Why We Teach at Madeira Madeira Mission
Innovation & Support
Our Students
Diverse & Welcoming
I was teaching in China when I first saw Madeira’s mission of launching women who change the world. My then fivemonth old daughter was crawling around. I read the mission and then looked at her. I got really touched and started to tear up. I thought, man, I need to get myself there. My three years at Madeira have only strengthened my belief in the mission.
I joined Madeira because of the theater program. I was excited by the opportunity to create imaginative set designs, teach students to build, and pass on my love of technical theater. I choose to stay at Madeira because of the opportunities to grow and be innovative in my approach to education. I have never been afraid of change and I appreciate that Madeira wants to stay on the cutting edge. The arts at Madeira are well-loved and supported, something I haven’t found in many
I have long told our students that they are the School. Theirs is a fierce desire to know and to be heard, and I hear them. From my first moment at Madeira, I knew a great commitment had been made to stoke this fire inside. I bear the happy privilege of tending it.
What brought me to Madeira and makes me feel appreciated and welcomed is the diversity of faculty and staff and the diversity of the student body. Madeira is such a welcoming and accepting community! Students, faculty, and staff come from different ethnic, cultural, political, and socioeconomic backgrounds, and they contribute equally to the well-being of our Madeira community.
GLEN RUSSELL MATH DEPARTMENT CHAIR
other schools. SASHA NEWMAN ARTS DEPARTMENT CHAIR
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DR. KEITH WARD ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CHAIR
DR. XIAOFU DING WORLD LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT CHAIR
