Student Services Department

 

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS | CLASS TEACHERS | SUBJECT TEACHERS | STAFF

 
 

Mary Ellen Bettencourt
Learning Specialist
Mary Ellen has been working with children and adolescents with learning differences for over 25 years. Her interest in Waldorf education grew out of her experience teaching at the Gateway School of New York, one of only a few schools of its kind to address learning challenges using a developmental approach based in movement. Seeking this approach for her own children’s early childhood experience, she found the Waldorf School of Garden City, where she took Foundation Studies, and then WSL. Mary Ellen homeschooled her two boys for nine years, and helped to form a parent-led homeschool co-op inspired by Steiner’s indications on education and human development. She holds a Masters in Learning Disabilities from Teachers College, Columbia University, and has a private tutoring practice in Acton with a focus on literacy skills.

Susan Cody
Social Inclusion Coordinator, Librarian
Ms. Cody earned a B.A. in elementary and special education at Bridgewater State College. While looking for a school for her young children, she discovered Waldorf education and never looked back. Ms. Cody studied at Rudolf Steiner College and at Antioch University in the Waldorf Collaborative Counseling Program. She has worked to develop WSL’s social inclusion and community service program for the 8th grade.

Catherine Steiner
Educational Support Specialist
A native of France, Ms. Steiner received a B.A. in physics. Her early work included conducting research for a French pharmaceutical company and teaching math and movement at a French school in Saudi Arabia. Ms. Steiner earned an M.Ed. in elementary education and her Waldorf teaching certificate from Antioch University, as well as a certificate in Spatial Dynamics. She came to WSL as a parent (her two sons graduated from the school) and began working as a substitute teacher. She later developed a movement program and an early elementary classroom assistant position. More recently, Ms. Steiner has pursued certification in the Waldorf Extra Lesson.