23Sep

Lisa Mandel

Lisa Mandel is the Learning Support Coordinator at Rudolf Steiner School. She also teaches grades 2 and 3 reading groups and is the Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) Coordinator. She received her B.A. in Comparative Literature from Brown University and her M.A. in Reading from Teachers College, Columbia University. Lisa worked as a learning […]

23Sep

Helena Vancells

Helena joined Steiner in September 2022 as the Middle Nursery teacher. Her background is in kinesthetic learning, movement’s role in brain development, dance, and dance education. Before coming to Steiner, she taught at several independent schools in New York City and ran her own early childhood school in Barcelona, Spain. She has trained early childhood teachers in […]

03Sep

Jamie Ewing

Mr. Ewing is a class teacher. Jamie comes to Steiner with 15 years of experience as a teacher from Seattle, WA to New York City. Before teaching, Jamie was a menswear designer here in New York City and brings his stories of world travels into our classrooms. Recently joining the Steiner family, Jamie is eager […]

27Aug

Adele Grant

Adele Grant is the Parent Child Program lead teacher.  Adele has been connected to the school for many years. She has assisted in Nursery, Kindergarten and supported both the Elementary and Early Childhood classrooms in a substitution capacity, eventually supporting Grade Two class as classroom assistant. Adele worked as a child psychotherapist and led Attachment […]

12Nov

Kelsey Finch

Ms. Finch is a Steiner lifer. She attended Steiner from 1st grade until her high school graduation in 2015. Ms. Finch attended SUNY Oswego and majored in Human Development, after which she returned to Steiner and joined our faculty in the fall of 2020. She is currently the first grade class teacher. Email