Jeff Berger-White teaches English at Deerfield High School, where he has been teaching his entire career. This is the end of his twenty-eighth year. Over that time period, he has taught all grades and all levels. He currently teaches Sophomore English, A.P. Literature and Composition, and Sophomore English Survey, a course for struggling readers. In 2007, Jeff was selected as one of Golden Apple's Teachers of Distinction, and last spring, Jeff won the Distinguished Secondary Teaching Award (DSTA) from Northwestern University.

Since 1996, Jeff has been a faculty associate at Bard College's Institute for Writing and Thinking, where he leads workshops for teachers. He holds a B.A. and an M.A.T., both from Boston University.