Faculty

Staff

All BAKS+ teachers are native German speakers, and have an extensive background and on-the-job experience working with children of various age-groups in a language-instruction environment.

Heike Feltes
Heike Feltes is co-director of the BAKS+ afternoon program since 2009. She is teaching 2nd grade and our AP-prep class and joined BAKS+ teaching staff in 2008. She holds a Diploma in Social Work from Cologne, Germany, as well as a California teaching credential and a masters in teaching from John F. Kennedy University. Heike was the head teacher at Bay Area Kinderstube from 1998-99. She has also taught at the German School of the East Bay in Oakland for six years everything from Kindergarten to adults and still organizes and directs the summer school there. All of her three sons will attend BAKS+ this year.

Sylvia Klein
Sylvia Klein is co-director of the BAKS+ afternoon program since 2009. She is teaching Grades 4 and 5/6 this year and joined BAKS+ teaching staff in 2008. She holds a teaching credential for elementary and middle school from Germany. Sylvia has six years teaching experience in Germany. Since 1999 she has been teaching at various programs in the USA. She taught German at the German School of Connecticut for eight years and at the German School of the East Bay in Oakland for the last four years. She is also teaching children groups in Walnut Creek and one-on-one classes for the Goethe Institute since 2009.

Gabriela Gerlach
Gabriela joined BAKS+ in September 2009. She teaches the Kindergarten group and 1st grade. Gabriela has a degree in librarianship and got her teaching diploma from the Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks, California in 2004. Her focus during the Waldorf Teacher Training was on kindergarten and foreign languages. Gabriela has been teaching all ages from kindergarten to high school students and adults in various programs in the Bay Area. She is also teaching at the German Saturday School in Oakland and one-on-one-courses at the Goethe Institute.

Marion Griffiths
Marion joined the BAKS+ staff in 2011 and is teaching third grade. She grew up in Berlin, Hamburg and Bamberg, where she worked with children in afterschool programs. After moving to the Bay Area in 1999, she worked for two years as a pre-K teacher at the German language school of Marin. Marion earned her BA in psychology from Sonoma State University in 2009 and is currently working on her MA in psychology. Marion is also working part-time at the Kinderstube. She lives with her husband and two rescue rabbits in Berkeley.

Sandra von Doetinchem de Rande
Sandra von Doetinchem de Rande joined BAKS+ in Fall 2011 where she teaches 7th and 8th grade. She holds a German diploma in educational sciences from the University Duisburg-Essen, Germany, and is also a certified mediator. She has worked with children, adolescents, and adults of nearly every age in various non-profit organizations, universities and research institutions, e.g., as a consultant for the German Institute for Adult Education (DIE), Bonn, Germany. Sandra is also teaching at the German Saturday School in Oakland.

Jobs

Deutsche Sprachschule Berkeley (a.k.a. BAKS+) is currently looking for energetic and enthusiastic teachers to join our team! We teach German to children from Kindergarten through high school. Classes meet once a week in the afternoon.

A classroom teacher is responsible for implementing the curriculum, preparing all activities, and differentiating the lessons focusing on each student’s proficiency level.

Classes are up to twelve students and run through the entire school year. We use German textbooks and reading material as well as DaF material to support and personalize the curriculum. We expect of our teaching staff to provide a creative and supportive atmosphere where learning German is being enjoyed by all students. For inquiries or to send us your application please contact us at:

baksplus@kinderstube.org

Thank you for your attention and interest. Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Nachricht.

Der Schulvorstand

Hinweis für internationale Bewerber/innen: Da wir ein Nachmittagsprogramm sind, unterrichten unsere Lehrer/innen nur 2.5 Stunden pro Woche. Aus diesem Grund können wir leider keine Visumbürgschaften übernehmen, sondern nur örtliche Bewerber/innen mit Arbeitserlaubnis einstellen.