15 August 2012
Dear Parents, Welcome to Year 6 and to the final year of the PYP! My name is Kyla Kopperud. I am the EAL teacher for Year 6 as well as the Coordinator for the Elementary EAL programme. Over the course of my teaching career I have lived and/or worked in Canada, Germany, India, Vietnam, Nepal and Switzerland. I’ve taught EAL/ESL and Learning Support, ranging from Early Years through to the IB Diploma. In addition to teaching, I have been involved in international development work training teachers and setting up educational programmes mainly in the field of language learning pedagogy. I can be most easily reached at kkopperud@nist.ac.th . Should you need to speak to me directly, please feel free to call me at 02-651-2065 ext.705. My room is number is 3408. I look forward to working with your child, your child’s homeroom teacher and you as we all work collaboratively along the pathway towards academic English language proficiency. Yours sincerely,
Kyla Kopperud