Johanne Talbot

Johanne is a French native speaker happily born and raised in a Québec francophone family. After completing her BA in Graphic Design in Montreal she obtained her Waldorf Teacher certificate from the Rudolf Steiner Centre Toronto.  She has been teaching French in Waldorf schools since 2002.

 

Johanne is committed to share her love for French and its culture.  She wishes to contribute in creating a safe space for children to “land“ gently on earth and to allow them to BECOME who they are.

Also, as part of the North American Nose to Nose Clowning Facilitator Team she leads clowning workshops for children and adults since 2007.


A Brief History

Mulberry Waldorf School began as a Waldorf Initiative playgroup in 1993. In 1995, we were incorporated as a not-for-profit charitable organization, and in 1996 we moved to the former Glenburnie West School. A few years later, in 1999, we arranged to lease our current home - the former St. John’s Catholic School on Markland Street in downtown Kingston. Over the next 7 years, we grew and stabilized our pedagogical and administrative foundations and being downtown provided us the ability to expand enrolment as well as be part of a lively and culturally-supportive neighbourhood. Our lead class graduated in 2008 and in the same year, the school attained Developing School Status within AWSNA. After a five-year search to find a permanent home, the school negotiated the purchase of our present school building in 2009. Our present goals include Depaving our Yard, and expanding the Early Childhood Program to feed our Grade School.