Our Teachers
Rainbow Bridge was opened in 2008 by the mother-daughter team of Rahima Baldwin Dancy and Faith Baldwin and is recognized as a “Representative Site” by LifeWays North America (see www.lifewaysnorthamerica.org). Faith has now relocated to London with her fiance, and Rahima's husband, Agaf Dancy, has joined her in caring for the children along with a third teacher to maintain an adult:child ratio of 1:4.
"Oma"
“Oma” (which means “grandma” in German and Dutch) — Rahima Baldwin Dancy opened one of the first Waldorf Preschool Homes in the 1980s, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she also taught kindergarten at the Rudolf Steiner School. She has been on the board of LifeWays North America since 2002. Rahima is internationally known as the author of You Are Your Child’s First Teacher on Steiner’s indications for birth through age six, which has been translated into Spanish, Thai, Korean, Japanese and Hebrew. She is a parenting educator, conference organizer and administrator of the weblog www.waldorfinthehome.org. Rahima also holds a Master’s in Gerontology and Organizational Change from California State University Sacramento.
"Grandpa Agaf"
Agaf Dancy was a Waldorf teacher and administrator for twenty-seven years in Michigan and locally in Boulder at Shepherd Valley and Shining Mountain Waldorf Schools. He holds a Master's in Education from Eastern Michigan University. During the summers he leads outdoor leadership programs with teens. Together Agaf and Rahima have raised four children, now ages 30-40. Agaf is delighted to be at Rainbow Bridge with young children once again, and the children love "Grandpa Agaf" and the energy he brings, including his outdoor projects, gardening and woodworking.