Ms. Youshmi Thapa

Ms. Youshmi Thapa, the Elementary School Coordinator (Tier I and Tier II), has many years
of experience as a first-grade teacher. She joined Ullens School in 2007 and believes that she has grown with the institution. She enjoys exploring, investigating, and learning with young learners, which she feels is constantly nurturing and strengthening her as a competent teacher.
Along with her Post-Graduate Degree in Educational Leadership, she has completed a course on Curriculum Development for Preschool Leaders, ECEC, and has attended workshops on Understanding Autism organized by the Autism Care Nepal Society and all in-house Professional Development Sessions. She highlights her experience of the Constructivism and Progressive Methodologies Workshop at The Children’s Centre Caltech, Pasadena, California, and Evergreen Community School, Santa Monica, to be the most remarkable ones in her journey as a teacher. Furthermore, being a leader, she has had the opportunity to groom and mentor the recruits under her team, which has, in return, helped her to hone her skills. She has also conducted many workshops on an integrated curriculum and classroom management strategies for primary school teachers in and out of the Kathmandu Valley. Moreover, she is a keen learner, determined to work towards excellence, and consistently strives for the best.