25. Are the teachers native English speakers?

Mme Joubert, the coordinator of the Section is South African; Mme Murray is American and Mme Caddeo is perfectly bilingual. All have extensive experience in teaching International section classes, either in France or abroad. Our history and geography teachers are bilingual and also have extensive experience teaching international college and lycée students. All the teachers are ‘agrégés’. In France, agrégés refers to teachers who have passed the competitive Agrégation exam, one of the highest-level teaching qualifications in the French education system. Teachers who succeed in this exam are known as professeurs agrégés. It is a prestigious position, granting them the opportunity to teach at the secondary school level (lycées), preparatory classes for the Grandes Écoles (classes préparatoires), and sometimes even at universities. The Agrégation exam is highly selective, requiring an in-depth mastery of a subject.