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 San Francisco State University, have developed a curriculum that is as dynamic as the students they teach.

Vida Barham, First-Year Student Teacher Supervisor, Coordinator of Special Projects
Reading Specialist, Katherine Delmar Burke School

Darcy Campbell, Child Development
Adjunct Professor, SFSU
Director, Cow Hollow Preschool, San Francisco

Deborah Estell, Social, Cultural and Historical Foundations of Education
Guidance Counselor, John Muir Elementary School, San Francisco
Coordinator, Co-Host of Street Soldiers Radio Show, Omega Leadership Academy

Joyce Evans, Second-Year Student Teacher Seminar
Recruiting Consultant, Cal/West Educators Placement
Former Head of School, The Town School, NY, NY.

Harriet Finkelstein, M.S, First-Year Student Teaching Seminar
Educational Therapist, Private Practice, Berkeley, CA
Learning Specialist, Montessori Family School, Kensington, CA
Educational Therapist, Ann Martin Children's Center, Oakland, CA

Barbara Henderson, BATTI Coordinator at San Francisco State University
Associate Professor, Department of Elementary Education, San Francisco State University
Coordinator of the Department's Graduate and Early Childhood Programs

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

Peggy McLean, Curriculum and Instruction in Mathematics
Mathematics Specialist, Nueva School, Hillsborough, CA
Consultant, Mathematics and Science education, teacher training with school districs and publishing companies
Author, works include Mathtime Playtime, and Building Understanding with Base Ten Blocks

Tom Murray, Curriculum and Instruction in Mathematics
Mathematics Specialist, 5th Grade Homeroom Teacher, Nueva School, Hillsborough, CA

Marianne O'Grady, Curriculum and Instruction in Science
Founding 2nd Grade Teacher, San Francisco Friends School
Instructor, Math and Science Education, University of San Francisco Graduate School of Education
Member Teacher, Afghan Friends Network

Deborah Robison, First-Year Student Teaching Seminar
Consultant, Art and History of Children's Literature
Mentor Teacher
Author and Illustrator of Children's Books

Rachel Rosner, Student Teaching Supervisor (on leave 2006-2007)
3rd Grade Teacher, Monroe Elementary School, San Francisco

Katrina Tilds, Social Studies and Reading, Grades 3-5; Summer Student Teaching Seminar
6th Grade Language Arts/Social Studies Core Teacher, Lawton Alternative School