Teachers & Staff
General Education Teachers | Subject Teachers | Student Support Staff | Homeschool Teachers | Administration
Classroom Teachers & Assistants
The Waldorf model includes class teachers in grades 1-8 looping with their students for more than one year. Some teachers stay with their classes all eight years, some are middle school experts, some are early elementary experts. Kindergarten teachers are stable in their self-contained classrooms, continuing as kinder teachers year after year.
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Special Subject Teachers
Subject teachers specialize in areas of expertise and have the vantage point of teaching many classes, with some teaching all 1-8 students in the school.
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Student Support Staff
Our social-emotional and behavioral support staff includes our dean of students, our school counselor, and our school social worker. Our academic interventionists provide specialized support for students needing small group help in reading and mathematics. Special education teachers support students who qualify for special education. Our gifted and talented teacher provides support for students qualifying for advanced learning plans. Our paraprofessionals and assistants provide further support for students.
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Homeschool Teachers
Homeschool teachers provide supplemental programming for students who are primarily educated in the home environment. We have an in-person homeschool program – the Village Homeschool. We also have an online homeschool program – the Frontier Homeschool.
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Administration
MARY ANN MAJOR
Registrar & Enrollment Coordinator
Mary Ann began as the registrar for Mountain Song in 2022. For over 10 years she worked as a registrar for several Colorado Springs District 11 schools. Prior to moving to Colorado from Georgia, in 2008, she worked as the Media clerk in an Elementary school with over 600 students. She is a native of North Carolina where she graduated from University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a Bachelor’s of Science from the School of Environmental Sciences. When not at work Mary Ann enjoys sewing, reading, the beautiful outdoors and spending time with her family.
JESSIE STEGE
Education Data Systems Manager
Jessie Stege has taught at Mountain Song since 2022, most recently as a middle school teacher. They have a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from Webster University. They spent a few years after college working as a theatrical carpenter, painter, and parade float fabricator in Saint Louis. Jessie worked for the Fort Zumwalt School district for three years, teaching technical theater and working with the Performing Arts program. They moved to Colorado Springs in 2022 and were so excited when they heard about a new teaching opportunity at a Waldorf school in the neighborhood. In Jessie’s spare time, they enjoy playing Dungeons and Dragons with their friends, spending quality time out on the town with their spouse, and enjoying much needed rest on the couch with their three pets.
ANDREA ROBERTSON
Business Manager
Bio coming soon!
KARL JOHNSON
Pedagogical Director
Mr. Karl Johnson has been an educator for over 40 years and has taught in the Waldorf movement since 1986. He brings an absolute wealth of experience to Mountain Song.
He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Utah State University and his Master’s in Guidance and Counseling from Utah State University. He also holds a Waldorf Education Support Specialist Certificate from the Gradalis Institute. Mr. Johnson has been a Waldorf class teacher and music teacher for over twenty years and a Waldorf pedagogical leader, mentor, and trainer for the last decade.
An experienced adult educator, Mr. Johnson has mentored and trained hundreds of teachers at dozens of Waldorf schools including in China, Nepal, New Zealand, the Hawaiian Islands, Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. He currently serves on the faculty of Gradalis Institute in Denver, and has also previously taught on the faculty for the West Coast Institute for Studies in Anthroposophy in British Columbia and in the Xian Waldorf Teacher Training Program in Xian, China. He is the author of the forthcoming book, Honing Our Craft: Pedagogy and Leadership in the Waldorf Classroom.
Communication and Development
LAUREN FERRARA
Marketing & Communications Director
Lauren Ferrara love sharing the story of Mountain Song! She brings a wealth of expertise to her role at Mountain Song. She was the evening anchor for over 5 years at FOX21 News in Colorado Springs and previously anchored and reported at news stations in Tennessee, Nevada, and Texas. Lauren’s work has been recognized by the Colorado Broadcasters Association as well as the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (EMMYS). Lauren earned her B.A. in Psychology and Kinesiology from Rice University in Houston, Texas and spend time studying in Argentina and Ireland. Throughout her career in journalism and beyond, Lauren has worked with the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region, the Air Force Association, the Children’s Literacy Center, Goodwill of Colorado, Junior League, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and others.
