Staff

French Language Teacher Montenegro

Aleksandra graduated French language and literature from the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, with English as a second language. During her studies she has spent one year in Paris as an au-pair in a French host family. Aleksandra gained valuable experience with the help of her host family and by attending a language course. She has been a French and English teacher in schools in Belgrade for several years. Although Aleksandra’s teaching is a vocation, her aim is to transmit her love of French language and culture. She enjoys working with children and is very passionate about building a positive attitude in her students to inspire them to become lifelong learners. Aleksandra loves sports, cinema, nature. Her advice for language learners is: “A different language is a different vision of life” as said by Federico Fellini. Aleksandra is from Montenegro.

German Language Teacher

English Language & Literature Teacher United Kingdom

BML & English Language Teacher Turkey

German & Montenegrin Language Teacher Montenegro

Montenegrin Language & Literature Teacher Montenegro

Information Literacy & Teacher Librarian United Kingdom

PYP Class Teacher (Year 4) Australia

After completing secondary education and working in finance and office administration, Katrina moved away from her hometown in Bowen (Queensland, Australia) to commence her Bachelor of Education degree at James Cook University. Not long after completing her degree, Katrina started her travels and international teaching experience. Now she has been teaching for over ten years, many of these have been in international schools in England, Spain, Dubai and Indonesia. Teaching in international schools gave her the opportunity to form relationships with students and families from all around the world. Students in the class were usually from diverse countries, cultures and religions. This in itself creates rich learning environments which are very special. Katrina is currently enjoying her fourth year as a PYP class teacher at KSI Montenegro.

Katrina grew up in Queensland, Australia, where she developed a love for the beach. Most weekends were spent with family and friends snorkeling, jet skiing or fishing.

Montenegrin Language Teacher Montenegro

PYP Class Teacher (Year 5) Canada

PYP Class Teacher (Year 1) United States of America

Lindy Fortner attended North Carolina State and Meredith College where she did her undergraduate work in Psychology and Education. She taught for 7 years in the public school system there and during that time, Ms. Lindy obtained a Master’s degree in Education with a specialisation in literacy from Meredith College. Lindy’s first overseas teaching adventure was helping to open a small school in Madagascar where she taught a multiage class of Year 2 and Year 3 students. Before joining KSIM in 2018, her most recent adventure was in Tokyo where she taught Year 2 for four years.  Now in her twentieth year of teaching, Ms. Lindy has a strong passion for literacy and mathematics instruction and believes wholeheartedly that inquiry and fun help learning come to life!  For Ms. Lindy, in addition to Tivat, ’home’ is North Carolina, USA.

Early Years Assistant Teacher Russian Federation

Visual Arts Teacher Serbia

Marija graduated from the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade after which she started gaining experience teaching English language to young learners. For five years Marija was a key member of the teaching staff in local elementary schools before she joined the team of KSI Montenegro in 2010, when the school was founded. Marija has dedicated herself to creating a positive and inspiring classroom environment. She loves supporting children’s creativity and imagination, making school an exciting place for all learners. She strongly believes in lifelong learning and personal growth. Besides teaching, Marija is an experienced translator and interpreter. She loves passing her passion for language and literature to her learners, being a voracious reader. She also enjoys writing for pleasure, painting, drawing, arts and crafts and above all being a mother to her two daughters.

PYP Class Teacher (Year 2) United Kingdom & Turkey

PE & PHE Teacher Montenegro

Nursery & Reception Class Teacher Montenegro

Nadja gained her Pre-school Teachers’ Certificate from the University of Kikinda, one of the best teacher training institutions in the Balkans. She works for KSI Montenegro since it’s opening in 2010. She has started working aside with international teacher for three years and after that she has been leading the class of 3-5 year olds on her own. Nadja has taken several professional development courses from the IB. Prior to teaching at KSI Montenegro, she has taught at the Montenegrin state preschool for four years, and year and a half at the orphanage in Bijela. Her experience, her dedication, creativity and responsibility have ensured a seamless fit into the unique ethos of Knightsbridge Schools International in Montenegro. Although she doesn’t have children herself, she sees her kindergarten learners as her own. Nadja is from Montenegro.

Music Teacher Montenegro

PYP Teacher (Year 6) & ATL Skills Mentor United Kingdom

Mr. Paul is our Year 5 and 6 Class Teacher, and joined KSIM from an IB School in Muscat, Oman in 2019.  Originally from Liverpool, England, he worked in a UK primary school and was a Year 5 teacher before teaching internationally. His desire to live and work within an international community was a motivating factor in Paul’s decision to leave the UK and to teach in IB schools. His interest in different cultures has also been a catalyst for him to learn different languages; he describes himself as “modestly apt” in Italian, with a basic understanding of French, and aspects of Arabic. Paul is also a keen sportsman who trains regularly and practices Mixed Martial Arts, as well as Judo, Greco- Roman Wrestling and Karate, in which he was the British Kata and Kumite Champion in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Being from the city of Liverpool, it isn’t surprising that he has a passion for football, and Liverpool FC!  Also a published fantasy fiction author, Paul’s passion for literature as well as sport has found a welcome home at KSI Montenegro.

Mathematics, Science & Design Teacher United Kingdom

Mathematics & Science Teacher United States of America

Ryan Kummins is highly skilled and experienced Mathematics, Science and Design teacher.  Originally from Atlanta, Georgia in the USA, Ryan graduated with an education degree from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, and also holds a Masters degree in Educational Administration and Leadership from Atlantic University in Honolulu, Hawaii. Ryan’s experiences as a teacher have seen him work with students across the entire Primary and Middle School age ranges, although for more than ten years his experiences have focused predominantly on teaching Year 6 to Year 9 Mathematics, Science and Project Based Learning (Design) classes.  He made the move to Montenegro, with his wife Kate, daughter Marissa, and dog Presley (as in Elvis!) in 2020 following 10 years on the Dutch Caribbean Island of Curaçao.

In addition to being an extremely talented and successful Middle School teacher, Ryan also enjoys many extracurricular hobbies and interests – He has played the drums since he was ten years old, and has regularly performed in groups with other teachers for school functions. In all of his schools, he has been an active participant in, and organiser of, many extra-curricular activities that stretch and challenge the young people he has worked with. Ryan has a passion for the outdoors and is excited to have the opportunity to live in, and explore, a country with as much natural beauty as Montenegro – having lived in the Caribbean, clearly Ryan couldn’t miss the opportunity to become certified for open water SCUBA diving! He also has a life-long passion for baseball and coached teams in the U.S. and Curaçao.

Mr. Ryan’s great strengths as a creative teacher ensure he meets and support the needs of all the students in his classes. He maintains a fun, purposeful learning environment, while establishing expectations for high standards. His lessons are always strong and aim to bring out the best in his children – his lessons are designed with the end in mind, allowing students to understand concepts and content at a deeper level; his classes are engaging and often involve hands-on learning that provide interesting, differentiated activities.

PYP Class Teacher (Year 3) South Africa

BML & Student Support Teacher United Kingdom

I&S and Geography Teacher Canada

Tony Rubino is our DP Geography, and MYP I&S and Design Teacher.  Tony is from Canada and has more than 10 years of varied and meaningful experience teaching experiences internationally both in Taiwan and South Korea. He holds a Master of Science Degree in Adolescent Education from Daemen College in Amherst, New York, a Masters of Urban and Regional Planning Degree from Queen’s University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Laurentian University in Canada. During his time working overseas, he has taught Geography and Social Studies, Art, Design and Graphic Design, as well as Earth and Life Sciences, Health and Physical Education to Middle and High School classes.

Reflecting on his own teaching philosophy, Tony strives to create an environment that is challenging but non-competitive, and structured yet creative. Before becoming a teacher, Tony worked as a City Planner and Open Space Designer. His education and experience in this field helped him to solidify his strong belief in the concepts of collaboration, transparency and most importantly community. Working in the field of City and Urban Planning had been a dream for Tony since he had interned at a City Planning Department in High School. The blend of hands on creativity, with technical challenges resinated and after graduating he worked both in the private and public sectors for a number of years. During this time, Tony would regularly volunteer as a guest speaker or guest teacher at several local schools.

Through this experience, he eventually came to realise that the time he spent in the classroom left him feeling far more fulfilled than his work as a planner did. Eventually, he decided to make a change and he took the leap to return to University and become a teacher.  Mr. Tony consistently strived to create enriching and supportive learning experiences and opportunities for his students, and in addition to having students think critically and creatively, he also understands that a teacher cannot be effective without building strong working relationships with students.  His classes and lessons are interactive and student-centered with a focus on the development of creativity and higher level cognitive skills on top of any required content knowledge.