Delana Hill
Seaside Charter Consortium, Jacksonville, FL
Delana Hill is the Principal at Seaside Charter School North Campus in Jacksonville, Florida. Serving over 300 diverse students at North Campus, Ms. Hill's goal is to integrate the Waldorf-Inspired philosophy and a standards-based curriculum to create equitable outcomes for all students.
A critical thinker, Ms. Hill feels confined by the ways of traditional education and works to bring her passion for life to the students, families, and staff to inspire them to push forth into the world with empathetic hearts and critical minds in order to make positive change for our future.
Ms. Hill has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education and Special Education from Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, and a Masters of Arts in School Administration from California State University, East Bay. She has been participating in Waldorf training and professional development for fourteen years and received her formal Waldorf training from Kentahten teacher training in Louisville, Kentucky. In addition, Ms. Hill has a passion for equity and has had training from the National Equity Project and Zaretta Hammond's Culturally Responsive Teaching.
Ms. Hill has teaching experience in grades 1 - 8 in Waldorf-Inspired settings in Louisville, Kentucky, and Oakland, California. Prior to becoming Principal, she served as Director of Curriculum at Community School for Creative Education in Oakland and Seaside Charter Consortium in Jacksonville. She has also worked as a teacher coach, Summer School Principal through Building Educated Leaders for Life, and Director of Special Education.