Staff and Teachers

Our talented and caring teachers bring rich experience, professional expertise and inspiring dedication to our nursery school.

Professional Development

Barrow Street believes it is essential to build on our teachers' extensive formal training with ongoing professional development. We host many workshops during staff development days throughout the year. Workshops from this past year included a specialized science workshop, a child observation and recording workshop, an art workshop and a block workshop. We also provide rich and exciting learning opportunities through conferences hosted by NYSAIS and NYACE where our teachers are given opportunities to reflect on personal teaching experiences, grow together as learners, and share ideas, lessons and opinions with others in a stimulating environment. All of our teachers are CPR and First Aid Infant/Child Certified.

Reggio Emilia

Most of our head teachers attended a one-of-a-kind, two-week conference in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The Reggio Emilia philosophy is based on the principles of respect, responsibility and community. These principles are learned in the classroom through exploration and self-discovery in a supportive and enriching environment based on the interests of the children.

Service Learning

Barrow Street Nursery School incorporates service learning into our curriculum through a collaboration with GenerationOn, a nonprofit advocacy organization specializing in this area. A workshop with their representatives led to an ongoing partnership in which our teachers helped to develop a collection of lesson plans for service-based learning and a guide for other nursery school teachers on how to incorporate service learning into the early childhood setting. Barrow Street Nursery School is the model for other nursery schools exploring this important new dimension of their mission.

Qualifications

Our lead teachers hold Masters Degrees in education and many of our assistant teachers are enrolled in Masters Programs in New York City. Within our diverse teaching community we have a chef, a marathon runner, a gymnast, an ice skater, a specialist in music, an avid botanist, a tennis player and several proud mothers, who all bring a love of learning and a wealth of talent to their work everyday.

Nancy Glauberman, Ed.D. Sr. Director
Boston University, B.A.
Teachers College, Columbia University, Ed.D.

Carol Carrozelli, Educational Director
University of Connecticut, B.A.
Sacred Heart University, M.S.

Nicole Ferrin, Director of Admissions 
Wake Forest University, B.S.
Bank Street College of Education, M.S