Jules Greene

Jules is delighted to be working with her favorite age group, Middle Schoolers, and to be working at a progressive school like Park Day School which holds students at the center of learning. A product of independent schools, Jules entered the field of education to ensure all students in independent schools were able to access equitable and inclusive communities. Jules taught Middle School History at Hillbrook school for nearly 7 years, and was the founding Director of Diversity there. She graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a B.A. in history, focusing on Asian and Islamic Studies, and a Master’s in History Education from San Jose State University. Her love for equity, inclusion and social emotional learning lead her to want to explore Equity and Inclusion work, and she has spent the past two years at Drew School, as the Director of Equity and Inclusion. In conjunction with campus wide equity work, Jules was able to explore the world of Social Entrepreneurship, bringing real world learning and experiences to students. In addition to her work in teaching and leading equity efforts, Jules has been a frequent conference speaker and teacher coach. She is excited to be returning to a Middle School environment, and values holding space for faculty, staff and students to have the hard conversations that are deeply necessary to move equity work forward, and support continual student growth academically and personally. Jules sees progressive education as deeply important to help students foster skills to figure out how they learn best, while helping them develop empathy and curiosity towards differences. She appreciates that school is a place for students to take these learnings and try, make mistakes, and get messy in an environment of trust, safety and support. In her personal life, Jules has been a golfer since the age of 7 and continues to teach anyone who is willing to join on the course! She loves food, coffee, cooking, coffee and more coffee!