Deanna Barnes

Deanna Barnes

Teaching assistant and Animator at the club

I was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the north-east of the USA. As a kid, I was always the  bookworm, I had a deep love for learning and discovering the world. This love of learning has stuck with  me throughout my life, and it has transformed into a passion for education. 

After I completed my bachelor’s degree in Pennsylvania, I took on a job as an English teacher in Beijing where I was able to get diverse experience working with kids. During this enriching experience, I  expanded my skills and continued to develop a passion for teaching through seeing the students build  their confidence as they learned. Once back in the USA, I continued to work in education with students  with special needs in elementary schools and preschools in Pennsylvania. In 2017, I obtained a CELTA  (Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults/Certificate of English Language Teaching to Speakers  of Other Languages) to continue developing my skills in English education. With a CELTA under my belt, I  took the leap to become an assistant teacher in France. I worked as an assistant in several high schools  and middle schools in the académie of Amiens and the académie of Grenoble from 2018 to 2021. 

I have lived in Haute-Savoie since 2019. My passion for learning extends to the forests that I hike here in  Haute-Savoie, I love learning about the wildlife that is always so close. I look forward to sharing this  curiosity and passion for nature with the students.  

While working with kids, I love to use stories and games to build an excitement about learning and to  also develop their curiosity about the world. Through these fun activities, I love to see students working  together and developing a social awareness that will serve them throughout their lives.

I am excited to  bring my love of reading, art, yoga and nature to the Ecole Bilingue International de Savoie.