Professional Educators from Around the Globe
Muffy's International kindergarten team is truly international, with staff members from all 5 continents; young minds and experienced staff create a modern approach to education. Our teachers are all fully qualified teachers from the United Kingdom, United Stated, Australia, Canada, and China creating a truly cultural diverse learning environment for your child. Our full time nurse, security guard, and trained group of education support staff ensure the health and safety of your child.
Academic Director
Kristie Newbold
Nationality：English
Teacher at MIK since： March 2012
What I love about teaching： I love teaching children to read, it’s wonderful to see children enjoy books.
What I love most about Wuhan：The transport system, the subway makes it so easy to see lots of the city.
Favourite teaching story：One student asked ‘what is a baby fox called?’ another replied ‘it’s a foxling’.
Wangjing Campus Teachers
Yasmin
Nationality：English
Teacher at MIK since： May 2019
What I love about teaching： Teaching allows your to watch the growth and development of children every day. It enables you to have a privilege to be part of the vital stages of a child’s early development. The ability to inspire is a rewarding and priceless aspect of teaching and it is what I love the most about teaching.
What I love most about Beijing：I love what being in a foreign country has taught me. Living in Beijing, a city so rich in culture and opportunity, has allowed me to have experiences which I could never have had in my home country. I am forever grateful for how kind and welcoming people are and Beijing holds a special place in my heart.
Favourite teaching story：Children are often scared when they first come to school or meet an unfamiliar face. Children often feel distressed and uneasy around a foreign teacher if they are not familiar with them. I was in a new class for the day and I had one child who was very distressed at having a new teacher, he kept telling me ‘I don’t want you’ and was screaming and crying for me to leave. Once he realised I wasn’t a scary monster, he started to interact and feel more comfortable with me. He slowly began to want to talk to me and participate in class and conversation. At the end of the day, he came up to me and said ‘teacher, I like you’ and gave me a big hug. I will never forget this moment, I was proud that I was able to create an environment where this child felt comfortable and safe. The student realised what he said in the morning wasn’t nice and wanted to rectify his unfriendly behaviour. It was a very unforgettable teaching day for me.
Nick
Nationality：English
Teacher at MIK since： March 2016
What I love about teaching： I love teaching as it is an opportunity to impart the knowledge and experiences I have gathered over my life and gift it to the next generation.It really is a privilege to be allowed to witness a child having a Eureka moment and a new concept making sense.
What I love most about Beijing：It’s multiculturalism and opportunities.I come from a small community and when I first moved to Beijing the scale of the city was quite daunting. I craved community, but when you look closer Beijing is full of communities, and opportunities. Since living in Beijing I have realised a dream to perform comedy, I have also learnt to dive, worked for charities and also met my husband.
Favourite teaching story：Each year I have taught at Muffy’s has contained multiple experiences I will cherish for a very long time. From the lesson where I taught my class what plants really eat, to the boy who started my class afraid and timid and guiding him to become one of the most confident students in my class. So it is impossible to limit this to one.
Jack
Nationality：English
Teacher at MIK since： January 2019
What I love about teaching： Getting to know the unique characters of the children that I teach, and getting to have fun with them on a daily basis
What I love most about Beijing：How convenient and easy life is here
Favourite teaching story：I really enjoyed showcasing our class art work at last year’s Art Gala,it made me proud to see the fruition of months of work
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Wanliu Campus Teachers
Dominic
Nationality：English
Teacher at MIK since： August 2019
What I love about teaching： Making learning fun! It's great to see students learning with a smile on their face.
What I love most about Beijing： I love the history and the culture that Beijing has to offer, plus the wonderful people I get to meet and fantastic food I get to experience.
Favourite teaching story：Seeing a student learning to read their favourite book all by herself. It is so rewarding to see the progress students make over the year mastering skills like reading.
Sam
Nationality：American
Teacher at MIK since： August 2019
What I love about teaching： watching the students grow and learn over the course the school year.
What I love most about Beijing：you can find anything you want in Beijing. It is an exciting city with endless new things to try.
Favourite teaching story：At my summer camp I had a few students tell me it was the best part of their summer. A few campers actually moved away and would travel each year just to come to camp! Seeing the joy and excitement we were able to bring out of the children was always the best part and most memorable. Whenever students themselves voiced this it meant a lot.
Erin
Nationality：American
Teacher at MIK since： May 2018
What I love about teaching： My favorite thing about teaching is getting to know the students, and watching them grow and develop. It's a great feeling to see a student excel at a skill that they were originally really struggling with. And, as the students' English improves, we can get to know each other even better!
What I love most about Beijing：My favorite thing about Beijing is the food. I love trying all of the delicious and interesting Chinese food here.
Favourite teaching story：My favorite teaching experiences are any time the kids are genuinely happy and enjoying something we're doing together. For example, singing and dancing to a favorite song, or playing a silly game.
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XiangShan Campus Teachers
Jessica
Nationality：English
Teacher at MIK since： August 2019
What I love about teaching： Everyday is different and brings a new challenge for both me and my students!!
What I love most about Beijing：There is so much to explore, you can never be bored.
Favourite teaching story：Seeing an extremely shy and cautious student turn into a confident and happy child, making friends and improving everyday!
Cassie
Nationality：English
Teacher at MIK since： August 2019
What I love about teaching： how rewarding it is seeing your students understand new things and get excited about learning.
What I love most about Beijing：how it has such a strong history of China alongside such a cosmopolitan lifestyle. It is the best of both, you can visit palaces and historical landmarks one day and then go shoe shopping in a huge mall the next. There really is something for everyone. Plus- THE FOOD!
Favourite teaching story：I have had was watching my youngest student learn to do the balance beam unassisted. There was a lightbulb moment where she realized she didn’t need someone to hold her hand anymore and I realized that I was the one who taught her to have that confidence in herself and that I was teaching skills that went beyond jut language.
Max
Nationality：English
Teacher at MIK since： March 2018
What I love about teaching： My favourite thing about teaching is that I can spend time with people who are truly innocent and happy！
What I love most about Beijing：My favourite thing about Beijing is walking through the Hutong on a hot day with a stick of 羊肉串 and a 北冰洋
Favourite teaching story：My greatest teaching experiences are when you see your students peogress after fun hard work.
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SiJiQing Campus Teachers
Tyler
Nationality：American
Teacher at MIK since： August 2019
What I love about teaching： getting to watch my students grow and develop as time goes on. I always try hard to really get to know my students so I can work with their specific needs and strengths to help them improve every day!
What I love most about Beijing：Although I’ve just moved here, I’m very excited to work here in Beijing where I can find many modern conveniences alongside of Chinese culture and history!
Favourite teaching story：watching one of my old classes participate in a speech competition where they really applied so many of the things we worked on together in class. I strive to give my students the tools they need to succeed in English all by themselves.
Nigel Mainville
Nationality：American
Teacher at MIK since： February 2014
What I love about teaching： I love when children share their knowledge outside of class time. It's nice tosee them excited about learning.
What I love most about Beijing：I love the mixing of different cultures in a modern way,such as Drum n' Bass Music with samples of 1940s Shanghai songs.
Favourite teaching story：A student who couldn't speak any English when he startedclass with me came up to me six months later and said, "Teacher Nigel, Igo outside, see two spiders!" I wasn't sure if he more excited aboutseeing the spiders or being able to tell me about it.
WuHan Campus Teachers
Sam
Nationality：English
Teacher at MIK since： August 2019
What I love about teaching： seeing children learn while having fun
What I love most about Wuhan：the food!
Favourite teaching story：seeing a student who used to struggle in class now love lesson time.
Alex Pointon
Nationality: English
Teacher at MIK since: August 2018
What I love about teaching: Favorite thing about teaching would be seeing how students change as people over time.
What I love most about Beijing: My favorite thing about Beijing is the variety of things to do and find in the city.
Favourite teaching story : My favorite teaching experience was working with a student one on one for several months with a child with difficult special educational needs.