Faculty

Andrea Eichinger-Wiese, Salmonberries Kindergarten Teacher

One of four children, Andrea Eichinger-Wiese has fond memories of a childhood spent in travel, due to her father's career in the Air Force. She developed an interest in Waldorf education while a student at the University of Oregon, from which she received a BA in Art Education. Mrs. Eichinger-Wiese has extensive experience as a Waldorf Early Childhood teacher, including three years of operating her own kindergarten. She has been mentoring kindergarten teachers since 1996 and developed and implemented a curriculum for the Early Childhood Education Program at the Eugene Waldorf Teacher Training School in Oregon, where she served as an adult education teacher from 1992-2002. Andrea Eichinger-Wiese joined Bright Water in 2005.