Administrators
The Administrative Staff oversee the daily operational aspects of the entire school while also supporting the self-governance alongside our Faculty. The whole school is supported by staff in the following departments: Admissions, Athletics, Business, Marketing & Communications, Development, Facilities, Information Technology (IT), Lower School and High School Administration, and Student Services.
Thom Schaefer, Interim High School Administrator
Thom Schaefer (he, him) has been a lifelong educator, teaching and administering from elementary school through college in public and private settings. To Thom, “teaching means taking responsibility for empowering students to be critical thinkers. In keeping with the times, our relationships need to be reformed, rethought, and redesigned.”
Thom has a BA in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz and an MA in Education from Touro University. He received his Waldorf Teacher Training from Rene Querido at Rudolf Steiner College. Thom has been a Waldorf teacher trainer and an anthroposophic adult educator at Rudolf Steiner College in California, Sunbridge College in New York, the Rudolf Steiner Centre in Toronto, and Gradalis in Denver. In 2011, Thom co-founded Credo High School, a Waldorf-Inspired Public Charter School in Sonoma County, California. Starting with 40 students, Credo currently has an enrollment of 450.
Most recently, Thom and his wife Dena spent the last year training and mentoring local teachers for a developing Waldorf initiative in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica. With a sense of excitement, Thom will assume the role of Interim High School Administrator at the Sacramento Waldorf School. Thom is the father of three grown children and five delightful grandchildren scattered throughout the country.