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Our Team Co-founders

//__Timothy J. McCarthy__// === Timothy J. McCarthy M.A. Education - Antioch University B.A. Speech Communication - University of Washington Co-Founder & Director Tarbiyah Institute, est. 2009 Mr. McCarthy is committed to advancing the work of the late Dawud Tauhidi ; and to developing the notion of “Concept-based Curriculum;” The result being a QUR’ANIC CONCEPT APPROACH which compliments //all// educational philosophical orientations, age groups, and learning environments. ===

//__Kristen Jawad__// ===Kristen Jawad M.Ed Curriculum and Instruction, B.A. Evergreen State College. Islamic Pedagogy Certificate - Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. She has directed several educational programs, taught pre-k through High School and led a variety of workshops. She is passionate about supporting youth, parents and mentors in developing programs that address the unique needs of families and communities questing to live daily life in accordance with Islamic principles.===

Board Members The Tarbiyah Institute board members were selected based on their extensive training and experience as educators. The accumulative teaching experience is over 100 years. Life experience, diversity and inclusive attitude was a consideration in the selection of our board members. We seek and encourage participation from Muslims regardless of national origin, class, gender, or school of thought.

//__Carol Wehbe__// holds an M.A. in English/TESOL and International Studies and has been an educator for more than 28 years. Her passion for “across cultures” education began as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Southeast Asia. Since that time she has taught for refugee organizations, university language programs, community college, the Islamic School of Seattle, and for the past eleven years, in middle and elementary public schools. Carol strongly supports the growth of educational programs that nurture the real-life interests of the student and tap into each student’s unique God-given potential, while at the same time, ensure that all students have the academic skills necessary to realize their goals in any society.

//__Eddie Greenberg__// is ending his 44th year as an educator. He has been a teacher in Seattle WA for over 25 years now. Presently he teaches at West Seattle H.S. working with disabled students. He holds a Master's of Science Degree in Education. His 40 plus years as an educator have given him the gift of experience, wisdom and most importantly, the knowledge of what truly works to support ALL students to achieve and accomplish for themselves, their families, their community and the world. He has many educational philosophies at his fingertips but really - "It all boils down to the individual relationship between the teacher and student always". //__ Aisha Jalani  __// is a certified Montessori teacher in Early Childhood Education. She Directed Cherry Hill Montessori and now teaches at a local Islamic school. She is also trained as an Elementary Montessori teacher with Montessori Education Institute of the Pacific Northwest and working on her graduate studies in bilingualism and biliteracy at the University of Washington. She is an educator at heart and is inspired by her students. She is a mother of 4 children. She is thankful for the strong foundation and quality of education her children have.

//__ Catherine  __////__  England  __//  holds a  B.S. Comparative Religion and a MEd in Adult Education with Emphasis on Family and Adult Literacy and earned a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language). She teaches at a local college, serves as secretary/Board of Dicretors of a local mosque. She has extensive experience being a foster parent and is the mother of four children.