Faculty

Arbor requires that all lead teachers and Education Administrators are certified by the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI).

Staff

Head of School	Jan Deason
Business Administrator	Dianne Sherrill
Elementary Coordinator	Alison Sherrill
Primary Coordinator	Anu Chandra
Director of Auxiliary Programs	Mickey Phillips-Black
Director of Communications	Leslie Richardson
Director of Development/Parent Involvement Administrative Assistants	Martha Addison Elizabeth Richards and Cheryl Rogers

ACADEMIC STAFF

Jan Deason , Head of School, BA and Secondary Teaching Certificate, Western Michigan University; AMI Elementary Diploma, Washington Montessori Institute, 1986

Anu Chandra, Primary Coordinator, BA Bangalore University, AMI Primary Diploma,Atlanta, 1999

Mickey Phillips-Black, Director of Auxiliary Programs, BS University of Akron, AMI Infant and Toddler Training, 2002

Alison Sherrill, Elementary Coordinator, BS University of Georgia; AMI Elementary Diploma, Washington Montessori Institute, 1996

Lead Primary Teachers
Deedee Murphy, BA St. Andrew's Presbyterian College; AMI Primary Diploma, Washington Montessori Institute, 1978

Marian Cooper, BS Early Childhood Education; AMI Primary Diploma, Atlanta, 1999
Myesha Green, Ph.d Emory University, BS Hampton University, AMI Primary Diploma, Atlanta, 2007

Shiela Pereira-Scruggs, DeKalb College; Georgia State University; AMI Primary Diploma, Montessori Institute of Atlanta, 1985

Lead Elementary Teachers
Becca Carlton-Fernandez, BA New College of the University of South Florida, AMI Primary Diploma, Montessori Institute of Atlanta, AMI Elementary Diploma and M.Ed Loyola College

Betty Litsey, BS State University of New York; Diploma, Institute of Children's Literature; AMI Primary Diploma, Montessori Institute of Atlanta, 1970; AMI Elementary Diploma, International Center for Montessori Studies, Bergamo, Italy, 1976
Emilie Mobley, BA Elon College, AMI Elementary Diploma, Milwaukee
Kate Ramsey, BA, MEd, Middlebury College; AMI Elementary Diploma, Washington Montessori Institute 1996
Cindy Ragozzine, BA, University of Georgia; MA Georgia State; AMI Elementary Diploma Washington Montessori Institute, 1988

Lead Middle School Teachers
Barbara Fox, BA University of South Florida, AMI Primary Diploma, AMI Teacher Training Center, Atlanta
Annie Frazer, BA, Oberlin College 2000, M.Ed. Stanford University 2003

Jacqui Miller, BA, University of Pennsylvania; AMI Elementary Diploma, Washington Montessori Institute, 1993

Steve Thorpe

Assistant Teachers

Ashley Ayala, BFA The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 2001

Lora Hall, BA Berry College, 2006

Heather Muse, Amherst College
Kathleen O’Connell, BA Marquette University; MECA-Seton Teacher Training Program
Becky Roberts, BS, University of Florida; MBA Georgia State
Carolyn Snead, BSEd University of Georgia

Nicole Walker, Georgia State University

Heather Waters-Lynch, BA State University of New York, Oswego, 2003, Norht American Montessori Training Center Diploma, 2005.

Asya Yordanova, CDA Atlanta, 2004, MEd University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 1996

Specialty Teachers

Spanish

Elisabeth Harris, BA American University Paris, MA University of Maryland, MAT Georgia State

Nancy Fernandez, BA Agnes Scott College, 2005, NAMTA Orientation to Adolescent Studies, Hiram, OH, 2005.

Art

Patty- O'Keefe Hutton,BFA, BAE Eastern Michigan University

Music

Brenda Strickland, BME, MME, Orff-Schulwerk Teacher Training, University of Missouri, Kansas City