Consultants - Solmaid Community School

Craig has thirty-one years of teaching experience working largely in the Victorian Government Education system in Australia. He has been a school leader as head teacher or Principal for more than twenty-five years. He has been working in International Baccalaureate World Schools in Australia, Angola and Bangladesh for the last ten years

Craig is married to Helen and has three children who now work in different parts of the world. He is passionate about education and is a strong advocate for providing an education for all children. He sees the provision of low-cost private schools as an excellent means of providing access to education for children who would not otherwise have access to schooling.

Helen has been a teacher for 20 years and has worked in Australia for most of this time in the Education Department of Victoria. She is a trained Reading Recovery Teacher, a trained Literacy Co-ordinator and Oral Language Educator as well as being part of the Early Numeracy Research Project that underpinned the current numeracy program of Victoria. Helen has worked in International Baccalaureate World Schools in Angola and Bangladesh

Helen is married to Craig and has three children who are grown and independently pursuing their own careers. Helen loves working with children and has a passion for community and service. She enjoys working with teachers to improve the educational experiences for all students.

Luke has been teaching for 10 years. He qualified and worked in the UK but has since taught in Austria, the USA, China and Bangladesh. Luke spent three years working with a Bangladeshi NGO where he developed teacher training courses and supplementary materials to support the teaching of the Bangladeshi National Curriculum. He has also worked in schools as both an ICT co-ordinator and Science co-ordinator.

Luke is very interested in the use of ICT within education and has started his own community project in Bangladesh called CAFFE (Computers Are Free For Everyone). This provides free computer training to Dhaka’s underprivileged. He also enjoys music and used to play in a small band when he worked in China.

Heike has been teaching for 16 years and received her original training in Germany where she is accredited as a specialist for Early Childhood Education. From 2004, Heike worked as a head teacher for the German section of SHAPE International School (SIS) at the European NATO Headquarters near Brussels, Belgium. She joined International School Dhaka as an Early Years teacher in 2012. Heike's specialty and passion is teaching young children along a play- and inquiry-based approach.

Heike is married to Patrick Kalanu, who is also a teacher at ISD. When not teaching, Heike enjoys singing, reading, and spending time with her husband.

Patrick has been an educator for over a decade, both in traditional classrooms and in non-traditional educational settings (such as being an Outdoor Education teacher for the YMCA in the United States or working as a private teacher for military families at the European NATO Headquarters in Belgium). Patrick holds a Master of Arts degree in Education and has in-depth knowledge of various national and international curricula and approaches to education. He is an accredited teacher in the United States and joined International School Dhaka as a 5th grade teacher in 2011.

Patrick is married to Heike Kloos, who is likewise a teacher at ISD. Patrick has avid intellectual interests and is a member of several national and international academic honor societies in the Social Sciences. He greatly enjoys music and the Arts.