Craighouse School
Leyla Alfaro Oliva is an experienced educator with a diverse background in teaching English and philosophy across various educational institutions. Currently serving as an IB English Language and Literature Teacher at Craighouse School since February 2023, Leyla has previously held roles such as Philosophy Coordinator and English & Philosophy Teacher at The Grange School Chile. Additional teaching experience includes positions at Kansas University as a Graduate Teaching Assistant, Colegio Cumbres, and various other schools, predominantly focusing on English instruction from pre-elementary to senior school levels. Leyla holds a Magister en Dirección y Gestión Escolar from Universidad del Desarrollo and has pursued further studies in literature at The University of Kansas, alongside an International Baccalaureate certification in English.
Previous companies
This person is not in any offices
Craighouse School
We are a bilingual, co-educational school with Chilean and British traditions. We warmly welcome families, value open mindedness, appreciate cultural and religious diversity, and promote teamwork. Our Educational Project fully integrates the academic and formative areas so that each pupil reaches his/her full potential as a person. In its Academic Area, the school has an extensive academic curriculum that includes all contents established by the Ministry of Education, as well as the three International Baccalaureate Organisation programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Diploma Programme (DP). By means of our Craighouse School Curriculum, in place from Play Group to Year 12, we seek to identify, facilitate and develop each pupil’s full potential. Our Formative Area, based on the Craighouse School values, is developed through an extensive curriculum throughout our pupils’ school life. We aim to form upright, honest, proactive people who can make their environment a better place. Craighouse School is part of the Chilean Educational System and has been recognised by the Ministry of Education as cooperative, through the Decree 19,335 of December 5th, 1961. As from 2008 Craighouse School is a Full IB Continuum School (www.ibo.org). It is founding member of the Association of British Schools of Chile – ABSCH (www.absch.cl). It is also founding member of the Latin American Head’s Conference – LAHC (www.lahc.net).