19Nov

Nathalia Jabur

Nathalia Jabur will be the Nursery Lead Teacher. This will be her fifth year teaching at Steiner. She spearheaded the renewal of our Parent-Child Program to welcome children as young as six months old. For the past three years, Nathalia has trained with the Early Childhood Teacher Education Center at Sophia’s Hearth, in New Hampshire. Before joining Steiner, she has worked […]

19Nov

Chikako Miyoshi

Chikako Miyoshi was born and raised in Japan. She has worked as at fitness instructor since her college years. Chikako moved to New York in 1997 and became a Pilates instructor, and a Feldenkrais practitioner. She will be completing a Master in education at Antioch University in 2023. Email

15Nov

Wendy Kelly

Ms. Kelly, a native of South Jersey with family roots in Estonia, earned a BA in both Dance and Psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park, an MFA in Dance from Temple University, and an MSEd in Waldorf Education from Sunbridge College. She performed professionally with two different modern dance companies in Philadelphia before […]

15Nov

Maria Creamer

Maria Consuelo Creamer (Botero) is the elementary and middle school Spanish teacher since 2002. She has a degree in education from La Corporacion Universitaria Lasallista in her hometown Medellin, Colombia. Maria has more than 20 years experience as Spanish teacher and 5 years as elementary school teacher in Latin America. She also studied music at […]

15Nov

Dan Marsch

Midwest native Dan Marsch has taught mathematics and other subjects at the Rudolf Steiner School since 2002, including courses in philosophy, literature, drawing, and instrumental music. Prior to joining the RSS faculty, he taught mathematics and humanities at the Chicago Waldorf School. As a student at the University of Chicago, Mr. Marsch studied under the Committee […]

15Nov

Yeardley Leonard

Yeardley Leonard has been with the school for eight years and will continue as a Lead Teacher in the Downstairs Kindergarten. Having begun her teaching career in the Parent-Child program at the New Amsterdam School in Manhattan, she obtained her certification in Waldorf Early Childhood Teacher Education at Sunbridge Institute. Prior to teaching she earned […]

15Nov

Giannina Zlatar

Giannina Zlatar began as a class teacher at Rudolf Steiner School in 1992, shortly after graduating from the Waldorf Elementary Teacher Education program at Sunbridge College. She took two classes through the upper grades and one from first grade through eighth grade. She then went to the Brooklyn Waldorf School, where she mentored teachers and […]

15Nov

Carol Bärtges

Carol Bärtges teaches English, Speech and Drama in the Upper School.  She is a graduate of the school, as are her two children, Max ’03 and Sarah ’05.  Carol received her B.A in Literature and Theatre from Williams College; she holds an M.A in English from NYU as well as an M Phil in Comparative […]

15Nov

Jeff Spade

Jeff Spade has been teaching music in Waldorf schools for more than 30 years, having served as the Music Director at the Kimberton Waldorf School, the Chicago Waldorf School, and currently the Rudolf Steiner School in New York City. As a guest teacher, mentor, and consultant, he has worked with the Pasadena Waldorf High School, […]

15Nov

Jeffrey Venho

Jeffrey Venho grew up in Northern New Jersey where his mother taught piano lessons, and his father commuted to NYC each day to work at the NBC studios in Rockefeller Center. In eighth grade, he was thrilled to play his trumpet for the Tonight Show music director and trumpet legend, Doc Severinsen, who gifted one […]