Michael Mancini is a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certified teacher. He helped to found the East Bay Waldorf High School, oversaw curriculum at the Kamehameha School in Hawaii, and taught for many years at both the elementary and secondary levels at Waldorf and independent schools in Hawaii and California. He earned his BA in English Literature from Colorado College and his MEd in Standards-Based Education from National University. He was awarded certification from the highly rigorous National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) and attended The Principles Center at Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has also received extensive teacher training in Waldorf education at Rudolf Steiner College. He is currently the administrator of Haleakala Waldorf School. He lives in Kula on the island of Maui in Hawaii.