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).