Rachel Manning – Buttercups Class Lead Teacher

Rachel was born in California and has worked in preschool and pre-K settings since 1994. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Child Development in 1996 from California State University, Northridge. She discovered Waldorf Education when her children were little. Adapting her home to a Waldorf style and taking parent-child classes, Rachel then volunteered at her children’s Waldorf schools and briefly hosted an in-home Waldorf-inspired preschool.

Inspired by a loving and nurturing grandmother, Rachel always wanted to teach. Encouraging the growth and discovery of the natural world in young students is her passion. After working as an Assistant and then Lead Kindergarten Teacher for Shining Mountain Waldorf School, she started subbing at Boulder Valley Waldorf School and BWK. Rachel received her Waldorf Early Childhood Teaching Certificate in 2015. She studied at the Rudolf Steiner College in Sacramento, California for three years.

Joining the BWK staff in 2017, Rachel worked as a lead at BWK’s Summer Camp before becoming an Assistant Teacher for the Buttercups in 2018. In the summer of 2020,  she became the Lead Buttercup teacher, a position she still holds today. In her free time, she likes creating fairy houses in nature and doing multiple crafts with natural materials.