Joined Barnard Academy: 2022
What makes BA a special place?
A collaborative team of educators, partnering with parents to educate the curious minds of children in a safe, secure, and nurturing environment.
Education Includes:
Accomplishments & Activities:
WCSU Administrative Team
Joined Barnard Academy: 2010
What makes BA a special place?
A collaborative team of educators, partnering with parents to educate the curious minds of children in a safe, secure, and nurturing environment.
Education Includes:
Florida College
Accomplishments & Activities:
WCSU Administrative Team
Educational Support Team Leader
Joined Barnard Academy: 2020
What makes BA a special place?
Teachers work together to develop enriching curriculum that truly meets the needs of each student; students work creatively and enthusiastically across all grade levels.
Education Includes:
BA in Elementary Education: St. Michael's College (1991)
MA in Elementary Math, Science, and Technology: Plymouth State University
Accomplishments & Activities:
What makes BA a special place?
Barnard has a wonderful history. The BA learners bless the school with their enthusiasm, interest, and need to know. BA learners learn by observing, listening, exploring, experimenting, and asking questions. Being interested, motivated, and engaged in learning is important to the community, parents, and children.
Education Includes:
BA + Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Elementary School Endorsements (Lynchburg College, Castleton, and UVM)
LLB - LaSalle University (law degree)
Accomplishments and Activities:
Long distance runner
Reads one book a week (interested in ancient history, science, and math(s))
Likes to write (journals daily)
Believes in life-long learning
Joined Barnard Academy: 2004
What makes BA a special place?
Teachers work together to develop enriching curriculum that truly meets the needs of each student; students work creatively and enthusiastically across all grade levels.
Education Includes:
BS in Education (minor in Special Education): University of Vermont
Accomplishments & Activities:
Joined Barnard Academy: 2015
Janet Cathey, Art Teacher
What makes BA a special place?
The children, parents, and teachers all feel like a big family, and we value positivity and growth.
Education Includes:
BA, Geology, Carleton College
UVTI, Certificate to teach Art, K-12
ongoing coursework in Trauma-informed education and creativity education
Accomplishments & Activities:
Printmaking, biking, contra dancing, underwater photography
Contributor to the book,Woodblock Printmaking by Merlyn Chesterman, Crowood Press, 2022
Contributor to the book, Art of Many Hands: Multicultural Art Projects, by Jo Schuman, Davis Publications, 2003
What makes BA a special place?
Teachers work together to develop enriching curriculum that truly meets the needs of each student; students work creatively and enthusiastically across all grade levels.
Education Includes:
Accomplishments & Activities:
What makes BA a special place?
The teachers and students I work with on a daily basis are truly amazing. Their love for learning, passion for the outdoors, and ability to work together are inspiring.
Education Includes:
BS in Physical Education
Accomplishments & Activities:
PATH Wellness Coordinator
Girls on the Run Coach
Joined Barnard Academy: 2008
What makes BA a special place?
Everyone truly cares about each other and works together collaborating, creating, and individualizing what children need. Children meet high expectations while having fun, exploring the outdoors, and creating a positive school community.
Education Includes:
BA in Sociology-Social Work from Saint Joseph's College of Maine
Teacher Certification from Upper Valley Educator's Institute
MS in Teaching Mathematics from University of Vermont
Interesting Things About Me:
I'm a born and raised Vermonter, currently living in Woodstock
I enjoy spending time with family, crafting, kayaking, and baking
Presented at NCTM in 2018
What makes BA a special place?
Teachers work together to develop enriching curriculum that truly meets the needs of each student; students work creatively and enthusiastically across all grade levels.
Education Includes:
BA in English Literature, Wayne State Univ.
Endorsements in K-6 Elementary & Library Media Specialist
Accomplishments & Activities:
Presenter at VT Fest & Dynamic Landscapes
WCSU Technology Committee
Daily Artist & Exhibitor at Artistree
Elementary Teacher of the Year, 201
What makes BA a special place?
What I love about BA is that the staff are not only colleagues, but friends. The respect that we have for each other and the many laughs that we share are emblematic of the lifelong friendships made in small schools.
Education Includes:
BA Hispanic Language and Literature, Boston University
MA Applied Linguistics, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Accomplishments & Activities:
Mead Fellow, North East Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2018
Co-President, Vermont Foreign Language Association
Presenter at VFLA and NECTFL, Northern New England Teachers of English as a Second Language, and American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages Conferences
Co-Chair, Windsor Central Licensing Standards Board
What makes BA a special place?
Teachers work together to develop enriching curriculum that truly meets the needs of each student; students work creatively and enthusiastically across all grade levels.
Education Includes:
Degrees and Colleges/Univ.
Accomplishments & Activities:
What makes BA a special place?
Teachers work together to develop enriching curriculum that truly meets the needs of each student; students work creatively and enthusiastically across all grade levels.
Education Includes:
Degrees and Colleges/Univ.
Accomplishments & Activities:
Paula Tortalano, PreK Paraprofessional
What makes BA a special place?
Teachers work together to develop enriching curriculum that truly meets the needs of each student; students work creatively and enthusiastically across all grade levels.
Education Includes:
Degrees and Colleges/Univ.
Accomplishments & Activities:
Monica Schulz, PreK Paraprofessional
What makes BA a special place?
Teachers work together to develop enriching curriculum that truly meets the needs of each student; students work creatively and enthusiastically across all grade levels.
Education Includes:
Degrees and Colleges/Univ.
Accomplishments & Activities: