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Meet The Team

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Bonnie McGuire

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Bonnie McGuire is a lifelong public school educator-teacher, principal, central office administrator. Since retiring from Tacoma Public Schools, she continues to support public education as a consultant (investigations, discipline hearing officer, administrative/classroom teacher coach, trainer, outside evaluator, and more.) She and her husband love to laugh, dance, play golf, read, spoil their grandchildren, and laugh some more. She loves public education and continues to answer its call. 

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Barbara Ritter

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Barbara Ritter has been a career educator in traditional and non-traditional ways. As a teacher, she served elementary, high school, and college students.  As an administrator, she was a Career and Technical Education Director and Curriculum Director.  After retiring, Barbara was a consultant training hospital medical staff in on-line charting. She also volunteered as a teacher and curriculum developer in Nigeria for a year. In addition to teaching in several states, she taught for several universities in Canada, Alaska, Guam, Oregon, and Washington.

Barbara was once an avid runner, now a walker. She enjoys her family and friends, travel, reading and writing, and her cat, Miss Kitty.

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Paula Bond

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Paula Crews Bond obtained her undergraduate degree (Early Childhood Education) through Bowling Green State University, her MA (Gifted Education) through the University of Northern Colorado, and her administrative credentials through the University of Puget Sound. She holds a Montessori credential from the Association Montessori International (AMI). She has had advanced training in Cognitive Coaching.

 

She spent 26 years leading schools in the Bethel, Tacoma and Dieringer School Districts. She was the founding principal of the two public Montessori schools in Tacoma. She has been coaching teachers through Northwest Educational Development (NWED) since 2016.

 

Prior to being a principal, Paula served as the Director of Highly Capable Programs for Tacoma Schools and OSPI, and taught in several school districts in Montana and Colorado, including on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana and a migrant community in Colorado.

 

Paula is a fierce advocate for children, and works tirelessly to ensure that all school based decisions put the needs of students before all else. She believes that all children learn better when they're intellectually and physically engaged in learning. Her days are always brighter when she's spent time in a classroom.

 

Paula loves learning, travel, music, reading, gardening, and political organizing around social justice issues. Her grandchildren are her favorite humans on the planet.

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Merideth Hansen

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Merideth Hansen is an accomplished K-8 educator with over 30 years of dedicated experience in diverse classroom settings across Whatcom and Skagit Counties. Throughout her career, Merideth has focused on serving students in Title 1 schools, enriching the educational experiences of children from a wide array of backgrounds and cultures.Her extensive expertise spans multiple roles, including general education elementary classroom teacher, Title 1/LAP reading and math specialist at both the elementary and middle school levels, and a Pre-K to 6th grade art instructor. Merideth has also been trained as a high-capable cluster classroom teacher and has served as an autism specialist for her grade level, highlighting her commitment to meeting the varied needs of her students.As an active member of her previous district’s math committee, Merideth played a pivotal role in developing a transitional CCSS math curriculum for elementary grades that was used for three years prior to the next math text adoption. She has also been instrumental in providing district-wide professional development and math coaching, ensuring that her colleagues are equipped with the tools and strategies necessary to support student success.In addition to her contributions within the classroom, Merideth has passionately mentored future educators, hosting 23 student teaching interns from Western Washington University (WWU) and Northwest Educational Development (NWED). She has also guided over 15 science and literacy practicum students from WWU over her career, sharing her knowledge and fostering the next generation of teachers. In addition, Merideth has been a NWED supervisor for retooling candidates and interns. Outside of the classroom, you may find Merideth playing trivia with friends, traveling with her family, gardening, going for a long walk or hike, or getting lost in a good book.

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