Adele Whitcomb
Director and Hazel room teacher
Adele leads the school and teaches in the Hazel room. She is at the door most mornings, and she is the person to ask about a tour or the festivals.
The team
The people in the rooms
Eight adults work at Rowan: the director and a teacher in each room, an assistant in each room, a handwork teacher, a garden helper and an office manager. Three of them are here.
Kabir Shenoy
Hazel room teacher
Kabir teaches in the Hazel room and leads baking day and soup day. He tells the Friday stories, and he builds the wooden props that go with them.
Alanna Teague
Willow room teacher
Alanna teaches in the Willow room, where a child's first weeks are slow and short. She leads circle there, with songs and finger plays that follow the season.
Meet the teachers on a tour
Adele and the teachers are in the rooms during every tour.