TEACHERS & STAFF

Valentina Trpkoska

Student Support Lead, Psychology Teacher
Valentina-Trpkoska

BA

Valentina has 20+ years of experience in education both as a teacher and as a school counselor and has spent her entire career teaching at international schools. Her former students currently study or finished their studies at the most prestigious universities in the world with many of them choosing psychology as their main discipline.

Being a life-long learner, Valentina regularly undertakes courses related to educational psychology, teaching and counseling and she is also an IB Psychology examiner. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, a Specialist in Educational Psychology from the Macedonian Chamber of Psychologists and is a Counselor in Systemic Family Therapy from EFTA (European Family Therapy Association). She's currently pursuing a MA in Philosophy at the Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, Skopje.

On a personal note, Valentina arrived in Beijing in 2018 and her family joined her a year later. Prior to joining BSB Shunyi in August 2022, she worked at Nord Anglia School Beijing Fangshan. Currently, both her children are BSB students. The appreciation they have for their teachers and the enthusiasm they show for learning make Valentina both happy and excited to be a part of such an amazing school.