Faculty

We are pleased to introduce the teaching faculty of Full Circle School. The goal of the School is to find highly qualified staff possessing a diverse background of knowledge and experiences. This diversity forms an integral basis for an individualized educational program. The faculty bring over a hundred years of combined teaching experience to the program. This experience combined with a ten to one child to teacher ratio provides an optimum educational environment where children's learning can flourish.

Rebecca Muir-Harmony
B.S. in Child Development, Michigan State University
Elementary Certification in Massachusetts and Michigan
Co-founder and teacher - Full Circle School since 1973
Previous teaching experiences: Nursery School, Lab School, Day Care, Kindergarten, and Community College

Michael Muir-Harmony
B.S. in Pre-Law, Michigan State University
M.A. in Child Development, Michigan State University
Co-founder and teacher - Full Circle School since 1973
Previous teaching experiences: Nursery School, Day Care, and Community College

Jeanne McOwen
B.S. in Child Development, University of Massachusetts
Elementary Certification in Massachusetts
Teacher at Full Circle School since 1987

John Friends
B.A. Communication Studies, State University of New York
M.S. Education, College of Saint Rose
Previous teaching experiences: Bement and Eaglebrook
Teaching at Full Circle since 2002

Shelley Dresser
Ed.M. Master of Education, Smith College
M.F.S. Master of Forest Science, Yale
B.A. Psychology, Queens College
Previous teaching experiences: Smith College School and Brattleboro
Teaching at Full Circle School since 1997

Ariane Goodwin
B.A. Double major Philosophy and History, Alaska Pacific University
Ed.D. Doctor of Education and Human Development with dissertation on Creativity and Adolescents, University of Massachusetts
Teaching at Full Circle since 1992

Asa Muir-Harmony
B.F.A. in Printmaking, Massachusetts College of Art
Currently in the MFA program at RISD
Teacher and Director Full Circle Summer Camp since 1995

In addition to the regular faculty, several teaching specialists lend their talents in the following areas: Anne Gengerally has conducted poetry workshops at Full Circle since 1979. Roger Tincknell has given music workshops since 1980. He has produced two children's albums with the Full Circle children; The Bear Missed the Train and Cooking Up a Rainbow.