our teachers
Our staff consists of a director/lead teacher and two additional teachers, all with many years of early education experience. On any given day there will be at least two teachers and usually one parent helper in the classroom, providing an adult-to-child ratio of approximately 1:5. This allows the teachers to provide more individual attention and to design curriculum and activities that meet each child's interests and needs.
In addition to our teachers, we periodically have music, science, reading, and movement specialists visit the classroom. This serves to both enrich the curriculum and add a little extra excitement to the day!
BARB DAY, Director/Lead Teacher
Barb has been with Burr Cooperative for almost 15 years — she began as an assistant teacher in
1996, was lead teacher for several years, and became Director of the school
in 2005. After graduating from Macalester College in St. Paul Minnesota,
she began working in the field of early education at several childcare
centers and after school programs. After her youngest child entered the
first grade, she came to work here at Burr Co-op. Both her children attended
cooperative preschools and she is committed to this educational model.
Barb lives in Newton and has two college-age children and three cats. Her hobbies include reading fiction and listening to different kinds of music. In the classroom she enjoys reading stories to the children and introducing them to new materials and experiences. Her greatest delight is watching the development of the children's social skills and sense of community unfold as the year progresses.
LINDA GOETZ, Teacher
Linda joined the Burr Cooperative
Nursery School staff in 2008. Before coming to Burr Co-op,
Linda taught in both the 3 and 4 year-old classrooms at Weekday Nursery
School in Newton Highlands. She has also taught toddlers at JAMS in Waban.
Linda has a B.A. in History from the University of Maryland and has taken classes in Early Childhood Development and Theater. She acts in Boston area theaters and also in upstate New York. Linda brings her love of theater and children's literature into the classroom. She lives in Newton and her son, Ian, is in second grade at Countryside School. She enjoys spending time in his classroom and the Countryside Library. She also loves horseback riding, the ocean and travel.
