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Meet Our Team



​We are so honored to have such an amazing team of dedicated, enthusiastic, passionate people at German School Columbus.  

Caley Moore

Director

Ramona Wechsler

Children's Instructor - Adler
Native/Heritage Speakers
Social Media Coordinator

Leah Steiner-Suter

THE TEAM

​We are so honored to have such an amazing team of dedicated, enthusiastic, passionate people at German School Columbus.  
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Caley Moore

GSC Director​
More About Caley
Caley is a certified High School German Teacher. In 2008, she earned a Bachelor of Education Degree at Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio and received her Masters degree in German Studies in Middlebury, Vermont. She has taught German levels 1-4 and AP, ran International club, organized high school exchange trips with Saarbrücken and Köln, and tutored for 5 years in Cincinnati. She and her son live in the Columbus area. Currently she is teaching German part-time at DSHS in Dublin and part-time with ACGC and GSC. ​
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Ramona Wechsler

Children's Instructor - Adler
Native/Heritage Speakers
Social Media Coordinator​
More about Ramona
Ramona was born and raised in Franconia, Germany. She has a degree in Hotel Industry Expertise and the Culinary Arts and worked in the hotel industry for some years. She has been teaching German to native English speakers since High School. In 2013, Ramona came to Ohio to be an Au Pair for a family for 2 years. She taught her host siblings German during that time while also attending a local university to study Spanish. Ramona and her German shepherd now live locally and enjoys teaching and tutoring for GSC.​
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Leah Steiner-Suter

Children's Instructor - Igel
Beginners: School-age
​Adult Instructor - Beginner
More about Leah
Native to Columbus, Ohio, United States, Leah practices peace, courageous global citizenry, environmental stewardship, and also works with the World Language Middle School here.  She holds one bachelor's degree from the College of Wooster (OH) in German Studies and Gender Studies, as well as 2 masters degrees : one from World Learning School for International Training in Intercultural Service, Leadership and Management, and one from the SPARK Teacher Education Institute in Teaching for Social Justice. Of Swiss heritage, after teaching in Austria, Germany, both coasts and the middle of America, Frau Steiner-Suter is home with German School Columbus serving as teacher and tutor. ​​
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Valerie Savage 

Children's Instructor - Frösche
Intermediate

More about Valerie
Valerie is brand new to our team - More info coming soon!! ​
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Kathrin Frenzel-Luke

Children's Instructor - Hasen​
Beginners: Pre-School Age
More about Kathrin
Kathrin is a German native speaker and earned her B.A. in Educational Science and her M.A. in German as Foreign/Second Language for Teaching at the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Germany. Her teaching journey has led her to The Ohio State University, where she spent 6 years teaching German and assisting the program director. She has experience teaching German to all age groups and language levels and is currently working as German Language Program Consultant for Klett World Languages.
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Vanessa Plumly

Adult Instructor - All Levels
More about Vanessa
Vanessa is brand new to our team - More info coming soon!! 
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Scott Bennett

Adult Instructor - Beginner/Intermediate
A1 - A2 Levels
More About Scott
​Scott is an Ohio native who earned his BA in Political Science with a minor in French from the University of Akron. Thereafter he went to Washington DC to get his JD from the Georgetown University Law Center. He accepted a position as a Legal Advisor with a German law firm in Nürnberg and afterward studied to be a teacher of English and History at the Universität zu Köln. In all he lived in Germany for 15 years.​
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Sarah Traylor

Adult Instructor - Intermediate/Advanced
B1+ Levels
More about sarah
​​Sarah earned a BA in French and German from Hillsdale College and went on to receive an MA in French from New York University and an MA and PhD in German from The Ohio State University. She has lived in Dresden as an exchange student and traveled to Berlin several times to co-teach a summer course and participate in conferences and workshops. She has taught beginning through intermediate German at OSU for 10 years. She lives with her family in Columbus, Ohio.​

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