Golestan Education
Gretchen Doering is an experienced educator and program manager with a focus on environmental and culinary education. Currently serving as a Garden Teacher and Farm & Office Manager at Golestan Kids since August 2020, Gretchen has also held multiple roles that emphasize garden and cooking education, including Seed to Table Director at Alameda Boys & Girls Club and various facilitator positions at Nea Community Learning Center and Alameda Community Learning Center. With a background that features hands-on curriculum development, volunteer coordination, and community engagement, Gretchen's previous experiences include operations development at Square Food Foundation and serving as a youth garden programs coordinator with Marion-Polk Food Share. Gretchen possesses a Certified Environmental Educator qualification and holds a Master’s degree in Food Culture & Communications from Universita degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche, along with a Bachelor's degree in Religious Studies from Lewis & Clark College.
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Golestan Education
Golestan’s Mission: At Golestan Education, we partner with children, families and educators to create joyful learning environments that are collaborative, grounding and connected to the natural world. We do challenging and meaningful work that creates a community of kind, thoughtful, and courageous learners who will embrace diversity and steward our earth for future generations. Golestan Education fulfills its mission through the following offerings: Our preschool and after school programs use a fully integrated, experiential based approach in a Persian language immersion environment. Our elementary school uses an academically rigorous, project-based learning approach with a global perspective. The Colab is a pro-bono consultancy that collaborates with local and global educators and community organizations to create their ideal learning environment for children.