Miss Hellene has been in the Waldorf world for almost 30 years and has taught parent-tot classes through college graduate level classes. Throughout her two-decade career at Journey School, Miss Hellene has learned to cultivate joy, love, and reverence in her classroom like seeds in a garden. Miss Hellene continues to draw strength in teaching by building exceptional “community” with parents and colleagues.
Miss Hellene is dedicated to modeling positive and diverse representation, stories, actions, and language that fosters open-mindedness, self-expression, and a rich understanding of the diversity in our world for the young child. Miss Hellene serves at Journey School, the Alliance for Public WE and WECAN, and various institutions of adult education to further our movement of public Waldorf Education. It is Miss Hellene’s honor to serve her Morning Glory families and our JS community. Miss Hellene strives to protect childhood, listen, walk peacefully and be present.
In addition to extensive teaching experience, Miss Hellene is a life-long learner who possesses the following degrees and credentials: BS in Psychology, MA/ABD in Clinical Psychology, MA in Waldorf Education, Waldorf Certification, California Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, and a School Psychologist Credential. In addition, Miss Hellene taught at Rudolf Steiner College in the Hybrid Program for public teachers as an early childhood leader as well as Grades 1 & 2 cohort leader. Currently, Miss Hellene serves as a mentor to Journey School faculty.
Prior to teaching, she was a District School Psychologist in Carlsbad for 13 years. She was drawn to teaching and Waldorf Education when her first of three children were born. She has homeschooled her own children as well as others, participated in an Independent Waldorf School initiative and now strives through the Charter movement to bring Waldorf education to all children. She currently serves as a mentor at Journey School.
Miss Hellene is fortunate to share the enormous transition with teachers and parents from the home-like environment of Kindergarten to Grade One. This is indeed one of the child’s largest transitions in a child’s school career. Miss Hellene believes that Waldorf Education is needed now more than ever as an antidote for the media-technological age that today’s children are bombarded and immersed within. One of her goals is to protect the early years of childhood and preserve and foster the inner development of the child. This allows for the possibility of unlimited capacities including creativity, critical thinking, multi-level development of intelligence, social consciousness, healthy interpersonal relationships and a well-rounded, emotionally grounded human being.
Waldorf education seeks to create a person who loves learning for its own sake. On goal of the Early Childhood Department is to foster collaboration, guidance, and a strong foundation of Waldorf education to create security, trust and knowledge of the curriculum, expectations, and outcomes.
