Crystal Gibb joined AWS in 2011 as a substitute teacher and Extended Care teacher.  She quickly fell in love with the curriculum, finished her degree at UAB in Linguistics and Italian Studies, and was hired to be the first grade teacher for 2012-13. She began her Waldorf teaching certification training at Rudolf Steiner College the summer of 2012. 

Lewis "Luke" Lucas joined·AWS in 2000 and has worked in the Nursery, Extended Care, and Summer programs, and as an Elementary Music Teacher and Class teacher.  He holds a B.A. in Music Performance, and has received Waldorf training for Music.  A certified Waldorf Grade 1-8 Teacher, he currently teaches 2nd grade and serves as the Grades representative for the College of Teachers.

Jodie Bradley has a wealth of Waldorf experience, having served on the AWS faculty formerly as an Early Childhood Teacher (2002-2005),  a Therapeutic Classroom teacher (2010), and currently as a Class Teacher for Grade Three. Since the time she finished teaching Kindergarten, she has had a second child (who started in our Nursery program this year), and homeschooled her older child using the Waldorf grades curriculum for 4th through 6th grade until he was accepted into the Creative Writing program at Alabama School of Fine Arts for Grade 7.  She also Waldorf homeschooled her nephew for Grades 2-4 and her niece for Grades 6-7. Her niece was recently accepted at both ASFA and Shades Valley Visual Arts Academy; she chose the latter where she continues today.

Ms. Bradley has completed much of the training involving the philosophical basis of Waldorf education including two years of Foundation Studies plus Early Childhood; she is looking forward to continuing her studies toward Waldorf Grades Certification. She enjoys working with Master Waldorf Educator Eugene Schwartz and attending Waldorf and anthroposophic conferences. Ms. Bradley has also enjoyed a leadership role at AWS as a 3-year member of the Faculty Coordinating Committee (which preceded today's College of Teachers) from 2003-2005.

Liudmila Self Edwards was a substitute teacher at AWS before coming on full-time as the Grade 1 teacher in 2010. and the Grade 7/8 teacher in 2011. She brings a multicultural approach to Alabama due to her Rumanian/Russian heritage and 8 years recently spent in London.· She has brought the richness of these experiences to AWS students! Ms. Self has a Master's degree in documentary film making (Video Production) and a B.A. in Russian and English Language. She currently teaches 4th grade and serves as a Grades representative on the College of Teachers.

Michelle Fievet Lucas, a class teacher in our Elementary Program, holds a Bachelors Degree in Social Work from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a Masters Degree in Clinical Social Work from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.  She has been at Alabama Waldorf School since 2002.  She worked as a Nursery teacher for four years, and a Kindergarten teacher for two years. She completed her Waldorf Grades Certification training at Rudolf Steiner College in 2012.  She has formerly served on the College of Teachers and has acted as faculty representative to the Board of Trustees.  She is the mother of two boys, both AWS alumni, and currently teaches Grade 5 in 2012-13.

Melissa Downs graduated from Washington College with a B.A. degree in Environmental Studies and Hispanic Studies.  While at Washington College, Ms. Downs earned several awards such as The Environmental Studies Award - given to the graduating major who shows the greatest promise for making significant contributions to solving the world’s environmental problems; The Erika and Henry Salloch Award - given to the college senior whose commitment and achievement have contributed to the understanding of other cultures;  and The William Warner Writing Award - given to the college junior who shows promise in the field of environmental writing.  She was also inducted into numerous honorary societies.  Ms. Downs has worked at AWS since 2002, employed in nearly every possible capacity, and  received her full Waldorf Grades certification in 2010.  She loves plants, nature, writing and literature (particularly the Harry Potter series), and she dreams of having a small farm one day. She is currently teaching 6th grade in the Elementary School.

Lynda Powell holds a B.S. in Psychology and an M.S. in Elementary Education, Early Childhood Certification.  She completed her Waldorf Grades Certification at Rudolf Steiner College in 2009. She has taught at Alabama Waldorf School since 1994 after more than a decade of  teaching in public and other private schools. She served as kindergarten teacher for ten years,  as Reading Support instructor for 3 years and is now enjoying looping up with her class as the 7th grade teacher in the Elementary School.  She is the proud mother of twin graduates from Birmingham Southern College and a daughter,  who is an instructor at Jefferson State Community College and recently became a mom! Ms. Powell enjoys music, art, gardening, learning, AND her new GRANDBABIES!  She is member of Delta Kappa Gamma, an honorary organization for outstanding educators.  She is the Chair of the Care Group at AWS (operating under the auspices of the College of Teachers).