| Annie Hackett, Preschool Assistant: Annie attended a music and art-oriented high school in England and received a BFA from Parsons School of Design in New York City, with a major in metalsmithing. Annie has taught several jewelry classes to children and assisted in the Handwork Program at SFWS. She continues to create artistically through a small clothing business and a small family farm. Her favorite aspect of being a Waldorf teacher: “it is an enormous pleasure to share and participate in the energy and joy of life with the children.” |
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| Jillian Hershberger, Kindergarten Assistant: For many years Jillian worked as a children's librarian in a public library, having received her MLS from Indiana University. Jillian received her master's in Waldorf Early Childhood Education from Sunbridge College in New York. Jillian's favorite aspects of her work, besides the care and feeding of the children, are the warm relationships she enjoys with both colleagues and parents. |
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| Jill McCormick, Kindergarten Teacher: Jill has been a Waldorf early childhood teacher for 20 years. She studied therapeutic recreation in college, completed Waldorf Early Childhood Teaching Certificate, and has completed the Gradalis Institute Early Childhood Remedial Program. Her favorite aspect of being a Waldorf teacher: being in the presence of the children. |
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| Issa Salet, Preschool Teacher: Issa has been an Early Childhood educator for 22 years. She holds a LifeWays Training Certificate as a preschool teacher. |
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Jennie Salyer, Kindergarten Teacher: Jennie has been at Santa Fe Waldorf since 2007. She began assisting in the Waldorf Early Childhood Program in Bend, Oregon, where her youngest daughter was in kindergarten. She then enrolled in the Early Childhood Teacher Training Program at Rudolf Steiner College, graduating in 2003. She taught kindergarten in Bend for eight years before coming to Santa Fe. Jennie also has a passion for nutrition and is a practitioner of nutritional therapy. Her two daughters attend SFWHS.
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| Sarah Traub, Preschool Assistant: Sarah graduated from High Mowing Waldorf High School in 2004. She continued her education at Wheaton College in Massachusetts, earning a B.A. in Studio Art with a minor in Psychology. Since moving from Maine to Santa Fe in August 2009, Sarah has developed an interest in the Spanish language and Latin American cultures. She hopes to later spend some time exploring South America, working with children there before pursuing a degree in Art Therapy. |
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