Sixth Grade

Ilie Watterson

Ilie Watterson holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development from Humboldt State University and her teaching credential from Dominican University in San Rafael. In addition, she holds a Master’s Degree in Leadership and Change in Education: Integrating California State Standards into a Waldorf Methods Charter School.

In her words:

“My passion is to “motivate the future”; to teach students to think for themselves, to seek their own answers to questions with guidance, to think divergently so that they can solve future problems that don’t necessarily exist yet; to encourage them to work in collaboration with each other to develop a better outcome than they could do alone.

I have found in the Novato Charter School a best of both worlds: a place where teachers are given the creative freedom to blend all the finest practices in education and ample opportunities to collaborate with other brilliant educators.

As a teacher, it is particularly motivating to be supported by such a committed and enthusiastic community such as the one present at the Novato Charter School. This, coupled with strong, capable and nurturing leadership renews my passion for teaching each and every day.”