Category: Speciality Teachers

Diellza Jakupi is an experienced educator and leader in international education, with a strong background in both mathematics and business. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Financial Mathematics from Hasan Prishtina University and completed a specialized semester in Mathematics Education at St. Olaf College through the Budapest Semesters in Mathematics Education program. During her time in Budapest, she actively researched instructional practices across different IB schools and served as a mathematics teacher for high school students at international math camps.

Diellza holds a Master of Education in Advanced Teaching with a specialization in Elementary and Middle School Education, and she is currently completing her dissertation in Business Management with a focus on Finance. She currently works as the Coordinator of Synchronized Learning and leads the Mathematics Department at Cornerstone Education Management, based in California. In addition to her leadership role, she serves as an IB Math Assessment Author for EdVault, where she develops and edits MYP-based mathematics assessments aligned with IB philosophy.

Her career includes teaching both MYP and DP Mathematics and Business Management at ILG School in Prishtina, where she also served as a staff representative on the Board of Directors. Diellza has also worked with EduTogether School, Southlands Online School, and QSI International School, delivering instruction in mathematics from middle school through pre-calculus levels.

Earlier in her career, she held various roles in the finance and administrative sectors, including positions as Finance Officer, Project Accountant, and Payroll Accountant, where she supported project reporting and payroll. Diellza is also the founder of the Mathminds Foundation, a non-governmental organization focused on promoting mathematics education in Kosovo and abroad through camps, competitions, and collaborative activities. Her commitment to education and innovation is further demonstrated by her certifications in IB Professional Development.

We welcome Adam Duus to ILG Kosovo as our new Head of Secondary and IBDP Coordinator. Adam will teach Physics in the DP and MYP, and TOK in the DP.

Adam comes to us from Mountain Creek State High School on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia where he taught Physics and Maths in the senior school and Maths, Science, Spanish and Japanese in the junior school. He also was involved in the basketball program, took students on outdoor education camps, and was second-in-charge on six school trips to Japan.

Adam believes the purpose of education is two-fold: to be able to make better decisions for a better life, and to be able to take increasing responsibility for those decisions. He believes his specialist subject – Physics/Science is just one of the many tools students need for a holistic ‘toolbox’ to address complex challenges and life in the 21st Century. He is passionate about the IB DP and MYP because the multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary nature promotes the development of this balanced, well-rounded ‘toolbox’.

Adam is also passionate about Futures & Foresight Education – the teaching of critical futures thinking and creative strategic foresight, and the cultivation of Futures & Foresight Literacy – the ability to ‘read’ the future and ‘write’ the future. He has presented on these topics at IB Global Conferences and hopes to inject this into ILG high school curricula when/where possible.

Outside of school Adam enjoys travel in the world of ideas and culture as well as place. He has lived in Japan, USA, England, Colombia, France and South Africa, and is excited about adding Kosovo to this list. He likes exploring and wandering, and looks forward to hiking the Sharri and Accursed Bjeshkët e Nemuna mountain areas, as well as cycling in various parts of the country. Over the summer Adam travelled in India visiting the ancient temples and caves of Hampi, Hassan, Badami, Allora and Ajanta, before volunteering for a month at the Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids. Now Adam very much looks forward to settling down in Prishtina, becoming part of the ILG family and community, and learning about Kosovar history, culture and customs.

Mirlinda Kusari has a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from University of Prishtina. After a few years of experience in administration she joined ILG in 2010. In administration, Mirlinda was part of major developments of the school and has contributed not only to administering the ‘student lifecycle’ from registration or admission to graduation or leaving, but also to the academic coordination and substitute teaching. 

Ms. Kusari became a teaching assistant during the school year 2017-2018. Since 2019 she has held the role of whole school Librarian. 

ILG School uses Follett Destiny Library Manager for managing their library resources, and Ms. Kusari has been trained in this library management system and helps to strengthen the crucial bond between the library, the classroom, and home. Ms. Kusari is also trained in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP), the IB Whole School Library Continuum which is vital as she works with each teacher to support their units of inquiry, and IB Leading and Managing Teams.

Ms. Kusari is the MYP Personal Project Coordinator and assists students in developing, identifying and documenting the use of  their ATL skills for the completion of the learning and product requirements of their Personal Projects.