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TEACHERS COLLEGE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Klingenstein Center
for Independent School Education
Private School Leadership
Class of 2006-2007
The Private School Leadership Program affords students
full-time study and fieldwork at Teachers College from
September to May. Students follow a core curriculum and
take eletives from other departments at Teachers College
and graduate schools of Columbia University.
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BIO
Gwyneth Connell
Gwyneth Connell graduated from Amherst College
in 2000 with a BA in American Studies. After a oneyear interlude, spent partly in London and partly in
western Massachusetts, she found her calling as a
boarding school faculty member at Millbrook School
in Dutchess County, New York. In her five years at
Millbrook, she has taught American history, American
Studies, philosophy, constitutional law, and human
development; worked as a dorm parent; coached the
varsity improv team; and advised the Model UN. She
is particularly interested in exploring the applications
of improvisational techniques to teaching and learning.
After an extraordinary experience at the Klingenstein
Summer Institute in 2004, Gwyneth is tremendously
excited to be spending a whole year in the company of
her fellow Klingons.
John Farmer
BIO
Isabel Ezrati
BIO
Born in Manhattan and raised on Long Island, Isabel
Ezrati is returning home after four years at Hamilton
College and three years teaching at the Darrow School
in the Berkshire Mountains. As a student at Hamilton, she majored in French and minored in Art History.
While teaching French at Darrow, she also worked as a
dorm parent, coach, and director of student activities.
She is excited about being a student again while living
in a large and diverse community where she can exchange her car for her bike.
John Farmer has been teaching 6th Grade homeroom
(English, math, and social studies) at Flint Hill School,
a K-12 co-ed independent school in Oakton, VA (just
outside Washington, DC) for the past 4 years. He also
coached varsity girls’ volleyball, and middle school boys’
basketball and tennis. Before that he did a one year
internship at The Potomac School in McLean, VA. He
was born in San Francisco, but lived in London from
ages 10-18. He is the youngest of four children and is
very close with his family though they live far away. His
interests are in traveling and playing (and watching)
sports.
Nicole Graham-Victor
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Sergio Frisoli
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Anne Foley
Anne Foley attended Grinnell College and graduated
in 2000 with a B.A. in History. After a brief stint working
in Chicago in the field of children’s book publishing, she
returned to her hometown of Washington, D.C. to pursue her
interest in education. From 2002 to 2006 Anne served as the
Assistant Head of the Middle School, teacher of History and
Spanish, and coach of various soccer and lacrosse teams at
The Field School in Washington, D.C. Additionally, Anne is
Director of High School Programs for the NGO Intercambio
Social Internaciónal (ISI) which takes US Spanish students
abroad to work with Latin American children in after-school
programs and orphanages. This past summer she enjoyed
a three-week adventure to Panama traveling with a small
group of ISI students. Anne’s work at The Field School and
ISI have energized her in her role as an educator and she
looks forward to the Private School Leadership program.
Sergio Frisoli comes to the Klingenstein Center from
Link Community School, a small private middle school in
Newark, New Jersey where he taught American history
to 7th graders. Link Community School aspires to prepare
economically disadvantaged students from the central ward
of Newark for the best private and parochial high schools
in the Northeast. He also worked for a year at Link in the
development office where he helped with fund raising, public
relations, and alumni relations. He did his undergraduate
studies at Princeton University where he majored in Public
and International Affairs. His long-term career aspirations
are to head a private school in an urban area that provides
an outstanding education for disadvantaged children. He
was born and raised in New Jersey to parents who emigrated
from Italy and he retains close ties to that country.
Nicole Graham-Victor holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology
and Africana Studies from Union College, and a Master’s in Teaching
from Manhattanville College. After teaching at Greenwich Academy
(her alma mater) for two years, she joined the faculty of Fieldston
Lower School. A fourth grade teacher for the last six years, Nicole
contributed a great deal to her school community. A passionate
advocate for diversity, she revamped the Colonial America curriculum
to include the voices of enslaved Africans, women, gays and lesbians
and challenged her students to explore stereotypes around racial,
gender and sexual identity. Nicole has decided to leave her position
at Fieldston Lower to pursue a career in Private School Leadership.
Although she will miss her classroom and colleagues tremendously,
Nicole is very excited about this next chapter of her life and all of the
opportunities that await her. She loves to travel and sample foods
from other cultures. Nicole currently lives in Yonkers, NY with her
husband Jean.
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Sarah Hallowell
Graduating with a BA from Bates College in 1997, Sarah
Hallowell continued her commitment to independent school
education (Brooks School [MA] 1993) as co-developer of The
Wheeler School’s (RI) first summer program. Subsequently,
she taught middle school English and co-administered the
school’s External Programs. Seeking to expand beyond
New England, Sarah spent a year in development and as
a coach at The Maret School (DC). Missing daily, in-class
student interaction, she took a position at The Pine School,
formerly St. Michael’s Independent School, in Stuart, Florida.
Having quickly adjusted to the warm weather, she has,
during the course of the past six years, taught middle school
English; coached flag football, basketball and lacrosse;
directed middle school plays; and been an advisor to NJHS
and Student Council. In her spare time, she enjoys being
outdoors, (trying) to play golf, serving on a local hospital’s
fundraising committee, and spending time with friends.
Julia Henderson
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Sarah Heard
BIO
Sarah Heard has taught at the Collegiate School
for six years. Before Collegiate she taught at Trinity
School, the International School of Tanganyika and the
American School of The Hague. She has taught history,
geography, and philosophy and coached several sports.
At Collegiate she teaches American and World History
and coaches cross country and basketball.
Sarah’s Klingenstein Fellowship project is to evaluate
the differences in the way World History is taught
around the world. She plans to identify differences of
content as well as perspective. Her goal is to identify
more globally sensitive ways of creating World History
curriculum while still fulfilling the needs of an American
school.
Julia Henderson comes to the PSL program from Toronto,
Canada where she just completed her fifth year of teaching
at the Bishop Strachan School. She has taught largely in
the social sciences in Middle School, and just completed
designing an on-line course in computer studies. As a sports
and school-life enthusiast, she is the staff advisor to a new
student mentorship program and has assisted coaching
nordic skiing, volleyball, tennis and curling teams. This past
year she designed a series of professional development
workshops on inquiry strategies. Before moving to Toronto,
Julia completed her M.Phil at Cambridge University, taught
in Colombia, and worked at the Canadian Museum of
Civilization’s Children Museum. She has a passion for ultimate
frisbee, travel and New Yorker cartoons.
Veronica McMahon
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Brenda Leaks
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Andrew Katz
Andrew Katz graduated from Georgetown University
with a B.A. in Physics and comes to Teachers College from
Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, New York,
where he joined the faculty five years ago. He began his
private school career working at Poly in the Admissions
Office, Coaching and teaching Math, and has served
as Director of Technology for the past three years. He
has a particular passion for working with online content
delivery systems in the belief they can encourage new
ways to communicate, collaborate and learn. Andrew
is excited about the Klingenstein Program and looking
forward to preparing himself for a leadership position in an
independent school upon completion.
Brenda Leaks is a middle school educator from
Philadelphia, PA. After graduating from the College
of Notre Dame of Maryland, she worked with
Summerbridge of Greater Philadelphia, a program
centered on supporting at-risk middle school students.
That work introduced her to independent schools.
After two years at Summerbridge, she began teaching
Spanish at the Baldwin School. She also served as
Baldwin’s Director of Diversity. Most recently, she
worked at The Shipley School, teaching middle school
Spanish, coaching, and working as part of a seven
member, school-wide diversity team. Following
this year, Brenda is looking forward to pursuing an
administrative position where she can share her passion
for middle school education and social justice.
Veronica McMahon graduated from New Milford High
School in 1997 and received a BS in mathematics from
Tufts University in 2001. Over the past 5 years she has
lived and worked at Cheshire Academy, a boarding school
in Connecticut. While there, she served as a mathematics
teacher, varsity volleyball and swimming coach, dorm parent,
house head, class advisor, and proctor advisor. She worked
actively on committees dealing with the creation of a faculty
workbook and residential life curriculum, and served on
the faculty mentoring council. She also introduced the C.A.
students to competition in the New England Math League,
an activity she valued highly in her own high school years.
Now seeking a Masters from the Private School Leadership
program, she expects to prepare herself to serve as a dean at
a private school.
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Nishant Mehta
Nishant Mehta comes to the Klingenstein Center from
Dallas, TX where he taught Middle School Humanities
for 5 years at the St. Alcuin Montessori School. Nishant
also served the school in an administrative capacity as
the International Baccalaureate (IB) Coordinator for their
Middle Years Program and as their Director of Intercultural
Affairs & Social Justice. This past year, Nishant was the CoChair of the NAIS People of Color Conference in Dallas, TX,
and this year he will serve on the faculty of the Student
Diversity Leadership Conference, also hosted by NAIS.
Nishant also maintains a website and personal blog at
www.nishantmehta.com. The night before starting classes
here at Columbia, he proposed to his girlfriend, Tia, on top
of the Empire State Building. They will be married in their
Sarah Mongan
BIO
Sarah Mongan comes to the Klingenstein program after
five years at Dublin School in Dublin, NH. While at Dublin,
Sarah taught History, coached several sports and lived
in the upper class girls dormitory. Most recently, Sarah
served as Director of Athletics for the 2005-2006 school
year. Sarah graduated from Bates College with a degree in
History.
Ignacio Montoya
BIO
Ignacio Montoya has taught at Crossroads School in Santa
Monica, California, for the past five years. After graduating
Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard, Ignacio accepted a teaching
internship at Marymount International School in Rome. After
his year in Italy, he worked at an elementary school in the
Los Angeles Unified School District for three years before
moving on to Crossroads School.
Through his Klingenstein Fellows project, Ignacio plans
to create a teacher resource that will help bridge the gap
between lay conceptions of language and those of linguists.
He will examine ideas from various areas of linguistics that
are relevant to educational practice in order to develop ways
in which these ideas can be better incorporated into teacher
practice.
Erika Penczer
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Peter Nilsson
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Michael Nachbar
Michael Nachbar graduated from Indiana University with
degrees in English and Psychology. He started his career
in education as a Teach for America corps member in
Roma, Texas where he taught high school English for two
years. Michael returned home to New York and continued
teaching for seven years at Village Community School in
Manhattan where he was a head middle school teacher
before switching to an administrative role as the school’s
Director of Technology. Michael also started The Adventure
Trails Hiking Camp for elementary and middle school
students, which he has been leading and running for
the past four summers. After attending the Klingenstein
program, Michael looks forward to his continued career in
education as a school administrator.
Peter Nilsson graduated from Middlebury College in 1999
with majors in English Literature and Music. One year after
graduating, Peter began work as an English teacher at
Deerfield Academy, where he remained for five years. During
those summers, Peter spent time leading bicycle tours,
including several trips in Vermont, two tours from London to
Rome, and one cross-country journey from Savannah, Georgia
to Santa Monica, California. He also participated in a National
Endowment for the Humanities seminar entitled “Paradise Lost
and the Contemporary Reader.” One year ago, however, Peter
moved to New York City to become a musician. Here, he has
enjoyed working by day as a private tutor and as a substitute
teacher at several independent schools in the city. By night
he’s been spotted at venues like the Cutting Room, the Bitter
End, and the Rockwood Music Hall. He misses teaching, and
hence, he is here.
Erika Penczer graduated from Colby College in 1990 with
a B.A. in Biology and a concentration in Environmental Science.
After a stint teaching in the Peace Corps and an internship at
Colorado Academy in Denver, she went on to teach science and
math at the Holderness School in Plymouth, NH and the Annie
Wright School in Tacoma, WA before returning home to Gould
Academy in Bethel, ME. In the past two years, Erika has taken
on the administrative position as Director of the 8th Grade Winter Term at Gould and has discovered her passion for school
leadership. The Klingenstein Center’s Private School Leadership
program offers her the ideal venue to explore new ideas and
skills with other experienced educators. Erika moves to New
York from western Maine with her husband and two young children.
Chelsea Pope
BIO
A native of Texas and a 1997 Magna Cum Laude graduate
of Fisk University in Nashville, Chelsea Pope received her
Bachelors of Science Degree in Chemistry. As a 9th year
teacher, she has gained diverse experience by teaching
grades 5-12 in the public schools, charter districts, and in the
independent school community. Currently, Chelsea teaches
middle school science and directs an Engineering Math and
Science Summer Institute at The Kinkaid School in Houston.
Using more progressive independent schools as a model for
learning best practices, policies, and programs that have
contributed to the success of their diversity efforts, Chelsea
will conduct a methodical, comprehensive study to compile
and assess the best practices of exemplary admissions
programs that effectively identify, recruit, enroll, retain, and
support students and families who offer greater diversity to
their school communities.
Patrick Rusca
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Christine Reardon
BIO
Christy Reardon has spent most of her life affiliated with various
Quaker schools: she attended Lincoln School in Rhode Island,
graduated from Swarthmore College, then taught at Sandy Spring
Friends School in Maryland before joining the faculty at Friends
Select School in Philadelphia. At Friends Select, she has taught
third through fifth grades and served as the director of the Summer
Academic Program. Christy is active in the Philadelphia community
as a committee person and community garden coordinator. Her
husband and two sons will join her to explore life in a new city for
the year.
Christy’s Klingenstein Fellowship project will focus on continuity
of curriculum and pedagogy in K-12 schools. By examining
curricula and teaching methods across the grade levels and the
strategies used to ease transition between divisions at a variety
of independent schools, she will identify effective models that
schools may use to help the students move smoothly through their
educational experiences.
After graduating from Creighton University (Omaha, NE) with
a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work and a Chemistry Teaching
Certificate in 2001, Patrick Rusca taught chemistry for four years
at Creighton’s Prep school. His passion for young people extended
beyond the classroom and was fortunate enough to coach football,
wrestling and soccer teams. Growing up in Spokane, WA provided
for plenty of outdoor activity which explains his affinity towards
mountains, lakes and the shoreline. How did this guy end up in
Omaha? Having great leaders at his previous school, he became
inspired to follow in their footsteps by becoming an administrator.
A firm believer in hard work and “others centeredness,” Patrick
believes nothing is impossible with a little ingenuity and elbow
grease. Living in an apartment style dwelling will be a kickback to
college days, but regardless, Patrick is excited for the opportunity
to study in the Private School Leadership program.
Christopher Seeley
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John Schatz
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Charles Savenor
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and Director of Admissions for the Rabbinical School of the
Jewish Theological Seminary. After graduating Summa
Cum Laude from Brandeis University in 1991, he received
Rabbinical Ordination and a Masters Degree from the
Jewish Theological Seminary in 1996. Charlie served for
five years as the Associate Rabbi at Anshe Emet in Chicago
before returning to New York. He possesses a passion
for travel education and has led several summer trips to
Israel, Central and Eastern Europe. In addition to rooting
for the Boston Red Sox, Charlie enjoys writing, jogging,
and spending time with his wife, Julie, and son, Joseph.
John Schatz graduated from Bucknell University with a BS
in Mathematics and Environmental Studies. He spent four
years on the island of Eleuthera in The Bahamas, working
at The Island School, a semester study abroad program for
high school students. John taught math there for three years
and most recently, served as Dean of School, overseeing
the residential and academic programs. Originally from
Acton, Massachusetts, John has also taught math for The
Shackleton School, an expedition-based high school, and
helped facilitate communication and teambuilding workshops
with student groups at the Kieve Leadership Decisions
Institute in Maine. He is looking forward to his studies at the
Klingenstein Center and hopes that they will prepare him
well for successfully taking on leadership roles both inside
and outside the classroom in the future.
Christopher Seeley is eager to return to his native
city after a twenty-one year hiatus in the hinterland known
as Red Sox Nation. He has been at Groton School for
the past twelve years, where he teaches in the Religion
and Ethics Department, coaches varsity baseball and
football, has served in the Admission Office, and has run a
dormitory. He is currently taking a sabbatical leave from
the school and from his post as Dean of Faculty. Chris
is a graduate of Groton and of Bowdoin College, where
he earned degrees in Religion and Spanish. Chris, his
wife, Staci, and his children, Camille and Crawford, look
forward to their year in New York, and Chris is eager
to take advantage of the professional and educational
opportunities the Klingenstein Center will offer.
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Guybe Slangen
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Jonathan Shiller
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Noah Segal
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, Noah Segal spent
the past five years in Washington, DC teaching Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, and Environmental Science
at Georgetown Day High School. Noah graduated with
a Sc.B. in Chemistry from Brown University in 1999 and
completed graduate work in Chemistry at the Scripps
Research Institute in La Jolla, CA before discovering the
joys of teaching. His experience as a participant in the
2003 Klingenstein Summer Institute has him excited for
the upcoming year of reflection and inquiry into private
school leadership and education. He is also looking
forward to exploring the many restaurants, cafes, and
bookstores in New York City.
Jonathan Shiller began his career in education after
graduating from NYU with a B.S. in Elementary Education. After teaching fifth grade in a public school in
Morristown, NJ, Jonathan moved to San Francisco, CA.
He worked at two independent Bay Area schools, teaching 3rd and 4th grade Language Arts, 5th grade math and
science, and, most recently, second grade homeroom.
He truly enjoyed working with kids at several different
grade levels. In his spare time he cooks and practices
yoga. Two years ago, he was certified in yoga and has
taught the practice to adults and children. He is originally from New Jersey, and he is looking forward to
spending time with his family while also taking on the
challenge of graduate studies at Columbia University.
Guybe Slangen has spent the last six years as the Dean of
Students at the Head-Royce School in Oakland, CA organizing
the service learning, global education, and peer education
programs, in addition to teaching a freshman history course.
For the past five summers he has taken Head-Royce students
to Asia on a three-week study tour emphasizing service
learning and cultural immersion. Prior to moving to California,
Guybe spent two years in Colorado at the Crested Butte
Academy as the Director of Activities, running the school’s
residential and outdoor education programs. Guybe got
his start in independent schools at the Maplebrook School
in Amenia, NY working with students with severe learning
disabilities. Upon graduation from Dickinson College, he spent
six months walking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to
Maine. An avid surfer, skier, photographer, and traveler, Guybe
is looking forward sinking his teeth into the “Big Apple!”
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BIO
Reinald Yoder
Reinald Yoder has completed his eighth year teaching AP
Computer Science and a variety of other electives in math and
computer science at Marist School in Atlanta, GA. He has been
active with MOSAIC, the diversity student group at Marist, and
attended the NAIS People of Color Conference. He is passionate
about issues of peace, justice, equity and diversity on campus and
out in the world. He has enjoyed coaching Soccer and Volleyball
and is currently energized with issues about Faculty Evaluation
and Peer-Coaching. Prior to teaching at Marist, Reinald served as
Technology Coordinator and Computer Science Department Chair
at Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, an all-girls K-12
Catholic school in Princeton, NJ. His first three years of teaching
mathematics were at Morristown-Beard school in Morristown, NJ
where he was mentored into loving teaching as a vocation for life.
He received a B.A. from Swarthmore College in Political Science,
and has since taken nine computer science courses to support his
efforts in teaching. Reinald loves to experience new areas of the
world and of life and is currently most absorbed with exploring the
outdoors with hiking and camping.
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