BATTI Instructors and Administrators

Students in the Bay Area Teacher Training Institute benefit from the diversity and wealth of experience of its instructors. With teaching and administrative experience in both independent and public schools, and other related, child-centered, professional endeavors, our instructors, in conjunction with the Executive Director and University of the Pacific, have developed a curriculum that is as dynamic as the students they teach.

Marty Conrad, Ph.D., Literacy Assessment (emphasis 4-6); Literacy Development (emphasis K-3)
Assistant Professor, Department of Elementary Education, San Francisco State University, Literacy Coach Berkeley Unified School District

Chris Corrigan, M.A. Educational Technology, Technology Enhanced Classroom
Technology Instructor and Service Learning Coordinator, San Francisco Day School

Soheyl Dahi, M.A. Business and Management, Transformative Education
Supervisor and Adjunct Instructor, University of the Pacific

Michael Elium, Ed.D. Exceptional Learner Instructor
Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of the Pacific

Judy Gilson, Ed.D., Curriculum and Instruction in Science; Curriculum and Instruction in Math
Supervisor, University of the Pacific, University of San Francisco
Former teacher, Katherine Delmar Burke School, San Francisco Day School

Bob Houghteling, M.A. Educational Leadership, BATTI Executive Director, Second-Year Student Teaching Seminar, Second-Year Student Teaching Supervisor
Former 5th Grade Math Teacher, Prospect Sierra School, El Cerrito, CA

Eugenia Kaw, Ph.D., Teaching English Language Learners
Supervisor and Adjunct Instructor, University of the Pacific , University of California, Berkeley Extension program

Susan McGrath, M.A. Latin American Studies, Exceptional Learner Instructor
Supervisor and Adjunct Instructor, University of the Pacific ; head of Educational Care Department, St. Paul’s Episcopal School

Julie McNamara, Ph.D. Development in Mathematics and Science, Curriculum and Instruction in Math, Development specialist, Marilyn Burns’s Math Solutions

Katrina Tilds, M.A. Language and Literacy,English Language Learners; Student Teaching Seminar
6th Grade Language Arts/Social Studies Core Teacher, Lawton Alternative School

Laurie Wager, M.A. Language and Literacy, Literacy Development (emphasis K-3)
Reading specialist, Sherman School, SFUSD

Raleigh Zwerin, M.A. Educational Technology, 1st Year Student Teaching Seminar), former intern and teacher, Town School; BATTI supervisor and Clear program mentor