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At the French American Academy, we are proud to have an exceptional team dedicated to bilingual education. Our educators come from many native French and native English-speaking countries and bring decades of teaching experience. They consistently amaze parents and students with their expertise, creating engaging and challenging classrooms that inspire students to become confident global leaders of tomorrow. They are the heart of the FAA and we are honored to have them on our team.

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Carole Baertschi
Assistant Head

Management & Administration

JERSEY CITY, NJ

Bianca Alvarez
Administrative Coordinator

Management & Administration

JERSEY CITY, NJ

Tyler Johnson
Administrative Coordinator

Management & Administration

JERSEY CITY, NJ

Anne-Sophie Gueguen
Head of School & Founder

Management & Administration

ENGLEWOOD, NJ, JERSEY CITY, NJ

Anne-Sophie Gueguen is a visionary educator who founded the French American Academy in 2007 in Bergen County. Over the years, she has expanded the school’s reach and impact by opening new campuses in Jersey City in 2012. As the Head of School, Anne-Sophie is committed to ensuring the highest quality education for her students through […]

Jean-Francois Gueguen
Business Manager & Founder

Management & Administration

JERSEY CITY, NJ

Jean-Francois Gueguen is the founder and CEO of The French American Academy Franchise. He promotes and organizes the French American Academy preschool model by assisting prospective and existing franchisees in structuring their own French American Academy. He co-founded the French American Academy of Jersey City in 2012. Since then, he has launched multiple events like […]

Eric Woodward
High School Director

Management & Administration

JERSEY CITY, NJ

Eric Woodward (MA Teaching, BA Arts, Dip Counselling) has been in education in Australia for over ten years. He is the founder of Global Village School, an educational charity that created an innovative high school model and ran programs to pilot and evaluate a project-based educational model. This model is now being implemented in a […]

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Eila Ecker
Kindergarten Teacher Assistant

Preschool

ENGLEWOOD, NJ

Elia Ecker is a French-Canadian born in the northwest of Quebec City. She is also an American citizen. She is a mother to 2 sons, aged 16 and 17, who are also French-Canadian speakers. She previously worked for the FAA in 2015 in the school of Jersey City and the following year in New Milford. […]

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Victoria Snowman
PK4 Teacher Assistant

Preschool

ENGLEWOOD, NJ

My name is Victoria, and I grew up in Englewood, where my mom was a teacher. I love languages, and I spent my junior year of college in Aix-en-Provence, which changed my life forever! After graduating, I moved to Paris, and, 13 years later, to Madrid. I then took a sabbatical to volunteer in Tanzania, […]

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Alexandre Ranson
Music – French

Middle School

JERSEY CITY, NJ

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Melanie Mourey
2nd Grade – French

Elementary School

JERSEY CITY, NJ

Melanie is originally from Montélimar, a city in the south of France. While completing her university degree, she lived in the French city of Lyon. After she completed her degree, she spent 5 years living near Geneva. Melanie has been a school teacher since 2016 and has taught all kindergarten and first grade (CP) levels. […]

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Vanessa Detosse
PK4 – French

Preschool

JERSEY CITY, NJ

As a teacher of over 5 years, Vanessa is very passionate about teaching and genuinely loves her profession. She has 4 years of teaching experience from Paris, where she also taught for 2 years in a bilingual nursery school. As an adventurous person, she has also taught for a year in Scotland. She loves going […]

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Chloe Leguem
Physical Education

Elementary School, Middle School

JERSEY CITY, NJ

Chloe is an experienced, passionate, and open-minded PE teacher. She is eager to use her international background and teach in the multicultural environment of the French American Academy. As a PE teacher, Chloe loves all sports, but her favorite sport is handball. She loves sharing her passion for sports with her students and experiencing the […]

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Dominique Amar
Math & Coding in French

Middle School

JERSEY CITY, NJ

After being a squash coach, Dominique decided to become a teacher. He taught mathematics in middle and high school for over eight years in the French overseas territories. Dominique loves to share his passion for mathematics with his students and uses puzzles, problem-solving and geometric figures to challenge and instill his love for math in […]

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Lucile Baey
4th Grade – French

Elementary School

JERSEY CITY, NJ

Lucile has been teaching for over 13 years. She is from the Vosges, a mountain region in the northeast of France. In her spare time, Lucile reads a lot, mainly thrillers. Her love for reading began when she read her first Stephen Kings novel as a teenager. Photography is another passion of hers, primarily digital […]

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Séverine Gilbert
PK2 & PK3 – French

Preschool

ENGLEWOOD, NJ

Séverine is from the south of France. As an adventurous person, she has lived for 5 years in Martinique, which is in the heart of the Caribbean. Her hobbies include traveling and sports. She especially loves to integrate music in her classroom to connect with her preschool students. She is excited to start her next […]

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Martha Sebti
5th Grade – English

Elementary School

JERSEY CITY, NJ

I was born in Italy and came to the United States when I was almost seven years-old. My journey started in elementary education, but I spent many years teaching English, Literature, and Composition in grades 6-12. Working with upper elementary students, and helping them with their educational ascent, is now my mainstay. One teacher made […]

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Anne-Laure Letellier
1st Grade – French

Elementary School

ENGLEWOOD, NJ

Anne-Laure grew up in France, where she studied history and earned a master’s degree in Education in Rouen. She has always been passionate about teaching and wanted to become a teacher from an early age. She became a teacher in 2015 and was happy to teach in Vietnam for three years, where she joined a […]

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Guillaume Gilbert
4th & 5th Grade – French

Elementary School

ENGLEWOOD, NJ

Guillaume is excited to teach 4th and 5th grade at the Englewood campus. He has taught for 17 years in France and lived in the south of France. Before coming to New Jersey, he lived 5 years on the island of Martinique in the Caribbean. Guillaume is very passionate about traveling and experiencing new countries, […]

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