team

linda papandrafilli
paedagogic head, greek, photo

linda papandrafilli is greek. she speaks greek, german and english. she is the pedagogic head of globegarden schaffhausen. she completed her training as an educator in germany. linda has, as a group leader, already taken care of children of all age groups. also, she worked as substitute pedagogic head in a bilingual childcare center in zurich for several years. in this context she has worked with diverse pedagogic concepts and approaches.

 

judith mein
nursery nurse, german, photo

judith mein is german and lives in switzerland. she also speaks english. after concluding her training as a nursery teacher in germany in 2006, she started work in the montessori kindergarten in tuttlingen. in her spare time, judith was involved with various riding clubs and other leisure groups on a voluntary basis. also, judith worked with children and adolescents with neurological or physical handicaps. after a stay abroad in australia, judith worked in a bilingual preschool in zurich. since 2009, she is an officially recognized freelance riding pedagogue. also, she is a music educator and actively sings in a chorus herself.

 

zipporah naomi wood-dubs
english teacher, american, photo

zipporah naomi wood-dubs is american. english is her mother tongue, so she will be our english teacher in schaffhausen. she also speaks german. she studied at the universities of cambridge and nashville and graduated in business economics. she completed several further trainings in the area of working with children. zipporah was an englisch teacher with the berlitz kids camp as well as with the berlitz language center. from 2009 onwards, she taught an after school program at the international school of schaffhausen.

 

dominique looser
intern, swiss, photo

dominique is swiss and 20 years old. she speaks german, swiss german, french, english and spanish. she has completed the gymnasium in schaffhausen and has acquired diplomata in the english language and in information technologies. dominique has already collected experiences in the pedagogic field and has worked as a skiing instructor for children where her kind and good-natured character was highly valued. in her spare time, she  is interested in music and sports. dominique will support the team as an intern.  

 

tamara calabrese
dance teacher, swiss, foto

tamara who will support our team as a dance teacher, finished a traineeship as a specialist for photography. for two years did she manage her own photo studio. tamara speaks english, german and italian and completed a language stay in austria. in 2008 she successfully finish a 3 year training to become a dance therapist. subjects within this training were different massage techniques, dynamic in a group and body perceptions. in her free time tamara likes to dance, play the saxophone and to do sports.