David Shaw – ESL Teacher
My name is David Shaw. I came to teach at IBSA in September 2007, first teaching Mathematics to the secondary students and English to Ecole Moliere students in College and Primary. I also took the role of KS2 Coordinator before taking on a Year 3 class from September 2008 together with further language teaching in the younger Ecole Moliere classes. I’m enjoying my teaching at IBSA, especially mathematics; it really teaches itself because it’s so logical and simple – the excitement comes from getting my students, whatever age they are, to see it the same way. There’s always something new for me to learn, too. Learning languages has also fascinated me, so helping children to learn in English at the same time as actually teaching the language is really fascinating. Like many teachers, I feel privileged to have ‘the best job in the world’.