At the ISE - ISE Primary

Group Teacher Assignments

At the ISE, we work with a year-group system. In June/July, parents/guardians will receive a letter with the class placement for the new school year. We will start the 2026/2027 school year with the following class organization:

Group 1/2A: juf Karin Courbois & Miss. Noa van Oort
Group 1/2B: juf Anne Peters & Miss. Bridget Purdon
Group 1/2C: juf Noa van Oort & Miss. Inese Vasiljeva
Group 3: juf Pippa Slot & juf Marlon Pashouwers
Group 4: juf Moudette van der Wielen & juf Mirian van Doren
Group 5: juf Debbie Peijnenburg & juf Heleen de Rijke
Group 6: juf Laura Menting & juf Anne Peters
Group 7: juf Tessa Schmitz & Juf Melanie Manger
Group 8: meester Hein

EFL: Miss Inese Vasiljeva (groups 3 and 4) & Miss Melissa Pienaar (groups 5/6/7/8)
EAL: Miss Bridget Purdon (groups 3/4/5) & Miss Melissa Pienaar (groups 6/7/8)
PE: juf Tessa Schmitz & meester Bart van der Horst
DAL: meester Maikel van der Palen
Educational Support: juf Ine Ariese, juf Anique Tausch, juf Matia van de Wiel, juf Anne Peters, juf Eda Cakmak, juf Heleen de Rijke, Miss Bridget Purdon
Learning Support Coordinator: Juf Elke van den Akker
PYP Coordinator: juf Melanie Manger

Replacement Protocol

In the event of teacher illness, or if teachers are attending a training course during school hours or are on special leave, a substitute teacher will, in principle, be arranged. Our school has access to a small pool of substitutes. Nationally, there is a shortage of substitute teachers, and our school is also facing this problem. To prevent having to send children home when there are insufficient teachers, we try to find creative solutions within our own school, such as deploying teaching assistants or splitting up the group. Our team has drawn up a replacement protocol for this purpose.

Guidance and use of PABO/ROC student teachers

Student teachers are entitled to appropriate internship placements and we are therefore offering them the opportunity to develop their future profession. The coordination and guidance provided to these students is arranged by our student teacher/intern coordinator. The teacher of the group to which the student is assigned guides the student and retains responsibility for the group. As the students advance to more senior years in the PABO (Primary School Teachers Training College) the student’s responsibilities are increased. Fourth year students (Teachers in Training) work two days per week and several consecutive weeks during some periods. During these periods they take over the group and try to work as independently as possible. The group teacher remains responsible to ensure that things run smoothly in this case as well. We will inform you when a student is asked to teach a specific group for a consecutive period of time as part of their study programme.

Professional Development

Professional Development includes everything that team members do to deepen and expand their knowledge, understanding, skills and professional attitude. The focus is to bring and keep the professionalism of teachers up to date. The changing student profile, teaching material that requires continuous adaptation and new insights into methodologies and pedagogy requires constant training. Interactive Guidance via School Videos is one way of enhancing the expertise of teachers and improving the quality of education. Within this context of enhancing teaching expertise, video recordings may be made during group activities. These video recordings will only be viewed and analysed within the school, with professional guidance.