Faculty & Board

Ms. Marcotte was first introduced to Waldorf Education many years ago, when she was a nanny for two children who attended the Tomte Gubben School (now the Monadnock Waldorf School) in Nelson, NH. She hoped that one day, when she had a family of her own, her children could attend a Waldorf School.

As it happened, she did not live in proximity to one, and so that was not a possibility. She lived on the seacoast, but Tidewater was not yet born, and her children were too old to attend when it came into being. However, when she decided to home school her youngest son, a Waldorf-based curriculum was the next best thing, and so her journey toward becoming a Waldorf teacher continued.

Through the years, Ms. Marcotte worked with children of all ages in many capacities – as a Sunday school teacher, church youth leader, camp director, acting teacher, literacy coach and para-educator.

She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Writing from Granite State College the same year her youngest son, whom she still homeschooled, graduated from high school. She entered the world of public education as a Title One Reading teacher, and after one year, knew she needed to work with children in a different way.

And so, she decided to apply to and was accepted into, the Waldorf Teacher Certification program at Antioch University of New England. Her training brought her to Tidewater as an intern. Now she is very happy to continue on her Waldorf journey with this year’s First Grade class.

Ms. Marcotte has two grown sons, both of whom still live in the area. She looks forward to adding the title of Grandma to her name when her oldest son and daughter-in-law decide to make that possible!

She enjoys her children and family, the theater, especially musical theater, singing, sewing and crafting, camping, hiking and the outdoors, and my wonderful group of lifelong friends.

Daniela is delighted to be part of the Tidewater Waldorf School and apply her skills as both the Sea Star mixed age kindergarten teacher and first grade German teacher. She is a passionate and dedicated teacher with more than thirty years of experience working with children at the preschool level both here in the United States and in Europe. Teaching German provides her a very special opportunity to share her language, culture and materials from her home country and her childhood.

Over the years Daniela has studied many different teaching styles and philosophies because she enjoys expanding her skills and abilities and believes there is always something new to discover. After all her years teaching she finally feels that she has found what she has always been looking for. Being a Waldorf teacher just feels right for her.

Daniela was born and raised in Austria. Since she was five years old she always wanted to be with children and to become a teacher. While in high school she decided to pursue a teaching career. Upon achieving her diploma with certificate for teaching preschool children from the Federal Institute for Kindergarten Education in Oberwart, Austria, Daniela set out on her career. She worked in numerous teaching positions in Austria at both the preschool and elementary levels. For almost fifteen years she was the directress of the Montessori Kindergarten Europahaus in Wiener Neustadt, Austria where she was responsible for 40 children ages 3-6 years old and a team of seven teachers and assistants.

While on an adventures biking trip to the Greek islands, Daniela met her future husband – an American from New Hampshire. After getting married Daniela moved to the United States in 2004 where she began a new career and life.

In addition to her teaching background Daniela loves practicing, studying and teaching Yoga. She is a certified RYT 500 senior Yoga teacher as well as a certified Reiki master.

Tricia’s background is in the theater, the corporate world and baking and she left these endeavors to pursue her interest in working with children. Tricia holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hofstra University in NY. She worked for 14 years as a production stage manager, company manager and actress throughout New England. She helped open Sweet Dreams Bakery in Stratham and worked there for several years. While in California for nine years, Tricia worked for Whole Foods Market in their marketing department. She has completed the LifeWays Training, was Tidewater’s extended day teacher for two years and now she is the Beach Pea Nursery teacher and LightHouse parent/child teacher. She has a special fondness for the very youngest children and hopes to work with babies and toddlers when Tidewater is ready to design a program for that age group.

When not at Tidewater, Tricia works in the gardens at Strawbery Banke as a garden interpreter. She enjoys reading, swimming and working in her yard. She lives in Cape Neddick, very near the ocean. In January she will be starting her seventh year at Tidewater.