10 things about Northbrook, Illinois teacher Danielle Chalfie

Danielle M. Chalfie is an American teacher from Northbrook, Cook County, Illinois, United States. The town is home to Glenbrook North High School.

BIOGRAPHY

As a teacher, Chalfie specializes in reading fluency, language skills, math, autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), common core standards, international baccalaureate (IB) curriculum and executive functioning skills. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA and National Louis University in Chicago, Illinois.
2. She worked as a special education teacher in several schools including Haven Middle School in Evanston, Cook County.
3. From 2004 to 2008, she attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she earned her bachelor’s degree in English literature and graduated with a grade point average of 4.0.
4. From 2010 to 2011, she was a U.S. ambassador at Amigos de las Americas in Tarija, Bolivia.
5. From September 2012 to June 2016, Chicago Public Schools employed her as a special education teacher.
6. From 2013 to 2014, she went to National Louis University where she earned her master’s degree in teaching secondary English education and graduated with a GPA of 4.0.
7. In 2014, she joined Voise Academy in Chicago as a special education teacher.
8. From 2016 to 2018, she worked at ReGeneration Schools in Chicago as a case manager, a district representative and a diverse learning specialist.
9. In 2018, she joined Garfield Park Behavioral Hospital in Chicago as a clinical educator.
10. On May 12, 2024, she turned 41.

TIMELINE

Aside from Northbrook, Chalfie has lived in other parts of Illinois including Chicago, Skokie and Buffalo Grove. She earned $59,372 while working at William P. Gray Elementary School in Chicago.

2020

• In an interview with NBC News in March 2020, she talked about her participation in Chicago’s program that connects families with people who offer child care to the city’s most essential workforce amid the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
• On October 28, 2020, she was dismissed from her position as a probationary appointed teacher at William P. Gray Elementary School.

2021

• In February 2021, while employed as a special education teacher in Glenview, Cook County, she told ABC 7 Chicago that getting her COVID-19 vaccine in Austin, Chicago was like “Hunger Games”.

2022

• On November 30, 2022, she wrote in a Facebook group called RAGBRAI, which is short for Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, “Hi! From Chicago and new to RAGBRAI. I’ve been training on my Peloton and am looking to purchase a bike for July. I have absolutely no idea where to start! I don’t really have four plus grand to spend on a bike. Any recommendations??”

2023

• On February 24, 2023, a breach of contract – commercial case was filed in Cook County against her and five others.
• On December 23, 2023, she posted three photos of herself in a Facebook group called The World’s Largest Jewish Singles Group and wrote, “Hey from Chicago! I’m Danielle. 40, looking for my soul mate and kids are on my mind. I am a special education teacher in my 11 year, and I’m now off for two weeks! Woot woot!”

2024

• On March 22, 2024, the Evanston Skokie School District approved resolutions, which included her dismissal as a non-tenured teacher effective at the close of the 2023-2024 school term in May 2024.
• On April 27, 2024, a video of her at Northwestern University in Evanston calling the police and falsely claiming she was surrounded by people went viral on social media.
• On April 28, 2024, “That Danesh Guy” Danesh Noshirvan revealed her identity on social media.