Finding the Best School for Your Child - Ali Ronder, M.Ed. - Founding Director @EducationOptions
Finding the Best School for Your Child - Ali Ronder, M.Ed. - Founding Director  @EducationOptions
Uploaded July 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
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Her educational background is varied, to say the least. She has been home-schooled, Unschooled, Waldorf schooled, Montessori schooled, and public schooled. She has worked for (and her daughters have attended): parent run co-ops, Waldorf-oriented and Montessori pre-schools, Sudbury schools, public schools and public-charter schools.

She is thrilled to have the opportunity to be the founding executive director of Integrity Academy at Casa de Luz, Center for Integral Studies. Recently, she spent four years as Executive Director of Austin Home Base Community School (AHB Community School). During this time, she helped to found the Clearview Sudbury School of Austin. Prior to that, I worked as Development Director for the Austin Discovery School assisting administration with various projects including fund raising, events, after school programs, parent education programs, volunteerism and service learning opportunities for the ADS community in the greater Austin community. Her previous teaching experience focused on early childhood with: South Austin Children's Cooperative, Starbright Preschool, Montessori Escuela de Montopolis as well as bilingual Kindergarten at Maplewood elementary (AISD) and Kindergarten/first grade at Austin Discovery School.

Her board of directors experience includes:

People's Community Clinic patient advisory board (1989-1992)
Teen Help Line board of directors (1990-1992)
March of Dimes (1991)
Clearview Sudbury School (2007-2008)
Austin Discovery School (2008-2009)
Education Transformation Alliance (2012 - present)

She holds an EC-4 teaching certificate from the State of Texas as well as a B.A. from UT-Austin in History/Applied Learning & Development and a M.Ed. from Texas State University-San Marcos in bilingual/bicultural education. She is currently working on her PhD. in Educational Administration at Texas State University-San Marcos. Some of her related volunteer work includes teaching ESL in Mexico and Guatemala at: Colegio Cuernavaca, Casa Xelaju, Colegio Alonzo Morelio, and La Pedrera. Additionally she was the Community Wellness Program developer and manager of Ruta Maya Coffee House for over 12 years.



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