Previous Teaching Experience:

• Clonlara School Home School Advisor 1996-Present
• Began teaching Early Childhood and Parent Child classes at WES in 1998
• Parent Child class teacher at Great Oaks 1997
• Early Childhood teacher at Spring Garden Waldorf School 1991-1996
• Private Tutor of all ages 1981-1991
• Clonlara School preschool, elementary, high school, home school students and parents 1980-1985

• Recent courses in Kinergetics, Touch for Health, Brain Gym, Brain Integration
• Numerous classes, workshops, intenstive weeks in Waldorf Eduction
• MI teaching certificate K-8; OH teaching certficate K-8
• BA Education: Early Childhood Development

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Donna Brooks - Early Childhood Teacher

Previous Teaching Experience:

• Began teaching at WES in 2000
• Taught 14 years in public school system in grades 3-6

Education/Certifications/Degrees:

• Waldorf Early Childhood Training at Lifeways in East Troy, WI
• Master's in Clinical Social Work
• Bachelor's in Education

Bruce Cooper - Grades 2-3 Teacher

Previous Teaching Experience:

• Began teaching at WES in 2005
• Denver Waldorf School - High School History and Art
• City of Lakes Waldorf School in Minnesota - 5th and 6th grade
• Great Oaks Waldorf School - 5th and 6th grade
  

Education/Certifications/Degrees:

• 3 years at Boulder Anthrosophical Institute
• BFA - University of Colorado Boulder
  

Mari Cooper - Parent/Child Teacher

Previous Teaching Experience:

• Began teaching at WES in 2005
• 1st Grade teacher at Great Oaks 2003-2004
• Assisted in Parent/Child at Great Oaks 2003-2004
• Parent/Child Teacher at Great Oaks 2002-2003
• Assisted in Parent/Child at Great Oaks 2001-2002
  

Education/Certifications/Degrees:

• Waldorf Teacher Training certificate - Arcturus Chicago
• Chicago School of Massage Therapy certificate
• BA in Religious Studies - DePaul University

Elizabeth English - Music Grades 1-8; Morning Lesson Grades 4-5; Handwork Grades 7-8

Previous Teaching Experience:

• Began teaching at WES in 2003
• YMCA, Grand Haven MI - Piano & Dance Lessons
  
• Professional Seamstress 25 yrs.
• Pattern maker 12 yrs.
• Private piano teacher - Mt. Prospect 3 yrs.
• Private flute, violin, cello teacher 5 yrs.
  

Education/Certifications/Degrees:

• Classroom music/handwork teacher - 5 yrs.
• Waldorf Teacher Training - Sunbridge College -Certified March '08
• 10 yrs. dance training
• 5 yrs. flute training
• 4 yrs. voice training
• 15 yrs. formal piano training

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Gunn Feldmann - German Language Teacher

Previous Teaching Experience:

• Began teaching German at Water's Edge in 2007
• Taught English in Switzerland
• Taught all subjects Grades 1-9 in Switzerland
• Taught behavioral children and children from foreign countries
• Taught mentally challenged children and blind children in Switzerland
• Assistant Teacher for mentally challenged children in Waldorf School in Switzerland for 1-1/2 years

Education/Certifications/Degrees:

BA Challenged children and Grades 1-9 Switzerland

Nicole Griffith - Handwork; Early Childhood Assistant; After School Care Program Director

Previous Teaching Experience:

• Began teaching at WES in 2004
• WES Extended Day Director since 2005
• Volunteer Early Childhood Assistant at WES
• Volunteer Parent/Child Assistant at WES

Education/Certifications/Degrees:

• Ongoing conference attendance of AWSNA-sponsored events
• BA in German Language & Literature and History of Art

Annapurna Jonnalagedda - Early Childhood Assistant

Previous Teaching Experience:

• Began assisting in the Early Childhood classroom of WES in September 2006
• Taught Sunday school and summer camp at the ISKCON temple since November 2001

• Enrolled for past four years at Great Lakes Waldorf Teacher Training Institute
• Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, ICFAI School, Calcutta, India
• Bachelor of Commerce, Osmania University, India

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Mrs. Lee

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Kathy Matlin - Grades 6-8 Teacher

Previous Teaching Experience:

• Faculty Chair WES
• Began teaching at WES in 2002
• Class Teacher Grades 4-8 - Chicago Waldorf School
• Parent/Child Assistant - Baltimore Waldorf School
• Tutor - Grades 1-Adult
  

Education/Certifications/Degrees:

• Waldorf Remedial Training - Completed 1st year
• Waldorf Teacher Certificate - Emerson College
• State of Illinois Teaching Certificate - K-9
• BA Elementary Education - Northeastern Illinois University

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Ieva Scoggin - Parent/Child Assistant

• Parent/Child Assistant at WES in 2007-2008
• Volunteer Parent/Child Assistant at WES in 2006-2007
• Language and Geography Teacher at Latvian School of Chicago in 2005-2006

• First year student at Waldorf Teacher Training - Arcturus Chicago
• BA in Theory and Administration of Culture, Latvian Academy of Culture

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