Margot Zahner

Director of Lower School @Katherine Delmar Burke School

San Francisco, CA, US

Burke\'s is an independent K-8 gender-inclusive all-girls’ school with a 115-year tradition of educational excellence. Our mission is to educate, encourage, and empower girls. Our program combines strong academic and co-curricular programs with an emphasis on project-based learning and personal growth in a diverse and inclusive community. Burke’s emphasizes the development of fundamental and higher-level critical thinking skills in an atmosphere of creativity, exploration, academic rigor, and joyful learning.*Collaborate with K-4 faculty to ensure a dynamic, rigorous, joyful and developmentally appropriate program aligned with Burke\'s mission and strategic plan.*Actively engage with students, faculty, staff, and families to promote the warmth and closeness that defines the Lower School’s culture.

University of Wisconsin-Madison

MS, Curriculum & Instruction- Multicultural Education | Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

James Madison University

K-12 Administration License, Educational Administration and Supervision

Oregon State University

ESL & Bilingual K-12 License, K-12 ELL and Bilingual Education certificate

Virginia Commonwealth University

EdD, Educational Leadership

Macalester College

BA, English, History, Philosophy