher.
When not working, Raji is interested in keeping herself physically and mentally fit with yoga and exercise. Her interests are cooking, badminton, hiking, and reading.