Our Team, Our Opening Hours and How to Reach Us

Thomas Dahm took over the role of principal at SIS Stuttgart-Fellbach in September 2023. His professional career spans several decades in both education and entrepreneurship. Thomas Dahm's eros docendi – his innate passion for teaching – has consistently shaped his journey in the field of education. 

He completed his studies at the University of Stuttgart, where he earned both his State Examination and his Magister Artium in English and German Studies. Thomas Dahm possesses not only in-depth expertise in education but also in IT and computing, including experience with various technological platforms. 

From 2009 to 2021, he served as the founding principal at the Private Gymnasium Esslingen. Additionally, Thomas Dahm played a role in founding schools of various types, highlighting his strong leadership skills and his comprehensive knowledge of the education system. 

His international assignments have fostered his intercultural understanding and exceptional communication skills. 

In his spare time, Thomas Dahm cherishes moments with his two children. And he dedicates himself to his hobby, advancing methods of worm composting.

Richard Williamson has been the Vice Principal of SIS Stuttgart-Fellbach since 2011.

He lived and worked in England until 2010, when he moved to Germany. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of the West of England, and qualified as a teacher at the University of Nottingham. Later, he completed a master’s degree in educational leadership and management at the Nottingham Trent University. Prior to moving to Germany, he taught at schools in England, where he was the head of science, head of the IT-department, E-learning coordinator and a member of the senior leadership team.

Richard Williamson's motivation for being a teacher is to inspire students about a subject, to have a positive impact on young people's lives and to interact with them.

Anja Westphale has been teaching German and History (both for the Abitur and IB) at SIS Stuttgart-Fellbach since 2019. In September 2022, she took over as head of secondary school (upper classes).

She completed her teacher training at the Ruprecht Karls University in Heidelberg, where she also studied economics and politics for a few semesters. Already during her studies, she worked as a tutor for linguistics at the university and for various institutes in Germany and abroad with a focus on German studies or history. During her traineeship, she completed the "Additional Training in German as a Second Language" and "Basic Theatre Pedagogy".

In her teaching, she particularly enjoys the student-oriented examination of current historical or linguistic issues.

Claudia Bath has been the head of secondary school (lower and middle classes) at SIS Stuttgart-Fellbach since September 2019.

She completed her teacher training in German and history as well as some semesters of mathematics at the University of Stuttgart. This was followed by a few semesters in art history and linguistics. In the meantime, she began work on her doctoral thesis in the field of general and comparative literature and worked as a language trainer for German as a second language at various institutes in Stuttgart. After that she went on to do her traineeship.

Since 2017, Claudia Bath has been working at the SIS Stuttgart-Fellbach and acquired the teaching qualification for the subject Individuals and Societies at the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO).

Suzanne Füllemann has been the Head of Primary School at SIS Stuttgart-Fellbach since it was inaugurated in 2008. She also teaches in Year 1 and 2.

Suzanne Füllemann was born and raised in the UK and graduated from Lancaster University in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in primary education. After completing her studies, Suzanne Füllemann worked at schools in the North East of the UK. She worked at the international school in Stuttgart-Degerloch for almost 10 years after moving to Germany.

She has a passion for teaching and learning in an international environment and promotes the core values and attitudes of global citizens among all her students, who are the decision makers of the future.

Suzanne Füllemann has now been living and working in Germany for over twenty years and has settled in Weinstadt, one of the most beautiful towns in the Remstal valley!

Mayla da Silva has been part of the SIS team since 2018 and head of the kindergarten at SIS Stuttgart-Fellbach since fall of 2021. Mayla lived and worked in Brazil until 2017, where she earned her bachelor's and master's degree in psychology from Universidade Metodista de Sao Paulo.

In Germany she obtained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Frühkindliche Bildung und Erziehung (Early Childhood Education) at the Evangelische Hochschule Ludwigsburg. She worked in large schools in Brazil, where she was head of kindergarten, primary school and secondary school as well as school counsellor.

The international environment and experiences around the world are part of her philosophy of life. Mayla da Silva believes that being an educator plays a fundamental role in society, helping children to become citizens of the world and the protagonists of their own story.