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Our staff

As a school and boarding school Schule Schloss Salem employs about 250 people in 2020. In addition to the school and boarding school managers and directors with their assistants and associated teams of experts, the departments of housekeeping, technology & administration take care of the day-to-day running of the school and boarding school at our three locations. Our staff departments consisting of our Admissions Department, the International Office, the Salem International Summer Schools and the Communications Department work on the further development of our boarding school.
The large group of our teachers, who work as tutors and teachers, including the medical and psychological care of our students, are listed separately (see below).

School Management

Stefan Steinebach

Head of Boarding Campus Schloss Salem

Extended School Management

Ken Lander

Head of Boarding Campus Schloss Spetzgart and Campus Härlen, Extended School Management

IB: Biology, Environmental Systems

Assistants to the School Management

Barbara Köpfer

Assistant to the Head of Boarding Salem Campus

Stefan Steinebach

Sonja Kunzler

Assistant to the Head of Boarding Spetzgart & Härlen Campus

Ken Lander

Management

Bernd Westermeyer

Headmaster

Chairman of the Managing Directors

Brigitte Mergenthaler-Walter

Director of Studies

Managing Director

Thomas Obitz

Business Manager

Managing Director

Management Supervisor

Peter Gottstein

Management Supervisor to the Managing Directors

Assistants to the Management

Eleni Triantafillidou

Assistant to the Headmaster

Bernd Westermeyer

Sigrun Leising

Assistant to the Head of Studies

Brigitte Mergenthaler-Walter

Central Staff Units

Gesa Meyer-Wiefhausen

Chief of Staff

Head of Communications, Fundraising, Scholarships

Dr. Stephanie Nau

Head of Admissions

Nina Peters

International Office

Julian Priebus

Head of Salem International Summer Schools

Communications

David Braun

Communications

Online-Marketing

Sabrina Müller

Communications

Events

Silke Stahl

Communications, Scholarships

Fundraising

Britta Stocker

Fundraising

Office Friends of Salem

Admission Office

Kathrin De Francisco

Assistant to Admissions Office

Antonia Jenning

Admissions international

Years 5 - 10

Sabine Klause

Admissions national

Years 5 - 10

Anita Laleh

Customer and Agency Care Admissions

Assistant to Salem International Summer Schools

Dr. Ulrike Niederhofer

Admissions national & international

Years 10 PLUS, 11 & 12

Direction of Studies

Brigitte Mergenthaler-Walter

Director of Studies, Managing Director

Torsten Bick

Deputy Director of Studies

Abitur-Coordinator

Dr. Constanze Schummer

IB-Coordinator

Teacher: English, History, ToK

Dr. Mathias Schwarz

Central Academic Administrator

Teacher: Chemie, Physik

Tobias Nause

Director of Studies Lower and Middle School

Teacher: Mathematik, Physik

Michael Lingk

Director of Studies Lower and Middle School

Teacher: Geschichte, Katholische Religion, Deutsch

Dr. Günter Klause

Career Counselling Abitur

Teacher: Latein, Russisch, Psychologie

Dr. David Mathieson

Career Counselling IB

Teacher: Economics, ToK, History

Assistants of the Direction of Studies

Sigrun Leising

Secretary Director of Studies

Beate Eberle

Secretary Director of Studies

Iris Grigat

Secretary to the Director of Studies (Abitur) and to the IB-Coordinator

Ramona Tischbein

Secretary Director of Studies Middle School Salem

Deputy Chairwoman of the Works Council

Susanne Schilling

Secretary Head of Upper School Härlen

Secretary Recruitment educational staff

Housekeeping, technical and administrative Staff

Uwe Anhorn

Coordinator F&B

Ottmar Kotheimer

Head of IT

Markus Hafen

Head of Facility Management

Rainer Müller

Financial Accounting, Data Securtiy Officer

Sandra Häring

Head of Financial Accounting

Ulrike Walser

Personnel Office, Personnel Management Housekeeping, Technics, Administration

Housekeeping management

Michaela Paus

Housekeeping manager

Schloss Salem

Claudia Schwarz

Housekeeper Spetzgart

Eleonore Gut

Housekeeper Campus Härlen

Administration staff

Özden Livgökmen

Central Buying

Florian Repp

IT

Sonja Sinner

Accounting Parents' Accounts

Library staff

Evi Hartmann

Library Härlen and Spetzgart

Sabine Salwik

Library Salem

Kitchen staff

Cordula Bezikofer

Kitchen Team Salem

Gabriele Brennecke

Kitchen Team College

Gabriela-Maria Jakubczyk

Kitchen Team College

Mirko Müller

Kitchen Team Salem

Lucia Prokesch

Kitchen Team College

Tatijana Spedt

Kitchen Team College

Danuta Schubka

Kitchen Team Salem

Britta Xylander

Kitchen Team College

Facility Management Staff

Alex Banda

Facility Manager College

Egon Baur

Facility Manager Salem

Josef Beirer

Facility Manager College

Ramadan Deliu

Facility Manager College

Ekkehard Hößler

Carpentery Salem

Andreas Kirchhoff

Facility Manager Salem

Walter Knoll

Facility Manager College

Bruno Strobel

Facility Manager Salem

Uwe Vöhringer

Facility Manager College

Ingrid Wegmann

Gardener

Cleaning Team

Bronislawa Riemel

Cleaning Team Salem

Elisabeth Seibold-Voges

Cleaning Team College

Pedagogical staff

In the following list you will find our teachers and tutors from all three locations in alphabetical order:

A-B-C-D-E

A

Tiloudin Anjarwalla

Abitur: Mathematik, Musik

Choir, junior orchestra, descriptive geometry

Lionel Aran

IB+IC: Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics

Judith Aust

Abitur: Biologie, Geographie, NWT

B

Eugen Balzer

Abitur: Biologie, Gemeinschaftskunde, Wirtschaft

Koordinator Outdoor Education, Stellvertretung Stufenleitung Jahrgangsstufe 11 & 12

Salman Barakat

Abitur: Mathematik

CAS Advisor

Mirjam Bendau

Abitur: Bildende Kunst

Torsten Bick

Abitur: Mathematik, Chemie

Unterrichtsleitung Abitur

Tatjana Boguth

Abitur: Physik, Ev. Religion, NWT, Mathematik

Thomas Braun

Abitur: Musik, Gemeinschaftskunde

Orchester, Fachberater Musik, Sammlung Musik

Heike Bueb

Abitur: Französchisch, Englisch, Spanisch | IB: French

Fachberaterin Englisch, Parlament Jahrgangsstufe 11 & 12

C

Caroline Cantzler

House Tutor Years 9 - 10

Jason Corbett

Abitur: GWG, Wirtschaft

Service Global Concerns College

D

Simeon Dann

IC+IB: Ethics, Theory of Knowledge

Joshua Dixon

IC+IB: Mathematics

Michèle Dubé

Abitur: Englisch, Französisch

Social Service Primary School

Maximilian Dyroff

Abitur: Wirtschaft, Gemeinschaftskunde, Sport

Haustutor Spetzgart

E

Meike Engstler

Abitur: Sport

Running Team

F-G-H-I-J

G

Stefanie Grimm

Abitur: Mathematik, Englisch

Activity Coordinator

H

Ricarda Hacker

Abitur: Englisch, Geschichte

Peter Hagmann

Abitur: Sport, Geographie

Sports Coordination Years 11 & 12, school teams badminton and volleyball upper school, sports consultant

Dr. Erk Hansen

Abitur: Deutsch, Physik, Ethik | IB: German

Fachberater Ethik

Sigrid Hanson

Englisch

Social Service Years 11 - 12

Ian Hanson

Abitur: Sport, Englisch

Ulrich Heuschert

Abitur: Chemie, Geographie, NWT

Duke of Edinburgh Award

Sidonie Hischemöller

House Tutor Years 5 & 6

Lea Höhn

Abitur: Deutsch, Ethik | IB: Theory of Knowledge

House Tutor Years 7-8, Deputy Head of Boarding Salem Campus, Head of Salem Summer School

Kai Hoffmann

Abitur: Mathematik, Sport

J

Dr. Andreas Jäger

DaF

Haustutor Spetzgart, Duke of Edinburgh Award

Dr. Sabine Jasny

DaF

Fachberaterin DaF

Renata Jaworska

Visual Arts

Dierk Jenning

Physik, Geschichte, Informatik, NWT

Fachberater Informatik

K-L-M-N-O

Dr. Günter Klause

Latein, Russisch, Psychologie

Laufbahnberatung Jahrgangsstufe 11 & 12

Sabine Klause

Deutsch, Evangelische Religion

Admissions Counselling Years 5 - 10 national

Dietmar Koepsell

Geschichte, Latein

L

Carola Lässing

Class observation, pedagogical advice

Years 5-12

Natalie Lander

IB Diploma CAS Coordination, Abitur AG Coordination,

Lecturer of confidence Salem Kolleg, Service Coordinator Years 11 & 12, Head of Salem International Summer School, Recruitment educational staff

Emma Leakey

Support during studies, Social service college

Tutor Spetzgart

Michael Lingk

Geschichte, Katholische Religion, Deutsch

Director of Studies Lower and Middle School, Subject Counselor History

Michael Lükewille

Englisch, Katholische Religion, ToK

Feuerwehr Jahrgangsstufe 11 & 12, Model United Nations, Fachberater Religion

M

Anais Tommy-Martin

Französisch, Spanisch, Sport

Deputy Head of Years 7 - 10, House Tutor Years 7 - 8

Dr. David Mathieson

IB: Economics, ToK, History

Careers Counselling

Simone Maurer

German as a foreign language, Deutsch

Head of Language School Years 5 - 7

Erin Merlin

IB: Physics

Sam Merlin

IB: French, Spanish

Tutor Spetzgart Campus

Beate Möller

Englisch, Deutsch

Kris Mourney

Englisch, Geschichte, ToK

Lead & Coordination International Classes

Sebastian Mücke

Sport, Geschichte, Gemeinschaftskunde

Haustutor Spetzgart, Nautical Service, Support Spetzgart Harbour

Christina Müller

Abitur: Mathematik, Musik | IB: Mathematics

Tutor Spetzgart

Helmuth Müller

Politik, Wirtschaft, Musik

Haustutor Spetzgart

Simon Müller

Bildende Kunst

N

Barbara Neeff

Latein, Deutsch

Team Leader Year 10, Coordinator Social Service Salem, Social Service Homework

Michael Neutzler

Mathematik, Physik

Haustutor Spetzgart

Dr. Ulrike Niederhofer

Abitur: Kunstgeschichte, Bildende Kunst

Visual arts consultant, Admissions national & international Years 11, 12 & 10PLUS

P-Q-R-S-T

P

Joshua Parker

IC+IB: English Native, Philosophy

Nina Peters

Abitur: Biologie, Naturphänomene und Technik (BNT)

Member of Team Year 5, Round Square Respresentative

Thorsten Peters

Biologie, Geographie

Fachberater Geographie

Danielle Petulla

IB: Chemistry, History

Dr. Patrick Polzer

Biologie, NWT, Chemie

Nautical Service Year 9

Sabine Preuß-Schmitz

IB: DaF (Deutsch als Fremdsprache)

House Tutor Year 7 - 8

Julian Priebus

Hockey

Sports Coordinator Years 5 - 10, Head of Salem International Summer School & Salem Summer Camp

Kristina Priebus

Mathematik, Sport

Head of Salem Summer Camp

Q

Jan Quäker

House Tutor Years 9 - 10

Guild: Precision engineering

Eva Quintero

Spanisch

R

Benjamin Readford

IB: English, History, Social Studies

Hans-Joachim Reiter

Biologie, Sport

Fachberater Biologie

Katharina Regehl

German, English

Consultant English, Coordinator MUN Years 7 - 10

Aik Reuter

Mathematik, GWG, Sport

Angelika Reuter

Französisch, Mathematik

Fachberaterin Mathematik

Hazel Riffler

Sport

Health and Wellbeing Educator

Karla Rodriguez

Spanisch, Englisch

Dr. Paul Ross

History, Social Studies

Deputy Head of Boarding & House Tutor Salem Campus

S

Mario Sagastume

Economics, Social Sciences

Haustutor Härlen

Heike Samerski

Biologie, Sport

Dr. Constanze Schummer

Abitur: Englisch, Geschichte | IB: History, ToK

Coordinator International Baccalaureate

Claudia Schwarz

Haustutorin Spetzgart

Hausdame Spetzgart

Yasmin Schiessel-Jenß

Deutsch, Geschichte, Gemeinschaftskunde

Chinese Club Years 7 - 10

Caroline Schlick

Deutsch, Geschichte

Berit Schreiber

House Tutor Years 9 - 10

Dr. Mathias Schwarz

Abitur: Chemie, Physik, NWT | IB: Physics, Chemistry

Consultant Chemistry, Organisational Management

Astrid Schweizer

Biologie, Deutsch

Johannes Schweizer

Abitur: Deutsch, Geschichte

Deputy Head of Years 5 - 10, Head of Salem Summer School, Coordinator Outward Bound

Dr. Dorothee Seydel

Deutsch, Latein, Griechisch

Team Coordinator Year 5

Maya Siegel

Deutsch, Englisch

Haustutorin Härlen, Sozialdienst Jahrgangsstufe 11 & 12, Koordination Schulbusse Oberstufe

Susanne Sigg

Music Service, Coordination Music Lessons

Junior orchestra

Petra Spielvogel

Abitur: Physik, Sport

Rebecca Steinebach

IB: French, German

Jason Swartzentruber

Haustutor Härlen, Botanikdienst

T

Pia Tiggeler

Sport

U-V-W-X-Y-Z

W

Andrea Walesch

Deutsch als Fremdsprache

Mentorin Untersüd, Koordination Berufspraktikanten

Peter Wimmer

Deutsch, Geschichte, Gemeinschaftskunde

Coordination "German as a foreign language" Years 5 - 10

Patrick Windbacher

Sport

Medical service

Stephanie Woppmann

Englisch, Geographie

Z

Edda Ziehm

German as a foreign Language

Medical & psychological Care

Years 5 - 10 (24-hour care in the medical station)

Angelika Goldstein Polpadre

Medical Station Salem

Elisabeth Bandle

Krankenquartier Salem

Brigitte Schoch

Krankenquartier Salem

Dr. med. Martin Diesch

Medical care Salem Campus

Kathleen Morrison-Schilffarth

Protestant pastor in Salem

School Caplain Years 7 - 10

Winfried Neumann

Pastor in Salem

School Chaplain Years 7 - 10

Claudia Arnegger

Psychological Care Years 7 - 10

Years 11 - 12

Bärbel Auer

Sick Bay Years 11 & 12

Spetzgart Campus

Dr. Frank Jürgensen

Medical care Spetzgart & Härlen Campus