KATE WALKER, M.Ed.
2/3 TEACHER

Kate Walker came to Birches from Cold Spring School in New Haven, Connecticut, where she taught for ten years. She received her B.S. from New York University in 2001 and her Master's degree from Bank Street College of Education in 2003. She taught for three years in a combined 4th and 5th grade classroom at Cold Spring School and then was the Master Teacher for seven years in a combined 2nd and 3rd grade classroom. From 2003 to 2011, Kate was the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade co-director of the Cold Spring School Technology Summer Session. She served on several visiting committees for the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools Accreditation process. Kate began teaching at Birches when its doors opened to the first five students in the fall of 2012. Her oldest daughter graduated from the 8th grade at Birches in 2022; her middle daughter is an 8th grader; and her youngest daughter is a second grader.