I am a new teacher. This is my first year working at Kingston’s Mulberry Waldorf School. I am teaching the Grade 5/6 class and working with Board Members in the Marketing Committee. Last year I regularly observed the Grade 4/5 class and worked in the public school system.

My child Luka and partner Sadiqa are attending Mary Huggard’s Parent-Child group without me this year. This is our third year in the group. Next year we will enroll Luka in Morning Garden.

I come to teaching with parenting, farming, counseling, mediating, and progressive community programming experience. I am interested in character development and social inclusion. Hobbies include pick-up soccer, bird watching, camping…anything outside. Life would not be complete without potatoes and leeks.

Qualifications:

• Member in Good Standing, Ontario College of Teachers
• Waldorf Teachers’ Conference (online) for Grades 5 & 6, facilitated by Eugene Schwartz, 2011
• Primary (Grades 1-3), Ontario College of Teachers (OCT), 2011
• Junior (Grades 4-6), OCT, 2010
• Intermediate (Grades 7-8), OCT, 2010
• Senior (Grades 9-12), OCT, 201o
• Special Education, OCT, 2010
• Bachelor of Education, Queen’s University Faculty of Education, 2010
• Standard First Aid and CPR, A,B,C, St. John’s Ambulance
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)