Colleen Lissamer
Principal, Primary Teacher, Art & Music Specialist
Colleen is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan, specializing in Elementary Education and Fine Arts. She has taught for over 20 years in England and Canada, mainly in Independent Schools. She as been a teacher at VSIE for seven years and is passionate about teaching reading and art to children.

Sr. Kerry Rowland, SC.
Grade 3-4 Classroom Teacher, French Teacher, English as a Second Language Specialist.
Sr. Kerry was born in Victoria but has lived in many different areas including Halifax, Nova Scotia, Surrey, England and Boston Massachusetts. She has taught (as a Sister of Charity) for more than 25 years, mainly in multilingual, multicultural situations. She has a Masters Degree in teaching English as a Second Language. She enjoys teaching many subjects but French and Language Arts are particular favorites.

Ginny Lovick
Administrator, P.E. and Outdoor Education Teacher
Mrs. Lovick received her education degree from UBC and worked as a special education teacher, a librarian and a grade 2 teacher in the public school system . She has been a teacher and administrator for 19 years at The Victoria School for Ideal Education. She is a trained instructor in the Transcendental Meditation Technique and has attended international seminars on Consciousness Based Education.

Parent Feedback:
"I had always secretly dreaded taking my child to school. Not for the usual reasons, I am not citing seperation anxiety. But in this day and age who wants to relegate even a moments authority over one's child's well being. The choices we make now are the past we are creating for ourselves and our children. So what if it is a mistake? These were my thoughts standing in the school about to speak with Colleen, the head teacher.

'I know your child is your most precious possession, so I expect we will talk frequently and I will be sure to update you on his progress regularly.' she said with a sincerity that belied the presumption that she had oft spoke these words.

That was all I needed to open the flood gates of discussion. She too has a child and knows what it is to be concerned for the child's wellbeing and the care and feeding given to a blossoming intellect. I think that sums up the school for me. It is not perfect but there exists a dialogue by which we can mend, amend, and grow through whatever trials arise. This is community as it ought to be and it is what was absent from my own youth as I was raised by an education system that had a voice but lacked ears."

--- A VSIE Parent