Erinn has spent 2/3 of her life working with children. She started as a volunteer at the YMCA in the nursery and teaching swimming lessons. At 14, she was put on payroll, and worked there for over 10 years. After high school, she pursued her teaching degree, while continuing as the Nursery Supervisor at the Y. She earned her BA in Interdisciplinary Studies, with an emphasis in Elementary Education, and spent the next 7 years working in various educational roles including ECE, SPED, and K-5classroom teacher throughout Jeffco.
In doing some additional Early Childhood coursework, Erinn learned about Waldorf, and fell in love, primarily due to the arts integration, and the whole-child approach to education. From there, she dove into learning about as much as she could about Rudolf Steiner’s teachings. She then went on to become a mama, and was blessed with 10 glorious years at home with her babes. As they neared school age, she felt even more enamored with the Waldorf approach, especially as she considered education from a mama’s point of view! She found Mountain Phoenix, and enrolled her children in the homeschool program, where her young twin daughters loved it so much they said “they wanted to go every day… not just Fridays!” She continues to feel so grateful to be integrated in the Mountain Phoenix learning community, as both a staff member, and proud parent of 3 daughters, who attend the lower grades.
Erinn loves teaching because of the connection and rapport she is able to build with children. She feels that kids offer such a different perspective, and see everything through such a magical lens of wonder and simplicity. The opportunity to connect with and support children in their growth and learning is an investment that she feels is paid in spades daily. When Erinn isn’t at work, you can find her soaking up time and sunshine with her “girlsquad”- daughters who are 10,10, and 6. As a Colorado native, she also enjoys good food, craft beer, reading, live music, hiking, and adventuring.
