The Directorate - Europäische Schule RheinMain

We strongly believe that each and every child is entitled to receive the best possible education and teaching that is available.

At the very heart of Europe’s unique identity lie democratic values. Making the vast array of Europe’s cultural achievements readily accessible to our children provides us with the greatest source of motivation. European Schools represent over 50 years experience of tried and tested education and teaching. In comparative tests conducted by PISA, European Schools outperformed the top-ranked school systems, thus the European Baccalaureate represents a unique level of school/pupil performance. So why not open up this future-oriented education system and make it available to many more children!

To this end, we aim to grant access to the European School system to as many children as possible independent of the occupational background of their parents. Although a private school the ESRM is to be available to pupils whose parents cannot afford the fees.

Tom Zijlstra (Director)

Degree in Dutch Language & Literature; married, one daughter, one son and three grandchildren

Career Development:

Teachers Training College for Dutch, History and Film Sciences at the University of Amsterdam
Dutch Film Control Authority
Governmental School Consolidation Committee in the Netherlands
Teacher at ES Culham, England
CDP Staff Representative
Director of Secondary School ES Mol, Belgium
Director of Secondary School ES Frankfurt, Germany
Director of the European School RheinMain, Campus Bad Vilbel gGmbH

Gitta Lotz (Co-Director)

Born 1957, Degree in Business Administration

Career Development:

1995 until 2002: European School Karlsruhe: President of the Parents‘ Association
2002 until 2012: European School Frankfurt: Assistant to the Directorate
Since April 2012: European School RheinMain, Co-Director

Klaus Minkel (Managing Director)

Born 1948, married, one daughter

Career Development:

Apprenticeship in Public Administration
Trained as inspector
Law Degree
Lecturer at the University of Applied Science for Administration and Judicature
1980 – Town Council of Bad Vilbel and Managing Director of Public Utility Services
2000 – full-time Managing Director of Stadtwerke GmbH (Public Utilities)
2009 - Retirement
Various honorary posts before and during retirement

Daniella Schmitt (Head of Secondary School)

Education:

Columbia University, New York City, USA: Postgraduate Teaching Degree
Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, Germany: Ph.D. in Social Sciences (with distinction)
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK: M.Sc. (with distinction)
University of Pretoria, South Africa: Bachelors Hons. degree (with distinction)

Other:

2012 – present European School RheinMain, Germany
Economics and Philosophy Teacher/ Careers Adviser/ Head of Department
2011 – 2012 New York City Department of Education, USA (Teacher/ AP College Reader)
2009 – 2010 Frankfurt International School, Germany
2004 – 2005 International School of Stuttgart, Germany

Interests:

Flamenco, travelling, reading, writing, cooking

Marcus Adams (Head of Primary School)

British, Born 1987.

Education:

Degree in Primary Education BA(Hons) QTS University of the West of England, Bristol. Married, one daughter.

Other:

Specialist teacher in mathematics and assessment.
2008-2012 – class teacher and Head of maths in the United Kingdom
2012-2015 – class teacher and Head of Grade Level at a Billingual School in Frankfurt
2015-2018 – class teacher and Maths coordinator at ESRM.
Worked in partnership in Somerset County Council with local education reform from 2009-2012.
Member of the maths working and development group in Brussels on behalf of the European School System.
Head of Primary at ESRM since March 2018

Interests:

Sports, especially running, football, cricket and rugby
Travelling – especially in Eastern Europe.
Photography – especially with the use of Polaroid technology.