in Teaching and Curriculum at Syracuse University and holds a Master’s degree from Springfield College. Dempf brings a passion for instructional excellence and student support evidenced by her early career as a teacher educator where she held the rank of Associate Professor in the School of Education at both Canisius College and the Sage Colleges after beginning her career as an Assistant Professor at Wesley College. Dempf also has experience gained through an earlier role as National Program Director for the Network of Sacred Heart Schools. Prior to that, she was the Director of the High School at Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart in Miami, Florida. Dempf most recently served as Head of School at Academy of the Sacred Heart in Saint Charles, Missouri. was appointed Head of School at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest and began her tenure on July 1, 2022. Strobel has been with Woodlands Academy since 2019. Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship. Strobel also celebrates accomplishments of the Mellon Fellowship from University of Pittsburgh, and the U.S. Strobel most enjoys the warm community at Woodlands, from hearing the girls laughing in the halls on the way to class, to seeing faculty and staff sitting and talking together at lunch. Her last day there was for their 8th grade graduation, the same boy came to her after getting his diploma with tears in his eyes, gave her a huge hug and said “thank you.” She hadn't realized how much of a success getting through 8th grade was for him and was proud to be present for that moment. One of the boys became involved in her after-school "Latino Culture" club, and although he was not Latino, he learned all of the dances and performed in the school assembly. She was able to start over with them and appreciate their sense of humor. The boys were suspended, and when they returned she was obviously concerned, but they told her they were fine and didn't even remember what they were fighting about. As she’d grown as a teacher, she learned to not suppress those emotional moments and instead, try to work through them in the classroom, while at the same time do her best to regain control and get back to the lesson. She remember being filled with adrenaline before security guards came to break it up, take the boys out and leave her to continue class.
She had struggled with a few students all year, with two boys in particular, who had gotten into a fist-fight in her classroom. One of her favorite teaching moments was at the end of her first year teaching. She felt so at home in the classroom and grateful for being able to witness her students' growing awareness and curiosity, that she never considered doing anything else. After graduating college and before going on to graduate school, she accepted a one-year substitute teaching position at Jack Benny middle school. Strobel became a teacher before she knew she wanted to be one.