Teachers

Our Teachers

Anne Branzell-Spiegler, M.A., Head Teacher

My husband Jeff and I moved to New England nearly ten years ago with 2-year old Maeve and 6-week old Galen. Our Maryland roots are deep but we love being in New Hampshire with its many amenities. We first encountered Waldorf education at Morning Song Preschool where our daughter, and later son Galen, attended. Daughter Fiona also attended as infant assistant to me, while I worked in the office. I was my son’s assistant one day a week and loved being in the nursery. Currently, our three children are enrolled at the Monadnock Waldorf School in Keene, NH. In the fall of 1999, I happily joined Cobb Meadow as assistant teacher. After two years in that position, I enrolled at Antioch New England in the Waldorf Teacher Training Program and am now beginning my second year as head teacher and fifth year in the Cobb Meadow community. I received a B.A. in Russian Studies from the University of Maryland (1986) and a M.A. in Elementary Education with Waldorf Teaching Certification (2003). I am very excited and awed at being a teacher. Outside of school I am busy parenting three beautiful and very active children. I love folk music, singing and canoeing. When possible I try to keep up my command of the Russian language, in hopes of traveling there again, family in tow.

Claire Casey , M.A., Assistant Teacher

Claire has five years of classroom experience working as an Assistant in a Waldorf Kindergarten at the Michael Hall School in England. She earned her Certification and Diploma from the Steiner-Waldorf Early Childhood Training Course in London. She has an enthusiasm and love for the joy that small children bring to school.

Claire has an extensive background in French, having earned her MAT in French at Rutgers University in NJ. She went on to teach French at many different levels including the college level. Claire’s other interests are handwork, Chakric healing, singing, ice-skating and cross-country skiing.

Libby Haddock, Parent-Child Playgroup CoordinatorLibby has just completed teaching young children for the past 30 years: Nine years at the Well School in Peterborough, and twenty years for the Monadnock Waldorf School in Keene. She started Cobb Meadow School in 1992 and taught there for five years. Her kindergarten training was completed in Forrest Row in Sussex, England 1990-91. Libby just completed a three-year training in Puppetry and plans to perform with a troupe locally. She is currently mentoring three students who are engaged in the Early Childhood Program at Sunbridge College. Libby serves on the board of Sophia's Hearth Family Center and Cobb Meadow School. She and her husband Jim are the parents of three adult sons and eight lovely grandchildren. She loves toy-making, gardening, searching for wild mushrooms and travel but most of all children.