I love the autonomy each teacher has in developing curriculum, though it’s scaffolded with cross-curricular, project-based activities at every grade. The joy of childhood is present in and outside of the classroom.
Tessa Steinert Evoy serves a dual role at the Charles River School as the Secondary School Director and the 7 and 8 Social Studies Teacher. In her administrative capacity, Tessa acts as the primary placement strategist for graduating students, providing guidance on independent, parochial, and public secondary school options. She is deeply committed to building equity of experience, ensuring the high school transition process is transparent and supportive for families of all backgrounds.
In the classroom, Tessa designs and implements a comprehensive, interdisciplinary “Perspectives on Justice” curriculum for seventh and eighth graders. Tessa launched the local “Witness Stones” history initiative in partnership with community organizations. She also orchestrates the eighth-grade capstone Civil Rights tour, managing the intensive pedagogical framing and logistics for travel through Mississippi and Alabama, and creates connecting professional development for educators school-wide.
Before joining the Charles River School, Tessa spent three years working within the admission office at Boston University Academy and taught eighth-grade history and ninth-grade English at Falmouth Academy. She also served as a research assistant for the Religious Literacy Project, where she co-designed unique curricular units alongside a PBS documentary film series.
Tessa holds a Master of Theological Studies (MTS) in Religion, Ethics, and Politics from Harvard Divinity School, a Bachelor of Arts in History from Boston University, and is currently completing her Master of Private School Leadership (M.Ed.) through the Klingenstein Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College.