Manages and supports curriculum implementation and development to ensure an accountable and constantly evolving school culture dedicated to Waldorf education, evidence based best practices and inclusivity.Facilitates clear communication and cooperation among faculty regarding pedagogy and related matters.Oversees faculty and staff professional development.Organizes faculty and staff ongoing study and discussions.Serves as faculty representative on the Board of Trustees (ex officio).Delivers adult education for the school and wider community through a monthly study group and conversation series.

Leads a class of up to 10 students aged 2 to 4 years, in collaboration with an assistant teacher.Creates a nurturing and joyful classroom environment through strong daily and weekly rhythms of domestic,artistic, and play activities to foster students’ physical, emotional, social, and intellectual maturation.Develops and implements age-appropriate curricula for language arts, numeracy, science, arts and crafts,music, movement, and gardening with focus on developmental and learning needs of individual students.Mentors assistants and teachers from New Amsterdam School as well as from other Waldorf schools.Educates and collaborates with parents to create seamless transitions between classroom and home.

Created a Waldorf inspired learning pod and led a class of 8 students aged 4 to 6 years.Collaborated with parents in administrative tasks.Established and maintained a safe, joyful and respectful environment to support children’s physical, emotional and cognitive growth.Designed and implemented curricula for all subjects including language arts, numeracy, science, arts and crafts, music, movement and domestic tasks, with attention to the varied multimodal learning needs of children.Educated parents in diverse aspects of child development and parenting topics to cultivate proactive engagement.Mentored parents assisting in the classroom and teachers from other Waldorf schools.

Lead Teacher (since 2005), Assistant (2004), Substitute (2003) Led a class of 24 to 26 students aged 4 to 7 years, in collaboration with two assistant teachers.Mentored assistants, early childhood colleagues, and teachers from other Waldorf schools during their training.Established a joyful and respectful classroom culture through effective behavior management practices and classroom organization to foster students’ physical, emotional and intellectual maturation.Designed and implemented curricula for all subjects including language arts, numeracy, science, arts and crafts, music, movement and domestic tasks, with attention to the varied multimodal learning needs of children.Developed protocols for and conducted first grade readiness observations.Proactively engaged parents regarding each student’s progress, upcoming projects, and school events, fostering close relationships to encourage parental involvement.Delivered adult education for the school and Waldorf communities through lectures, workshops, and study groups: 5 to 15 events per year on child development, parenting, and Waldorf pedagogy.Collaborated with colleagues in developing pedagogy for 10 years as a Member of the College of Teachers.

Fellowship in Molecular Pathology (July - Dec. 1997), Residency in Anatomic Pathology (July 1995 - June 1997)Elective in Genito-Urinary Pathology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, GU Pathology (July 1996 - June 1997)

Residency in Pathology Elective in electron microscopy, University of Wales College of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Cardiff, Great Britain (July 1994 - December 1994)Clinical Year, Westfälische-Wilhelms Universität, University-Clinic of Surgery, Department of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vessel Surgery, Münster, Germany (May 1992 - April 1993)