Board
Samantha Tibbetts
Dr. Samantha Tibbetts first trained as a classroom teacher, serving for many years in South Florida and Grand Cayman, before going on to earn a master’s degree in educational leadership and a master’s degree in human resource management. Her career in the Cayman Islands has spanned some of the island’s most significant educational institutions: she has served as the founding principal of Grace Christian Academy, Director of Education Connection Ltd., and Director of Teacher Education and Acting Dean at International College of the Cayman Islands. Across each of these roles, a consistent thread emerged: a determination to find better ways to reach students who struggled within traditional classroom settings.
That determination led Samantha to pursue deep specialist expertise in the field of learning differences. She has attended conferences with the International Dyslexia Association and the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation, and has received specialised training in research-based programmes including Wilson Reading Systems and Lindamood-Bell, two of the most internationally recognised evidence-based approaches to supporting students with dyslexia and related learning challenges. Her commitment to the science of learning extends to the broader psychology profession in Cayman: Samantha is a member of the Cayman Islands Psychological Association (CIPA), which in 2025 was formally accepted into the Caribbean Alliance of National Psychological Associations and announced as host of the Caribbean Regional Conference of Psychology in 2027.
As a board member of Inclusion Cayman since 2010, Samantha brings both a practitioner’s eye and a policymaker’s perspective to the organisation’s work. Her career-long experience of witnessing first-hand where educational systems fall short for students with additional needs gives her board contributions a grounded, practical quality — one shaped by decades of working directly with children, families, and educators across the Cayman Islands.
