I joined the Mulberry faculty last year as the facilitator for the Saturday Morning Parent and Child Program and as an early childhood supply teacher. My experience as an educator has included a long summer camp career, occasional work in the public school system, teaching Kindergarten at a private school, graduate work in Education, and Waldorf-inspired home childcare. I was drawn into the wonder, warmth, beauty and activity of the Mulberry community through a prenatal program while pregnant with my first child, Arwen, who is now in Grade 3 at Mulberry. Our daughter Cedar attends Meadow Garden and our youngest, Ember, attends Morning Garden. My husband Ramsey teaches co-operative education with the Hastings Prince Edward District School Board. I bring to the Parent and Child program an affinity for young lives from conception through the early years, my love of children’s music and verse, a strong grounding in educational research, and a belief in the importance of nurturing and supporting the hands, hearts and minds of young children and their parents (and seven years experience as a Parent and Child program participant!). Outside of teaching, I enjoy biking and swimming, reading, making music, good food, and exploring nature in the backyard and wilder places.

Qualifications:

BEd 1997 Queen’s University

PhD (Education) 2008 Queen’s University