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Rebekah Kinney

Assistant Director Pre-K to 8

Rebekah Kinney has worked at Darlington since 2002 and currently serves as the assistant director of the Pre-K to 8 Division. Throughout her tenure, she has held a variety of leadership and teaching roles, including professional development coordinator, technology integration specialist and coordinator, as well as a fourth-grade and kindergarten teacher. Additionally, she has contributed to the residential life program as a member of the house duty staff. Rebekah holds both a B.S. and an M.Ed. from Berry College. Her dedication to education and professional growth has earned her several prestigious awards at Darlington, including the Beachum Master Teacher Award, the Brown Faculty Award, and recognition as an inaugural recipient of the Carla and Leonard Wood Faculty Professional Development Endowment Award. Rebekah and her husband, Owen, Head of the Science Department, are proud parents of three Darlington alumni: Ian (’17), Elliot (’19), and Noah (’23).

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B.S. Berry College
M.Ed. Berry College

Darlington welcomes new faculty and staff, recognizes those with new roles

July 29, 2024
Darlington is welcomes new faculty and staff members and recognizes those changing roles in the 2024-2025 school year.

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Episode 155: A Look at Senior Ventures

March 28, 2024
In this episode, Professional Development Coordinator and head of Senior Ventures Rebekah Kinney talks with seniors David Edwards, Ava Belle Holcombe, Charlie May and Isabella Spears about their year-long Senior Ventures projects and the valuable skills they’ve gained through this program as they prepare to graduate.

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Kinney named assistant director of Pre-K to 8

March 25, 2024
Longtime Darlington faculty member Rebekah Kinney has been named assistant director of Pre-K to 8, effective July 1. She replaces Angela Pieroni, who is retiring at the end of the current school year.

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Supporting Our Faculty: Professional Development Grants Awarded for 2024-25

Upper School | Rebekah Kinney, March 24, 2024
Twenty-seven grants were awarded to Darlington faculty for the 2024-25 school year.

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Episode 120: A Look at Summer Professional Development

July 27, 2023
In this episode, Professional Development Coordinator Rebekah Kinney talks with second-grade teacher Courtney Cescutti, Director of Pre-K to 8 Hope Jones, Director of the Teaching and Learning Center Jessica Laliberte and pre-K teacher Beth Smith about their summer professional development activities. They share about each of the work they have been doing within their colleagues and how it has prepared them for the coming school year. 

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Episode 107: A Look at Senior Ventures

April 27, 2023
In this episode, Professional Development Coordinator and head of Senior Ventures Rebekah Kinney talks with seniors Ndiana Akpan, Noah Kinney, Noah Morris and Elizabeth Richie about their year-long Senior Ventures projects and the valuable skills they’ve gained through this program as they prepare to graduate.

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Episode 65: A Look Into Summer Faculty Professional Development

July 7, 2022
In this episode, Professional Development Coordinator Rebekah Kinney talks with fourth-grade teacher Carrie Watterson, Director of Fine Arts Kim Tunnell and Upper School Science Department Chair Owen Kinney about their summer professional development activities. They share about each of the work they have been doing within their departments and how it has prepared them for the coming school year. 

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Episode 51: Senior Ventures Preview

March 31, 2022
In this episode, Professional Development Coordinator and Senior Ventures Instructor Rebekah Kinney talks with seniors Elsa Quay Corbin of Rome; William Feng of Shanghai, China; Nadejda Spasova of Sofia, Bulgaria; and Elliot Luitwieler of Rome about their Senior Ventures projects.

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Podcast Episode 19: A Look Into Creative Professional Development

August 5, 2021
Welcome to Episode 19 of The Darlington Podcast!  Rebekah Kinney is joined by Justin Bruce and Andrew Beckman and they'll be chatting about ways that they have personally benefited from the professional growth opportunities afforded to them at Darlington.

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Supporting Our Faculty: 33 Professional Development Grants Awarded for 2021-2022

Upper School | Rebekah Kinney, April 14, 2021
Thirty-three faculty and staff members have received professional development grants through Darlington's Thatcher Faculty Development Fund and Carla & Leonard Wood Distinguished Faculty Fellowship.

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