Klingenstein Center Teachers College

Bernadette Andersson

Bernadette Andersson (or Marline as she is known to everyone) has been the managing director of Arturian Trading Co. in Sweden for five years and was involved in educational consulting in Montessori and English language education.  Her prior work experience includes implementing Montessori education within an IB/PYP framework in primary level in an international school in China, teaching English in Sweden, 11 years in various departments of the United Nations headquarters in New York and founding six English language and one Montessori School in Japan.  Marline attended Mercy College and the New School University in New York obtaining master's degrees in education and human resource management.  Marline enjoys rowing, biking, hiking, traveling, meeting people and working in miniaturist art in mixed media.

Ari Baum

Ari Baum just completed his fourth year at The Gunnery in Washington, Connecticut. During his time there, he taught economics, public speaking, US history, and English; coached boys varsity soccer, boys varsity hockey, and girls varsity tennis; and served as assistant athletic director and assistant dean of students for leadership. Ari spends his summers (the last 20) at Camp Seneca Lake in Penn Yan, New York and is currently an assistant director there, overseeing the camp program. He graduated from The Gunnery in 2003 before attending Cornell University in Ithaca, New York where he earned a bachelor of science in industrial and labor relations.

Moon Choung

Moon Won (Elizabeth) Choung has been a test prep teacher and college counselor at Saint Paul American School in Beijing, China for the last two years. During the summers, she worked as a SAT and TOEFL teacher at Nacel Consulting in Seoul, Korea.  Prior to working at Saint Paul, she was a teacher at The Princeton Review Korea and also worked for Geonggi public schools. Before becoming a teacher, she was a tour guide at Yellowstone National Park.  Moon attended the University of Missouri-Columbia where she majored in business and political science. She enjoys traveling and nature.

Julia Cohen

Julia M. Cohen just completed her third year at Brimmer and May School in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, where she taught eighth and eleventh grade English and coached tennis. She also served as the faculty representative to the board of trustees and as a faculty member of the upper school’s judicial board. Prior to this, Julia taught fifth, sixth, and eleventh grade English at Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York. She earned an MA in English education at Teachers College and majored in English literature at Smith College. Julia enjoys paddleboarding and traveling abroad.

Clayton Gahan

Clay Gahan has spent the past decade teaching English and coaching football, basketball, and soccer in independent schools.  Most recently, he spent four years at McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Before that, he worked at Mercersburg Academy in southern Pennsylvania. Clay earned his B.A. in English from Kenyon College in 2000 and his M.A. from Middlebury in 2007.  He is also a long-time Episcopalian, serving on the vestry at his last church, and a devoted runner.

Timothy Hall

Timothy R. Hall comes to Teachers College after thirteen years at the Rumson Country Day School, a K-8 private day school in Rumson, New Jersey. During his time at RCDS, Tim taught literature and math to sixth, seventh, and eiighth graders, assisted in the physical education department, directed the upper school wilderness program, and coached soccer, ice hockey, and lacrosse. Tim attended The Lawrenceville School and earned his B.A. in English from St. Peter's College. Tim is an outdoor enthusiast and in his free time Tim enjoys hiking, snow boarding, road biking, and ice hockey.

Jean-Pierre Jacquet

Jean-Pierre Jacquet just completed his fourth year at University School in Cleveland, Ohio as a college counselor and history teacher. He also served as a coach for the wrestling and lacrosse programs, and helped guide individual wrestlers and the lacrosse team to state championships. Prior to joining the US faculty, JP worked as a paralegal for the Manhattan DA’s office, and as an equity research analyst for two financial firms. JP attended Harvard College where he majored in government, and immersed himself in co-curricular activities including wrestling, Greek life, and the college’s annual fund. JP loves supporting Boston-area sports teams.

Thomas Joyce

Thomas Joyce just completed his fourth year at St. Mary’s Episcopal Day School in Tampa, Florida. While at St. Mary’s, Thomas taught math, coached, served as transition coordinator for students entering the middle school, and facilitated personal responsibility classes for middle school boys. Prior to St. Mary’s, Thomas taught math, coached, and served as a dorm head at Indian Mountain School. Thomas earned his M.A.T. in middle grades math from the University of South Florida and his B.A. from the University of Maryland. He enjoys sailing, woodworking, reading, and summers in Maine.

Stephanie Kinser

Stephanie Kinser just completed her third year teaching second grade at Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton, California. There she also served as the lower school faculty coordinator, was the advisor for the middle school newspaper, and led a design thinking professional development group for teachers.  Prior to working at Sacred Heart, Stephanie taught in Westfield, Indiana for four years. She is the founder of the Summer Art Institute and spends her summers providing art experiences and teaching art history to elementary children. Stephanie earned her B.A. in education from Butler University. While not in the classroom, Stephanie enjoys traveling and cooking.

Daniel Kriebel

Daniel Kriebel just completed his third year teaching Spanish and French at Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he also coached golf and lacrosse, worked as the curriculum coordinator for French & Spanish and served as the boy’s head dorm parent for their five-day boarding program. Prior to SSA, Daniel lived in Qingdao, China where he first taught English, then managed a trade company’s export business. Daniel attended Davidson College where he majored in classics, played soccer and first developed his passion for teaching as a TA.  Daniel is zealous about world travel and always looking for opportunities to speak his languages.

Charmaine Lin

Charmaine Lin returns to North America after spending four years co-establishing the early childhood branch of New Oriental Group, the largest private education company in China. Her passion for education brought her to Beijing, where she taught kindergarten and preschool music, art, and dance classes. As the directing supervisor of the curriculum, teaching, and management Center, Charmaine was also responsible for research and curriculum development; teacher recruitment and training; and staff and resource management. She received her bachelor degree in economics from the University of Toronto and enjoys visiting children’s museums, collecting picture books, and playing the ukulele.

Damaris W. Maclean

Damaris W. Maclean has just finished her fifth year at the Nightingale-Bamford School in Manhattan where she worked as the associate director of college counseling and as a Spanish teacher. She has also worked at St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's School, The Mountain School, and Riverdale Country School. Damaris earned her M.A. in Spanish from Middlebury College and her B.A. from Haverford College where she majored in political science and Latin American studies.  A life-long New Yorker, she attended Nightingale for thirteen years. Before teaching, she served as an animal husbandry volunteer with the Peace Corps in Guatemala.

Douglas MacLeod

Doug MacLeod recently completed his fifth year at the Flint Hill School in Oakton, Virginia. While there he taught European history and AP psychology. He created and supervised a student run peer-editing group called the Writing Center. Doug was the head coach of the track and field team for four years, while serving as an assistant varsity basketball coach for three.  Before Flint Hill, Doug worked at the Tampa Preparatory School and he attended Georgetown University for his undergraduate degree.

Kathryn McCormick

Kathryn McCormick (who goes by Lucy) worked as a teacher at Scattergood Friends School, a Quaker Boarding school located in West Branch, Iowa. She worked at Scattergood for three years, teaching social studies classes, a composition class and a variety of art and PE classes. In addition to teaching Lucy also worked as a cook and as a dorm parent. During the summers she strived to find some new experiences, traveling to Bangladesh to observe NGOs at work and leading a backpacking trip along the Appalachian Trail. Lucy attended Grinnell College, finishing with a major in Political Science.

Kelly Nelson

A former kindergarten teacher, Kelly Nelson just completed her fourth year as assistant head of school at Woodland School in Portola Valley, California, where she created a professional learning community and enhanced the character education program. Recently, her contributions to children’s’ growth and development were recognized locally by the Association of Education for Young Children. An elementary education major at Brigham Young University, Kelly has served as education counselor in the Relief Society, offering workshops on children’s behavior and learning environments. She enjoys singing, yoga, and participating in the continuing studies program at Stanford University.

Ann Newall

Annie Newall just completed her seventh year as dean of fifth and sixth grade students at Nichols School in Buffalo, New York.  Annie also served as the middle school band director and do-director of summer programs. Annie graduated from the University of Buffalo in 2007 with a masters degree in educational psychology, and from SUNY Fredonia in 2001, where she majored in music education. Annie plays the oboe with several local orchestras and maintains a private oboe studio. Annie enjoys reading, especially historical non-fiction, kayaking, traveling, and exploring her hometown of Buffalo, New York.

Javier Piggee

Since 2009, Javier Piggee has served as the coordinator of diversity and assistant director of outplacement at the Windward School in White Plains, New York. An independent elementary and middle school, Windward remediates students with diagnosed language based learning disabilities, returning them to mainstream education within two to five years of enrollment. Javier has worked to craft and implement the school’s diversity strategy, including the recruitment of students and faculty from underrepresented populations. In addition, he developed partnerships with various community based organizations and worked to place students in their next educational setting. Before Windward, Javier was the director of special programs at the Nativity Preparatory School in Boston, Massachusetts where he also taught sixth, seventh and eighth grade language arts and social studies.

Peter Prince

Pete Prince just completed his fifth year at Brooklyn Friends School, teaching middle and upper school math, coaching the cross country and track teams, as well as serving on various school committees.  Prior to working at BFS, Pete taught math for one year at Foundations Academy. He spends his summers travelling, water skiing, and running.  Pete attended the University of Kansas where he received a B.S. and M.S. in secondary math education and competed on the track team.

Ernest Paul Rogers

Paul Rogers taught English and writing at Saint Andrew’s School in Boca Raton, Florida for the past six years.  He was also the assistant coach for the wrestling team, co-chair of the literary magazine, and a chaperone on school trips.  Before moving to Saint Andrew’s, Paul was a substitute at the Bosque School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Prior to that, he trained service dogs for people with disabilities. During the summer of 2008, he taught English to orphans in Bulgaria. Paul received his undergraduate degree in English from the University of Virginia and is currently pursuing an M.A. through Middlebury’s Bread Loaf School of English.

Peter Simpson

Pete Simpson recently completed his fourth year teaching at Journeys School in Jackson, Wyoming. Most recently, he was on the middle school faculty, teaching math, technology, and music, while serving as co-lead teacher of the middle school and PK-12 math department coordinator. Prior to Journeys School, Pete interned at Park School in Brookline, Massachusetts and was a choral director for PALS Children’s Chorus.  Before teaching, Pete worked in both sales and investment banking. Pete graduated from Dartmouth College and attended the Klingenstein Summer Institute in 2008. In his free time, Pete enjoys singing, skiing, hiking, soccer, and rugby.

Julia Walthall

Julia Walthall just completed her sixth year at Charlotte Country Day School in Charlotte, North Carolina teaching middle school science and coaching middle school cheerleading. She also served as 8^th grade team leader and led international exchange trips. Before teaching at CCDS, Julia briefly taught high school in Bronx, New York and Newark, New Jersey. She also spent time teaching and working with patients at a psychiatric ward for adolescents in Charlotte before joining the Country Day faculty. She attended Wake Forest University where she earned a B.S. in biology and a minor in psychology while working extensively with student leadership organizations.

Cynthia Webb-Orenstein

For the past four years, Cynthia Webb has taught high school English and American history and was the chair of the English department for grades K-12 at the German School New York. She coached the school’s mock trial team and was the school’s college advisor. Prior to that, Cynthia taught English and coached mock trial at Ramapo High School. She practiced law for a number of years, prosecuting child abuse and neglect cases in the Bronx. After obtaining an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, Cynthia wrote two published novels. She is passionate about poetry and yoga.

Leah Weintraub

Leah Weintraub enjoyed the last five years as an advisor and teacher of seventh grade mathematics at St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School in Alexandria, Virginia. She also coached softball and worked on several sustainable and multicultural initiatives, including the creation of a student sustainability group, SEED, and Middle School Multicultural Night. Leah studied part-time to earn her masters in social foundations of education at the Curry School at UVA. Originally from New England, Leah majored in mathematics at Williams College and spends her free time reading, knitting, dancing, traveling, and cheering on the Red Sox!

Joseph Wilson

Trey Wilson taught American studies (history) and European studies (history) at Asheville School in Asheville, North Carolina for twelve years. He also served as the faculty chair of the school’s honor council, worked as a dormitory head and parent, and coached various levels of basketball and tennis. A graduate of Davidson College, Trey is an avid traveler and a sports fan.

Sarah Wilson

After two years with Teach for America, Sarah Wilson taught European studies (English) and ancient studies (English) for eight years at Asheville School in Asheville, North Carolina. She also served on the professional development and faculty affairs committees and coordinated the freshman service program. While working as a dormitory parent, she coached field hockey, mountaineering, and track, an enjoyable segue from her track-running days at Kenyon College. Sarah is an avid traveler who loves good food and a good book.

Nitya York

Nitya York just completed her third year at St. Philip’s Academy, an independent day school serving students grades kindergarten through eighth in Newark, New Jersey. In her time with St. Philip’s she served as a lower school dean of students, middle school dean of students, secondary school placement counselor, and sixth grade English teacher. Her passion lies in serving students from diverse backgrounds, and she previously taught at I.S. 73, the Frank Sansivieri Intermediate School in Maspeth, Queens. Nitya attended SUNY College at Fredonia where she received her bachelor of science in childhood education and her master of science in curriculum and instruction.