The school Principal and School Director, Rudy-sensei, has had extensive experience with teaching students from a variety of ages and ability. He has spent over nineteen years as a teacher of foreign languages in Japan, and founded Polku International School to provide a delivery medium for his philosophies on education.
His passions are teaching, meeting and entertaining people, particularly those who wish to study English and learn more about foreign cultures. He loves both challenging and being challenged by students. During his free time, he has a keen interest in Japan and its unique culture and wishes to instil the same joy, curiosity and excitement he feels for Japan to the students in his care, in their feelings towards other countries. He enjoys any kinds of music as well.
Originally born in Jakarta, Rudy-sensei lived and studied in Melbourne, Australia for many years. He later moved to Kyoto and then Tokyo where he developed his skills as an educator, and eventually opened Polku International School. His goal with Polku was calling upon his experience to build the best environment for lifetime learning, with an emphasis on students from preschool to kindergarten age.


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はじめましてポルクの校長のルディです！プリスクール、幼稚園、保育園でずっと経験を積んできました。教えることはもちろんですが、とくにみなさんに楽しんでもらうこと自体が大好きです。日本でも英語のスキルはこれからの子供達にとって、なくなてはならないものですね。スクール内では多文化教育のなか、子供達の能力を開花させるため徹底して英語で過ごします。そしてオリジナルのカリキュラムを通し、各国の文化、アート、音楽、英語力、運動、コミニュケーション能力など幅広い分野を経験、学習していきます。保護者の皆様との連携をとって楽しいスクールをつくっていきたいと考えています。

Education : Master Degree <大学院卒>
Post Graduate of Business Management
Central Queensland University, Australia
Undergraduate of Business Advertising
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia

Mihoyo Sensei is the school manager, but that doesn’t mean she also doesn’t join in with lessons and help all students achieve their learning goals. After spending time living in Australia, she returned to Japan with a passion for the English teaching industry, and spent 2 years working in an international preschool as a manager. From that experience, she has helped Polku grow into the successful learning establishment it is today. Also, as a mother of two kids, she has a lot of understanding on how to deal with children!

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 みなさん、こんにちは。統括マネージャの芹川です。私はオーストラリアに約２年間の留学経験と、インドネシアに半年ほど住んでいた経験があります。言葉だけでなく、日本と海外の文化の違いを、身を以て感じ、そしてたくさんのことを学んで帰ってきました。ポルクインターナショナルスクールの子供たちや、保護者の皆様にも日本と海外の良いところや違いをたくさんお伝えできればと思っております。また、保護者の方のお問い合わせやご相談の応対をさせていただくだけではなく子供たちが安全で楽しく過ごせるよう、クラスのお手伝いもさせていただきます。子供たちと一緒にダンスや、遊ぶのが大好きな子育て奮闘中の二児の母親です。どうぞ皆さんお気軽に声をかけてくださいね。

Qualification : Certificate of Hospitality Management
    Education : Hawthorn Language College, Australia / English Preparation for College / Australian Hospitality College, Melbourne Australia

Jeth was born in Manila and lived and raised in Maui, Hawaii. He is a half Filipino quarter Chinese and quarter Spanish. His unique multicultural family backgrounds make him feel confidence and able to work with different kind of people in Japan. He holds a medical school degree however he decided to teach English in Japan after he realised that his passion is actually to teach English in Japan. He has also experience working in international school for many years in Japan.
 
Education background: Bachelor of Science Major in Biology
CPR/AED
 
Jeth　先生は、経験豊富な、ネイティブティーチャーです。
彼は、フィリピンのマニラで生まれ、ハワイのマウイで育ちました。父方がフィリピン人、母方が中国系とスペイン系の血を引き継いでいます。多文化な環境に育った経験を活かし、様々な人種国籍の人と自信を持って関わることができます。医学部を卒業するという異例な学歴を持っていますが、 日本で英語を教えるという先生に人生のやりがいを感じています。これまでも他のインターナショナルスクールでの経験も活かし、このポルクで一緒に英語を学んでみてください。

Suzanne was born in Yorkshire, England and graduated at a Performing Arts college in London and her love for dance at a small age brought her traveling to Asia for the first time 20 years ago to Hong Kong, China, Korea and Japan. Her love for Japan made her settle in Nagasaki 18 years ago where she became an ALT at various Elementary Schools and then continued teaching at Japanese English Schools. She transferred to Chiba in 2012 where she became a teacher trainer however her passion for teaching continued and aims to have fun, creative lessons in Polku.

>> Educational background: Performing Arts College and Teacher Trainer.

スーザン先生は、英国の北部の街ヨークシャーで生まれ育ち、ロンドンの舞台芸術学校を卒業しました。 約２０年前、彼女はダンスで好きで、香港・中国・韓国・日本などアジアを中心に周り、１８年前に辿り着いた長崎で様々小学校のALT(外国語指導教師)としてのスタートを切りました。２０１２年に、教師を指導する立場となり、千葉へやって来てからも、先生として”教えること”への情熱は、勿論忘れていません。現在に到るまで、日本の英語学校などで、英語を教え続けており、今回、”楽しむ”そして ”創造性豊かな（クリエイティブ）”なレッスンを目指して、ポルクの先生の一員として加わることになりました。

Austin-sensei was born in the United States. Growing up, his family hosted almost a dozen exchange students from all over the world. Inspired by those connections, Austin became an exchange student in high school, living in Taiwan for a year and experiencing their culture. After returning to the US, he continued to study foreign languages and cultures. After coming to Japan in university on a 6-month exchange program to Nanzan University, he decided to move to Japan after graduating. Since moving in 2019, he has taught English in Nagano, Chiba, and Tokyo, to students as young as 6 months old. He finds language fascinating and wants to share that passion with all his students.

Education Background:
BA with Honors in International Relations, double-minoring in Political Science and Japanese Language and Culture


Austin先生はアメリカ人で合衆国出身で、実家では子どもの頃より世界中からたくさんのホームステイや留学生を受け入れて育ちました。そんな経験から自身も高校生の時台湾に留学し異文化を学びました。アメリカに帰国してから外国語と文化について学び続け、日本へも南山大学で交換留学生として来日した経験があります。卒業後、2019年より長野、千葉、東京で子どもたちに英語を教えてきた経験を活かし、英語の楽しさをみんなに伝えたいと頑張っています。

Ida-sensei was born in the Philippines.  She moved to Japan as she always  very excited to have more opportunities to learn and explore Japanese cultures. She has worked in Singapore as her first experience to live abroad twelve years ago as she wished to earn more experience as an entrepreneur before she decided to came to Japan in 2017.  Since then, she has started to teach English to younger learners and nursery school students and enjoys herself having fun moments with her students and raising her own two children at home. Together with Polku, as part of the team, she is looking forward to seeing her students’s growth and having pleasant learning times with them.
   
Education: BA Business Management in Entrepreneur  

Ida先生はフィリピン生まれで起業するためシンガポールで12年前に移住しましたが、日本の文化が大好きで2017年に来日しました。その後、幼稚園や保育園での英語を教える機会に出会い、二人の自身の子どもも含めて自宅で英語を教える楽しみを見つけました。現在は、POLKUのメンバーとして英語に親しんでもらえるこどもたちと出会えることが楽しみです。

As a bilingual staff member, Hiroko sensei works with all the classes, with a particular focus on our after-kinder programs. She lived in Australia and the Philippines for one year, where she studied English and acquired a TESL qualification. During her time in Australia, she worked in both a childcare center, and as a babysitter, which helped build the skills she uses at Polku.  Hiroko-sensei joined Polku seven years ago.  She works for younger age as well as for kinder age. Her passions are children, music, movies and traveling. Her dream is to travel the world and meet people of all nationalities.
 
Education background: College Certificate, TESL.
 
 Hiroko先生は、キンダー、プリスクール、アフターキンダークラスの担任の経験を持つベテラン先生です。
  現在は、お子さん３人目の出産休暇中です！
彼女は、オーストラリアとフィリピンでの留学経験を積んだのち、オーストラリアでチャイルドケアセンターで様々な国籍の子供達を見てきました。また、一般家庭でのベビーシッターもしていました。
海外で学んできたことをポルクで発揮したい、という意欲に燃えています。
彼女の情熱は、子供達と関わり、音楽・映画・旅行をすることです。そんな彼女自身の夢は大きく、“世界一周！“。　今後も沢山の人達と出会い、自分の知らない世界・文化に触れ続けて行く先生です。

Mariko is the early morning shift teacher.  Her first exposure to English was at the age of five.  Her father was transferred to Toronto, Canada, where she stayed until she was ten years old.  As her dream as a child was to be able to act as a bridge to connect Japan and other cultures, she majored in English in collage.  She has worked as an in-house interpreter in several companies.  She loves having fun with children and is blessed with two wonderful sons.  She lives close the school. 

Education Background: Bachelor of Arts Degree in English

Mariko先生は、朝のスタッフとして勤務をしています。 彼女は、５歳から１０歳の幼い頃を父親の赴任先のカナダ/トロントで過ごしました。子どもの頃から日本と他文化の架け橋となりたいという思いから、大学では英米語を専攻し、また社内通訳として、いくつかの企業に勤めてきました。子どもと遊ぶことが大好きで、彼女自身にも２人の息子さんがいます。ポルクの近くに住んでいますので、見かけたらぜひお気軽にお声がけください。

彼女は幼い頃から英語を学ぶことに興味があり、オーストラリアの大学で2年間勉強しました。 ポルクに入社する前は、小学生の助教としての経験があります。 ポルクでは、午後のクラスを含むさまざまなクラスを教え、サポートしています。 彼女は子供達と遊びを楽しめ、教える時間も楽しんでいます。 彼女の好きな趣味は、旅行とハイキングです。

Educational Background: Diploma of International Leadership, Sydney, Australia.

Since her young age, she was interested in learning English and she has studied at a college in Australia for two years. Before she joined us, she had experienced as an assistant teacher for elementary school students. At Polku she is teaching and supporting a variety of classes including classes in the afternoon. She enjoys her teaching time as she is also knows how to make her students happy in the class. One of her favourite hobbies are traveling and hiking.

Oto was one of the students in Polku. She remembers how the teachers have provided her the opportunity to be immersed in English and cultures through fun activities. She learned English at Polku since she was in elementary school until she graduated Junior High School and eventually decided to continue her study in High-school for three years in Australia. Her great experiences were her chance of interacting with the local students, her host families as well as with the other international students from other countries. The precious moments she spent in an oversea country has made her believes that not only English skills and cultures but also knowledges and way of thinking from different perspectives are very important. After she graduated for high school, she’s also spent for another year to learn Linguistic and Translation at a University in Sydney. She is looking forward to spending time with her students at Polku and telling them how fun to learn English and cultures as she experienced before she joined POLKU. 

Education:
BA Interpretation and Translation (postponed)
Whites Hill State Collage 

Oto先生は、実はPOLKUの生徒でした。小学校、中学校時代をPOLKUで過ごし、高校３年間はオーストラリアの学校に海外留学として進学しました。海外では英語だけでなく異文化に触れ、多角的なものの見方ができる学ぶ力を身につ多くの貴重な経験を積みました。高校卒業後は、シドニーの大学で言語学、翻訳の勉強をしてきました。これからは、POLKUの子どもたちに英語や異文化に触れる楽しさを伝えられることを楽しみにしています。