Nathan Mylin, Director of Education
Nate has been in the exciting field of education for over 30 years. He is a Colorado-licensed k-12 administrator with a science and math background, administrative training from Butler's innovative EPPSP program and from England with an Oxford mentor, and many years of international teaching and leadership experience. He has a broad range of skills and interests, including employee care and management, mission and vision alignment and development, staff and program evaluation, outdoor and environmental education, progressive curriculum development (with emphasis on STEM education, the science of reading, social studies, creative writing, hands-on math, Project Based Learning and integrated thematic units and projects), global education, fund raising, admissions, communication/PR, and strategic planning and partnerships. He recently served as the Lower School Director/Principal at The Colorado Springs School, leading positive strategic changes in curriculum and school culture. Prior to that he spent 5 years helping TPCS position itself as one of the premiere private schools in the Indianapolis area. Nate has been a teacher and school leader abroad in Edinburgh, Scotland, and he also worked for 15 years at Orchard School, the first progressive elementary school in the state of Indiana founded in 1922 on the progressive principles of both John Dewey and Rudolph Steiner. Nate is married to his lovely wife, Heather, and they have 4 children. This summer, while visiting his daughter who works as a Veterinarian in Scotland, he took time to connect with Waldorf educators overseas. Nate believes in servant leadership and is excited to begin his Director role at Mountain Song. He relates, "Nothing makes me more happy than bringing all of my life experience, energy and passion to make education the vibrant, challenging, engaging, memorable, inspiring, life-long adventure it can and should be for children and their families!" Nate's favorite Rudolph Steiner quote:
"Education is an experiment. I have told those who have dreamed of Waldorf schools as spreading worldwide that that is not my aim. Instead, I hope our Waldorf approach will be a model for future experiments in education based on the true understanding of child development."