Staff

Salt Spring Elementary School Staff 2026–2027

Administration

Principal | Amy Dearden
Vice Principal | Katharine Byers
Administrative Assistant | Maia Vaillancourt

Teachers

• Samantha Creech | Primary
• Donna Kirkpatrick | Primary
• Janisse Browning | Primary
• Lani Siminoff | Primary
• Bridget Lee | Primary
• Katie Brown | Intermediate & Teacher Librarian
• Katharine Byers | Intermediate
• Geoff Fast | Intermediate
• Emily Klause | Intermediate
• Anne Marie-Belanger | French Immersion 7
• Brandon Bronson | Music, Band and PE
• Linda Suderman | Prep and Learning Support
• Matt Sedman | Learning Integration Support Teacher (LIST )

Education Assistants

• Georgina Sadler
• Jill Schulze
• Derek Creech
• Tara Stuart
• Gemma McEachern
• Catie Alvarez
• Leah Byron

Early Childhood Education – StrongStart & ELF Program | Andrea Hollingsworth

Child Youth Care Worker (CYCW) | Zoe Parker

Indigenous Support Workers | Shayce Johnson & Quentin Harris

Library Clerk | Kim Thompson

English Language Learning (ELL) | Alison Spear

Custodial | Vince McGrath, Johan van Rysselt & Tom Vikander