'Shi' means giving, 'Hua' means essencesMs. Kathy Shi (Hua) brings her vision of giving the essences of Chinese and Western education to children. With over twenty years of experience in education, Ms. Shi and BIBS are committed to integrating Chinese education with Western education in supportive and stimulating environments.

Former Vice Principal of RDFZ, Senior Teacher, Special-class Teacher in Physics. Member of the National Expert Training Program of the Ministry of Education, the first group of State-level Backbone Teachers of the Ministry of Education's "Cross-century Gardener Project". Former Deputy Director of the Science Popularization Work Committee of the Chinese Physical Society, Committee Member of the Beijing Institue of Physics, former Deputy Director of the Competition Committee, former Director of the Beijing Youth Science and Technology Association. The only 2022 Yale University Distinguished Educator award winner from mainland China.

John McBryde is an educator with over 25 years of experience as Director/Head of School in five international schools in Asia, including 9 years as Director of the Western Academy of Beijing during its growth and development phase during 1998- 2007.John is co-founder of ACAMIS and served on both the ACAMIS and EARCOS Boards. He has extensive experience in IB Programs and school accreditation. He was awarded the "Foreign Expert Award" by the Beijing Municipal Government for his outstanding contribution to Chinese education.John’s keen interests include Future Education, Learning Technologies, Community, Service and The Arts.

Director, BIBS Center of Future EducationDr. Kim is the Chief Technology Officer and Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University, who received his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Technology from the University of Southern California in 1999. As an education technology entrepreneur, Dr. Kim designs and implements mobile technologies and social learning environment for Stanford undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Kim serves on the Board of Directors of WestEd, the Committee on Grand Challenges in International Development for the National Academies of Science, and the advisory committee for the National Science Foundation's Education and Human Resources Directorate.

Chief Supervisor of Chong Wa International Baccalaureate Schools Association (CISA), former deputy general manager of renowned education group

Ms. Danny Wang graduated from Capital Normal University, majoring in education. With more than 20 years of experience in international kindergarten teaching and management, she has studied in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Japan, and other countries, and has several qualification certificates such as Positive Discipline Parent Certification Lecturer, Montessori, Orff, etc., and has unique insights into preschool education and international education. Ms. Danny Wang has always been committed to promoting early childhood family education, providing parents with scientific and practical positive discipline concepts and methods.

Ms. Nancy Wang has been working in the international early childhood education industry for 19 years and has rich experience in teaching management.She worked in Singapore‘s international bilingual kindergarten for 6 years, and after returning to China in 2009, she served as the teaching supervisor in a well-known international kindergarten in Beijing for 5 years. In 2014, she joined the beanstalk education group and served as principal, head of principals, and assistant to the president.

Ms. Betty Bai has worked in International Bilingual Education for the past 20 years, including 14 years in senior leadership. In 2001, she joined the beanstalk group, where she taught before becoming a Principal and was part of the founding teams for both BIBS Kindergarten and K-12 schools around China. She has a wide range of skills and experiences, having been an Academic Principal, Director of Operations and Kindergarten group director during her time in the beanstalk group.Her personal motto is: “Being passionate straightens the path towards excellence.” She looks forward to sharing her love of learning as she works with our students, parents, staff and community to create a wonderful environment here at BIK.

Ms. Jenny Xiao majored in music education in Jilin, and completed her postgraduate study at Northeast Normal University. She is holding the MCI British Montessori Association preschool education tutor qualification certificate. She once served as the director of SongQingling International Kindergarten. She has 20 years of international education front-line teaching and management experience, accumulated a wealth of experience in education practice in line with international standards, has practiced for many years Montessori education concept and Reggio Emilia education concept in China‘s local practice, advocating child-oriented, return to nature, respect for children’s natural development of preschool education.

Ms. Ping Zhu graduated from the Pre-school Education Department of Beijing Normal University. She has been teaching for 28 years and has worked as a first-level teacher in management positions for 20 years. Ms. Zhu was awarded as Excellent Worker of the Private Education Association and Outstanding Manager of Haidian District. Ms. Zhu is a master of kindergarten management and team building. It is her lifelong ideal and pursuit to make preschool education better and more wonderful with love.