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Meet our Great Teachers
(in alphabetical order)
Colleen Cohen
English Dept.
Colleen Cohen earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Education with an Academic Specialization in English from Arizona State University. Currently, Colleen is pursuing her Master’s Degree in Creative Writing and hopes to one day publish her [...]
Lawrence Douglass
Mathematics
Larry Douglass comes to AEA with 14 years of experience in mathematics education, teaching and tutoring students at the middle and high school levels. Mr. Douglass received his bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University, [...]
Ken Erenberg
Athletic Director
Coach Ken Erenberg has worked with kids and athletics for most of his professional career and has coached middle and C.I.F. high school programs in Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball, Football for over fourteen years. He is [...]
Bethany Ergican
Spanish 1 & 2
Sra. Ergican graduated from the University of Nevada-Reno with a dual major in Spanish and International Affairs with an emphasis in Latin American Studies.
Dr. Todd Farris
Dr. Farris has been an educator at the secondary and college levels for close to twenty years.
At UCLA, he earned his double-major B.S. in Psychobiology and Philosophy. He completed his masters and doctorate degrees in Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience) at UCLA graduate school, where he specialized in brain chemistry, psychopharmacology, neuroanatomy, animal [...]
Rick Kaufman
Physical Education
Mr. Rick Kaufman (a.k.a. Coach K.) wears multiple hats at EALAS. In addition to his role as Transportation Supervisor, Coach K. makes sure the Einstein Academy facility continues to run smoothly and that the students [...]
Jared Krupp
Art Department Chair
Mr. Krupp studied art at Cal State Long Beach, and graduated from CSUN with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art. He also completed the Masters in Drawing course at Associates in Art in Los [...]
Janna Largent
Math and Science
Janna Largent joins the AEA team credentialed with a BA degree in Liberal Studies and a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential from California State University Bakersfield. She has completed a Master’s Degree in Education Organizational Leadership [...]
Nehama Meged
Nehama Meged has enjoyed a life filled with adventure and diverse cultural experiences.
Nehama brings a wealth of experience, ability, humor, and passion to her position as Director of Hebrew Studies at AEA. Born and raised in Jerusalem, Israel, Nehama attended the highly gifted Boyer School. After a [...]
Miriam Pasternak, English Chairperson
Ms. Pasternak comes to AEA with outstanding credentials, a passion for teaching, a breadth of knowledge, and a love for children.
After receiving her B.A. degrees in English Literature and Education from Berkeley with summer coursework at Harvard, Ms. Pasternak received her Teaching Credential in 2008. She will soon attain her M.B.A with a School Business [...]
Lauran Spivak
History
After receiving her B.A. in history from Scripps College in 2009, Ms. Spivack went on to complete her teaching credential and Master of Arts in Education at Stanford University in 2011. Additionally, Ms. Spivack works [...]
Katie Stift
Math Department
Kathleen Stift received her Bachelor’s of Science in Liberal Studies as well as both her Multiple Subject and Single Subject-Mathematics credentials from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. She has experience teaching sixth grade as well [...]
