What Matters in Education is:
making connections between and within people and communities; learning to see our interconnectedness.
Alberto Palomar
1st/2nd Grade Teacher (Blackberry Creek Classroom)
Alberto Palomar
What Matters in Education is:
making connections between and within people and communities; learning to see our interconnectedness.
What Matters in Education is:
guiding children to connect with their inner wisdom and adjusting the environment to the capacity of every child.
Alice Hsu
ECC Teacher (Cedar Classroom)
Alice Hsu
What Matters in Education is:
guiding children to connect with their inner wisdom and adjusting the environment to the capacity of every child.
What Matters in Education is:
having an inclusive, supportive, and safe environment to learn.
Andie Gaeta
Human Resources & Operations Manager
Andie Gaeta
What Matters in Education is:
having an inclusive, supportive, and safe environment to learn.
ECC Associate & Extended Day Teacher (Eugenia Classroom)
Andrea Abrams
ECC Associate & Extended Day Teacher (Eugenia Classroom)
Andrea Abrams
ECC Associate & Extended Day Teacher (Eugenia Classroom)
What Matters in Education is:
the enrichment of culture, spirit, values and everything that characterizes us as human beings.
Cesár Martinez
MS Spanish Teacher
Cesár Martinez
What Matters in Education is:
the enrichment of culture, spirit, values and everything that characterizes us as human beings.
What Matters in Education is:
learning how to learn—and learning in community—in order to grow as a community
Chris Chun
Director of K-8 Teaching & Learning
Chris Chun
What Matters in Education is:
learning how to learn—and learning in community—in order to grow as a community
Chrissy Hoffman
Chrissy Hoffman – Preschool Music & Movement Teacher
What Matters in Education is:
always remembering there is more to learn.
Christin Weber
ECC Teacher (Mariposa Classroom)
Christin Weber
What Matters in Education is:
always remembering there is more to learn.
What Matters in Education is:
fun! When activities are fun, students want to stay engaged which allows for true learning to happen.
Craig Jackson
UAC Physical Education Teacher/After-School Sports Coach
Craig Jackson
What Matters in Education is:
fun! When activities are fun, students want to stay engaged which allows for true learning to happen.
What Matters in Education is:
joy. With joy comes a freedom that allows magical, powerful, important learning experiences to take hold.
Danette Swan
Kindergarten Teacher (Sweet Briar Creek Classroom) & K-2 Team Leader
Danette Swan
What Matters in Education is:
joy. With joy comes a freedom that allows magical, powerful, important learning experiences to take hold.
Daniel Simms – UAC Extended Day & Instructional Support Teacher
Daniel Simms
UAC Extended Day Teacher
Daniel Simms
Daniel Simms – UAC Extended Day & Instructional Support Teacher
What Matters in Education is:
nurturing a child’s understanding of the world through exploration and self-expression.
Daniela Hoffmann
TK & K Associate Teacher
Daniela Hoffmann
What Matters in Education is:
nurturing a child’s understanding of the world through exploration and self-expression.
ECC Associate Teacher (Magnolia Classroom)
Darius Morales
ECC Associate Teacher (Magnolia Classroom)
Darius Morales
ECC Associate Teacher (Magnolia Classroom)
What Matters in Education is:
helping students develop their curiosity. They need to build their ability to seek the truth.
Derek Payne
7th & 8th Grade Science Teacher & MS Team Leader
Derek Payne
What Matters in Education is:
helping students develop their curiosity. They need to build their ability to seek the truth.
What Matters in Education is:
Empathy, accessibility, self-expression, collaboration, and critical thinking
Elise Wilks
Chief Financial Officer
Elise Wilks
What Matters in Education is:
Empathy, accessibility, self-expression, collaboration, and critical thinking
What Matters in Education is:
nurturing a child’s understanding of the world through exploration and self-expression.
Emily Becerra Sigel
ECC Teacher (Magnolia Classroom)
Emily Becerra Sigel
What Matters in Education is:
nurturing a child’s understanding of the world through exploration and self-expression.
What Matters in Education is:
Embracing the "uh oh" moment and relishing in the "aha" moments.
Emily Crawford
MS Math Learning Specialist
Emily Crawford
What Matters in Education is:
Embracing the "uh oh" moment and relishing in the "aha" moments.
Fordy Shoor
What Matters in Education is:
Patience and Faith
Gladys Barrios
Gladys Barrios – K-5 Spanish Teacher
What Matters in Education is:
awakening curiosity beyond your own culture and respecting different beliefs.
Griselda Kondo
ECC Teacher (Live Oak Classroom)
Griselda Kondo
What Matters in Education is:
awakening curiosity beyond your own culture and respecting different beliefs.
What Matters in Education is:
knowing no matter how young you are you still can change the world for the better!
Helia Pouyanfar
MS Art & Extended Day Teacher
Helia Pouyanfar
What Matters in Education is:
knowing no matter how young you are you still can change the world for the better!
Javelin Hall
What Matters in Education is:
Academic Intelligence
Jennifer Tilson
Jennifer Tilson
MS Academic Learning Specialist
jtilson@theberkeleyschool.org
What Matters in Education is:
speaking the truth. As educators, we are called to inform and empower our future citizens to take on and, hopefully, resolve the challenges they will face to preserve and expand the benefits of our democracy.
Jono Rich
UAC Extended Day Director
Jono Rich
What Matters in Education is:
speaking the truth. As educators, we are called to inform and empower our future citizens to take on and, hopefully, resolve the challenges they will face to preserve and expand the benefits of our democracy.
What Matters in Education is:
that each student’s world and heart is expanded.
Julia Shields
4th/5th Teacher (Cerrito Creek Classroom) & 3-5 Team Leader
Julia Shields
What Matters in Education is:
that each student’s world and heart is expanded.
What Matters in Education is:
helping students understand themselves as learners through the process of art making.
Julianne Hughes
ECC-5 Teaching Artist
Julianne Hughes
What Matters in Education is:
helping students understand themselves as learners through the process of art making.
What Matters in Education is:
expanding our empathy, passions and interconnectedness by actively choosing vulnerability, intention, and curiosity.
Kara Perrino
MS Student Life Coordinator & Health Teacher
Kara Perrino
What Matters in Education is:
expanding our empathy, passions and interconnectedness by actively choosing vulnerability, intention, and curiosity.
What Matters in Education is:
Preparing students for our ever changing world by giving them the tools and opportunities to question, collaborate and innovate with both empathy and resiliency. “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” - Benjamin Franklin ...Read More
Katie Vurlumis
K-5 Academic Learning Specialist
Katie Vurlumis
What Matters in Education is:
Preparing students for our ever changing world by giving them the tools and opportunities to question, collaborate and innovate with both empathy and resiliency. “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” - Benjamin Franklin
What Matters in Education is:
the passion and love for learning.
Katt Guerlac
ECC Associate Teacher & Extended Day Team Leader
Katt Guerlac
What Matters in Education is:
the passion and love for learning.
What Matters in Education is:
meeting students where they are and helping them discover their academic and personal promise.
Kim Huie
7th & 8th Grade Math Teacher
Kim Huie
What Matters in Education is:
meeting students where they are and helping them discover their academic and personal promise.
What Matters in Education is:
the freedom to create, grow, listen, question, make mistakes, wonder, belong, and build in a safe environment that values and challenges you.
Kirstie Mah
ECC Teacher (Eugenia Classroom)
Kirstie Mah
What Matters in Education is:
the freedom to create, grow, listen, question, make mistakes, wonder, belong, and build in a safe environment that values and challenges you.
What Matters in Education is:
Creating an environment where all types of learners feel comfortable asking questions and sharing their ideas.
Lamar Johnson
Director of Enrollment & Outreach
Lamar Johnson
What Matters in Education is:
Creating an environment where all types of learners feel comfortable asking questions and sharing their ideas.
Leslie Cruz
What Matters in Education is:
connecting
What Matters in Education is:
igniting curious minds. “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” ~Socrates
Lisa Chung-Nguyen
3rd Grade Teacher (Temescal Creek Classroom)
Lisa Chung-Nguyen
What Matters in Education is:
igniting curious minds. “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” ~Socrates
What Matters in Education is:
Creating a space where youth can thrive and be their best selves
Lizette Flores
UAC Front Office Administrator
Lizette Flores
What Matters in Education is:
Creating a space where youth can thrive and be their best selves
Louisa Mascuch
Louisa Mascuch
ECC Teacher (Magnolia Classroom)
lmascuch@theberkeleyschool.org
What Matters in Education is:
"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." - Malcolm X
Maddie Alvendia
MS Civics Teacher
Maddie Alvendia
What Matters in Education is:
"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." - Malcolm X
What Matters in Education is:
that every student feels empowered to reach their full potential.
Maple Molina
Data Manager & K-8 Program Coordinator
Maple Molina
What Matters in Education is:
that every student feels empowered to reach their full potential.
What Matters in Education is:
empowering students to boldly ask "why?" and "how?". Pursuing the answers drives innovation and change-making.
Mason Hanson
MS 6th Science/Math Teacher
Mason Hanson
What Matters in Education is:
empowering students to boldly ask "why?" and "how?". Pursuing the answers drives innovation and change-making.
What Matters in Education is:
Respect for the child and their right to a nurturing environment.
Minha Yoon
Marketing & Communications Manager
Minha Yoon
What Matters in Education is:
Respect for the child and their right to a nurturing environment.
What Matters in Education is:
helping all students feel simultaneously seen and supported in every way: academically, intellectually, socially, and emotionally.
Mitch Bostian
Head of School
Mitch Bostian
What Matters in Education is:
helping all students feel simultaneously seen and supported in every way: academically, intellectually, socially, and emotionally.
Mitra Panbehchi
Mitra Panbehchi - ECC Teacher (Magnolia Classroom)
What Matters in Education is:
Imagination. Knowledge is powerful, and imagination can help us see different things and opens brand new paths to knowledge.
Niki Enriquez
ECC Associate Teacher (Live Oak Classroom)
Niki Enriquez
What Matters in Education is:
Imagination. Knowledge is powerful, and imagination can help us see different things and opens brand new paths to knowledge.
What Matters in Education is:
opportunity and encouragement!
Norman Johnson
MS Drama & Extended Day Teacher
Norman Johnson
What Matters in Education is:
opportunity and encouragement!
What Matters in Education is:
creating a space where kids feel safe enough to learn, make friends, and build strong social skills.
Noushin Moghaddam
ECC Teacher (Cedar Classroom)
Noushin Moghaddam
What Matters in Education is:
creating a space where kids feel safe enough to learn, make friends, and build strong social skills.
What Matters in Education is:
community. TBS is a supportive learning community for children and adults alike.
Paula D. Farmer
Director of Community & Belonging
Paula D. Farmer
What Matters in Education is:
community. TBS is a supportive learning community for children and adults alike.
What Matters in Education is:
that students become more interested in absorbing and learning music with both joy and discipline.
Pezhham Akhavass
Interim K-7th Music Teacher
Pezhham Akhavass
What Matters in Education is:
that students become more interested in absorbing and learning music with both joy and discipline.
What Matters in Education is:
fostering a love of learning through individuality and engagement
Rachel Silvas
Early Childhood Enrollment Manager
Rachel Silvas
What Matters in Education is:
fostering a love of learning through individuality and engagement
Randy Yee
What Matters in Education is:
connecting with the present.
What Matters in Education is:
relationships. Transformative learning does not occur in isolation. It occurs in relationship.
Rebecca Blythe
ECC Director
Rebecca Blythe
What Matters in Education is:
relationships. Transformative learning does not occur in isolation. It occurs in relationship.
Ricardo Murguia
What Matters in Education is:
Challenge in the context of community, inclusivity and mutual support is an opportunity for growth.
RoseMarie Ezra – Director of Facilities & Campus Health & Safety
RoseMarie Ezra
Director of Facilities & Campus Health & Safety
RoseMarie Ezra
RoseMarie Ezra – Director of Facilities & Campus Health & Safety
Early Childhood Associate/ExDay Teacher (Cedar)
Samantha Arredondo
Early Childhood Associate/ExDay Teacher (Cedar)
Samantha Arredondo
Early Childhood Associate/ExDay Teacher (Cedar)
What Matters in Education is:
empathy and empowerment. Let’s empower our children to feel deeply and lift up others.
Samantha Snook
4th/5th Teacher (Strawberry Creek Classroom)
Samantha Snook
What Matters in Education is:
empathy and empowerment. Let’s empower our children to feel deeply and lift up others.
What Matters in Education is:
growing to know yourself as a learner and as a community member.
Stephen Cahill
K-5 Social-Emotional Learning Specialist
Stephen Cahill
What Matters in Education is:
growing to know yourself as a learner and as a community member.
What Matters in Education is:
Equality, reciprocity and creativity in different learning styles.
Valerie Dunn
ECC Associate & ExDay Teacher (Eugenia)
Valerie Dunn
What Matters in Education is:
Equality, reciprocity and creativity in different learning styles.
Yu Ren Lin
What Matters in Education is:
furthering the next generation.
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Ignite Curious Minds
Awaken Generous Hearts
Engage a Changing World
K – 8 Campus
1310 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702
(510) 665-8800
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2030 Francisco Street
Berkeley, CA 94709
(510) 849-8340