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Leadership Academy
Private School Leadership
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| 2003-2005 Leadership Academy Students |
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Cathy Abrams holds a B.A. in American Civilization from Middlebury College and an M.A.T. in Elementary Education from Manhattanville College. After teaching at the Rippowam-Cisqua School in Mt. Kisco, NY and St. Anne's-Belfield School in Charlottesville, VA, she relocated to southeast Florida where she currently resides. Cathy teaches sixth grade English and history and serves as the Assistant Head of Upper School at Gulf Stream School, an independent, coed, K-8 school. An avid tennis player and golfer, she also coached the tennis team before taking on administrative duties. She is very excited about returning to the city of her birth and taking on the new challenges that the Leadership Academy is certain to present.
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Chris Angel is currently serving as Head of the Upper School at Hammond School in Columbia, SC. He began his career in education at Baylor School in Chattanooga, TN, his alma mater, after graduating from the University of Georgia with a B.S. in Biology. During his eight-year tenure at Baylor, Chris served as Dean of Students, taught biology and chemistry, coached football and track, and lived and worked in the dormitory. Married with two young daughters, Chris is extremely excited about the educational opportunities offered by the Klingenstein Center and is looking forward to spending the summer in New York.
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Ben Chant grew up in England and moved to New York in 1986. He began work as Junior School assistant at Grace Church School in downtown Manhattan, eventually teaching Second Grade. After GCS he went to St. Bernard's School where he taught English, math and history to Fifth and Sixth graders. He also served as head of the History Department and Middle School at St. Bernard's. For the 2002-2003 school year he was Interim Head of the Lower School at Poly Prep, in Brooklyn, where he lives with his wife and children. He will be teaching English to Sixth and Tenth Graders at Poly Prep next year.
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Elaine Christensen planned to graduate from Northwestern University and take the business world by storm with her fabulous communication skills. The Marshall Fields Management Consultant interviewer asked her "What is retail? Why is it important in the world?" Seven minutes later, a poster for IES led her to a job at Peddie School, where she did everything for three years. She then taught at Charles Wright Academy in Tacoma, earned a Master's from Breadloaf, and is now assistant director of the Upper School at Lakeside in Seattle, the school from which she graduated. She is married to Erik and has two curious, wonderful, strong-willed daughters, Julia (7) and Emily (4).
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Kevin Cook has been teaching at independent schools in British Columbia, Canada, for the past twenty years. During this time he has taught Mathematics and Chemistry, been Director of University Advising, Director of Residence, Senior House Parent, and Deputy Director of St. Michaels University Senior School, a coed day and boarding school. Kevin also has a significant amount of experience coaching both rugby and rowing. He presented at the recent TABS (The Association of Boarding Schools) conference and is committed to the idea that leadership skills can and should be analyzed and taught. Kevin is excited about the prospect of supporting practical experience with academic ideology at the Klingenstein Center. Working with other independent school leaders is an exceptional opportunity for personal and professional growth and New York City provides an amazing backdrop for this experience.
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Jason Coulumbe has been the Dean of Students at Highland School in Warrenton, Virginia, for the past six years. In addition to his administrative duties, he is also the Varsity Boys Basketball coach, American History teacher, and advisor to the School's Prefect Board and Honor Council. Jason lives with his lovely wife Teri and dog Kenya in Fairfax.
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Lisa Cummings recently moved to Washington state, and will begin teaching at Lakeside School in Seattle in the fall of 2003. Prior to moving to Washington, Lisa chaired the math department and led outdoor trips at the Colorado Rocky Mountain School and taught math at The Winsor School in Boston. She began her teaching career as a Teaching Fellow at Phillips Academy. Lisa is a Maine native and graduated with a major in mathematics and a minor in Spanish from Bates College in 1997. However, much of her time was spent studying abroad in Spain, Ecuador, and Hungary. In her spare time, Lisa enjoys backpacking, cycling, running, climbing, skiing, photography, and traveling.
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Kate Dabney is currently the Math Department Chair at the Wheeler School in Providence, Rhode Island where she teaches pre-algebra and algebra in the middle school. After two prior careers, one in management consulting, and the other in starting a wholesale nursery business with her husband, Kate has spent the last twelve years educating middle school students. During her last seven years at Wheeler she has had multiple opportunities to expand her career in areas of curriculum development, interviewing and mentoring new faculty, interviewing prospective students, assuming many duties of the assistant head of school during that individual's sabbatical leave, and serving as Dean of Faculty of the Summerbridge Program at Wheeler. Having dabbled in administrative work, she is excited about the opportunities provided through the Leadership Academy.
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Margaux D'Auteuil graduated from Bates College in 1997 with a B.S. in Biology. She spent her first year doing molecular immunology research for Harvard University and The Center for Blood Research. After one year, she left research for education, where she has been involved in various different experiences since. Her first education job was as an Admissions Assistant for The School for Field Studies (SFS), an environmental study abroad program for college students. Somehow admissions work gave way to curriculum work and the opportunity to try teaching in Mexico- she was hooked from that point forward! Margaux left SFS to enter the classroom fulltime- she took a job at The Pomfret School, a small, rural boarding school where she was the head biology and chemistry teacher for three years. While at Pomfret, she also coached cross-country, hockey, and tennis, advised nine students, and worked in the dorms. This past fall, Margaux left Pomfret for Friends Seminary, and urban, Quaker da y school in lowe Manhattan. Margaux teaches biology and chemistry at Friends, coaches the Girls' Varsity Tennis team, helps out with the ski club, and will serve on the Academic Integrity Committee next year. She plans to focus on coursework that will lead her to a position as Academic Dean or Dean of Faculty.
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Adam de Pencier is Assistant Head of Trinity College School, a co-ed day and boarding school of 550 students (grades 5 to 12) east of Toronto. Adam came to Trinity from Branksome Hall (all girls) where he was Director of Admissions and University Relations. Prior to that post he was Head of Classics and an IB/ToK coordinator at Upper Canada College (all boys) where he taught IB Latin, Ancient Greek, and English. Adam studied at the universities of Chicago, Edinburgh, Toronto, and Queen's University at Kingston.
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Mark Devey grew up on the campus of Moravian Academy in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where his father was the headmaster. Mark attended The University of North Carolina. He is presently in his third year as the head of the middle school at Episcopal Academy. He previously worked as an English teacher, dean of students, and middle school principal at The Kinkaid School, The Harvard-Westlake School, and The Fessenden School. His wife is a college counselor at The Agnes Irwin School and they have two lovely little girls.
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Jonathan Eades is Dean of Students at Episcopal High School in Bellaire, Texas - a suburb of Houston. As an administrator, he also serves on the Strategic Planning Committee, the Admissions Committee, the Pastoral Assistance Care Team, and the Summerbridge Committee. Jonathan is also the varsity girls' soccer coach, and he currently teaches a senior history elective on the Vietnam War. In his six years at EHS, he has also taught Advanced Placement United States History and served as sponsor for Student Council. Jonathan is a product of an independent school, Fort Worth Country Day School. Upon his graduation from CDS, he ventured to Williams College where he majored in History. His career in education began at the Harley School in Rochester, New York where he taught US History, African-American History, World History of the Twentieth Century, and World History 1700-1850. While he loved Harley, he longed for his home state of Texas, where is now delighted to be working and living a gain. Jonathan is very happily married to his wife Elizabeth, a 6th grade English teacher at St. John's School of Houston, and his two chocolate labs, Hershey and Haley, are his other loves.
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Duane Ford just completed his ninth year at Holderness School in Plymouth, New Hampshire. He has been Dean of Students for seven years where residential life, directing the job program and the administration of the school's disciplinary policy are among his responsibilities. A member of the math department, Duane, also, coaches football and lacrosse. Prior to coming to Holderness, Duane spent 12 years at Tufts University in their athletic department coaching football (Head coach for 9 years) and lacrosse. A 1978 graduate of Middlebury College, he started his college coaching career with a four-year stint at his alma mater. Duane and his wife Lori have four kids Mattie 17, Willie 15, Julia 13, and Lily 9. He is an avid ski-racing parent and enjoys life in the New England outdoors.
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Jemma Giddings is a founding faculty member at Atlanta Girls' School, the only all-girls secondary school in greater Atlanta. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Mount Holyoke College with a major in Mathematics and a minor in Philosophy in 1994 and received her M.Ed. in Mathematics Education from the University of Georgia in 1996. Subsequently, she taught in Gwinnett County Public Schools and at SummerMath for Girls at Mount Holyoke College. At the Atlanta Girls' School, Jemma currently teaches mathematics and serves as a student advisor and class moderator. She has spearheaded the articulation of a department philosophy, helped to develop a school-wide integrated curriculum model, instituted a reflective teaching model, developed the school schedule, represented the school at admissions events, and served on the admissions committee for the school. Currently, she is co-chairing the school's self-study and initial accreditation process. Jemma's interests center around girls' educat ion and the development of a reflective and supportive school culture.
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Chris Gorycki graduated from Long Island University with a degree in Health and Physical Education. He began his career at The Fenn School in Concord Massachusetts where for nine years he was a teacher, coach and advisor. In his tenth year he assumed the role of Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, a position he held for six years. This past year, Chris and his family moved to Chester Springs Pennsylvania where Chris is the Head of the Middle school and Director of Secondary School Placement at the Montgomery School. Chris hopes to one day be a Head of School.
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Greg Griffeth graduated in 1992 from the University of Georgia with a degree in Biology. In the summer of 2002, he completed work for a MS degree in Biology at Vanderbilt University. Since 1996 he has worked at Darlington School, a co-ed day/boarding school in Rome, Georgia. While at Darlington School, he has taught Chemistry, Environmental Science, and AP Biology as well as coached football and track. Three years ago Greg played an instrumental role in converting the traditional residential system into a house system. He has since served as Head of House for one of the three girls' Houses. In addition to his role in residential life, Greg fulfills duties as an admissions officer and college adviser while continuing to teach AP Biology.
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Tom Herold comes to the Leadership Academy from Lakeville, CT, where he teaches English at Hotchkiss School, serving also as dorm head in a dorm for freshmen and sophomore boys. A lifetime sports enthusiast, Tom coaches lacrosse and soccer at Hotchkiss. Having been educated at Abington H.S. (in suburban Philadelphia), Dartmouth College (B.A., 1983), and Middlebury College (M.A., Bread Loaf School of English, 1993), Tom's practical education began when Jane and he began raising their children, George (now four-and-a-half) and Leslie (she turned two in April). Jane Herold, Tom's better half, also earned her Masters degree at Bread Loaf.
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Kathy Kealey is the Director of the Junior School at York House School, a day school for girls in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This is her fourth year at the school. Prior to York House, Kathy worked for 20 years in French Immersion public schools in Montreal, Canada. She has two sons, 15 and 18 years old. Her husband will accompany her to New York this summer and will be writing a book while she is concentrating on her studies. Kathy is excited about the opportunity work on her Master's thorough the Educational Leadership Academy and she is looking forward to meeting the other participants.
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Peter B. Koehler is an administrator and teacher at the Campbell Hall School in North Hollywood, California. In addition to serving as the 11th grade dean, he teaches literature in the Upper School. Peter graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in English Literature in 1990. Attending King's College, University of London, for undergraduate and graduate work, he received his MA in English Literature in 1992. Peter plans to research various pedagogical systems that promote and support multi-level leadership within the private school community. Having traveled extensively throughout Europe, Peter recently visited Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand with his partner, Glynis. Peter and Glynis hope to visit Saint Petersburg in August.
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Since 1990, Jonathan Lamb has been the Director of Studies and English Department Chair at Perkiomen School. (Pennsburg, Pennsylvania) Before that, he was English Department Chair and Summer School Director at Rumsey Hall School (Washington, Connecticut). He received his BA in Education from Bethany College (WV), and his MALS in Literature from Wesleyan University. Prior to his career in private schools, Jon spent three years as Associate Director of the Center for Leadership Education, an executive training center. He has also been involved in outdoor education through the Chewonki Foundation in Maine. Jon's wife, Toni, is a 5th/6th grade teacher at Perkiomen. He has two daughters in college.
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Caroline Lenox graduated from Fairfield University with a B.A. in history and a minor in fine arts. After working a couple of years as a conference planner, she began teaching math as a volunteer teacher at Mother Caroline Academy in Dorchester, MA. She has been teaching math in the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades at the Winsor School in Boston for the last three years. During summers, Caroline taught math at the Steppingstone Academy and served as a mentor teacher in the Citybridge program at Concord Academy. Last summer she was a participant in the Klingenstein Summer Institute. At Winsor, Caroline is a member of a two-year curriculum review committee and the co-chair of the faculty diversity committee. She is particularly interested in learning about making improvements to curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment in established school communities.
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David Lourie is currently the Head of Midland School, a small, coeducational college preparatory boarding school in Los Olivos, California. He was born and raised in Natick, Massachusetts, a small town 30 minutes from Boston. After graduating from Yale in 1993, he began his career in independent schools as a middle school Latin and history teacher and coach at Tampa Preparatory School in Tampa, Florida. After attending the Klingenstein Summer Institute in 1995, he became Tampa Prep's first admissions director while continuing to teach and coach. In 1998, David left Tampa Prep to become the first Head at Terrace Community School, a public charter school in Tampa. For two years, he collaborated with teachers and parents to build a program for 160 students in grades 5-8. With the charter school successfully started, David sought a return to independent schools and thus joined the faculty of Midland School as Admissions Director in 2000. Extraordinary circumstances caused David to bec ome the Interim Head of School in 2001, and he was appointed Head in January 2002. He lives at Midland with his wife, Sarah; his two-year old son, Jacob; and his six-month old daughter, Rebecca.
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Michael Lowry is a native Kentuckian, having grown up in Louisville. He did graduate work in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Louisville and Molecular Biophysics at Vanderbilt University. As a NEH Fellow, Michael has studied the works of Plato in Greece and the music of Mozart in Austria. Michael sailed around the North Atlantic as a crewmember aboard the research vessel SSV Westward. As a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Princeton University, Michael was a member in the Environmental Science Institute and the Biology Institute. Michael traveled to Japan in 1999 to study the their educational system as a Fulbright Fellow. Most recently Michael was an Assessor for the National Board Certification program and received his certification last fall. He is particularly interested in using writing as means to learn science. A passion of his is the study of martial arts.
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Duncan Lyon is the Assistant High School Director at the Dalton School in New York City. A native San Franciscan, Duncan taught history and was the senior dean at his alma mater, San Francisco University High School, before moving to New York City in 2000. He holds a MA in history from San Francisco State and a BA from UC Berkeley where he returned to serve as an assistant women's soccer coach. Of particular interest to him are questions concerning faculty and staff compensation models, neurology and learning, school governance structures, and ways to enrich non-academic student life.
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Jory Macomber has taught at the Holderness School in Plymouth, NH for fourteen years. He currently teaches AP Modern European History and Modern World History. During his time at Holderness George has served as the Dean of Academic Affairs, Director of Snowsports, History Department Chair, and as a member of the Discipline Committee. He has supervised both boys and girls dorms and is the varsity baseball coach. George earned a BA from Dartmouth College in 1985 and an MAT from Brown University in 1991, and he is currently a Trustee for Burke Mountain Academy in East Burke, VT.
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Michael Mann has taught history and English at North Star Academy Charter School of Newark for five years. Previously, Mike taught at the Francis W. Parker Charter School in central Massachusetts and in the Washington, D.C. Public Schools as a Teach For America corps member. Mike received his M.Ed. from Harvard's Graduate School of Education in 1998, and his A.B. from Harvard in 1991. In Newark, Mike is the founder and director of Brick City Soccer Club, recognized by the U.S. Soccer Foundation as one of the finest urban soccer programs in the nation. Mike is primarily interested in issues of school choice, school culture, bridging the achievement gap, and objective assessment standards.
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Kristin McIlhenney-Peters has completed her second year teaching AP US History, World History, and a variety of electives at The Harrisburg Academy in Wormleysburg, PA. She is currently serving as department chair. Previously, she taught at Culver Academies and Blair Academy. As the diversity coordinator at The Academy, she initiated the diversity club, and attended the NAIS People of Color Conference, along with selected students, and with other students presented at The-All-For-One Conference at Springside Academy in Philadelphia. In addition, she has brought numerous speakers and enrichment activities to the school. Kristin is also the head Junior Class advisor and yearbook advisor. A graduate of Episcopal Academy in Merion, PA, she received her B.A. cum laude from Villanova University in 1994. She recently completed her M.A.L.S. degree from Wesleyan University. An avid traveler, Kristin has spent a semester in both Ireland and Africa. Since growth is a priority for The Harrisb urg Academy, Kristin intends to undertake research in the spheres of development and admissions and to apply this knowledge to current Academy needs.
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Divya Muralidhara serves as the Head of Ninth and Tenth Grades and teaches freshman English at The Field School in Washington, D.C. In her six years at Field, she has also taught art history and urban studies, mentored new colleagues, led school-wide diversity workshops, and assisted with the School's recent move to a brand-new campus. Divya participated in the 2000 Klingenstein Summer Institute and has completed intensive writing courses at Bard College. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1995 with a degree in cultural anthropology and conducted fieldwork in Oaxaca and Mexico City as part of her studies.
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Christine O'Toole graduated from Springfield College with a degree in Elementary Education. Teaching has always been Chris' passion. During her career Chris taught in numerous educational settings in independent and public schools. She is currently a faculty member of Oregon Episcopal School in Portland, Oregon where she teaches a Primary class. Chris lives in Northeast Portland with her husband, two sons and two Labrador retrievers. Before teaching at OES Chris taught multiage classes ranging from Kindergarten through sixth grade in public schools in rural Vermont. Early in her career Chris taught at Rippowam Cisqua School in Bedford, New York. Born and raised in Westchester, Chris is thrilled to have this opportunity to return to New York and study with educators from around the globe.
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Aimeclaire Roche is the Director of College Counseling at St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware. She joined the St. Andrew's faculty in 1994 and has served as a teacher and Chair of the Department of Classical Languages, coach and student advisor, dormitory parent and academic advisor. Aimeclaire began her teaching career in classical languages in 1991 and has taught at the Williams School in New London, Conn., Phillips Exeter Academy, and the Phillips Academy Summer Session. She has continued her study of classical languages at the American Academy in Rome, the University of Georgia, and in seminars for schoolteachers sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Aimeclaire graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy with a cum laude Classical Diploma. As an undergraduate, she attended Wellesley College and graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1991 with a B.A. in Greek and Latin, writing her senior honors thesis on Homer and Theocritus.
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Jay Scheurle graduated from Indiana University, Bloomington, with a B.S in Public Affairs and Urban Studies. He's been a Director of External Affairs/Development at four independent schools, and is currently at Morristown-Beard School, grades 6-12, in New Jersey. One of his passions is in developing funding and programs that support school diversity, including a teacher exchange program with a Newark school working with kids from low-income neighborhoods. He will also teach a multi-disciplinary course in Urban Planning, based on his earlier career as an urban planner in Chicago. Jay enjoys hiking and playing tennis with his wife and two teenage daughters.
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Beth Schneider is now the Assistant Head of School at the Mary McDowell Center for Learning, a Quaker school for children with learning disabilities. She began her career as a classroom teacher at the Woodward Park School in Brooklyn. Later as Interim Head of School, she oversaw the school's merger with the Poly Prep School. For many years she was the director of Shire Village Camp in Massachusetts and is now the chairperson of the board. A native New Yorker, she enjoys all the wonders of the city and in her free time is passionate about books, movies and dogs.
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Karl J. Sjolund has spent 17 years working for his alma mater Virginia Episcopal School, in Lynchburg, Virginia. He spent his first four years teaching mathematics and Economics courses and has since served the school in a variety of roles, including; Admission Director, Development Director, Director of Institutional Advancement and Campaign Manager. He is currently the Assistant Headmaster and Dean of Students. Karl loves sports and is an assistant coach for football and baseball. His faith and his family are his two greatest passions. Karl and his wife Susan are the proud parents of twin six-year-old daughters Berkley and Hannah.
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Bryan Smith recently completed his sixth year of teaching and his third year at the McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He teaches 10th grade Modern World History as well as a senior elective on the history of the Modern South. In the afternoon he is an assistant coach for the varsity cross country and Middle School lacrosse teams. He is an avid backpacker and enjoys time spent out on the trail with his wife and their two labrador retrievers, Faulkner and Kenan. Addicted to bluegrass music, he can be found picking away on his banjo in his spare time in their dormitory home. His wife hopes that his playing ability will improve soon.
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Kim Steinberg recently completed her second year as Head of Middle School at Canterbury School in Fort Myers, Florida, her middle and high school alma mater. Prior to taking an administrative position, Kim taught middle school English and coached boys' and girls' volleyball and swimming for six years at Canterbury. Receiving her MA from the Bread Loaf School of English last August, Kim shifts her academic focus this summer to educational leadership in hopes of enhancing her abilities as a division leader. In her spare time Kim likes to run, swim, read and spend time outside, preferably near the water.
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Suzana Szymanski is the newly appointed Director of Admissions and a member of the faculty at Elmwood School, an all girls' private school (JK-12) in Ottawa, Canada. She teaches Senior Mathematics including the International Baccalaureate Program, which is a particular passion. Suzana enjoys supporting girls in their pursuit of higher Mathematics, particularly with the aid of laptop technology. She is interested in the promotion of leadership roles for girls and is the current staff advisor for Student Council. Her research project will focus on how single gender education prepares young women for a co-ed world. After graduating from the University of Waterloo, Canada with an Honours Bachelor of Mathematics (Statistics Major), Suzana was employed as an energy pricing analyst and an entrepreneur before returning to her love of Mathematics and teaching. When not studying or working, she enjoys biking, hiking and spending time with her husband and two sons.
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Mimi Tang enters The Leadership
Academy with a background that covers a number of educational
experiences. She is currently teaching First Grade at The Bush School,
a private
K-12 school in Seattle. She has also taught karate to a wide
range of students and Kindergarten through Third Grade at a public
elementary
school. Her experiences as a student include attending both
public and private schools, graduating from the independent, all-girls,
Sacred
Heart school, Forest Ridge in Bellevue, Washington. She then
earned her bachelors degree in English at the University of Washington
and
her teaching certificate at Western Washington University.
Mimi's loves include reading, crafting, cooking, family, snow skiing,
talking,
and eating (hmmm, not necessarily in that order!). A native
Seattleite, Mimi has lived on the West Coast her entire life and is
looking forward
to "The East Coast Experience" with great anticipation. She can hardly
wait to encounter real pastrami on rye, bagels and lox, and
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Elizabeth (Beth) Teske has finished her second year at Saint Stephen's Episcopal School in Bradenton, Florida as the Academic Dean in the Upper School. Before becoming Academic Dean, Beth was a chemistry teacher at Saint Stephen's for seven years. Beth has developed many programs at Saint Stephen's including Saturday Science for Girls, a yearlong transition from Middle to Upper School process for parents and students, and the academic advising program. A native of Princeton, New Jersey, Beth graduated from Wellesley College with her degree in chemistry and math prior to moving to Florida. In addition to her commitment to studying school leadership and administration, Beth has an interest in exploring school culture, its development, and influences.
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Gillian Toledo earned a BA from The University of Puget Sound with a major in International Relations and Foreign Languages. After spending time in Honduras and Ecuador, she decided to explore a future in education and has spent the last nine years teaching and learning in schools in New York, Washington and Arizona. Gillian earned her MA in Teaching & Curriculum from the Teachers College, Columbia University in 1997. Most recently, Gillian has enjoyed the last three years as a classroom teacher in grades three and four at The Bush School in Seattle, Washington. This summer, Gillian is relocating to Birmingham, Michigan and will be teaching fourth grade at Cranbrook during the 2003-2004 school year. Three summers ago she participated in the Klingenstein Summer Institute and is thrilled to be back on the East coast with an entirely new Klingenstein crew learning about Educational Leadership.
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Scott Wade was born and raised in Trumbull, Connecticut. He attended Gettysburg College where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. After graduating, he worked for a small chemical company while attending school part time to earn his teaching certification. In September of 1999, Scott began teaching science and math and coaching varsity soccer at The Harvey School in Katonah, NY. In his second year at Harvey, he was appointed the Assistant Dean of Students. After getting married in June of 2001, he accepted a teaching position at The Spence School in Manhattan. For the past two years at Spence, he has taught science, coached varsity soccer, and acted as an advisor to ten upper school students. Next year he is looking forward to acting as an advisor to the student government. In his free time, Scott enjoys travelling, reading, and just about any outdoor activity.
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Tonia Whyte Potter-Mal received a Liberal Arts Honors Diploma from Dawson College and a B.Ed Degree from McGill University. For the past two years, she has taught middle school English and Drama at Elmwood, an independent day school for girls in Ottawa, Canada. In the coming year, she looks forward to teaching grade five and coordinating Multiculturalism in curriculum and school life. Tonia enjoys coaching a track and field team, a drama group, a stepping troupe and coordinating various talent events. Her personal interests extend to community volunteering, travel, art, theatre and dance. She is a music lover, plays the piano and welcomes her daily runs. Tonia's main source of strength is her remarkable family. Her ultimate goal is to cultivate a stimulating, holistic learning environment where students are confident to celebrate each other's strengths, to challenge themselves and to initiate positive change in their world. Her focus of study will involve research on the dynamics of internationalism and leadership in an all girl environment.
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Deborah Williams is currently Division Director for the Primary Grades at Beauvoir. She came to this position having worked the previous eight years at Sidwell Friends, where she worked in a variety of posts including classroom teacher and Lower School Technology Director. A graduate of Howard University, Deborah earned a BA from the College of Liberal Arts and an MCP from the School of Architecture. She and her family are residents of historical Washington, DC. Deborah and her husband, Simeon, are the parents of two daughters, one of whom is a member of Columbia College's Class of 2004.
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