Neighborhood Charter Schools
Shantel H. is an experienced educator currently serving as a 4th and 5th Grade Science Teacher and a 1st and 2nd Grade Science Teacher at Neighborhood Charter Schools since August 2021. Prior to this role, Shantel was an Associate Teacher at Success Academy Charter Schools from August 2020 to May 2021 and worked as a Program Impact Coordinator at YWCA USA, implementing educational activities for elementary students. Additional experience includes co-facilitating English language lessons for survivors of domestic violence with Nos Sobran Los Motivo, serving as an Operations Intern at Harlem Village Academies, and working as a Spring Fellow Assistant with iEARN-USA. Shantel holds a Master of Art in Teaching from Relay Graduate School of Education and a Bachelor of Arts in International/Global Studies from Dickinson College, among other educational qualifications.
Neighborhood Charter Schools
Neighborhood Charter Schools' mission is to provide the children of Harlem with new educational opportunities through a rigorous, comprehensive K-8 program that cultivates the intellectual, social and emotional development of each child. Our students, who include high functioning children with autism spectrum disorders, will become independent learners and critical thinkers, will acquire the academic skills that they need to succeed in college preparatory high schools and will exhibit the social and emotional skills that will allow them to reach their full potential. The school provides a rich, rigorous and fully inclusive education to a broad range of Harlem children, including English Language Learners, students with disabilities, students who struggle academically and gifted students. The school has a specialized program for high-functioning students on the autism spectrum (ASD students) in each grade. The ASD program, which is modeled on the successful ASD Nest program currently operating in 16 New York City Department of Education (DOE) schools, is the first of its kind in Central Harlem.