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Important Contacts

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Important Contacts

   Go To Person

They Can Help With

Email Address and Phone Number

Administrative Assistant

Human Resources (Intern Year 1 of 4)

N'Deye Wade

 

Speaks English, French, Wolof, Pulaar, Hassaniya



 
  • Can direct callers to the right person!
  • Visitors on Campus / Gate Passes
  • Attendance & Tardy Clerk
  • Sick or hurt Child
  • Help with ManageBac and Schoolsbuddy related to parent conferences)
  • Caterer / School Lunches / Webpage Lunches
  • All student records
  • Human Resources
    • Yr. 1 2024-25
      • Organizational Health
      • Lead on Interviews/files
      • Employment applications

Email: ndeye.wade@aisnmauritania.com

 

Phone: 45 25 29 67

Phone: 32 17 86 23



 

Community Liaison, Events + Marketing (Admissions)(CLEM)

Aisha Fall

 

Speaks English, Arabic, French, Wolof, Pulaar, Hassaniya, Libanese Dialect, Saudi Arabian Dialect


 
  • Can direct callers to the right person!
  • Marketing of the School
  • Admissions (OpenApply)
  • Schedules Campus Tours
  • School Events
  • Composes and sends weekly Wednesday Fennec Fox Newsletter
  • Updates the Webpage Weekly
  • After School Activities and SchoolsBuddy
  • Yearbook Club

Email: aicha.fall@aisnmauritania.com

 

Phone: 36 34 29 20



 

Activities Coordinator & Mauritanian Studies Field Trips (MSFT) & IT Department

Sidi Ali Francois

Speaks English, Arabic, French, Hassaniya

  • Coordinates West African International Schools Athletic League (WAISAL) Questions
  • Coordinates Mauritanian Studies Field Trip (MSFT) Grades 4-12
  • AISN Network Security, Bandwidth, Servers, Printers
Email: sidiali.francois@aisnmauritania.com

IT Department

Alex Datsiuk

  • All things Google
  • Email Management
  • Digital Subscriptions
  • Network Security
  • Webpage Technical Support to Administrative Assistant and CLEM
  • Assists students and staff with IT Troubleshooting

Email: alex.datsiuk@aisnmauritania.com

Academic Coach

College Counselor

Testing Coordinator

AISN Student Council Advisor

Francois Moret

  • Secondary Academic Coach
    • Lead and apply adopted AISN Coaching Model in collaboration with School Principal.
    • Model and lead PLC collaboration processes , including norms of operation, for all staff focusing on Secondary Staff in collaboration with the Principal.
    • Develop & lead Managebac Unit, Task, Assessment and Student Comments
  • College Counselor
    • College Fair Co-Planner
    • Grade 6-12 College Prep
  • Testing Coordinator
    • MAP Testing K-7
    • PSAT Gr. 8-11
    • SAT Gr 12
    • AP Exams (Gr. 12)
  • PreK-5 French Teacher

Email: francois.moret@aisnmauritania.com

 

Principal

Amal Kheloui

 

Speaks English, Arabic, French



 
  • PreK-12 Instructional Leader
  • Elementary Academic Coach
    • Lead and apply adopted AISN Coaching Model.
    • Model and lead PLC collaboration processes, including norms of operation, for all staff focusing on Elementary Staff
    • Develop & lead Managebac Unit, Task, Assessment and Student Comments
  • Student Learning Needs
  • Student Attendance
  • Student Discipline
  • Student and Staff Scheduling in Managebac
  • Schedule and Supervise all EAs
Email: amal.kheloui@aisnmauritania.com

Head of AISN Maintenance and Facilities

Mansan Batao

Speaks English, French,

 

  • Leads a team of five (5) maintenance workers
  • Teams with Finance-Director on all Facility and New Construction
  • Manages work completion with Director and Business Manager on  Scope of Work for vendors (ie Carpenters, Electricians, Plumbers, Painters, Tree Trimmers, Pool Workers, Gardners)
  • Coordinates with Community Liaison / Events + / Marketing / Admissions Coordinator on all event set up and clean up
  • Manages workorders@aisnmauritania.com (internal only)
Email: mensan.batao@aisnmauritania.com

Business Manager

Thierno Djigo

 

Speaks English, Arabic, French, Wolof, Pulaar



 
  • Business Office Management
  • All expenditures & revenue
  • Approves Vendors
  • Teacher & Director Housing
  • Copy Services / Assets
  • Transportation, Travel Field Trip Finances
  • Security and AISN Guards
  • Accounting & Audits
  • Financial Management
  • Banking / Paychecks
Email: thierno-djigo@aisnmauritania.com

School Director

Mark J. Decker



 
  • Oversees all areas
    • Teaching and learning
      • Teacher/Coaches/Principal Evaluations
    • Testing and College Counseling
      • Evaluator
    • School Finances
      • Evaluator
    • Crisis & Security Management Evaluation
    • IT
      • Evaluator
    • Activities Coordinator / Field Trips Evaluator
    • Community Liaison / Events / Marketing (Admissions)
      • Evaluator
    • Administrative Assistant and Human Resources
      • Evaluator
  • New School Construction
  • Communicates with School Board Chair and prepares monthly School Board Agenda

Email: director@aisnmauritania.com 


Phone: +222 36 34 34 35

Emergencies: WhatsApp

+1 (360) 301-4182

School Board
  • School Board Decides Policies and Director Advises
    • Strategies for
      • Mission
      • Survival
      • Leadership
  • School Board Partners with Director
    • Authorization
    • Finance Policies
    • Enrollment
    • Employment Terms
  • School Board Advises on Operations with Director Deciding
    • Admissions
    • Staffing
    • Programs
    • Systems
schoolboard@aisnmauritania.com

Updated April 2025