Meet our Faculty
2011-12
Class Teacher, Grade 1: Micheal Eger
Mike earned his Bachelors and Masters of Fine Arts degrees from the University of Utah. He served as Games and Folk Dance instructor last year at WSL and is excited to undertake the roll of 1st Grade Teacher. Mike has taught the performing arts to children for 25 years nationally and locally taught at the Youth Performing Arts School (YPAS) for five years, and at Lincoln Elementary, Pleasure Ridge Park High School and Sacred Heart Academy over the past year. He is currently studying within the Waldorf Teacher Certificate program at Antioch University New England. He and his wife Connie are the proud parents of Michael, who attends the Red Rose Kindergarten class.
Class Teacher, Grade 2: Rob Lanier
Rob earned a Master’s in Education from Antioch New England Graduate School in New Hampshire. He took his first Waldorf class from grade 1 through 5, graduating them in 2010. Prior to becoming a Waldorf class teacher in 2005, Rob served the Waldorf School of Louisville as the Afternoon Care Director and the Music Teacher. His professional background includes leadership, directing, and teaching positions with Louisville Youth Choir and Walden Theatre. He has also serves as a music and anthroposophical studies teacher at the Kentahten Waldorf Teacher Training Institute at Bellarmine University. He and his wife Dr. Kay Barnfield are the parents of Jesse Lanier, WSL Class of 2009.
Class Teacher, Grade 3: Claire Williams
Claire holds a double major in Psychology and Art with a minor in German from St. Norbert College in Wisconsin, and a Master’s in Art Therapy from the University of Louisville. She was awarded a Waldorf Teaching Certification for Preschool through Grade 8 in 1997 and became a Waldorf class teacher in 1998. Claire has taken two classes of students through to graduation at the Waldorf School of Louisville. Prior to becoming a Class Teacher, Claire served WSL as a German Teacher, first grade afternoon teacher, playgroup facilitator, and kindergarten assistant. She has experience teaching language arts in the parochial system and as an Art therapist. She taught science at the Waldorf Teacher Training Institute at Bellarmine University. Claire and her husband Jim Williams are the parents of Jacob Williams, WSL Class of 2000.
Class Teacher, Grade 4/5 Pioneer Class:
We are actively searching for a dynamic Waldorf trained teacher to lead our children into the upper grades. All interested applicants may send a cover letter and resume to angeline.green@waldorflouisville.com
Full Time Specialty Teacher: Angela Mobley
A graduate of the Waldorf Applied Arts program at Sunbridge College in New York, Angela has been a member of the WSL Faculty since 2001. She has taught singing and handwork, supervised recess, and led the Parent-Child Program. In this new full time position, Angela will continue teaching Grades Handwork classes, which she has done for the past eight years. She will also be teaching Music classes in the grades, which she previously did for three years at WSL in addition to teaching voice at Flying Hands School of Music. She will all provide support to the Grades program in various ways throughout the school day. Angela and her husband Chance have four children, Brianna, who is college sophomore, Madeline, who is a high school sophomore, Serena, who is in our first grade, and Davis, who is 19 months old.
Daisy Garden Nursery/Pre-K Teacher: Haeja Kang
Haeja earned an Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education from the Rudolf Steiner College in Sacramento, California; an Associate of Arts and English Literature from Sonoda Gakuen Women’s Junior College in Hyogo, Japan; and an Associate’s Degree in Elementary Education/General Studies from San Francisco City College. Prior to becoming a lead Pre-K/Nursery teacher in 2007, Haeja worked as an assistant in our Mixed-Age Kindergarten for five years. Before moving from Japan to the U.S., Haeja was a Korean Dance and Drumming Instructor for children of all ages and adults. Haeja and her husband Andrew Kang-Bartlett are the parents of two Waldorf alumni, Elias, who is a high school junior and Julian, who is in eighth grade.
Red Rose Kindergarten Teacher: Evy Royce
Evy graduated from the University of Louisville with a BA in Elementary Education and went on to earn an Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education from the Rudolf Steiner College in Sacramento, California. She also completed the three-year “Uncovering the Voice” singing program in Sacramento, California. Prior to becoming a Lead Waldorf Kindergarten teacher in 1996, she served as an assistant in the Waldorf Kindergarten. Evy’s son Royce Jackson is a Waldorf School of Louisville alumni and a college junior.
Sunflower Kindergarten Teacher: Marybeth Legler
Red Rose Kindergarten Assistant: Christi Scoccola-Hootman
Christi is a fully trained Waldorf Early Childhood Teacher who served as the Red Rose Kindergarten assistant and Aftercare Teacher for five years prior to leading a kindergarten class at The Friends School and serving as an assistant teacher at The Early Learning Campus at the University of Louisville. She is currently working towards a Master’s of Art in Teaching at the University of Louisville. Christi and her husband Brian are the parents of Willow, age 1.
Sunflower Kindergarten Assistant: Alexis Shaw
Alexis has been a member of the WSL community from nearly the beginning! As the mother of Waldorf alumni Ian, Drake, and Ava, and WSL 5th grader Eli, Alexis has experienced the parenting side of Waldorf from kindergarten through the grades, and is so very happy to be deepening her connection to Waldorf education by serving as a kindergarten assistant.
Daisy Garden Pre-K Assistant: Ada Beal
Associate Faculty
In addition to classroom teachers, the Waldorf School of Louisville also has an Associate Faculty of individuals who are specialists in a given area. Working with the Class Teachers, the specialty teachers bring lessons to the students in an interdisciplinary way that deepens the overall curriculum and brings the students a wide range of experiences, knowledge, and capacities.
Afternoon Care Teacher: Jennifer Woodmansee
Afternoon Care Assistant: Neha Dhareshwar
Daycare Director: Kristin Langley
Eurythmy Teacher: Claudia Fontana
Extra Lesson / Remedial Teacher: Kelli Bailey
Kelli has a Waldorf Teacher Training Certificate from Kentahten Teacher Training, a Ph.D. in Post-Colonial Literature from U.K. and an M.A. in English Literature. She is currently beginning her third year of remedial training through the Association for a Healing Education, based in Detroit, Michigan. She has taught English at Seneca High School, Valley Traditional High School, the Universite des Arts et Lettres in Karouan, Tunisia, the University of Kentucky, and Jefferson Community College. She has also been an SAT and ACT tutor at Sylvan Learning Center. Kelli and her husband Dave are the parents of Quinn, a WSL third grader, and Juliet, who is in the first grade class.
Games and Pentathlon Teacher: Chance Mobley
Handwork Teacher: Angela Mobley
Resource & Recess Teacher: Becky Richards
Becky earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Georgetown College. She has worked as a Preschool Teacher, Childcare Provider, Design Assistant, Gardener, Special Events Manager, and Development Coordinator. Becky and her husband Will are the parents of Max, a WSL second grader, and Ali, in our Daisy Garden Pre-K.
Music Teacher: Angela Mobley
Spanish Teacher: Levin Elpers
Violin Teacher: Tamara Meinecke
