Wei Song
Fourth Grade Lead Chinese Teacher
BEGAN AT CAIS 2021
Song Laoshi was born and raised in Inner Mongolia, China. For the past ten years, she has focused her professional life on educating others in the field of Elementary Education (including Early Childhood Education). She holds a degree in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, and just completed her master’s degree. She and her husband have a one-year-old King Charles Cavalier. Her parents live in China and she visits them as often as she can.
苏筱琦 Hsiao-Chi (ChiChi) Su
Second/Third Grade Lead Chinese Teacher
BEGAN AT CAIS 2013
Su Laoshi is a leader not only in her classroom, but in the Lower School community as well. Having successfully completed the Leadership 101 training program, she has taken on leadership roles in summer programs and with our fifth grade outbound International Program to Taiwan. She is known for her warmth, her relationship-building skills, and her caring classroom. Su Laoshi believes in teaching her students to exemplify the values we cultivate at CAIS.
Ken Su
Athletic Director and Middle School PE Teacher
k_su@cais.org
- M.Ed. in Educational Technology, Moreland University
- M.S. in Education Leadership, Nova Southeastern University
- B.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- A.A., Pasadena City College
- Certified Master Athletic Administrator (CMAA), National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA)
Began at CAIS 2023
隋小红 Lucy (Xiaohong) Sui
Fourth Grade Chinese Teacher
- M.A. in Chinese, San Francisco State University
- B.A. in Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University
BEGAN AT CAIS 2011
Born and raised in Beijing and a graduate from Teacher-training colleges in Beijing, Sui Laoshi also earned both her bachelor’s degree in Asian American Studies and her Master’s degree in Chinese at San Francisco State University. After teaching in China since 1988, Sui Laoshi began teaching in San Francisco in 2004 and joined the CAIS team in 2011. Sui Laoshi is as passionate about teaching as she is about modeling being a lifelong learner. She is known among our team as an innovator when it comes to student-centered learning.
Berkley Summerlin
Director of Institutional Advancement
b_summerlin@cais.org | 415-861-0366
- B.A. in Communications, Temple University
- Certification in Leading a Diverse and Inclusive Culture, American Management Association
Berkley joins CAIS from Meals on Wheels where she served as Senior Director of Individual Giving. She has spent her entire professional career in advancement, in both educational and other nonprofit settings, and her wide-ranging experiences include comprehensive campaigns, annual giving, events (including galas), major gifts, and planned giving.
Outside of work, Berkley coaches high school girls lacrosse; she was a decorated Division I lacrosse player at Temple University, being named to several regional and national academic and athletic teams.
Susan Sun
Business Officer
s_sun@cais.org | 415-861-7666
Began at CAIS in 2017.
Susan Sun is a Certified Public Accountant and has over 22 years of excellent accounting experience, most recently as the Vice President of Finance for Micro Lambda Wireless, Inc. She leads the school’s finance/accounting functions and team.
Mingjiao Sun
Fourth Grade Bilingual Teaching Associate
Began at CAIS 2024
Fourth Grade Bilingual Teaching Assistant Mingjiao Sun is from China. A passionate learner and educator who thrives on project-based and inquiry learning, she loves sparking curiosity in her students and guiding them to think critically. Outside of teaching, you’ll find her hitting the trails.
Lance Tam
Third Grade English Teaching Associate
Began at CAIS 2024
Third Grade English Teaching Assistant Lance Tam is a San Francisco native but has lived in places like Hong Kong and Canada for a few years. His hobbies include fencing, watching movies, swimming, and learning new languages (currently trying his hand at French, Russian, and Japanese).
Ms. Taylor
Preschool–Third Grade Studio Art Specialist
BEGAN AT CAIS: 2020
Ms. Taylor is a San Francisco based artist and experienced elementary school teacher. Her two greatest passions are education and art. She gets to fuse them together to teach art to young students here at CAIS. Ms. Taylor’s main goal is to create a safe space for each and every student to grow as an artistic life-long learner. When she isn’t teaching, she enjoys water coloring, collaging and making mixed media sculptures. She also loves spending time with her son Forrest and her dog Claude.
鄧小英 Cheryl Teng
Third Grade Chinese Teaching Associate
BEGAN AT CAIS 1998
Teng Laoshi is our most veteran teacher, having taught at CAIS for 34 years! Her classroom experiences span from preschool through fifth grade, including a decade with the second grade curriculum. Most recently, Teng Laoshi has worked with Wang Laoshi as teaching associate for the fourth grade, incorporating tech tools such as the learning game Kahoot! in Chinese class. A graduate of Taiwan Provincial Taipei Junior College, Teng Laoshi earned the Freeman Foundation Teaching Scholar Award and holds certification as an ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview Tester.