Neme Alperstein, a recently retired gifted education teacher of 28 years with the New York City Department of Education and partner teacher in The Joyce Theater’s K-12 dance education program, shares her depth of co-curricular teaching and learning experience and her joyful tenacity in advancing educational standards. Her thirst for knowledge is ongoing as she is a doctoral student in Teaching and Learning with a specialization in Math, Science and Technology at Hofstra University. Additionally, she is a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Teachers Network Mentor. She received a NASA Excellence in Teaching Award in 2010.
Neme stresses the importance of being teachable, even while a teacher; leveraging collaboration for the benefit of all; and making the outrageous seem very possible.
